TV film, 90 min., Czech Republic
Premiere August 20, 2025, opening film at the 21st Festival of German Film in Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Nomination for Film Art Award
Nomination for Rheingold Audience Award

Story
Petra (played by Ulrike Kriener) is a passionate entrepreneur. When she has to retire after 20 years in her job, the resulting emptiness hits her out of the blue and with full force. Her husband, on the other hand, hopes that they will finally take the adventure holiday she promised him, which she has successfully avoided until now. As she is not a big fan of surprises herself, she hires her former assistant to organise the trip.

Cast
Ulrike Kriener, Rolf Lassgard, Philipp Moog, Lara Mandoki, Tatjana Nekrasov

Crew
Regie: Rainer Kaufmann
Buch: Uli Brée
Kamera: Martin Farkas
Musik: Annette Focks
Produzent: Christian Popp
Service-Producer: Mia Film

TV Movie, 90 min., Berlin, Brandenburg
Premiere on August 27, 2025 at the 21st Festival of German Film in Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Nominated for the Rheingold Audience Award

Story
Forty-year-old crane operator Mike (Matthias Koeberlin) is accustomed to shouldering a great deal of responsibility. He wants to be everything to his ten-year-old daughter, Nora (Maya Morgeneyer): dad, best friend and comforter. However, he overestimates his abilities. In an attempt to get his burnout under control, he decides to go on a parent-child retreat. At the former castle hotel, Mike, accustomed to the male-dominated world of construction sites, finds himself in uncharted territory. What weighs even more heavily on him, though, is that he is alone among women! Not all of the participants are happy about the new male arrival, either.

Cast
Matthias Koeberlin, Valerie Niehaus, Maya Morgeneyer, Berit Künneke, Sıla Şahin-Radlinger, Jimmy Hartwig, Bineta Hansen, Vlad Chiriac, Sarina Radomski, Maike Jüttendonk, Franziska Brandmeier, Bineta Hansen, Miri Sommer u. v. a.

Crew
directed by: Til Endemann
written by: Marc Terjung
DOP: Lars Liebold
Music: Raffael Seyfried
Producers: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

TV Movie, 90 min, Berlin, first broadcast 20.8.2025

Premiere on 24.8.2024 at the “20th Festival of German Film Ludwigshafen am Rhein”

‘LUDWIGSHAFERNER AWARD’ TO SENITA HUSKIC

Nominated for the Ludwigshafen Film Art Award
Nominated for the Rheingold Audience Award

Story
The film tells the story of a retired professor of philosophy (Günther Maria Halmer) whose life is turned upside down. The reason is the self-confident 24-year-old domestic help Sofia (Senita Huskić). She unearths far more than just dusty books and, with a great deal of wisdom and charm, persuades the dishevelled loner to tidy up his life and focus on the important things. (ARD)

Cast
Günther Maria Halmer, Senita Huskic, Pit Bukowski, Stephan Bissmeier, Mina-Giselle Rüffer, Gabrielle Scharnitzky, Anja Karmanski, Eleonore Weisgerber and many more.

Crew
directed by: Rainer Kaufmann
written by: Hans Rath
DOP: Jörg Widmer
Music: Richard Ruzicka
Producers: Stefan Sporbert, Christian Popp

ZDF Mediathek-Weekly, 24 episodes, Vienna, Berlin 2024

since 10.4.25 in der ZDF Mediathek
since 27.4.2025 auf ZDF Neo

Premiere at “achtung berlin filmfestival”, 8.4.2025 um 21:45, Kino Babylon

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Story
Louna Lloris, a talented mixed martial arts fighter, witnesses a dramatic accident in which she rescues the young driver, Nico Dardenne, from the burning vehicle at the last moment. Impressed by his fearless lifesaver, millionaire heir Nico persuades Louna to work for him as a bodyguard. At Nico’s side, she gets to know the world of the rich and beautiful beyond the seemingly insurmountable ‘crystal wall’ that stands between her and Nico’s lives. But the abysses and threats that lurk there are not long in coming. Inevitably, Louna and Nico grow closer, but it’s not just his world that is full of secrets, as Louna and his family share a sad fate…

Cast
Anna Bardavelidze, Gustav Schmidt, Philine Schmölzer, Bernhard Schir, Julian Looman, Michael Masula, Gizem Emre, Max Schimmelpfennig, Walid Al-Atiyat, Isabella Parkinson, Ludwig Brix, Nicole Beutler, Nadja Becker, Barbara Meier

Crew
Head writer/creative producer: Birgit Maiwald
Screenplay: Florian Vey, Silva Raddatz, Aglef Püschel, Burkhardt Wunderlich, Katja Grübel
Director: Tarek Roehlinger (episodes 1-12) and Greta Benkelmann (episodes 13-24)
Music: Sebastian Fillenberg
Producers: Christian Popp, Stefan Sporbert
Service producer: Wega Film
ZDF Editors: Elisabeth Müller, Jasmin Verkoyen
ZDF Mediathek: Theresa Schreiber

Nomination for the Rose d’Or television award 2025, category “Best Soap/Telenovela”

8th part of the ZDF heart cinema series Next Exit Happyness (Nächste Ausfahrt Glück)
TV film, 90 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast 27.10.2024, ZDF
From 12.10.2024 in the mediathek

Story
After the separation from Juri and Georg, Katharina is free and determined to organise her life according to her own ideas. Her job as a kindergarten teacher immediately presents her with an extraordinary challenge. When she takes in a deaf girl, she comes into conflict not only with other parents and her friends Yvonne and Christian, who want more inclusion for their son Samuel, but also with the inclusion officer Sascha Falk. Sascha is quite ‘edgy’ and a real challenge for Katharina. Both privately and professionally. But also the single father of the deaf girl, Lukas Richter, shows interest in Katharina. Can either of these men become a real option in her new life? And what about Yuri? When she unexpectedly meets him in Eisenach, her old feelings are suddenly rekindled. Juri feels the same. He plans a new life with dog sled guide Eva Pöge, who shares his dream of a life in the Canadian woods. But can his new love really replace Katharina? Willi finds his son’s emigration plans absolutely impossible and torpedoes the project wherever he can.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Susanna Simon, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Winnie Böwe, Fabian Gerhardt, Malgorzata Mikolajczak, Judy Winter, Bert Tischendorf, Marie Hajduk, Anne Zander, Léo Aristide Mathey, Jördis Richter

