Dominik Graf

Nationally and internationally, Dominik Graf is by far Germany’s best-known and most recognized television director.

Works

Sophie – Schlauer als die Polizei erlaubt

Release Date1997-06-02

Charactersd Dr. Martens

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

The Universal Theory

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.

Release Date2023-10-26

Charactersd Erzähler

Vote Count40

Maiden's War

The three daughters of the Dessau merchant Sellmann move with their father to Prague in 1936, where he accepted a position as director of the Böhmische Landesbank. For the three different women begins a new life, which accompanies the film over a period of ten years.

Release Date1977-06-06

Charactersd Pavel Sixta

Irren ist männlich

Lawyer Thomas Neumann is extremely successful in his career and happily married to his wife Bettina. Nevertheless, he has a mistress on the side, who one day reveals to him that she wants him to have a child. Thomas agrees, but a sperm test reveals that he is infertile. Now he asks himself the question: who is the real father of his children? His brother Johannes, a priest, helps him to find out the truth. Thomas suspects two former friends with whom he and Bettina used to go on vacation. He invites them to his home so that he can carry out comparative studies in peace, as genetic testing didn't exist back then. One friend has gone mad, the other is blind. The two of them cause Thomas' household a great deal of confusion, especially as he has to entertain an important business partner from overseas at his home.

Release Date1996-10-31

Charactersd Lorenz

Vote Count3

Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation

Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.

Release Date2009-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd (segment "Der Weg - den wir nicht zusammen gehen") (voice)

Vote Count14

Tango im Bauch

Release Date1985-06-29

Charactersd Willie

1+1=3

An unmarried actress in Munich becomes pregnant but decides against marrying the child's father, and eventually moves in with a more agreeable man she meets on a winter sports holiday.

Release Date1979-10-31

Charactersd Bernhard Grabowski

Vote Count1

Fremder Bruder

Release Date2006-11-17

Charactersd Anwalt

Friends of Friends

Dominik Graf relocates the story of the same name by Henry James from the 19th century to the year 2001.

Release Date2002-07-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd

Vote Count13

Munich: Secrets of a City

A collage of memories, fictional stories, biographies, dreams and missed opportunities, which in their entirety represent the idea of Munich.

Release Date2000-06-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Erzähler

Vote Count4

Kieselsteine

Vienna in the eighties. An accidental meeting in a restaurant. She, Hannah, is Jewish and has a live-in lover, a young and successful architect. He, Friedrich, is a German and lives permanently in Vienna. Two worlds collide with another, begin to become entangled in each other. Friedrich too, has his problems. He is a "German", which fascinates and repels Hannah at the same time. She tries to get over her confusion by being ironic and flirtatious. Simultaneously, what she has tried to suppress breaks through in flashbacks...

Release Date1983-01-01

Charactersd Sebastian

Show What You Love

In the 1970s, the Munich Group set about revolutionizing German film with low budgets and an excess of creativity. The Bungalow bar next to the Türkendolch theater was their meeting place, who were inspired by the French New Wave and New Hollywood. Munich Group star Iris Berben takes us on a journey back through time, a wild trip full of film clips and interviews with major figures of an unforgettable era.

Release Date2016-06-25

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count1

Morgenmagazin

Release Date1992-07-19

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Alpha Forum

Release Date1998-01-07

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Grimme Awards Ceremony

Release Date1964-01-16

Charactersd Self

Episode Count10

Deutscher Filmpreis

Release Date1951-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

German Television Award

Release Date1999-10-02

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Romy Award

Release Date1990-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Release Date1979-12-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Blauer Panther

Release Date1989-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count2

Telestar

Release Date1983-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

Release Date2008-07-03

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany

A documentary on the 1973 Sam Fuller film Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.

Release Date2015-07-03

Charactersd Self

Mythos Metropolis

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

Release Date2010-03-01

Charactersd Self

Scene of the Crime

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

Release Date1970-11-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count115

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

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count7

Vote Count22

Der Fahnder

Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.

