Svenja Liesau

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is retired and lives with her husband and pug in a small town. She is bored with the quiet life. When a man is found murdered in a castle, she begins to investigate on her own, supported by her bodyguard.

A gifted pair of lovers: Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, co-founder of the German modern-art movement "Blauer Reiter." While he was granted fame, artistic and financial recognition, she wasted away in his shadow.

When his partner Susanne Koch is not lying in bed next to him as usual in the morning, Inspector Martin Brühl knows immediately that something is wrong. What he doesn't know is that Susanne has witnessed a crime on her way home at night. She was seriously injured when an ATM was blown up and was quickly taken away by the perpetrators.

When the village sheriff Frank Koops settles a dispute between the neighbors Ernst and Rudi, he has no idea that this is the prelude to murderous complications that go back far into the past.

A unique and surreal story about post-war Germany and a masterpiece of analogue film making. Director Heinrich Sabl worked over 25 years on this stop-motion marvel.

Paula (32) is living her dream: a life of idleness. She enjoys people-watching in the park, riding the subway just forfun, and letting her imagination roam free. It could all be so wonderful if her surroundings weren't shiftingbetween misunderstanding, envy, and anger. When her job center counselor finally loses patience and forces herto start applying for jobs, her dream seems to be coming to an end.