Alarm für Cobra 11 — Die Autobahnpolizei
Unconditional love and well-meaning crimes: Franziska Brandmeier in the "Alarm für Cobra 11" episode "Bedingungslos", now on Disney+.
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Praxis mit Meerblick
Guesthouse owner Anna and the ex who suddenly resurfaces: Franziska Brandmeier in the "Praxis mit Meerblick" episode "Liebe auf Attest".
Lena Lorenz
A mother for the first time: Carla Hüttermann plays Mona, who wants to give up her child for adoption, in the Lena Lorenz episode Muttergefühle.
The Homeless One
World premiere at the Berlinale: Kai Stänicke's "Der Heimatlose" opens the Perspectives section, with Louis Jérôme Wagenbrenner in the ensemble.
Landkrimi Steiermark
A chef found stabbed in his own inn: Kevin Brand features in "Steirerstich", airing on 29 December on ORF1, where village secrets soon surface.
SOKO Köln on 4 November 2025
Just as Julia Breska plays a song for her son, a stranger's device connects to her speaker — and she overhears two men plotting a murder.
Der Lehrer Returns
Linus Moog has been filming the continuation of Der Lehrer in Leipzig since late July — and we cannot wait for the new episodes.
SOKO Wismar
Max Riedl has a tough time as a father travelling with a teenager. A city rally through Wismar seems a fine idea — but most 17-year-olds want a bigger thrill.
Sturm der Liebe
Aurel Klug joins the beloved Munich-based series as Leo Neubach — a fiercely sporty newcomer and the son of Katja Saalfeld.
The Wait Is Over
Viel Nebel im November finally reaches cinemas on 1 September, with Sidney Fahlisch in the lead as 17-year-old farmer's daughter Paula.
DIE COOKING ACADEMY
The new ProSieben series wraps with Louis Jérôme Wagenbrenner — 120 episodes set at a prestigious culinary school, launching daily from 6 October.
FÜR IMMER FREIBAD
Amira Demirkiran dives into the summer of '99 in the ZDF comedy Für immer Freibad — a feel-good film about freedom, friendship and finding your own way.
WAPO DUISBURG FESTIVAL WEEKS
Bianca Nawrath shines as trainee Klara Proske, appearing three times in a row on WaPo Duisburg — with the next instalment following the very next week.
WAPO ELBE
Philip Bender is filming WaPo Elbe in Pirna, in front of the camera alongside inspectors Sami Fares (Adnan Maral) and Moritz Kretschmer (Ferdi Özten).
TOTENFRAU
Kevin Brand plays Damian in the second season of the Netflix thriller series Totenfrau, streaming from 19 March.
TOD AM RENNSTEIG
The wait is nearly over: on 13 March at 8.15 pm, Tod am Rennsteig: Haus der Toten airs on Das Erste.
BONHOEFFER
Nadine Heidenreich plays Paula Bonhoeffer, the female lead alongside Jonas Dassler, August Diehl and Moritz Bleibtreu.
DAS LICHT by Tom Tykwer
Noel Okwanga celebrates his very first Berlinale film, with a strikingly beautiful premiere photo from Das Licht.
The New Season of WAPO DUISBURG
Bianca Nawrath plays trainee detective Klara Proske in the ARD series WaPo Duisburg, returning for a new season.
TATORT DRESDEN
Pool, pills, drinks, loud music — and Louis Wagenbrenner right in the middle of it as his character Janusz.
WAPO ELBE "BUMERANG"
Norbert Stöß plays skipper Hans Asmuth, severely injured when a shipowner's daughter is abducted on a paddle steamer.
DAS LICHT – THE NEW FILM BY TOM TYKWER
Noel Okwanga features in Das Licht, Tom Tykwer's new big-screen film and the opening film of the 2025 Berlinale.
3rd Up-and-Coming Screenwriting Festival — The Power of Stories
Ella Lee is nominated for the German Newcomer Screenwriting Award with her script König der Möwen, chosen from 136 submissions.
Filming wraps on season four of "WaPo Duisburg"
Bianca Nawrath joins WaPo Duisburg as trainee Klara Proske; the 16 new episodes are expected on Das Erste in winter 2024/25.