Release Date1984-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count6

Vote Count7

Auf Achse

The adventures of a group of German truckers on jobs all over the world.

Release Date1980-10-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count15

In the Face of Crime

Im Angesicht des Verbrechens is a German television series about the Russian mafia in Berlin. It received high critical acclaim, but the viewer figures were disappointing. It was broadcast by ARTE and Das Erste.

Release Date2010-04-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Vote Count24

Fabian: Going to the Dogs

In 1930s Berlin, Dr. Jakob Fabian, who works by day in advertising for a cigarette company and by night wanders the streets of the city, falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane.

Release Date2021-08-05

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count52

Sperling

Release Date1996-03-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count18

Beloved Sisters

A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer.

Release Date2014-07-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count47

Köberle kommt

Release Date1983-07-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count12

The Invincibles

Simon, the leader of a police special unit, becomes caught up in a complex scheme involving bribery and money-laundering, as well as an affair with the beautiful wife of a government official investigating organized crime and political corruption. After the official is kidnapped, the chase leads to a dramatic conclusion high in the Bavarian Alps.

Release Date1994-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count17

Morlock

Release Date1993-02-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Your Best Years

Vera Kemp, heiress of an industrial enterprise, lives in an apparently perfect world. While she doesn't care for big business, her husband Manfred runs the company. However, she learns about his affair with a younger woman and tries to save her marriage. During a vacation in Italy, Manfred and their son Max die in a road accident. Vera nearly despairs of her grief and, even worse, recognizes that her whole life has been a lie. Andreas Wolgast, a former employee, is the only one who supports her fight for the company and against her caballing family...

Release Date1999-09-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

The Invisible Girl

Eleven years ago, an 8-year-old girl disappeared from a small German town on the German-Czech border. Although her body was never found, nor were there any traces of blood or DNA evidence, a mentally-disabled man was coerced to confess to the crime. Even though he withdrew his admission of guilt two days later, the forced confession was enough to convince the ruling judge. The responsible investigator Altendorf was discharged so that the investigation could be sped along by another colleague.

Release Date2011-10-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count19

Neon City

Episode movie about the no-future generation of the early 1980s.

Release Date1982-01-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Treffer

Albi, Franz and Tayfun want little more in life than to ride their bikes, but things toughen up when they get unemployed.

Release Date1984-06-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Second Sight

A young woman who works in a bookstore has been terrified by nightmares about having committed suicide in a past lifetime, combined with a sense of déjà vu regarding a specific apartment building. When she meets a young man who works in an optical company, whether she knows it or not, she is that much closer to the truth about her visions.

Release Date1982-10-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Dreileben: Don’t Follow Me Around

The police psychologist Jo is supposed to help catch the sex offender Molesch. Since the hotel is fully booked, she stays with her old college friend Vera and her husband Bruno. It turns out that Vera and Jo used to be in love with the same man. The two women's musings are interrupted when Molesch suddenly appears in the garden.

Release Date2011-04-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count18

The Red Cockatoo

A coming-of-age story set in Germany in the 1960s. Siggi becomes involved in a love triangle when he falls for Luise, but the tightening political climate forces him to make a fateful decision.

Release Date2006-02-16

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count22

Crossroads

A woman goes through a weekend full of ups and downs after a shocking diagnose, according to which she has less than a year left to live.

Release Date2018-07-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Doktor Knock

The diabolically brilliant doctor Dr. Knock from Karlsruhe takes over a rural doctor's practice in Bavaria. To achieve his goal of a lucrative sanatorium, he must overcome empty waiting rooms, empty coffers and gullible citizens. And so Dr. Knock intrigues ruthlessly. He succeeds in acquiring power, prestige and the desired property. But what is the deal with the blue letters with no sender that flutter into the practice?

Release Date1997-12-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Open Wounds – A Journey through German Genre Films

A documentary about german cinema from 1960 to 1990. It follows "Verfluchte Liebe deutscher Film".