Crew
directed by: Peter Stauch
written by: Georg Weber
Music: Anna Kühlein, Maurus Ronner
DOP: Moritz Virmond
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

7th part of the ZDF heart cinema series Next Exit Happyness (Nächste Ausfahrt Glück)
TV film, 90 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast 20.10.2024, ZDF
From 12.10.2024 in the mediathek

Story
Katharina finally wants to take the plunge and move to Canada with her childhood sweetheart Juri. Since her husband Georg has moved out of the family home following their separation, nothing seems to stand in the way of their future together. But then her best friend Sybille tells her that she has a malignant tumour. Katharina decides to stand by her friend. She postpones her plans – much to the displeasure of Juri, to whom she has to keep Sybille’s illness a secret. Juri misunderstands her hesitation and begins to doubt Katharina’s love. The fact that the Commandante briefly disappears with a half-silky countess and even wants to marry her puts an additional strain on him. At the same time, Katharina is moved by Georg’s affectionate farewell. She increasingly realises that she cannot simply give up her life with her family and friends and leave Eisenach.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Winnie Böwe, Fabian Gerhardt, Malgorzata Mikolajczak, Judy Winter, Sebastian Schneider

Crew
directed by: Peter Stauch
written by: Georg Weber
Music: Anna Kühlein, Maurus Ronner
DOP: Moritz Virmond
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

TV Movie, 90 Min, Berlin, first Broadcast 5.5.2025, ZDF

Premiere on 24.8.2024 at the “20th Festival of German Film Ludwigshafen am Rhein”

WINNER OF THE “RHEINGOLD AUDIENCE AWARD“

WINNER OF THE “TV – BIBER”, Category Best TV Movie

WINNER OF THE “MAYOR’S AWARD,” 15. GÜNTER ROHRBACH FILMPREIS, for Christian Klandt (Director) und Benedict Goll (Screenwriter)

WINNER OF “3sat PUBLIKUMSPREIS 2025”

Story
The film tells the story of ex-music manager Eric (Edin Hasanović), who is recruited as an undertaker and shortly afterwards learns that his best friend Alex (Max Hubacher) has an irreparable brain tumour. Eric wonders how to deal with this. Between despair and melancholy, he finds an unconventional yet loving way to celebrate saying goodbye.

Cast
Edin Hasanović, Max Hubacher, Svenja Jung, Peter Kurth, Luna Jordan, Steffi Kühnert, Wolfram Koch, Rike Eckermann, Martina Schöne-Radunski, Mélanie Fouché, Roland Wolf, Adolfo Assor, Gerdy Zint, Maya Morgeneyer, Mex Schlüpfer and others.

Crew
directed by: Christian Klandt
written by: Benedikt Gollhardt, litre. Based on ‘The End – Das Buch vom Tod’ by Eric Wrede
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Johannes Repka
Producers: Tobias Stille, Christian Popp

24.8.2024 20. Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein (Premiere)

2.11.2024 46. Biberacher Filmfestspiele

8.04.2025 21. Achtung Berlin Filmfestival

7. 11. 2025 15. Günter Rohrbach Filmpreis for C. Klandt (Director) und B. Goll (Writer)

5.11.2025 TeleVisionale 2025, Film – und Serienfestival Weimar

TV Comedy, 88 min, Berlin, first broadcast on 12 January 2024, ARD

Story
Widower Danyal hasn’t heard from his daughter in a long time. He and his friends Markus and Tobi spontaneously decide to travel to Berlin to pay an unannounced visit to their grown-up daughters Jila, Tilda and Hanna. But as soon as they arrive in the capital, the three loving fathers realise that they know even less about their daughters than they had dreamed. Confronted with the young women’s urban lives, the short trip to Berlin develops a momentum of its own that demands everything from the fathers and daughters.

Cast
Marcus Mittermeier, Tim Seyfi, Dirk Borchardt, Lara Mandoki, Zoë Valks, Aylin Öcal, Elvis Clausen, Eva-Maria Kurz

Crew
directed by: Tomy Wigand
written by: Birgit Maiwald
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Anna Kühlein
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

TV film, 88 min, Czech Republic, Berlin, first broadcast 17. 12. 2023, ZDF

Story
After a momentous encounter on an emergency train, single father Martin succumbs to the charms of young vet Nicole. At first, the two enjoy their carefree relationship. After a year, however, Martin realises that the time has come to introduce Nicole to his two teenage children, who lost their mother years ago. Determined, he arranges a dinner with Nicole and the children, but Juli and Kris give the new woman at his side the cold shoulder. Martin dares to try again and invites Nicole to accompany him and the children skiing in the mountains over Christmas. But Nicole needs some distance after her disappointing experience with Kris and Juli and declines. As in previous years, she will spend Christmas with her unorthodox mum. The mood on the ski trip in the snowy mountains is bad. Her deceased mother is missing and all Martin’s attempts to please his children fail. When Nicole unexpectedly turns up at the door, she initially manages to break the ice. But the fronts are already threatening to harden again, unless a small miracle happens on Christmas Eve.