SOKO Wismar — Der Königspfad
ZDF clearly has Mathias Harrebye-Brandt on permanent mayoral duty: after two years on Dr. Nice, SOKO Wismar now puts him up for office too.
Jenseits der blauen Grenze
Jörg Westphal and Norbert Stöß appear in Jenseits der blauen Grenze, an award-winning GDR escape drama, in cinemas from 3 October 2024.
Toom Baumarkt
This one is a commercial, not a feature film — yet it made Philip Bender exceptionally happy, as he got to shoot alongside his idol Martin Brambach.
Der Buchspazierer
In the fairy-tale feel-good movie Der Buchspazierer, Ella Lee plays the grown-up Schascha alongside Christoph Maria Herbst.
Rosamunde Pilcher
Lorna zu Solms plays Jamie, a talented footballer, in a Rosamunde Pilcher film set in Cornwall, airing on ZDF on 6 October 2024.
Bonhoeffer
The new trailer for Bonhoeffer is out, with agency actors Johannes Heinrichs, Tobias Schäfer and Jörg Westphal among the supporting cast.
Ein Mann seiner Klasse
André Eisermann stars in Saxonia Media's moving SWR adaptation of Christian Baron's novel about growing up poor in 1990s Kaiserslautern.
Alles gelogen
Alles gelogen, with Mathias Harrebye-Brandt, launches in the ZDF Mediathek on 4 July 2024, followed by its TV premiere on 5 September.
OUIJA
The German-French co-production OUIJA, with Anton Petzold as a German exchange student in 1980s France, airs on French television.
SOKO Wismar
Lorna zu Solms plays the troubled teenager Vivien in the SOKO Wismar episode Verschwunden, directed by Ann-Kristin Knubben for ZDF.
What Remains of Love
Indo-German director Kanwal Sethi turns the story of the NSU murders into a fictional drama about love, grief and systemic racism.
Chantal im Märchenland
At Munich's Mathäser cinema, Phiphi Sarah Nguyen walked her very first red carpet — and pulled it off in glamorous style.
VIEL NEBEL IM NOVEMBER
Sidney Melodie Fahlisch leads the cast as Paula in "Viel Nebel im November", which is now finished and celebrating its team premiere.
BEHRINGER UND DIE TOTEN – A Bamberg Crime Drama: "Feuerteufel"
Linus Moog plays Dennis in the RTL Bamberg crime drama "Feuerteufel", a cat-and-mouse game premiering on 27 February 2024.
Notruf Hafenkante
Isabell (Lilli Hollunder) and Kris (Marc Barthel) now investigate side by side, as Lilli joins the ZDF series as new detective Isabell Novak.
Bavarian Film Award 2024
Viktoria Ngotsé returns once more to her duty with DIE BERGRETTER, the series honoured at the Bavarian Film Award 2024.
In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte
Norbert Stöß opens the new year with a wonderfully funny role in the episode "Kurswechsel" — a real scenes-from-a-marriage affair.
EIN STARKES TEAM
Vivien Sczesny takes on grown-up roles in EIN STARKES TEAM, even learning pole dancing for her character Jemma in this ZDF series.
LikeMeat — Christmas Campaign
Martin Semmelrogge fronts LikeMeat's first Christmas campaign with woke attitude and fluent youth slang in a playful 90-second film.
SOKO WISMAR
Norbert Stöß spent his second day on the SOKO WISMAR set, playing Fritz Buckow, a character in the thick of a crisis.
JENSEITS DER SPREE
Jörg Westphal plays a public-order officer in the episode Adrenalin, airing on ZDF with eerie scenes set in the old Köpenick prison.
DIE BERGRETTER
Viktoria Ngotsé joins Die Bergretter as new lead inspector Alexandra Winkler, with season 15 starting on ZDF on 16 November 2023.
WER WIR SIND
Philip Bender plays prominent politician Idrissa Sylla in WER WIR SIND, now streaming in the ARD Mediathek with a TV run from 15 November.
Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr — Work to the Limit
Johannes Heinrichs and Steven Preisner play couple Nick and Julius in a new episode of Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr, airing on ARD.
Notruf Hafenkante
The last day of shooting already? Not for newcomer Lilli Hollunder — it is Gerit Kling wrapping her final shoot day of the year, not for good.