Release Date2017-02-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

The Scorpion

Josef Bertholt is head of operations of the Munich Police's drug squad. When his wife Lily is the victim of a hit by drug dealers, he becomes even more obsessed with his work.

Release Date1997-06-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Drei gegen drei

The plan is simple: the three generals Weingarten, Ludovico and Klotz from San Chaco set a hitman on their doubles Stephan, Kralle and Peter, who live in Germany, in order to fake their deaths and also lighten the state coffers by 300 million dollars. But as is the case with simple plans in movies, they usually don't work. This 1980s curiosity was a commercial flop and ultimately led to the break-up of the band Trio.

Release Date1985-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

A City Is Blackmailed

A village is blackmailing the city of Leipzig.

Release Date2007-02-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

The Cat

Two bank robbers hold the clerks hostage and demand 3 million German marks as ransom. What the police do not realize is that the true criminal mastermind watches them from outside the bank, anticipating every move.

Release Date1988-01-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count28

Twilight Eternal

It's his last chance to get back on his feet. And so Philipp Keyser knows no scruples as he approaches the young painter Alma, to find a lost painting, which is in the possession of a mysterious old man. Too late, Philip is clear that he expires more and more the young woman. In the main roles of Dominik Graf's film "In the evening of all days" Friedrich Mücke and the great theater actor and narrator Ernst Jacobi are to be experienced.

Release Date2017-05-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

A Map of the Heart

Katrin and Jürgen spend their holidays in Corsica. Katrin is in her mid-thirties, working as a tracer at Jürgen’s company who suddenly remembers he’s married – but not with Kathrin. So they decide to end their vacation earlier than they had planned. Virtually a second before they start to drive back to the airport, Katrin takes her belongings out of Jürgen’s car again and lets him go. Now being alone for the remaining days of her vacation, Katrin finds herself more and more bewildered by the things that happened to her.

Release Date2002-07-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9

Jenseits des Rechts

The case of a young man found dead leads Inspector Cris Blohm and her colleague Dennis Eden into the amateur porn scene and to Mia, the daughter of well-known Munich businessman Ralph Horschalek who fears greatly for his good reputation. Then Cris Blohm is leaked information that could lead to the perpetrator but which, due to legal loopholes, may not be used. The investigation is blocked. In a precarious situation, she decides to pursue her most urgent suspicion nonetheless – even if it is on the edge of legality.

Release Date2024-10-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Wealthy Corpses: A Crime Story from Starnberg

Starnberg. An idyll with fangs. This is where police master trainee Ariane from Dortmund ends up. Inspector Lu takes her firmly under his wing. Her first cases are typical and strange: the Kini is found dead in the lake - again. And then Sisi is kidnapped.

Release Date2014-07-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

Cold Spring

A rebellious young woman is thrown out by her wealthy, but marbly parents and gets into a nightmare of poverty, prostitution and sickness.

Release Date2004-03-12

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

The Vow

1818 in the Münsterland: Innumerable pilgrims seeking comfort and consolation visit the bedside of Anna Katharina von Emmerich, a nun whose body bears marks of the holy wounds of Christ on her chest, forehead and hands. Clemens von Brentano, an artist in his prime, visits the nun′s sickbed as a simple "writer of the wonders of God" to take down her visions and beliefs. He believes himself to be in charge of his life as a devout Catholic. The former rake′s encounter with the charismatic nun proves fateful, however. For both of them.

Release Date2007-10-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Was heißt hier Ende? Der Filmkritiker Michael Althen

Documentary about German film critic Michael Althen.

Release Date2015-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Tiger, Löwe, Panther

The three friends Pat, Nicoletta and Sissy are in their 30s and actually lead very decent lives. But that alone does not satisfy them: Like cats of prey, they are on the hunt for happiness, which they seek in relationships with the opposite sex.

Release Date1989-07-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Whispering in the Mountain of Things

Dominik Graf, now a leading filmmaker, revisits his late father Robert Graf’s acting career (1956–1966), during which Robert appeared in 20 features and 25 TV dramas by directors like Hoffmann, Staudte, Siodmak, Sturges, and Comencini. Through archival clips and personal reflections, Dominik “meets” his father and confronts the West German society and film industry of that era, where scripted narratives often outweighed real life.

