Michael Karen (Director)

Die Loosers

Three movie buffs head out for a night in town.

Release Date1986-12-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd B.J.

The Island Doctor

Release Date2018-01-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Charlie 2

Felix Bender (Nikita Wokurka) is an eleven-year-old orphan who lives with unloving foster parents. For five years he’s been waiting for his older brother to pick him up, but his hopes fade away with each year’s passing. On his eleventh birthday Felix gets a laptop from the only person who cares about him, his neighbor Rasmus. The man hopes that Felix would be able to get in contact with his brother through the internet, but during the first connection a little accident happens: a mouse runs over the keyboard and accidentally makes the laptop download a program that awakens the old car and gives that car a soul. Soon the boy and his car are being hunted by the owners of the program, who want to get it back and destroy the car.

Release Date2006-04-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Agent Ranjid Saves the World

The Dutch supervillain Freek van Dyk is keeping the world on tenterhooks - and the world's best secret services can only stand by and watch. Finally, the Turkish Ayran Secret Service intervenes. However, there is a mix-up, because after two of the ASS men are eliminated, ASS head Süleyman is looking for a "Süper agent" and mistakes the clueless Indian cleaner Ranjid for one. He actually just wants to cure his sick cow, but suddenly has to save the world.

Release Date2012-10-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count44

Flashback

A young woman is released from an asylum where she has been since witnessing the murder of her parents, but violence continues to haunt her.

Release Date2000-04-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count30

Das Mädchen mit dem indischen Smaragd

Annie Krüger just wants to spend a quiet Christmas with her boyfriend. But a phone call from India changes everything.

Release Date2013-11-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count4

Killer Bees

A man is on the verge of death from a bee sting. His daughter, a fearless young, starts a race against time to find the antidote that may save the life of his father. It counts with the help of an expert on bees is satisfied that, as a kind of unusual, someone has prompted its expansion. Meanwhile, most frequently occurring deaths because of these alarming bites.

Release Date2009-09-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count15

H3 - Halloween Horror Hostel

When the driver manages to crash the car on the road in the middle of nowhere, three guys and a girl seem to have no other choice than to walk through the dark woods to find the nearest hostel...

Release Date2008-03-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Miss Diamond

Diamonds are a girls best friends, so when an exhibition of the first diamonds ever discovered in Germany is announced, Lana thinks it is her duty to steal them. And so she does, since Lana is a diamond thief, a very good diamond thief. But the unexpected happens: she is caught by Tim because of a screw, the diamonds are fake and someone is trying to kill her. Will she survive?

Release Date1999-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Erkan & Stefan 3

The 3rd movie by the comedian duo Erkan and Stefan.

Release Date2005-05-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count29

Unforgiven

When Kathrin Bahro once again plays babysitter for the neighbors, a thief breaks into the house. Kathrin confronts the intruder, who escapes after a brief struggle. What remains is the dead child. Thanks to Kathrin's drawing skills, the perpetrator is quickly caught. Nine years later, the convict takes part in a Ministry of Justice project - ankle cuffs with acoustic signals are supposed to put the criminal in his place - and has only one thought: revenge...

Release Date2003-02-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Einfach Rosa – Wolken über Kapstadt

"Are they corrupt?" After arriving in Cape Town, Johann and Inge are amazed by the swanky estate of their son Mark's future mother-in-law. His wedding to Nandi is to be organized by Rosa, a childhood friend of the groom who has flown in from Berlin. Of course, no one could have imagined that after thirty years, Rosa and Mark's fire would flare up again...

Release Date2015-11-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance

Rosa can only dream of romantic togetherness with her husband Mark. Temporarily homeless, her mother Ruth has taken up residence in the middle of the living room. Things get tricky for Rosa when the landlord also sues for personal use. She loses in court, but Rosa wins a new job: the shy judge needs professional help with a marriage proposal. Of course, Rosa and Meral manage to arrange a suitable setting to convince Anja, the woman they love. But this is only the beginning of the real problems, because Anja's past hides a dark secret.

