Josef Rusnak (Director)

Polizeiruf 110

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Release Date1971-06-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count24

Godzilla

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Release Date1998-05-20

DepartmentCrew

JobSecond Unit Cinematographer

Vote Count4108

Beyond

A detective teams with a tabloid psychic to track down a missing child.

Release Date2012-03-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count24

Der Schneegänger

After missing four years, the body of a little boy is found in the forest. An unlikely pair of police officers investigate the boy's death.

Release Date2020-03-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Kaltes Fieber

Pierre earns his money in an unusual way. Together with Dr. Schumann, he helps people die. Schumann is the agent, and Pierre takes care of the jobs. But one day Pierre starts to think about what they are actually doing. Then he meets Silvie, who happens to be one of Dr. Schumann's "patients", and the situation takes a serious turn.

Release Date1984-09-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Berlin, I Love You

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

Release Date2019-12-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count62

The Thirteenth Floor

In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.

Release Date1999-04-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1440

It's Alive

When Lenore Harker learns that she's pregnant, she leaves graduate school to set up a home with her boyfriend Frank in the country. The happy new family's lives takes a gruesome turn when animals and people end up brutally dead – all with a mysterious connection to their newborn.

Release Date2009-08-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count65

Joachim Vernau

Release Date2012-01-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count2

Schimanski

Release Date1997-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count14

Small Lights

Valerie is a self-confident and modern woman - she commutes between L.A., where she works, and Berlin, where she lives with her partner above the rooftops of the city. When he falls ill and falls into a coma, she wakes up at his bedside. Valerie decides to return to L.A. one last time, burn all her bridges there and move to Berlin for good. She decides to record a video diary for her absence and begins to narrate for her loved one the day before her departure. Intended as simple messages of love, Valerie's memories are suddenly unleashed in the midst of the recordings. Playfully, she loses her shyness in front of the camera, her emotions burst forth and allow her to relive the story of her great love. What began as a game becomes a reckoning with life and love.

Release Date2010-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Contractor

Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he meets and befriends a 12 year old girl.

Release Date2007-05-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count177

Neben der Spur

Hamburg thriller with great depth

Release Date2015-02-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Quiet Days in Hollywood

Behind the glitz and glamour of Tinseltown exists a harsh reality. Lolita is a streetwalker hustling for business on Hollywood Blvd. Julie is a waitress coping with a sexual assault. Peter is struggling to come to terms with his sexuality. Their lives touch each other in ways they never expected.

Release Date1997-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count9

The Art of War II: Betrayal

Agent Neil Shaw is called out of retirement and finds himself in the midst of a plot to assassinate several leading Senators with himself set-up to take the rap for a recent killing

Release Date2008-08-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count109

Düstersee

Release Date2023-02-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Wendland

Release Date2022-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

No Strings Attached

A renowned journalist becomes a suspect in a series of murders after he becomes intimately involved with a mysterious woman. In an attempt to clear his name, he tries to find a connection between his lover and the increasing number of dead bodies.

Release Date1997-08-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Perfect Life

About college students that experience horrifying visions from the past while undergoing a fraternity initiation.

Release Date2010-04-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10