Release Date1997-02-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Bei Thea

David flies from Tel Aviv to Munich to study. Through a gay friend he meets Thea, the older quirky landlady of a gay pub. He becomes friends with Thea. She recognizes through a ring David wears that he is her grandson.

Release Date1988-01-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Gamblers

Jojo was counting on his inheritance from a rich uncle to pay off his gambling debts, but the old man played a dirty trick on him, giving him custody of an oversized dog, and leaving the real cash in the hands of one of his neices. His comfortable fantasy of future solvency has been sorely tried; to restore it, he begins to try wooing his cousin Kathrin (the woman with the loot). However, as things progress, he finds himself actually falling for her, which is perhaps the only really decent thing that he's done in his adult life. When he and a gambling buddy take Kathrin on a jaunt to the south of France, things get pretty dicey when a corrupt cop comes onto the scene. In this romantic thriller, only one will survive.

Release Date1990-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Kommissar Süden und der Luftgitarrist

Inspector Süden's friend and colleague Martin Heuer is in the final of the German qualifying round for the air guitar world championship. Suddenly his toughest competitor is nowhere to be found: Edward Loos, an architect and loner in real life, who is better than anyone else as an air guitarist, has disappeared and nobody seems to be bothered by it. Although this is not actually a case for Missing Persons Division 11 - Loos has disappeared but has not been reported missing - Inspector Süden and his team trust Heuer's intuition and set out to search for an air guitarist who has vanished into thin air. But another spooky case is keeping the missing persons department busy. A man claims to have seen his wife, who died in the 2004 tsunami, again in the Munich subway.

Release Date2009-04-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

My Falcon

Forensic biologist Inga Ehrenberg is so absorbed in her work at the Forensic Medicine Institute that she doesn't initially notice how lonely she is after her divorce a few years ago. It is only when her father claims that she has a half-sister and a falconer asks her to take care of a young falcon that she finds herself in a whirlwind of long-hidden, painful feelings. She begins to tame the falcon, convinced that the bird will never leave her.

Release Date2023-10-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Der kostbare Gast

Satire by Dominik Graf. An unsuspecting man is hired as a surrogate father. The income is good, the apartment is fully furnished, only the children's room is empty. A middle-class couple (Donata Höffner and “Tatort” detective Charles Brauer) desperately want a child. But the doctors say the potential father is infertile. With her husband's consent, the woman hits on a former lover (Dietrich Mattausch). He doesn't need to be asked twice and is soon in bed with her... Dominik Graf received the Young Director Award at the Bavarian Film Festival for his original final project at the Munich University.

Release Date1979-09-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Hotte in Paradise

Hotte, a Berlin-based pimp with only modest turnovers, suddenly becomes a big player in the prostitution business. He has three girls on the streets: Rosa is in love with Hotte and is working hard for him. Jenny, the new girl, is an unconventional prostitute but nevertheless much sought-after by her clients. And the third girl, Yvonne, also brings in a large turn-out. So, Hotte’s proceeds are more than sufficient to buy expensive accessoires and to boost his reputation with the other pimps. But when Yvonne quits her job and Jenny starts to work for another pimp, Hotte’s rise comes to a sudden end

Release Date2003-01-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

Manhunt: Escape to the Carpathians

A breathless criminal hunt, which leads into the remote mountain world of Romania, with the portrait of a foreign country, which has remained standing in time. Hanna Landauer and Sven Schröder are part of a special unit of the LKA, which traps fugitives across the borders to the remotest corners of the world.

Release Date2016-06-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count13

Melting Ink

In 2020, the author Anatol Regnier published Jeder schreibt für sich allein, a book that examines the life and work of writers in Nazi Germany. In collaboration with Regnier, Dominik Graf, Constantin Lieband, and Felix von Boehm have adapted this book into a polyphonic essay film of the same name – almost three hours in duration – that takes a meticulous look at the contradictory biographies of Hans Fallada, Gottfried Benn, Erich Kästner, Ina Seidel and Will Vesper.