BLAUER PANTHER FOR SAFE
Caroline Link wins the Blauer Panther for Best Direction on SAFE, the series featuring Carla Hüttermann and Ella Lee, broadcast on 3sat.
Malibu — Küss den Frosch
Bianca Nawrath plays sports student Milla in the Malibu episode Küss den Frosch, in which rare midwife toads are saved, airing on ZDF.
„GONG! – My Spectacular Life“
Greta Caspary takes her first leading role as Clara in the KiKA series GONG!, following autistic Eileen's search for a best friend.
DAS FLIEGENDE KLASSENZIMMER
Franka Roche plays the formidable leader of the outsiders in a bold, contemporary screen version of Erich Kästner's Das fliegende Klassenzimmer.
GROSSSTADTREVIER
Maria Ketikidou returns as Harry Möller for season 36 of Großstadtrevier, solving her cases with sensitivity and dry northern German humour.
WaPo Elbe
Consider this our application for Norbert Stöß as the next dream-ship captain — for now he skippers a paddle steamer on the Elbe.
Blutige Anfänger
Julia Ueno Strowski plays Tara, a Leipzig medical student whose complaint against a fellow student opens up far more than a debt dispute.
Notruf Hafenkante Has a New Detective
Lilli Hollunder joins the ZDF series Notruf Hafenkante as DCI Isabell Nowak, on screen alongside Marc Barthel from January 2024.
GONG — The new KiKA series
Greta Caspary stars as Clara in GONG!, a new KiKA fiction series about neurodiversity, friendship and a daunting school trip.
Hammerharte Jungs
Louis Wagenbrenner plays the supposed dream guy Constantin — in fact the arch-enemy of lead character Charly — in Netflix's Hammerharte Jungs.
Die Bergretter
Viktoria Ngotse joins the hit series Die Bergretter as a detective chief inspector — a real accolade in German public broadcasting.
SAFE WINS THE GRIMME PRIZE
Caroline Link receives the Grimme Prize Special for her outstanding work bringing children's inner lives to the screen in SAFE.
GOD’S SPY
Nadine Heidenreich plays Paula Bonhoeffer in the international production God's Spy, alongside Moritz Bleibtreu and August Diehl.
SAVING THE CLIMATE FOR BEGINNERS
Ella Lee stars as climate activist Lilly Wilmers in the ARD comedy Klima retten für Anfänger, now on the ARD Mediathek.
Plenty of Fog in November
Sidney Fahlisch plays 17-year-old Paula, whose world is upended when she learns her father lies in a coma.
Orange Is the New Black
Johannes Heinrichs is back in his dungarees for another splendid day on the set of "Die drei von der Müllabfuhr".
Tausend Zeilen
Michael Bully Herbig's new film Tausend Zeilen is in cinemas — a media satire on the scandal around Der Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius.
Doubly Welcome at the Mondial!
Aylin Werner takes a guest role in Hotel Mondial and gets to share the Hamburg set with agency colleague Nhung Hong.
LAUCHHAMMER — Death in Lusatia, Available in the Mediathek from 1 September
A mysterious murder draws investigator Maik Briegand back to his Lusatian home in the crime series Lauchhammer, with Ella Lee.
Das Licht in einem dunklen Haus
Franka Roche's small but pivotal role as Christine Falter in this new ZDF crime film premiered at the Munich Film Festival.
LIEBER THOMAS Simply Walked Away With 9 LOLAS!
LIEBER THOMAS swept the German Film Awards with nine Lolas — and our ALF, Hans-Jürgen Alf, was part of it.
Kaltstart — The New Mystery KIKA Series
The trailer is out — and here you can see Maisie Tipango as Shari, a Berlin-born teenager with big dreams and bigger ambitions.
Die jungen Ärzte — Dream Man
In the In aller Freundschaft spin-off, Isabelle Redfern plays Yvonne Kirsch — who, despite the episode's title, is unmistakably the dream woman.
Unsere wunderbaren Jahre — Season 2
The acclaimed WDR/ARD event series returns for a second season set in 1967 — and our Ella Lee is part of the ensemble.
SPREEWALDKRIMI — Tote trauern nicht
ZDF airs the TV premiere of Spreewaldkrimi — Tote trauern nicht, in which Inspector Krüger confronts an inner turmoil in his melancholy Spreewald seclusion.
