German Films

Cinema fans may remember Jana Pallaske as an autograph-seeking fan who approaches Daniel Brühl‘s character Fredrick Zoller in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds. But the actress got an early start in the German film industry. Pallaske made her name by portraying several young women with difficult starts in life. Since those early roles, Pallaske has made […]

The actor Alexander Scheer has made a niche for himself portraying famous musicians and artists. He was Einstürzende Neubauten‘s Blixa Bargeld in Punk Berlin 1982, Keith Richards in Eight Miles High, David Bowie in We Children from Bahnhof Zoo, and Andy Warhol in Enfant Terrible. But he is more than a mere imitator. Scheer has

Just over a decade ago, Jella Haase was recognized as the best young actress at the Bavarian Film Awards. Since beginning her acting career as a teenager, Haase has gone from roles in made-for-TV films and television crime series to starring in major motion pictures and as the title character in a prestigious Netflix series.

International audiences may already know Oliver Masucci from his role in Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore or the Netflix series Dark. The actor has long been recognized for his work in the German film industry with a number of awards and accolades. So now is the perfect time to get to know the work

The Academy Awards in early 2023 certainly put German films back on the map. The exciting wins — four awards including Best International Feature Film — for director Edward Berger’s film All Quiet on the Western Front were a bit of a surprise. The massive attention to the film put the entire cast in the

The entertainment industry is full of the stories of child actors who struck it rich at a young age with a big role or captured the hearts of audiences only to find maturing to adulthood to be a detriment to their career. Luckily, Frederick Lau is not one of those cautionary tales. Quite the opposite,

In 2004, German actor Ulrich Matthes garnered acclaim for his portrayal of the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in Der Untergang. Less than two decades later he revisited World War II with a striking portrayal of Adolf Hitler in Munich: The Edge of War. But before, during, and after those films, Matthes has had a

In 2019 when the film Transit appeared on former United States president Barack Obama’s year-end list of favorite films, the world took notice. And not just the film world; the whole world. But this was not the first film starring actor Franz Rogowski to garner international attention. The critically acclaimed actor is fearless in the

Everyone has their own path to follow. Some dedicate their life to the dramatic arts while some in the acting profession find their passion later in life. And for others, they discover and embrace their talents at an early age. For German actress Paula Beer, she was still a young child when she first became

Making the transition from television to film can be an insurmountable task for some. Actress Heike Makatsch started her career in entertainment hosting shows on a music television channel. Today, she is a popular leading actress in not only German-language films but also English-language films. Perhaps you have seen her in Love Actually or Resident

Usually, when you say a filmmaker has varied experience, it means that maybe they have worked on both sides of the camera. Or they tried their hand at a bit of writing. Perhaps they even have experience as a producer. But Doris Dörrie is a true jack of all trades that meets and exceeds those

German television viewers of a certain age may already be familiar with Palina Rojinski. She got her start from her time as a sidekick for the popular comedian television duo Joko and Klaas. But all three have come a long way since their days on Germany’s MTV Home. But Rojinski is more than just a