Movies: Björn Jung

When 22-year-old Rainer Werner Fassbinder storms the stage of a small, progressive theatre in Munich 1967, and seizes the production without further ado, nobody suspects this brazen young rebel to become one of the most important post-war German film...

This French-German-Dutch biopic on the life of 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn is told in flashbacks from the point-of-view of the aged artist. Soon after establishing his career as a painter in Amsterdam, he marries the radiant Saskia. ...

In 1981, all of Germany fears for the life of Johannes Erlemann, the eleven-year-old son of entrepreneur Jochem Erlemann, who was in custody on suspicion of fraud at the time of his son's abduction. The boy was snatched off his bicycle by his kidnapp...

Cologne in the 1970s. To all appearances, things could hardly go better for Iwan Herstatt and his bank. Above all, a group of young currency traders ensures brilliant balance sheets. The fact that they are called gold boys is no coincidence....

A mother is good. Several mothers at once are hell! Conny is 37 years old and has so far let her life being arranged by others - especially by her husband Lawrence. Lorenz has made the previous gray mouse, a trophy wife and offers her a carefree lif...

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Robin is 16 and has had enough: permanent trouble at school and at home. On the run from his dull everyday life, he joins a group of skinheads. The clique strengthens their sense of belonging by beating up foreign youths. This is how the "apolitical"...

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Special needs pupil Justin has had another fight and his principal wants to get rid of him: Inclusion in the comprehensive school. Justin panics: To school with the normal kids? Without him! His friend Hendrik has a plan: kidnap the principal's dog a...