Cast
Jasmin Gerat, Maximilian Brückner, Sophie Paasch, Louis Eitner, Sabine Vitua, Maisie Anna Navina Tipango, Andrea Guo

Crew
directed by: Esther Gronenborn
written by: Christoph Silber
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Gert Wilden jun.
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

6th part of the ZDF Heart Cinema series Next Exit Happyness (Nächste Ausfahrt Glück)
TV movie, 88 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast 26.2.2023, ZDF

Story
Katharina confesses to her husband Georg that she is back together with the love of her life, Juri. Georg’s consistent reaction surprises her. He leaves Katharina and disappears from the scene for the time being. Katharina, who is becoming increasingly aware of the implications of her decision, also expects Juri to be honest with his girlfriend Sybille. Juri, however, continues to wait.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus. Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Winnie Böwe, Fabian Gerhardt, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Ruby Commey

Crew
directed by: Esther Gronenborn
written by: Georg Weber
Music: Freya Arde
DOP: Christoph Krauss
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

5th part of the ZDF Heart Cinema series Next Exit Happyness (Nächste Ausfahrt Glück)
TV movie, 88 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast 19.2.2023, ZDF

Content
Katharina and her first love Juri are secretly in a relationship again. But just as she is about to confess the truth to her husband Georg, their mutual son Paul appears at the door with his heavily pregnant bride Aya. Not only have Katharina and Juri missed the right moment to announce their reunion, with the arrival of Aya’s Ghanaian family, Willi’s unorthodox advice and the clashing cultures, the chaos is perfect.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus. Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Winnie Böwe, Fabian Gerhardt, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Ruby Commey, Dayan Kodua, Michael Ojake, Prince Kuhlmann

Crew
directed by: Esther Gronenborn
written by: Caroline Hecht
Music: Freya Arde
DOP: Christoph Krauss
Producer: Magdalena Frau, Christian Popp

TV-Movie, 105 min, South Africa, Czech Republic, first run 12/17/2022, Das Erste/ORF
Premiere “30th Hamburg Film Fest”, official selection “Televisionen//FF2022”
Screening 4th of October 2022

“Hamburger Produzentenpreis für Deutsche TV-Produktionen” : Christian Popp

Story
In 1967, the world’s first human heart transplant was performed in South Africa. An operation that not only revolutionized the medical world. Inspired by this true incident, Sonja Gerhardt plays Lisa Scheel, a budding Frankfurt doctor who works hard to become one of the first women to succeed in male-dominated surgery. Nevertheless, Prof. Kohlfeld (Fritz Karl) prefers her to a male applicant. Deeply hurt, Lisa pursues her plan and travels to Cape Town to join Kohlfeld’s rival, Dr. Barnard (Alexander Scheer), who is also feverishly working on the first heart transplant. After an uphill battle, Lisa joins Barnard’s surgical team, where she experiences firsthand the injustice of apartheid. Together with Hamilton Naki (Loyiso MacDonald), who can only participate in the operation in secret due to his dark skin color, Lisa plays a major role in making the first heart transplant a breakthrough in medicine.

Cast
Sonja Gerhardt, Alexander Scheer, Fritz Karl, Loyiso MacDonald, Clara Wolfram, Thimo Meitner, Arnd Klawitter u.a.

Crew
Directed by: Franziska Buch
Written by: Christoph Silber
DOP: Bella Halben
Music: Martina Eisenreich
Producer: Christian Popp, Tobias Stille

“Hamburger Produzentenpreis für Deutsche TV-Produktionen” : Christian Popp
Winner of the selection „Televisionen//FF2022“ at 30. HAMBURGER FILMFEST

44th BIBERACH FFILM FESTIVAL 2022, Opening film

BANFF WORLD MEDIA FESTIVAL, Nomination “Rockie Awards 2023”, Category “Feature Length Film”.

Young Fiction Series, 3rd Season, 4 episodes of 45 “, Berlin Brandenburg,
first run “38. Filmfest München”, 4th of July 2021
20/6/22, 10:15 p.m. on RTLzwei

Story
First love, wild parties, insecurity, emotional chaos and strokes of fate: In the new episodes of “We are now” (“Wir sind jetzt”) there is a reunion with 17-year-old Laura (Lisa-Marie Koroll) and her clique. But this time the focus is on Hannes (Helge Lodder), who increasingly feels that he is not who he wants to be. On Tinder, Hannes switches back and forth between boys and girls. In an inattentive moment, he clicks on Ariel’s (Noah Tinwa) picture and it’s a match! They spend an evening together and Ariel spends the night at Hannes’ place. On a shopping tour with Daniel (Gustav Schmidt), Hannes secretly buys a dress that he hides deep in his closet. Will Ariel still love him as a woman? Only Kim (Adel Onodi) has the right advice for him. Being trans herself, she finds the right words and encourages Hannes. On the one-year anniversary of Oli’s death, all friends come together at the lake, talking about Oli, remembering their friendship, crying and also laughing. Out of nothing a message appears on the wall at the school: “Oli is not forgotten! And neither are your actions, Laura!”. The uncertainty of who is behind the graffiti troubles the clique and burdens Laura more than she is willing to admit…

Cast
Helge Lodder, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Gustav Schmidt, Lennart Preining, Julia Wulf, Marlene Burow, Nele Trebs, Noah Tinwa, Gerdy Zint, Bärbel Stolz, Manuel Santos Gelke, Amelie Herres, Adel Onodi, Monika Anna Wojtyllo, Roland Bonjour und Soma Pysall

Crew
Directed by: Christian Klandt
Written by: Burkhardt Wunderlich
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Johannes Repka
Producer: Christian Popp, Magdalena Frau

38. FILMFEST München
4th of July 2021, Premiere Staffel 3, Folge 9 und 10

achtung berlin Festival 2021

The format was awarded the “Bavarian Television Award” in the category “Best Youth Series” in 2020 and was nominated for the “German Television Award” in 2021

4th part of the ZDF Heart Cinema series “Next Exit Happyness”
(“Nächste Ausfahrt Glück”)

TV movie, 88 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast Sunday, 20 March 2021, 20.15

