Wolfgang S. Zechmayer

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Die Schöne und das Biest (2012)

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German/Austrian TV adaptation of the famous fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast“.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc-Andreas Bochert
CAST:  Maximilian Simonischek  •  Cornelia Gröschel  •  Jürgen Tarrach  •  Johannes Silberschneider

German/Austrian TV adaptation of the famous fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast“.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc-Andreas Bochert
CAST:  Maximilian Simonischek  •  Cornelia Gröschel  •  Jürgen Tarrach  •  Johannes Silberschneider

Welcome Home (2004)

Another one of those stories we hear almost every day: refugees are picked up on Austria's border after a dramatic chase. And then nothing more is heard of them. The problem is apparently resolved in the usual way, through incarceration and deportation. But it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Gruber
CAST:  Georg Friedrich  •  Rainer Egger  •  David Dontoh  •  Fred Nii Amugi

Another one of those stories we hear almost every day: refugees are picked up on Austria's border after a dramatic chase. And then nothing more is heard of them. The problem is apparently resolved in the usual way, through incarceration and deportation. But it's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andreas Gruber
CAST:  Georg Friedrich  •  Rainer Egger  •  David Dontoh  •  Fred Nii Amugi

Silentium (2004)

A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Murnberger
CAST:  Josef Hader  •  Simon Schwarz  •  Joachim Król  •  Maria Köstlinger

A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg. Everyone except his widow and the eccentrical detective Simon Brenner keeps silent and believes that the man killed himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wolfgang Murnberger
CAST:  Josef Hader  •  Simon Schwarz  •  Joachim Król  •  Maria Köstlinger

South Beach (1993)

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Williamson  •  Alain Zaloum
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Peter Fonda  •  Gary Busey  •  Robert Forster

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Williamson  •  Alain Zaloum
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Peter Fonda  •  Gary Busey  •  Robert Forster

Spy Sorge (2003)

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Iain Glen  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Takaya Kamikawa

A foreign spy using the Sorge alias is assigned to Tokyo the capital of Japan just prior to the outbreak of World War II and in the midst of the Japanese imperial ambitions in Eastern Asia. The spy becomes acquainted with a sympathetic communist who like he is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Iain Glen  •  Masahiro Motoki  •  Kippei Shiina  •  Takaya Kamikawa

Zwei allein (2014)

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DIRECTION:  Stephan Wagner
CAST:  Rufus Beck  •  Elmar Wepper  •  Simon Licht  •  Gundi Ellert

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DIRECTION:  Stephan Wagner
CAST:  Rufus Beck  •  Elmar Wepper  •  Simon Licht  •  Gundi Ellert

Als meine Frau mein Chef wurde (2013)

Hanna, who works with her husband Martin at a Hamburg shipyard, is to be promoted to Deputy Managing Director. Enthusiastically, she accepts the job. But her boss Bernd Möller aims at closing the yard and uses Hanna for his perfidious plans. It must enforce ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Steurer
CAST:  Marie-Lou Sellem  •  Götz Schubert  •  Ulrich Pleitgen  •  Marita Breuer

Hanna, who works with her husband Martin at a Hamburg shipyard, is to be promoted to Deputy Managing Director. Enthusiastically, she accepts the job. But her boss Bernd Möller aims at closing the yard and uses Hanna for his perfidious plans. It must enforce ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Steurer
CAST:  Marie-Lou Sellem  •  Götz Schubert  •  Ulrich Pleitgen  •  Marita Breuer

Lösegeld (2012)

Nina Hausen, head of an escort agency, is attacked by a stranger on her nocturnal walk with the dog in the forest. Only with difficulty can she escape him by touching him with her car and seriously injuring him. On the way back she finds in her car a bag of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephan Wagner
CAST:  Mišel Matičević  •  Ulrike C. Tscharre  •  Simon Licht  •  Andreas Leupold

Nina Hausen, head of an escort agency, is attacked by a stranger on her nocturnal walk with the dog in the forest. Only with difficulty can she escape him by touching him with her car and seriously injuring him. On the way back she finds in her car a bag of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephan Wagner
CAST:  Mišel Matičević  •  Ulrike C. Tscharre  •  Simon Licht  •  Andreas Leupold

Der Eisenhans (2011)