BALKO TENERIFFA
The cult crime series is rebooted on Tenerife — and our Supergirl Viktoria Ngotsé joins the young cops as Sina Arrango.
Gebranntes Kind
Arne Duppler's film Gebranntes Kind won Best European Short Film in Stockholm and Best Featurette at the Sevilla Indie Film Festival.
TRÜBE WOLKEN Has Been in Cinemas Since 24 February!
Critics are raving about Trübe Wolken, a film about adolescent moods caught between hormonal awakening and the corset of adulthood.
Rückkehr — The Story of the Minsk Ghetto
Nadine Heidenreich and Jörg Westphal star in a Russian production telling the harrowing story of the Minsk ghetto.
Our Wild Dancing Mouse Sidney Fahlisch
Sidney Fahlisch had a wonderful time on her shoot for the Minijob-Zentrale, letting her energetic side run free.
Tatort Mainz — Angeklagt
Linus Moog takes on the first major role of his life as the deeply desperate young Enrico Thiele in Tatort Mainz — Angeklagt.
Mein Freund, das Ekel
The warm-hearted, funny and moving series Mein Freund, das Ekel airs on ZDF and is available early in the ZDF media library.
WaPo Bodensee — Episode "Gnadensee"
Vivien Sczesny, Charlotte Krause and Amira Demirkiran each play an episode lead in the watery world of the ARD crime series WaPo Bodensee.
At Last — Cinema Release on 2 September 2021
There is now a new and secure cinema release date of 2 September for Hilfe, ich habe meine Freunde geschrumpft.
DIE HEXENPRINZESSIN Wins the "Goldener Spatz"!
Charlotte Krause and the film DIE HEXENPRINZESSIN won the Goldener Spatz at the German Children's Media Festival.
Tonis Welt from 14 April 2021 on Vox
Vox launches the drama series Tonis Welt on 14 April, with Lea Zoe Voss making her entrance as the cheeky, big-hearted Klara.
Tonis Welt from 14 April 2021 on Vox
Vox launches the series Tonis Welt on 14 April, opening with a fine guest turn from Philip Bender in the first episode.
Honi and the final chapter of the GDR
ZDF tells the true story of the pastor who took in the deposed Honeckers in 1990, directed by and starring Jan Josef Liefers.
Nomination for the 57th Grimme-Preis
The ZDF three-parter "Unterleuten", with Úna Lir as the youngest daughter, has been sent into competition for the Grimme-Preis.
Mein Freund, das Ekel
Dieter Hallervorden plays the grumpy Ekel Hintz and Harald Effenberg a know-it-all tourist in the ZDF comedy series.
SOKO Wismar - "Lars sieht rot!"
Ole Golz is quite the charmer, but could he be the murderer, or at least the underwear fetishist on the loose in SOKO Wismar?
Lead role in four episodes of Notruf Hafenkante
Lea Zoe Voss plays intern Maje Törf across four consecutive episodes of the ZDF crime series Notruf Hafenkante.
Ein Sommer auf Elba
Henry Horn spent four weeks on Elba shooting the ZDF primetime film "Ein Sommer auf Elba", playing eldest son Anton.
Philip at In aller Freundschaft - Die jungen Ärzte
Philip Bender plays single father Kai Matzke, whose hospital stay puts his new relationship to the test in the ARD series.
Mein Freund, das Ekel
Johannes and Dieter Hallervorden shared their very first day in front of the camera together for the ZDF series.
Our Famous Five at FALK
From tomorrow, season two of FALK returns to ARD every Tuesday — boasting no fewer than five of our actors across the ensemble.
New VOX Series — Lucie. Läuft doch!
Lucie, 28, takes on the toughest challenge of her life at a youth-care home deep in Brandenburg — a new VOX series starting 18 November.
Der starke Hans and Bianca Nawrath
Bianca Nawrath plays Princess Sarah in this ARD fairy-tale film, airing on Boxing Day, as a brave heir ventures into a forbidden enchanted forest.
Das Kindermädchen — Mission Italien
Fifteen-year-old Marlon Heidel takes on his first major shoot for this ARD film, filmed across 19 days in Apulia in southern Italy.