Release Date2023-08-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Die Beute

The private detective Nelly (Martina Gedeck) has a moored and industrial property. The moor has been cultivated for a year, but the politics are still there. The children of the industry blame her wife Gerda (Donata Höffer), who made the most of her profit. Zij zou a secret minnaar hebben.

Release Date1988-06-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Lawinen der Erinnerung

The leitmotif for this film portrait is Oliver Storz’s autobiographical novel Die Freibadclique, which tells the story of a group of friends drafted into the army as fifteen-year-olds just before the end of the Second World War. Again and again, Dominik Graf reads passages from this account and, by juxtaposing them with clips from Storz’s films, reveals the echoes of the past they contain. Whether in his more experimental television plays or his Willy Brandt film "Im Schatten der Macht", Storz always provided new perspectives on the war and on Germany itself. Via a series of personal interviews Graf held with the journalist, director and producer shortly before the latter’s death in summer 2011, we are introduced to an analytical, unconventional man who witnessed the course of history. Graf takes up Storz’s reflections in his commentary, throwing light on an unexpected history of German television.

Release Date2012-02-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Bitter Innocence

Andreas Brandt is the head of the research department in a pharmaceutical company. He earns enough to build a future with his wife Monica and his daughter Eva. But a merger puts his position in jeopardy. Brandt randomly observes Larssen, who’s responsible for the merger, raping the waitress Vanessa. Instead of helping her, he takes a file which has previously been stolen by Larssen. It contains incriminating evidence against Larssen. Brandt tries to blackmail Larssen, but Larssen is capable to shift the buck back to Brandt. Slowly Brandt’s family becomes involved...

Release Date1999-07-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count3

Frau Bu lacht

Confectioner Mauritz is shot at close range. His wife, Thai woman Sita, whom he met two years ago through a marriage institute, is frightened and barely speaks German. Her five-year-old daughter, who she brought into the marriage, is also silent. The searches lead Commissioners Batic and Leitmayr to the Flügel Agency, that specialises in the placement of women with small children. Batic registers as an alleged customer with the institute.

Release Date1995-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Journey to Weimar

Release Date1996-10-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Golem

Upcoming science-fiction thriller directed by Dominik Graf.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Nur ein kleines bißchen Liebe

An early short by Wolfgang Büld, in which he wanted to depict the pleasant, mundane songs and movies of the 50s. The film was supposed to be like a song by Peter Kraus or Ted Herold.

Release Date1977-10-30

DepartmentSound

JobSound Assistant

Doomed Love: A Journey Through German Genre Films

An alternative history of the not-so-well-known West German genre cinema of the 1960s and 1970s.

Release Date2016-02-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Frauen sind was Wunderbares

An attractive teacher is faced with a big problem: she can't decide which of her two “men of the heart” she should choose. She has to choose between her current boyfriend, who is a free-spirited womanizer, and a reserved university lecturer who has a six-year-old son.

Release Date1994-04-14

DepartmentSound

JobMusic

Vote Count1

Es werde Stadt! – 50 Jahre Grimme-Preis in Marl

An overview of the interconnecting relationship between the most important TV award in Germany, the Grimme-Preis, and the town Marl where it is handed out once a year.

Release Date2014-04-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Shadows of the Past

As a 16-year-old girl, Christina experienced her great love – with 39-year-old Jakob. When he died in an accident, he left an irrevocable gap in her life. Twenty years later, young Patrick rescues Christina from a thunderstorm. From the beginning, he reminds her of Jacob, from his friendly and confident nature to his characteristic gestures. The two become lovers. Christina is happy with Patrick, in whom she sees more and more the Jacob she has found again. But the more the two men become one person for Christina, the more irritated Patrick becomes. When he begins to see more than coincidence in their encounter, Christina has disappeared.

Release Date2022-06-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4