Story
Katharina keeps asking herself what her life would be like if she hadn’t been involuntarily separated from the love of her life, Juri. Katharina is correspondingly agitated when she finds a secret Stasi file with the code name Daisy on her doorstep in the morning. Thirty years ago, Juri and Katharina had been betrayed because of a song critical of the system, and Juri had to flee the GDR. Was the informant of all Katharina’s best friend Sybille who is currently dating Juri? The suspicion weighs heavily and puts Katharina’s clique of friends to a hard test. Juri also reaches his limits when his father, who suffers from dementia, once again disappears from his home and gets lost in the Thuringian Forest. While searching together for him, Katharina and Juri suddenly find themselves on the scene of their old love.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Winnie Böwe, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Fabian Gerhardt, Sebastian Schneider, Malgorzata Mikolajczak, Elena Uhlig, Runa Greiner, Malik Schwarz-Edlmann, Viola Hinz

Crew
Directed by: Esther Gronenborn
Written by: Carolin Hecht
DOP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz
Music: Freya Arde
Producer: Christian Popp, Magdalena Frau

3rd part of the ZDF Heart Cinema series “Next Exit Happyness”
(“Nächste Ausfahrt Glück”)

TV movie, 88 min, Eisenach, Berlin, first broadcast Sunday, 13 March 2021, 8.15 p.m.

Story
Juri’s return has not only turned Katharina’s feelings and her everyday life upside down. When Juri also makes contact with her son Paul, she suspects the danger this poses to her marriage and family life. In fact, Juri finds out about the best-kept secret and Katharina has no choice but to tell Georg that Paul is not his biological son. While Georg had always suspected it, but didn’t want to jeopardise their happiness together, Paul’s incomprehension about the lie is great. Katharina has to do everything she can to win back her son’s trust.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Winnie Böwe, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Fabian Gerhardt, Sebastian Schneider, Malgorzata Mikolajczak, Runa Greiner, Malik Schwarz-Edlmann, Hendrik Heutmann

Crew
Directed by: Esther Gronenborn
Written by: Georg Weber
DOP: Yoliswa von Dallwitz
Music: Freya Arde
Producer: Christian Popp, Magdalena Frau

Nomination Ernst Stötzner “Best Supporting Actor” / Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen

2nd part of the ZDF Heart-Cinema Series “Next Exit Happyness”
(“Nächste Ausfahrt Glück”)

TV Movie, 89‘‘, Eisenach, Berlin, first run, 7/3/2021, 8:15 pm

Story
Juri’s decision to stay in Eisenach, even for the sake of his demented father, visibly upsets Katharina’s life. As a mother of two, a happily married wife and a busy kindergarten director, she finds it difficult to confront the feelings she thought she had lost for her youth sweetheart. Only with great difficulty she can hide her jealousy as Juri and her best friend Sibylle grow closer and closer.

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Christian Erdmann, Winnie Böwe, Runa Greiner, Sebastian Schneider, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Malgorzata Mikolajczak, Pauline Werner, Maurice Lattke, Juri Padel, Julia Schubert, Fynn Gabriel, Roland Bonjour, Marek Wlodarczyk

Crew
Directed by: Francis Meletzky
Written by: Georg Weber
DOP: Bella Halben
Music: Freya Arde
Producer: Christian Popp, Magdalena Frau

Nomination Ernst Stötzner “Best Supporting Actor” / Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen

1st part of the ZDF „Heart Cinema“ – Series “Next exit happyness”
(“Nächste Ausfahrt Glück”)

TV Movie, 89 ”, Eisenach, Berlin, first run 2/28/2021, 8:15 pm

Story
For decades Katharina has taken care of Willi, the father of her old love Juri, but now her good will reaches its limits. For Willi is becoming whimsical and needs his son’s attention. So after more than 30 years Juri returns to his hometown Eisenach. In 1989 he had climbed over the fence of the Prague embassy and emigrated to Canada, where he has been organizing tours through the wilderness ever since. When he meets Katharina for the first time, the old magic is instantly there again. Actually, she wanted to escape with him across the border, but at the fence she didn’t dare to take the decisive step. The newly burgeoning feelings could not be more inappropriate, after all, Katharina is in the middle of life as the director of a daycare center and mother of Nina (Runa Greiner) and Paul (Sebastian Schneider). Above all, the familiarity between Juri and Katharina does not go unnoticed by her husband Georg Wegener (Max Hopp) …

Cast
Valerie Niehaus, Dirk Borchardt, Ernst Stötzner, Max Hopp, Susanna Simon, Christian Erdmann, Winnie Böwe, Runa Greiner, Sebastian Schneider, Pauline Werner, Maurice Lattke, Juri Padel, Zacharias Bullien, Rosa Henriette Löwe, Bettina Lamprecht, Werner Eng, Antonia Holfelder, Susanne Bredehöft

Crew
Directed by:Francis Meletzky
Written by: Georg Weber
DOP: Bella Halben
Music: Freya Arde
Producer: Christian Popp, Magdalena Frau

Young-fiction Series, Season 2, 4 episodes of 45”, Berlin and Brandenburg, first run 24/10/2020 TV NOW

Story
A month has passed since Laura’s great love Oli was killed in an accident. Together with her friends Zoe, Julia, Mira and Fee, she wants to use the vacations for a fresh start. Without parents. Without rules. Without consequences. They pitch their tents on a campsite far away from home. But as much as the five friends try to leave their worries and fears behind them in their new surroundings, they realize that this is easier said than done and in the end everything turns out quite differently than they think.

Cast
Lisa-Marie Koroll, Justus Johannsen, Gustav Schmidt, Soma Pysall, Gina Stiebitz, Nele Trebs, Julia Wulf, Jonathan Lade, Justus Czaja, Joseph Bundschuh, Gerdy Zint, uva.

Crew
Directed by: Christian Klandt
Written by: Burkhardt Wunderlich
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Johannes Repka
Producer: Christian Popp

The format was awarded the “Bavarian Television Award” in the category “Best Youth Series” in 2020 and was nominated for the “German Television Award” in 2021

Young-Fiction-Series, season 1, 4 episodes of 45”, Berlin and Brandenburg, first run 4/27/19 TVNOW, 5/20/19 + 7/20/19 RTL2

Story
Lively, emotional and humorful, “Where are we now?” is about Laura and her friends, whose lives revolve around the first love and other problems of growing up. In the midst of emotional chaos fate strikes and shakes their world.

