Alain Gsponer

My Words, My Lies - My Love (2009)

David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller, the real author introduces himself and begins to take over David's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Daniel Brühl  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Kirsten Block

David, a waiter, finds an unpublished manuscript in a dresser drawer. To impress a girl, he claims to be the author. When the novel becomes a best-seller, the real author introduces himself and begins to take over David's life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Daniel Brühl  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Henry Hübchen  •  Kirsten Block

The Little Ghost (2013)

The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Uwe Ochsenknecht  •  Herbert Knaup  •  Jonas Holdenrieder  •  Emily Kusche

The Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Uwe Ochsenknecht  •  Herbert Knaup  •  Jonas Holdenrieder  •  Emily Kusche

Life Actually (2007)

Inner chaos breaks free in two families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Ulrich Noethen  •  Katja Riemann  •  Josef Mattes  •  Hannah Herzsprung

Inner chaos breaks free in two families.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Ulrich Noethen  •  Katja Riemann  •  Josef Mattes  •  Hannah Herzsprung

Rose (2005)

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DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Corinna Harfouch  •  Jürgen Tonkel  •  Volker Bruch  •  Torben Liebrecht

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DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Corinna Harfouch  •  Jürgen Tonkel  •  Volker Bruch  •  Torben Liebrecht

Akte Grüninger (2014)

According to the Swiss documentary filmmaker Richard Dindo (1944), the media want to make us believe that Swiss non-alignment during World War II was only a thin veneer around Nazi sympathies and anti-Semitic feelings. This stirred his interest in the story of Paul ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Stefan Kurt  •  Maximilian Simonischek  •  Anatole Taubman  •  Helmut Förnbacher

According to the Swiss documentary filmmaker Richard Dindo (1944), the media want to make us believe that Swiss non-alignment during World War II was only a thin veneer around Nazi sympathies and anti-Semitic feelings. This stirred his interest in the story of Paul ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Stefan Kurt  •  Maximilian Simonischek  •  Anatole Taubman  •  Helmut Förnbacher

Der letzte Weynfeldt (2010)

The lack of an olive for his Dry Martini drives Adrian Weynfeldt one night to a nearby bar. There he meets a beautiful woman whose direct style and unpolished charm he can not escape. He takes Lorena home. The next morning Lorena stands outside the balcony railing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Stefan Kurt  •  Marie Bäumer  •  Annemarie Düringer  •  Vadim Glowna

The lack of an olive for his Dry Martini drives Adrian Weynfeldt one night to a nearby bar. There he meets a beautiful woman whose direct style and unpolished charm he can not escape. He takes Lorena home. The next morning Lorena stands outside the balcony railing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Stefan Kurt  •  Marie Bäumer  •  Annemarie Düringer  •  Vadim Glowna

Godless Youth (2017)

German students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Fahri Yardım  •  Jannis Niewöhner  •  Anna Maria Mühe  •  Alicia von Rittberg

German students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Fahri Yardım  •  Jannis Niewöhner  •  Anna Maria Mühe  •  Alicia von Rittberg

Heidi (2015)

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Bruno Ganz  •  Anuk Steffen  •  Katharina Schüttler  •  Maxim Mehmet

Heidi, is an eight-year-old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain-dwelling grandfather. She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy Sesemann household in Frankfurt, Germany as a companion to Klara, a sheltered, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Bruno Ganz  •  Anuk Steffen  •  Katharina Schüttler  •  Maxim Mehmet

Kiki and Tiger (2003)

1997. Tiger, a Serb living in Germany is best friends with an illegal Albanian refugee, Kiki. A natural hustler, Kiki sweet-talks his way into odd jobs and women's hearts. The bond between the two men appears unbreakable, but the combination of Tiger's malicious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
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1997. Tiger, a Serb living in Germany is best friends with an illegal Albanian refugee, Kiki. A natural hustler, Kiki sweet-talks his way into odd jobs and women's hearts. The bond between the two men appears unbreakable, but the combination of Tiger's malicious ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
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Cloud Under the Roof (2022)

Paul, Julia and Lilly are a happy family, until Julia dies unexpectedly. For the sake of his daughter, Paul wants to function and suppress his grief. Lilly keeps challenging him with her imagination and her very own view of Mum's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Frederick Lau  •  Romy Schroeder  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Barbara Auer

Paul, Julia and Lilly are a happy family, until Julia dies unexpectedly. For the sake of his daughter, Paul wants to function and suppress his grief. Lilly keeps challenging him with her imagination and her very own view of Mum's death.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Gsponer
CAST:  Frederick Lau  •  Romy Schroeder  •  Hannah Herzsprung  •  Barbara Auer