Release Date2016-02-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Die Blüten der Sehnsucht

Dr. Anna Stelzer is a separated woman who decides to change of scenery when his son Mark diseased heart. Both end up spending their vacation in Summerhill, a heavenly place in Malaysia. There they meet the owner of one of the largest tea plantations in the area, Paul Pflüger, and her daughter Asha, who immediately engage with close friends. However, despite the tranquility in the place, on the village seems to weigh a mysterious curse: all women who have married a foreigner died after giving birth to her first child.

Release Date2007-12-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Molly & Mops – Das Leben ist kein Gugelhupf

Molly, a passionate confectioner, is in debt. To get rid of her debts, she enters a major confectionery competition in Vienna. What she doesn't know is that the competition will be broadcast live on television! But everything goes wrong on the very first day.

Release Date2010-12-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Verführt - Fatal Online Affair

Changing jobs and changing boyfriends - until now, the beautiful Sonia has cheated her way through life. She found the support she needed with her sister Karin. But then Karin doesn't return from a supposed business trip. Sonia sets off with her dog Bigfoot in search of her sister. The first clue leads to an internet chat room where Karin regularly logged in under her alias Demi Moore and indulged in provocative sex talk.

Release Date1999-03-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Cecelia Ahern: Zwischen Himmel und hier

Young Amelia learns from her mother Magda that she was adopted as a baby. Her biological parents are from Ireland. When Magda dies of a heart attack shortly afterwards, Amelia feels that nothing is keeping her in Germany anymore. She leaves the bookshop she inherited and her bewildered fiancé and sets off headlong to find her real family on the Emerald Isle. Upon arriving in Ireland, something magical happens to the young woman. Amelia follows the mysterious clues. This leads her to meet the attractive private detective Bobby.

Release Date2014-02-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Verfluchte Beute

Toni, Stefan, Niels, Maike and Frank are supposed to renovate a hut in the Tyrolean Alps. But what they find gives them the shivers: In the kitchen lie the bloodied bodies of three criminals who robbed the Landesmuseum. An argument breaks out between the friends about what to do with the stolen goods. When the shady Hagedorn turns up, it soon becomes clear that he is the mastermind behind the robbery. A merciless battle for the millions in loot begins...

Release Date2004-04-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Kleiner Junge, großer Freund

Release Date2017-10-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Molly & Mops - Ein Mops kommt selten allein

With the money she earned from the pastry competition, Molly opens a small café with her very own specialties, which quickly spreads through the city.

Release Date2011-01-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Nicht ohne meinen Schwiegervater

Psychotherapist Ulf Weiß and his girlfriend Sarah Gievenbeck want to get married. They go to Sarah's parents' house for a weekend. Sarah's father, Heinrich Gievenbeck, a judge at Münster District Court, is extremely pedantic and keeps a close eye on his daughter's well-being. So this weekend he wants to test whether Ulf really is the right man for Sarah. At first Ulf and Sarah have to sleep in separate rooms, and the next morning Heinrich asks Ulf to come hunting with him at the crack of dawn. Ulf does Heinrich the favor. But he accidentally shoots Heinrich's beloved dog instead of the stag.

Release Date2005-12-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Cecelia Ahern: Mein ganzes halbes Leben

Franziska is shocked: her husband Rainer has suddenly left her. Depressed, she decides to travel alone to her cousin Amelia's wedding in Ireland. Shortly before her departure, she notices a magical book that seems to be trying to tell her something with its regularly changing covers. Once in Ireland, Franziska believes she must help Adam, the best man who is also newly separated, win back his ex-girlfriend Sally if she wants to find happiness again herself. Only gradually does she realize the true intention of the book.

Release Date2014-03-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Ein Sommer im Schwarzwald

Fiona, a tenancy lawyer from the big city, wants to spend a weekend in the Black Forest with her boyfriend. He is having fun with business partners on the golf course, she is taking part in a wellness program. When a fallen tree blocks the road to the hotel, the young woman comes into contact with grumpy logger Sascha and finds shelter on Josef and Marlies' farm. What Fiona experiences there makes her think about her life. What's more, she suddenly feels attracted to the taciturn woodcutter.

Release Date2024-01-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Fasia, von trutzigen Frauen und einer Troubadora

Fasia takes the audience along on her travels, with the camera following her performances and activities. We can witness how she uses her art to encourage, uplift, and inspire people.

Release Date1987-05-20

DepartmentCamera

JobAssistant Camera