Cast
Lisa-Marie Koroll, Gustav Schmidt, Justus Czaja, Soma Pysall, Gina Stiebitz, Nele Trebs, Julia Wulf

Crew
Directed by: Christian Klandt
Written by: Burkhardt Wunderlich
DOP: René Gorski
Music: Johannes Repka
Producer: Christian Popp

The format was awarded the “Bavarian Television Award” in the category “Best Youth Series” in 2020 and was nominated for the “German Television Award” in 2021

Comedy, 90 Min., Berlin, first run 10/23/2018, Sat.1

Story
Jonas (Eugen Bauder) has not found his way back in life: his modeling career in the USA has failed, he does not have a new steady job, he is separated from the mother of his child and so far he has not cared for his son. However, during a temporary job on a construction site, the well-built man discovers his true talent: The ladies from the office complex are ready to pay him a lot of money for Jonas to drop his covers … The idea is born quickly, a strip troupe is founded with his construction colleagues. But that’s where problems begin: How build up a relationship with his little son Tim (Maximilian Spengler) and take care of him when he is called regularly to nightly missions? And what does Tim’s football coach Katja (Janina Uhse) say about Jonas’s job? For the lively coach, Jonas feels more than he initially wants to admit …

Cast
Eugen Bauder, Janina Uhse, Adam Bousdoukos, Nyamandi Adrian, Mathias Ludwig, Maximilian Spengler, Julia Brendler, Gerdy Zint, Jorge Gonzáles

Crew
Directed by: Florian Gärtner
Written by: Tamara Sanio, based on the film „Onze Jongens“, written by Annelou Verboon
DOP: Friederike Heß
Music: Jan Weigel
Producer: Christian Popp, Monika Kintner

Daily Soap, 105 episodes à 25 min., Berlin, first run 10/22/2018, Sat.1

Story
A surprise inheritance has devastating consequences for a family in this powerful new daily serial drama about money, love and betrayal.
The news of Axel Brock’s death in a plane crash came as a shock to his family – but that was nothing compared to what was to follow.
Everyone knew that Axel’s construction empire had made him one of the wealthiest men in Germany. What they didn’t know was that along with his official family, Axel had fathered four illegitimate children: Jennifer, Anja, Ines and Daniel.
In their own way, each of them has led unsuccessful, impoverished lives; but a single clause in Axel’s will promises to change that forever. The four ‘underdogs’ each find themselves heirs to a multi-millionaire’s fortune, and at first it seems as if their dreams have finally come true.
But as much as sudden wealth can be a force for good, it can also destroy. The four children will soon learn that money can lead friends and family to betray each other, turn winners into victims, and corrupt even the purest of souls in their pursuit for more. This is a world that none of them are prepared for.
This explosive new daily series explores what money can do to our morality, love and humanity, and whether it can ever truly make us happy. Because when you know what it’s like to have nothing, you’ll do anything to keep all you have.

Cast
Marc Barthel, Sarah Maria Besgen, Franziska Breite, Anna Brendel, Lennart Borchert, Lea Faßbender, Niki Finger, Anno Kaspar Friedrich von Heimburg, Heiko Kiesow, Michael Krabbe, Felix Lampert, Josephine Martz, Anna Mennicken, Gabriel Merz, Thomas Morris, Mirco Reseg, Martin Augustin Schneider, Varol Sahin, Raphael Vogt, Tanja Wenzel, Taynara Wolf

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp
Executive Producer: Jana Gutsch, Pia Goden
Concept: Aglef Püschel, Tamara Sanio
Headwriter: Jan Friedhoff
Music: Curt Cress, Florian Leissle, Rupert Urlaub

Tragicomedy 88 Min., Munich, Prag,  first run 09/19/2018, ARD

Story
In Munich of the 80s Rudolph Moshammer (Thomas Schmauser) is the most prominent fashion designer. But this is no longer enough for his silent partners and financiers. They want his store in Maximiliansstraße to gain the high nobility and money nobility, the richest of the rich as customers. That’s why Rudolph Moshammer – much to the dismay of his mother Else (Hannelore Elsner) – is looking for a young, seductive woman for the sale. He finds her in the at first glance not particularly striking and clumsy Evi (Lena Urzendowsky), a young podiatrist from Augsburg. Rudolph plans to change her in to an exciting woman. An event. And indeed: With Evis help Moshammer wins the hearts and purses of the truly rich – until, on a society event, the overpowering maternal love Else Moshammers leads up to a disaster.

Cast
Thomas Schmauser, Hannelore Elsner, Lena Urzendowsky, Robert Stadlober, Sunnyi Melles, Hanns Zischler, Franziska Schlattner, Lara Mandoki, Daniel Christensen u.a.

Crew
Directed by: Alexander Adolph
Written by: Alexander Adolph
DOP: Jutta Pohlmann
Music: Kaiser & Maas
Producer: Producers at Work (Christian Popp) und Wilma Film (Filip Hering)

Filmfest München, Reihe Neues Deutsches Fernsehen, 30.6.2018

14. Festival des Deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, 28.8.2018

Hessischer Fernsehpreis 2018 18.10.2018
Bester Schauspieler: Thomas Schmauser
Beste Schauspielerin: Lena Urzendowsky

Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2019, 31.1.2019
In der Kategorie “Beste Ausstattung” gewinnen Martina Müller für ‘Kostümbild’ und Jana Karen für
‘Szenenbild’

“Deutscher Schauspielpreis 2019”, 13.9.2019
Lena Urzendowsky gewinnt in der Kategorie „Nachwuchs“ für ihre Darstellung der Rolle “Evi”

