Corinna Kirchhoff – MRQE

No Hit Wonder

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Daniel is a singer who became famous overnight thanks to one song. But for the aspiring artist, the dream of fame was short-lived: his song turned out to be a one-hit wonder, and Daniel fell into a deep depression when his subsequent songs failed to connect with audiences. Daniel soon finds himself with few options left he wants to end his life. However, his suicide attempt fails and he ends up in a secure psychiatric ward. He is allowed to leave on one condition: he must use his music to make a group of depressed people happy.

Casting (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

For her first television film, director Vera wants the perfect cast. But the first day of shooting is fast approaching and the numerous casting sessions have yet to find a suitable actress to play the leading role. Although the producer and crew are getting ever more exasperated with Vera, Gerwin is happy about the extra work, as he earns his money as an audition reader, delivering the lines of dialogue to the starry candidates at the various castings. When the male lead suddenly has to back out, Gerwin thinks that this might just be his chance.

Der vermessene Mensch

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Berlin at the end of the 19th Century. Alexander Hoffmann is an ambitious PhD student of Ethnology. When a delegation of the Herero and Nama tribes travels to Berlin during a Colonial Exhibition, he takes a special interest in their young female translator Kezia Kambazembi as subject for his studies.

Unter dir die Stadt

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man and a woman at an art exhibition share a fleeting moment of attraction, which neither can act upon. Days later, a chance second meeting leads to an innocent coffee and the two strangers both married – toy with their unexplainable fascination for each other. Svenja is curious and finds herself in a hotel room with Roland, but she does not consummate an affair. A powerful executive at the large bank where Svenja’s husband works, Roland is used to getting what he wants. He manipulates the transfer of her husband to Indonesia to replace a recently murdered bank manager. Unaware of Rolands actions, Svenja now ceases to resist…

Zarte Parasiten

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jakob and Manu have developed their own specific survival strategies. Without a permanent home or steady job, they live in a makeshift camp in the woods and use the municipal swimming pool when they need to shower. Always short on cash, they make a living as providers of human services. They notice what is missing in other peoples lives and make a living by satisfying others desires and giving them what they need or what they lack.

Amnesia

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young composer moves from Berlin to the island of Ibiza and begins a friendship with an elderly woman whose painful past has caused her to reject everything to do with Germany, including her native language.

Die Reise

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An unusual family story about two father and son generations, beginning on a German country side and ending in the students’ revolt in Berlin.