Affäre zu dritt (aka Threesome Affair)

2003

A married couple… both are police officers and they’re not very happy with their current setup. The wife meets a mysterious woman at work and she’s very attracted to her. Katrin, a police doctor, and Max a criminal inspector seem to lead a happy marriage and both work for the Munich Criminal Police. Of course, in the course of the marriage, a certain amount of routine creeps in, both privately and professionally. In the medical […]

Effi Briest

2009

Following her parents’ wishes, spirited seventeen-year-old Effi Briest marries Baron von Innstetten – a former admirer of her mother – who is twenty years Effi’s senior. This marriage of prudence heralds the beginning of a humdrum life, far from home, for Effi. Innstetten devotes himself entirely to his political career, and the sleepy small town of Kessin has very little to offer in terms of variety. But then, one day, Innstetten’s old regimental comrade, Major […]

The Tide is On Time (aka Die Flut ist pünktlich)

2014
January 27, 2019

A corpse is washed on the North Sea. The dead man is Alexander (August Zirner), the husband of the beautiful, mysterious Bettina (Ina Weisse). Although the marriage was unhappy and her relationship had long been on ice, she had always kept him during his severe kidney disease. The couple had a summer house on the island, in which she retired for several months. In the end, she also lived with her lover Tom (Jürgen Vogel). […]

The Decameron

The Decameron

1971

An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s “Decameron”: A young Sicilian is swindled twice, but ends up rich; a man poses as a deaf-mute in a convent of curious nuns; a woman must hide her lover when her husband comes home early; a scoundrel fools a priest on his deathbed; three brothers take revenge on their sister’s lover; a young girl sleeps on the roof to meet her boyfriend at night; a group of painters […]

The Bride

The Bride (aka La Novia)

2015

Based on “Bodas de Sangre” by Federico García Lorca, tells the story of a love triangle between two men and a woman. Two lovers carried away by their passion defying all moral and social rules even challenging their own judgment. The same day of her wedding, the bride and her lover escape on horseback to live their love. Their disobedience will have devastating consequences.