“Akadamie-Fernsehpreis 2019”, 16.11.2019
Thomas Schmauser gewinnt in der Kategorie “Schauspieler – Hauptrolle”
Lena Urzendowsky gewinnt in der Kategorie “Schauspielerin – Nebenrolle”

Comedy, 90 min., Berlin, first run 9/18/2018, Sat.1

Story
Four very different couples and their journeys through pregnancy
Wealthy, middle-class Julia and her partner Knut have very little in common with working class couple Jessie and her husband Steve, who live in a trailer park, except for one thing. Due to a mistake at the IVF clinic, Jessie and Julia are each carrying the other’s babies!
The couples soon clash over prenatal parenting, how the babies should be born and who keeps which child. Jessie doesn’t want to swap her unborn daughter for a son, but if Knut gets his way, it won’t ever come to that: he secretly plans to get custody of both children.
Meanwhile, Katrin and Volker, the gynaecologist couple who run the IVF clinic, have their own unexpected baby dilemma after learning they are to be parents again in their mid-40s. At the same time, clinic patient
Liane’s hopes of having a child rests on her horny but commitment- phobic neighbor Florian.
If life’s already complicated for these four couples, just wait until the babies start arriving.

Cast
Lara Mandoki, Mira Bartuschek, Bettina Zimmermann, Christoph M. Orth, Marc-Ben Puch, Arnel Taci, Kai Schumann, Pegah Ferydoni u.a

Crew
Directed by: Kai Meyer-Ricks
Written by: Dorothee Fesel, Birgit Maiwald
DOP: Sönke Hansen
Music: Chris Bremus
Producer: Christian Popp

Drama, 92 Min., Stuttgart, first run 10/17/2017, Sat.1

Story
Jenny, Konstanze and Micky all had had their breast enlarged for individual reasons. Shocking – as news spread that the responsible pharma group has used minor quality of silicon, being said to be cancerogenic. The women hire the broken lawyer Axel Schwenn to press charges against the pharma giant. First Schwenn is sceptical but then his fighting spirit awakens…

Cast
Hannes Jaenicke, Susanne Bormann, Stephanie Krogmann, Mimi Fiedler, Muriel Baumeister, Adrian Topol, Johannes Zirner, Andreas Leupold, Vera Kasimir

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Alexander Keil
Written by: Holger Haase, based on an idea by Hannes Jaenicke
Directed by: Holger Haase
DOP: Uwe Schäfer
Music: Andy Goll

Comedy, 90 Min, first run 10/3/2017, ARD

The comedy tells the true story of a young waiter, who wants to become a journalist shortly after the “Wende”. Although he has neither high school diploma nor contacts he promises brazenly the story in which all newspapers and magazines desperately bite his teeth: the last interview with the overthrown GDR head of state Erich Honecker! In order to gain his trust, Johann Rummel pretends to be an avid young communist and begins an adventure that finally leads him to distant Chile. A journey that is not without danger.

Cast
Martin Brambach, Cornelia Gröschel, Max Mauff, Godehard Giese, Mišel Matičević, Uwe Preuss, Thomas Thieme, Suzanne von Borsody, Daniel Krauss, Inka Friedrich, Bernd Stegemann, Ole Eisfeld

Crew
Producer: Christian Rohde
Written by: Matthias Pacht
Directed by: Philip Leinemann
DOP: Christian Stangassinger
Music: Sebastian Fillenberg

Family-entertainment, nationwide theatrical release by Warner Bros. 4/20/2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmkScZ0Qk0k

Story
Conni and her friends spend their summer holidays on the Rabbitisland every year. But the children’s- and nature paradise is in danger, because the mayor and former headmaster plans to build a big hotel on the island. When the children find a dinosaur bone on the island thanks to their dog Frodo, Conni & Co feel a chance to prevent the construction.

Cast
Emma Schweiger, Heino Ferch, Iris Berben, Ken Duken, Matthias Habich, Oskar Keymer, Lisa Bitter, Samuel Finzi, Mimi Fiedler, Tamer Trasoglu, Tim Wilde, Paula Paul, Lui Eckardt, Antoni Lawrenz, Alix Heyblom, Ben Ole Knobbe

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml
Co-Producer: Til Schweiger, Tom Zickler, Christian Specht
Written by: Vanessa Walder, Til Schweiger
Directed by: Til Schweiger
DOP: Markus Nestroy
Music: Martin Todsharow
Production: Producers at Work Film, Barefoot Films, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany

Chaos Queens – Für jede Lösung ein Problem

Comedy, 90 min., Berlin, first run 3/19/2017, ZDF
Based on the bestselling novel by Kerstin Gier

Story
In her early thirties with a nosediving career and no hope for her future, trashy-romance writer Gerri grabs a shoebox full of sleeping pills and a big bottle of vodka, ready to transition from “tragic loser” to “tragic loss.” With the final curtain about to drop, she isn’t squeamish about letting people know what she really thinks of them, and dashes off scathing farewell letters. To her mother, for torturing her all of her life (and to thank her for the pills!) To her annoying, beautiful, blonde sisters. To her newly pregnant, tone-deaf friend. To her tasteless—if sexy—new editor-in-chief. To family. To friends. To everyone.
But her toxic concoction doesn’t take, and she wakes up to find the truth has not set her free, but instead has snagged her in glowering web. Is it possible to get along with people once they know your real opinion of them? Gerri is going to have to find a way to make things right with everyone…even if it kills her.

