The End of the Passion
After 20 years behind the camera, Cologne cinematographer Stefan Nowak explains in Film & TV Kameramann why he turned his back on the industry.
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Deutschlands große Clans - Hans Holzbecher
Hans Holzbecher appears in the ZDF series on Germany's great dynasties — telling the story behind the unusual name of coffee giant Tchibo.
"We Germans Are Lagging Behind"
Actor Jürgen Vogel plays a supporting role in the ZDF film Vertraue mir and calls for more stories told from a female perspective.
"Die Kommissare - Einsatz in Köln" with Alexander Leopold Schank
Is Arndt Trieber, played by Alexander Leopold Schank, the culprit or merely the victim of tangled circumstances? The Cologne detectives investigate.
Does Reality Make for Good Cinema?
Food, education, faith: ever more documentaries take on social themes — at times wearily preachy, yet often refreshingly diverse.
GRAND COALITION - GRAND DISAPPOINTMENT - TIME FOR A GENEROUS RETHINK
The Bundestag extended the short-term unemployment benefit rule without the promised reforms for creative workers, the BFFS criticises.
Jewish Film Festival with Ilja Richter
On 5 June 2016, Ilja Richter appears at Filmkunst 66 as actor and director, exploring Jewish life in Berlin and the history of the Hotel Bogota.
Dresden Mord - Nachtgestalten
Detectives Bärbel Wallenstein and her daughter Kim investigate the puzzling murder of a Romanian restaurateur in this ZDF crime drama.
Bette & Joan - Désirée Nick as Joan Crawford
Désirée Nick premieres as Joan Crawford in Bette & Joan at Hamburg's Ernst-Deutsch-Theater, opposite Bette Davis in a bittersweet duel.
Disgraced - Isabelle Redfern at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus
Isabelle Redfern performs in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced at the Hamburger Schauspielhaus — a dinner party that turns into a drama of identity.
Binny und der Geist - Johannes Hallervorden
The thrilling finale of Binny und der Geist, with Johannes Hallervorden as the youthful ghost Melchior, can now be seen on his showreel.
Jörg Moukaddam, a Different Side
We show Jörg Moukaddam a little less cute and instead as what he really is: Germany's strongest actor.
Nur nicht aufregen!
The billing lists 12 actors, but we name the 13th too: Christoph Drobig as the mechanic in the ZDF film Nur nicht aufregen.
Nina Weiss in Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Nina Weiss joins Germany's long-running soap Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten as the spirited coffee sommelier Sabine Kron.
Silver World Medal for "Volksfest"
The episode "Volksfest" from the ZDF series SCHULD has won the Silver World Medal in the Mini-Series category in New York.
A Dream Job Turned Nightmare: Acting
Few professions see dream and reality drift as far apart as acting — even well-known performers often live hand to mouth.
Burghausen Fairytale Alm — Nadine Karbacher
Nadine Karbacher performs in her native Bavaria, playing Rapunzel and opening as Little Red Riding Hood on 15 May.
EU: Planned Ban on Geoblocking "Has Failed"
Following its draft regulation, the European Commission still intends to curb geoblocking, particularly in online commerce.
SMARAGDGRÜN Festival Premiere at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN
The wait is over on 24 June: the third instalment of the Gemstone Trilogy premieres at the 34th FILMFEST MÜNCHEN.
The Forest Wants Its Revenge
Half crime drama, half mystery fairytale and thoroughly outstanding — how do the Scandinavians keep making series like "Jordskott"?
"Warnung vor dem Munde!" by René Sydow
René Sydow has been on tour for almost four weeks, and the reviews read as if he had written them himself — but he didn't.
THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL: AN ENEMY OF CINEMA
A look at Cannes through François Truffaut's famous words when the festival was halted in 1968.