Zdf Movies

Jana Friedrich is a young, dedicated doctor from the provinces who is completing her specialist training as a forensic pathologist when she is offered...

On March 22, 1983, Abdullah Yakupoglu, a Turkish worker living in Germany, killed his daughter Perihan. The documentary looks at the motives of Yakupo...

In a chalet in the Ukrainian mountains, four women attend therapy sessions to recover from their very different, deeply traumatic experiences of the w...

Swede Mikkel Nordergren unexpectedly inherits a lakeside property with a house in Brandenburg from his deceased father. Much to the chagrin of his nei...

Documentary by Hans-Dieter Grabe.

Ari and Oona go to the same school. Lolita-like Ari, is blonde, pouting and lives in a world of bright colours, frustrated by her mother still treatin...

Deep underground, the water has created breathtaking landscapes: caves. They are the last white spots on the planet. What forces lead to the formation...

Chaos in a luxurious castle hotel: a bride doesn't want to get married, a member of the Bundestag seeks relaxation with a fling, a Texan fears the esc...

Norway’s fjords are a little-known wilderness. Billions of herring darken the waters and orcas feast on the banquet. Salmon leap up waterfalls and col...

Portrait about the planning and rehearsal of Richard Wagner's Parsifal directed by Calixto Bieito at the opera house in Stuttgart.

About Austrian-British psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, whose pioneering achievements mainly in the field of child psychology (The Psychoanalysis of the C...

Tells of the tribulations of a middle-aged official of the Austro-Hungarian Bureau of Weights and Measures in fighting the local shopkeepers and trade...

Divorce lawyer Peter Ullrich’s seemingly perfect life shatters when his wife Katja suddenly leaves with their children. To shield his reputation, he h...

Chronicles the events in Iraq from 1990 through 2001.

In 1988, Cynthia Beatt and the young Tilda Swinton embarked on a filmic journey along the Berlin Wall into little-known territory. The film is now an...

Ruth lies to her husband Karl about visiting her sister to sneak away with her lover Andreas. Meanwhile, Karl invites colleague Daniela over. Their pl...

There was a time when the DC-3 was the world's most successful aircraft and an indispensable tool: its military version became a crucial factor in ach...

With an old photo album under her arm, filmmaker Katrin Rothe sets off for her hometown of Gera to take a portrait of her great-niece Laura. But thing...