Cast
Katharina Wackernagel, Janek Rieke, Roman Knizka, Maxi Warwel, Bernhard Piesk, Inez Bjørg David, Bernd-Christian Althoff, Eleonore Weisgerber, Christof Wackernagel, Petra Zieser, Nicolai Tegeler, Christian Packbier, Thomas Chemnitz, Eva-Maria Kurz, Dagny Dewath, Klara Höfels, Dorothee Krüger, Sonja Bertram, Gode Benedix

Crew
Producer: Alexander Keil, Christian Popp
Directed by: Thomas Freundner
Written by: Aglef Püschel, Wiebke Jaspersen, based on the novel by Kerstin Gier
DOP: Benjamin Dernbecher
Music: Helmut Zerlett

Erotic-Film, 90 minutes, Berlin, first run 11/22/2016, Sat.1
http://www.sat1.de/film/der-sat-1-filmfilm/verfuehrt-in-den-armen-eines-anderen

Story
Since Nina met Daniel for the first time, she can’t get him out of her head: He is smart, attractive and mysterious, and the two meet seemingly coincidentally again and again. Nina embarks on an affair with him, experiences an exciting erotic adventure, explores the boundaries of her lust – and risks her.

Cast
Isabell Gerschke, Patrick Kalupa, Julian Weigend, Annika Ernst, Karolina Lodyga, Guntbert Warns

Crew
Executive Producer: Christian Popp
Written by: Hardi Sturm
Directed by: Markus Herling
DOP: Daniel Koppelkamm
Music: Birger Clausen

Family-entertainment, 104″, nationwide theatrical release by Warner Bros. August 8/18/2016

Story
Twelve-year-old Conni (Emma Schweiger) has a difficult start in the seventh grade because she has to change school. Even worse is that she cannot keep her stray dog Frodo. Frodo’s owner is the ruthless director Möller who not only makes a hell of a life for his pupils: When Conni and her friends realize that Möller also is a terrible animal abuser, they have to execute a desperate action: Save Frodo! With courage and inventive genius, Conni & Co jump into the equally exciting and funny feature adventure, for the first time in live action, after the 25-year release of this outstanding children’s book series.

Cast
Emma Schweiger, Oskar Keymer, Heino Ferch, Lisa Bitter, Iris Berben, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Ken Duken, in Gastrollen Til Schweiger und Kurt Krömer

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Siggi Kamml
Co-Producer: Til Schweiger, Tom Zickler
Directed by: Franziska Buch
Written by: Vanessa Walder
DOP: Konstantin Kröning
Music: Youki Yamamoto, Martin Todsharow
Production: Producers at Work, Barefoot Films; Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany

Thriller, 90 min., Berlin, first run 19/3/2016, ARD

Story
Aylins (Aylin Tezel) dream of the law career seems to be over. The girl from Berlin has got a previous conviction. However, then the ambitious narcotics agent Jan (Ken Duken) and his superior Hannah (Suzanne von Borsody) make her a tempting offer: If she wins the trust of drug smuggler Musab (Timur Isik) and gets information about the next big drug deal, they want to erase the previous conviction from her certificate of good conduct. Aylin gets involved in it and pretends to be in love with Musab. But soon, a risky play develops between them because Musab is careful and also Aylin must be careful. Quickly, both are fascinated from each other. However, Aylin also comes close to investigator Jan and puts herself more and more into a risky and dangerous situation …

Cast
Darsteller: Aylin Tezel, Timur Isik, Ken Duken, Adrian Saidi, Suzanne von Borsody, Kida Khodr Ramadan, Hendrik von Bültzingslöwen, Yasenub Cetinkaya u.a.

Crew
Producer: Christian Rohde
Written by: Ulrike Stegmann / Christof Reiling
Directed by: Philipp Leinemann
Camera: Christian Stangassinger
Music: Sebastian Fillenberg

 
Pre-Primetime-Series, 2 seasons, 55-minute episodes , Munic, first run season 1, 3/26/2014, ARD,
first run season 2, 10/9/15, BR

Season 2

Story
Inge (Monika Baumgartner) runs a police station in the Center of Munich and starts a relationship with her long-standing colleague and friend, Ulrich (Georg Veitl), which puts the whole station on the edge, including the chief of the office, her son, Thomas (Markus Brandl) who has to fight with his own problems. While his fiancé Gianna (Isabel Scholz) rushes into the wedding preparations with full enthusiasm, he doubts whether the traditional model of marriage is really the right thing for him.

Cast
Monika Baumgartner, Markus Brandl, Georg Veitl, Bernhard Conrad, Gilbert von Sohlern, Alina Sokar, Isabel Scholz, Wookie Mayer, Laura Oswald

Crew
Executive Producer: Christian Popp
Written by: Thomas Kronthaler, Karin Michalke
Directed by: Carsten Meyer-Grohbrügge
Camera: Florian Licht
Music: Curt Cress

Season 2

Story
“Monaco 110” is set in a police station in Munich- Haidhausen and tells the stories of a funny local police team with- and against each other.
The center storyline is about the relationship between veteran sergeant Inge (Monika Baumgartner) and her son Thomas (Markus Brandl) which dramatically changes when he becomes her and the whole teams boss. Up to this point, Inge’s careful thoughts had turned around the health of her pug “Buzzi” and the question, when her son will finally marry the swinging Italian restaurant owner Gianna (Isabel Scholz). Now the attractive ‘playboy’ has to fear for his authority because his mother sets him straight, in front of the whole team.

Cast
Monika Baumgartner, Markus Brandl, Isabel Scholz, Gilbert von Sohlern, Alina Sokar, Bernhard Conrad, Laura Oswald, Georg Veitl

Crew

Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Christian Rhode
Written by: Thomas Kronthaler
Directed by: Wilhelm Engelhardt
Camera: Florian Licht
Music: Curt Cress

Crime-Comedy, 88 min., Tirol, first run 2/19/2015, ARD

Story
Willibald Adrian Metzger restores old furniture. The occupation is his appeal, in it he rises. This changes by the surprising reencounter with his youth crush Danjela Djurkovic who stays at an idyllic situated wellness hotel. While here a series of strange cases of death occur, Danjela immediately searches for proofs for her murder theory. Willibald lets him get carried away from her curiosity. His keen mind and his good eye for determining details bring him on the track of an incredible family drama.