German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Iron John“.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Siebenmann
CAST:  Michael Mendl  •  André Hennicke  •  Marion Mitterhammer  •  Laurence Rupp

German TV adaptation of Grimm‘s fairy tale “Iron John“.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Manuel Siebenmann
CAST:  Michael Mendl  •  André Hennicke  •  Marion Mitterhammer  •  Laurence Rupp

Nach der Hochzeit bin ich weg! (2011)

As a housewife, wife and manager of a family business, Anne Stadler has everything under control. So the wedding of her only daughter Lisette should be a fantastic event, as she herself was not allowed to experience it. With Elan Anne organizes in the contemplative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Steurer
CAST:  Saskia Vester  •  Jan-Gregor Kremp  •  Peter Sattmann  •  Teresa Weißbach

As a housewife, wife and manager of a family business, Anne Stadler has everything under control. So the wedding of her only daughter Lisette should be a fantastic event, as she herself was not allowed to experience it. With Elan Anne organizes in the contemplative ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matthias Steurer
CAST:  Saskia Vester  •  Jan-Gregor Kremp  •  Peter Sattmann  •  Teresa Weißbach

Day & Night (2010)

An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sabine Derflinger
CAST:  Anna Rot  •  Magdalena Kronschläger  •  Philipp Hochmair  •  Martina Spitzer

An unreservedly matter-of-fact look at two young women who consider prostitution an adventure until reality catches up with them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sabine Derflinger
CAST:  Anna Rot  •  Magdalena Kronschläger  •  Philipp Hochmair  •  Martina Spitzer

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DIRECTION:  Susanne Zanke
CAST:  Sissi Wolf  •  Roman Knizka  •  Krista Posch  •  Erni Mangold

Half a Life (2009)

A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Leytner
CAST:  Matthias Habich  •  Josef Hader  •  Franziska Walser  •  Wolfgang Böck

A young woman is found raped and bludgeoned to death. Her father can’t reconcile himself with her death, and even less with the fact that the murderer was never found. Half of his life he continues the search. Finally, after more than 20 years, as DNA-analysis ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Leytner
CAST:  Matthias Habich  •  Josef Hader  •  Franziska Walser  •  Wolfgang Böck

The Visit (2008)

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Leytner
CAST:  Christiane Hörbiger  •  Michael Mendl  •  Muriel Baumeister  •  Lisa Kreuzer

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikolaus Leytner
CAST:  Christiane Hörbiger  •  Michael Mendl  •  Muriel Baumeister  •  Lisa Kreuzer

Email to Bill Gates (2007)

Young German boy whose father tells him that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates can solve anything. His father dies and the little boy makes a trip to Seattle with his grandfather to find Bill Gates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josh Broecker
CAST:  Katharina Böhm  •  Jörg Schüttauf  •  Joel Eisenblätter  •  Dominique Chiout

Young German boy whose father tells him that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates can solve anything. His father dies and the little boy makes a trip to Seattle with his grandfather to find Bill Gates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josh Broecker
CAST:  Katharina Böhm  •  Jörg Schüttauf  •  Joel Eisenblätter  •  Dominique Chiout

Paparazzo (2007)

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CAST:  David Rott  •  Sascha Göpel  •  Agata Buzek  •  Florian Stetter

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CAST:  David Rott  •  Sascha Göpel  •  Agata Buzek  •  Florian Stetter

Somewhere in Tonga (2017)

There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florian Schewe
CAST:  Sascha Alexander Geršak  •  Luis Pintsch  •  Tevita Fukufuka  •  Lolohea Lin

There is nothing that keeps passionate social worker Wolski in Germany. On an uninhabited island in the Kingdom of Tonga he wants to give criminal teenagers a second chance. His first candidate is Marcel, 16, and no stranger to drugs, violence and crime. So a visit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Florian Schewe
CAST:  Sascha Alexander Geršak  •  Luis Pintsch  •  Tevita Fukufuka  •  Lolohea Lin

Zwischen zwei Herzen (2019)

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DIRECTION:  Markus Herling
CAST:  Anna Schudt  •  Felix Klare  •  Mark Waschke  •  Friederike Frerichs

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DIRECTION:  Markus Herling
CAST:  Anna Schudt  •  Felix Klare  •  Mark Waschke  •  Friederike Frerichs
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