Distant Lights is a 2003 German film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. The film takes place on the Polish-German border at Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder). It features an ensemble cast, and the various threads illustrate the daily life between the two countries. Its original German title is Lichter, which means "Lights".
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor.
Timm Franz Maria Elstner, known as Frank Elstner, is an Austrian-born German television presenter.
Nazan Khol, better known as Nazan Eckes, is a German television presenter.
The Counterfeiters is a 2007 Austrian-German drama film written and directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. It fictionalizes Operation Bernhard, a secret plan by Nazi Germany during World War II to destabilize the United Kingdom by flooding its economy with forged Bank of England pound notes. The film centres on a Jewish counterfeiter, Salomon 'Sally' Sorowitsch, who is coerced into assisting the operation at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
I Am Guilty is a 2005 German drama film directed by Christoph Hochhäusler. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
Bungalow is a 2002 German film directed by Ulrich Köhler and starring Lennie Burmeister, Trine Dyrholm, Devid Striesow, and Nicole Gläser.
Devid Striesow is a German actor.
Gisbert is a German television series that was created by Hape Kerkeling and was broadcast in 1999 by the WDR television company.
The Deutscher Comedypreis is awarded by Brainpool TV. Because Brainpool's in-house productions have received extensive awards, the designation as the German Comedy Award is controversial. The awards ceremony takes place annually in Cologne.
Gero von Boehm is a German director, journalist and television presenter.
Isabel Varell is a German singer, actress and television presenter.
Eden is a 2006 German film directed by Michael Hofmann in which a chef falls for a married woman.
Age of Cannibals is a 2014 German drama film directed by Johannes Naber, starring Devid Striesow, Katharina Schüttler and Sebastian Blomberg. It tells the story of two business consultants who travel to impoverished and corrupt countries where they make shady business deals, never having to leave their hotels. The film is made like a chamber play with stylised and grotesque acting. Principal photography took place from 8 January to 14 February 2013.
We Are Young. We Are Strong is a 2014 German drama film directed by Burhan Qurbani, a fictionalized account of the 1992 xenophobic Rostock-Lichtenhagen riots. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to Labyrinth of Lies.
I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago is a book by German writer Hape Kerkeling written in 2006 and translated into English in 2009. It has sold over three million copies. It has also been translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Latvian, Spanish, Korean and Chinese.
A Decent Man is a 2015 Swiss-German drama film written and directed by Micha Lewinsky. It stars Devid Striesow, Maren Eggert and Lotte Becker. It premiered at the 2015 Zurich Film Festival and opened domestically in 2016.
This Is Love is a 2009 German drama film directed by Matthias Glasner.
Daniel Hartwich is a German TV presenter.
All About Me is a 2018 German biographical film based on the eponymous book by Hape Kerkeling.
