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A Magical Place
Doina Weber will take the stage in August at the Talhof in Austria in "Am Ende eines kleinen Dorfes", directed by Anna Maria Krassnigg.
That Was Really Cool
Ella Lee spent her summer holidays shooting the cinema film "Hanni & Nanni", playing a Texan exchange student alongside German stars.
A Dream Comes True
Singer Yosefin Bouhler was one of the contenders in the German Eurovision pre-selection, performing "Love on Top" before a jury including Lena Meyer-Landrut.
An Unbeatable Team
Carsten Caniglia plays a police officer in the Sat.1 film "Bodycheck", reuniting with an old friend before the camera in Berlin after 20 years.
When the Bomb Goes Off
In the boulevard comedy Rosa Wolken, Chris Gebert plays one half of a gay couple whose wish for a child throws the whole family into turmoil.
Simply Divine
Désirée Nick revives the glamorous art of the diseuse, performing on ZDF's Berlinale special before her solo premiere at Berlin's Bar jeder Vernunft.
Unpredictably Furious
In Fassbinder's Katzelmacher at Berlin's Deutsches Theater, Maximilian Diehle plays the volatile Peter — a sold-out production that captures the zeitgeist.
Unbelievably Brilliant
Marcel Glauche joins Gutes Wedding, schlechtes Wedding — the first theatre sitcom on German TV — playing both the laid-back Tom and a gold-chained hip-hop gangster.
Addicted to Porn
In Jorinde Weinmann's short film So sehr, Barbro Nina Viefhaus plays the partner of a porn addict, watching helplessly as their love unravels.
Madness Has Found a New Home
Mathias Harrebye-Brandt stars alongside Jochen Busse in RTL's new eight-part sitcom Nicht tot zu kriegen, premiering on 9 March.
What a Sly Old Dog, This Fellow!
Martin Semmelrogge plays a brash scrapyard boss in Sat.1's Einstein, directed by Thomas Jahn — a role tailor-made for the irrepressible character actor.
This Film Is a Stroke of Luck
Chris Gebert calls Stefan Aretz's tragicomedy Sorry Guys his finest work yet — now nominated for the Blaue Blume Award 2017 and streaming on Sky.
INSPIRING, LIVELY, FUNNY
Katja Brenner takes an episode role in Mr. Rudolpho's Jubilee, an indie film by Bright Blue Gorilla featuring 300 actors from 36 countries.
Freud Would Be Delighted
In the short film Sam, Marie-Theres Schwinn plays the title role from several perspectives at once — a daydreamer at odds with her own inner self.
A Gigantic Performance
Michael Schernthaner praises lead Karolina Gorczyca in Tomasz Emil Rudzik's gripping drama Agnieszka, shot largely in Katowice and now on the Arte mediathek.
It's All Just Fake
In a ten-second Exporo commercial, Jörg Westphal is so convincing as a Hanover investor that viewers messaged him on Facebook thinking he was real.
His First Time
Christoph Drobig makes his debut in ARD's prime early-evening series Familie Dr. Kleist, training four weeks at basketball for his dramatic episode role.
The Girls Rock the Show
Gianna-Valentina Bauer plays a party girl awaiting a stripper in an episode of the ARD crime comedy Hubert und Staller — two relaxed, funny days on set.
Painfully Beautiful
Jörg Westphal stars in the first music video by Berlin a cappella group Niniwe, directed by Dennis Charly Bergande for the single Branches.
Down to the Bone
For Tanja Egen's short film Der Gesellschafter, Matthias Matz waded into a treacherous moor — a physical ordeal bound for the festival circuit in 2017.
I Was in Mortal Fear
Alexa Benkert travelled alone to Afghanistan to lead Sayed Jalal Rohani's daring short film — two intense weeks amid chaos, danger and remarkable people.
