Thorsten Merten Movies

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the...

After a blow to the head, Gilles wakes up in the hospital. He knows that his wife Lisa caused the injury. The act is the result of years of...

Young 19-year-old Hajo wrestles with caring for his 6-month-old son and finding both work and his role of being a father.

In 2012 German Bundespraesident Christian Wulff declares his resignation in the great hall of Bellevue Palace. At the side of his wife, he had to...

A young man is searching for his place in the world. He finds his way, religion and his "brothers" in the radical Islam. What begins with the wish of...

Katja Winzer lives with her eight-year-old son Tobias and her partner Jürgen in a small town near Bremerhaven. When Tobias does not come home...

What does inclusion mean for classmates, teachers, parents and for the people themselves? The inclusion of Steffi and Paul at the Rousseau School is...

Annika's life and experiences as a young woman include peculiar sex, an unfortunately cold best friend, a terrible tutor/boyfriend, and a sensible...

After oversleeping yet again, Alfons manages to catch the bus to his class trip to the Baltic Sea at the last minute. In his luggage: lots of...

White gold is buried in Beelitz, Brandenburg, but after initial successes, former BND agent Sven (Herold Vomeer) is targeted by a dangerous...

Ex-policeman Eddie is a dedicated private detective blessed with a healthy dose of audacity. His scruffy appearance and unconventional investigative...

Nora is fourteen and lives with her parents in a quiet Berlin suburb. She is a romantic introvert who spends her day retreated into her own enchanted...

A woman travels by train. She is trapped between her memories of a love affair she had ended and her search for freedom. Her destiny depends on the...

A group of young, ambitious candidates for a special police unit in Baden-Württemberg are driven to perform at their best. One of them is...

Emily (8) is terminally ill. Her parents ask the new CEO of a small pharmaceutical company, Dr. Julia Schemmel, for the early release of a drug that...

Four men’s destinies slam into each other and intertwine on four balmy summer nights. Old wounds are reopened, new ones appear, unexpectedly...

A young financial auditor, promoted to his first serious position, soon finds himself following in the fatal footsteps of his predecessor.

Omer and Carine move restlessly from place to place and keep their heads above water with tournaments at the pool table. Both are on the run from...

Flower seller Leni Bluhm is kind-hearted, but illiterate and not very bright. That's why the single mother can't help her son Dominik at school. His...