Cast
Robert Palfrader, Dorka Gryllus, Christoph Luser, Gunther Gillian, Aaron Karl, Klaus Ofczarek, Martina Spitzer, David Miesmer, Ernst Konarek

Crew
Producer: Christian Rohde, Gilbert Funke
Written by: Holger Karsten Schmidt
Directed by: Andreas Herzog
Camera: Ralf Noack
Music: Christopher Bremus

Crime-Comedy, 87 min., Tirol, first run 2/12/2015, ARD

Story
During 25 years the restorer Willibald Adrian Metzger has heard nothing of his former schoolfellows. Then he suddenly falls – in the most true sense of the word – over the dead body of a former schoolmate, who discriminated against him at school in a very cruel way. When the butcher meets with the police at the murder scene, he can´t believe it: The dead body is away. Against his disposition and motivated by Danjelas curiosity, the former “freak” organises a class meeting to come on the track of the mysterious bloody murder. His former school-friends are amazed about the eloquence of the actually shy outsider, who turns around the words in the mouth to them with a keen.

Cast
Robert Palfrader, Dorka Gryllus, Andreas Lust, Bernhard Schir, David Christopher Roth, Markus Schleinzer, Carl Achleitner, Hary Prinz u.v.a.

Crew
Producer: Christian Rohde, Gilbert Funke
Written by: Holger Karsten Schmidt, Thomas Raab
Directed by: Andreas Herzog
Camera: Ralf Noack
Music: Christopher Bremus

 
Comedy, 90 minutes, Bruchsal, Berlin, first run 9/2/2014, Sat.1

http://www.sat1.de/film/die-staatsaffaere

Story
Anna Bremer (Veronica Ferres) is handsome, successful, and has the one and only job in the country: She is the Chancellor of Germany. A working hard woman who has sacrificed her entire private life for the nation’s best. Although her advisor Bernhard (Martin Brambach) would rather see her being in a relationship with somebody, there is nothing happening so far. Until suddenly a new French president is been elected and Anna believes to remember Guy Dupont (Philippe Caroit) from somewhere. At the European Summit she finds out, Guy has been the guy who took off years ago after a passionate one-night stand. Also Guy remembers that he fall in love with a girl when he was a student in Berlin. Being heads of state the affair becomes complicated and Anna is torn between her love and the country. Would Germany accept a French prime minister as First-Man of the country? After a night of love Anna is forced to make a decision.

Cast
Veronica Ferres, Philippe Caroit, Martin Brambach, Theresa Underberg, Bernhard Piesk, Stephan Kampwirth

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Alexander Keil
Co-Producer: Sebastian Sawetzki
Directed by: Micky Rowitz
Written by: Don Bohlinger, James Dutcher
Camera: Dietmar Koelzer
Music: Helmut Zerlett

 
Comedy, 90 minutes, Munich, first run 11/29/2012, ZDF

Story
Thomas (Uwe Ochsenknecht) and Roman (Heino Ferch) meet by chance in the men’s room of the courtroom. They have both just been divorced – and they both still love their now ex-wives. The shy Roman is devastated at the loss of Isabelle (Sophie von Kessel), and though Thomas tries to act cool, he is equally distraught. Soon they hatch a plan to get their women back: they will each woo the other’s ex, who will then realize she has to return to her former husband. Sounds good… except that they both really do fall for the other’s ex, and can’t admit it to each other. A Perfect Couple is a fast-moving, hilarious comedy about divorce, friendship and falling in love all over again. An adaptation of the French film Un Couple Modèle.

Cast
Uwe Ochsenknecht, Heino Ferch, Sophie von Kessel, Annika Kuhl, Beate Abraham, Lorenzo Nedis Walcher, Ulrike Arnold

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml
Written by: Wiebke Jaspersen and Agelf Püschel (adaptation of the French film Un Couple Modèle)
Directed by: Ben Verbong
Camera: Axel Block
Music: Jessica de Rooij

 
Primetime Series, 43-minute episodes, Vienna, first run 9/3/2012, ORF,
first run 10/3/2012, Sat.1, (in a double bill)

www.sat1.de/tv/es-kommt-noch-dicker

Story
Her body is perfect, her manner is sexy, and she’s successful at work: Jessica (Wolke Hegenbarth) is the manager of a luxurious wellness hotel, though she terrorizes her employees – especially the unsightly and overweight Rike (Theresa Underberg). Frustrated and deeply hurt, Rike makes a wish during a magical thunderstorm one night: if only Jessica were fat like her, and she could live a life with Jessica’s body. The next morning they both freeze when they see themselves in the mirror: Jessica is fat and Rike is svelte!

Cast
Wolke Hegenbarth, Theresa Underberg, Manuel Witting, Daniel Keberle, Max Schmiedl, Edita Malovcic, Julian Weigend, Bürger Lars Dietrich, Steffen Groth, Sonja Kirchberger, Katja Weitzenböck, Tanja Wenzel, Mirjam Weichselbraun

Crew
Producers: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml, Dieter Pochlatko
Directed by: Annette Ernst, Sven Bohse
Head writers: Wiebke Jaspersen, Marko Lucht
Camera: Henner Besuch, Guntram Franke
Musik: Jessica de Rooij

 
Family Drama, 90 minutes, Freiburg, Berlin, first run 2/2/2011, ARD (SWR)

Story
One day Nicole Wagner and her partner, Grille, a construction worker, discover by chance that their boy Dennis isn’t really their son. Nine years earlier, when Dennis was born, he and another baby called Sebastian – the son of a wealthy, educated couple called Callenbergs – were switched by mistake in the maternity hospital. Even though both sets of parents initially decide not to change the situation, they quickly discover that things aren’t the same. Each family can’t stop thinking about its own child. Mr Callenberg wants to take both boys into his family, but the Child Welfare Department thinks differently – and returns both boys to their biological families. A sensitive and witty drama about two families, their ideas on life and what happens when their experiences collide.

2010 BIBERACH FILM FESTIVAL: TV BIBER

2011 GERMAN TELEVISION PRIZE: NOMINATION FOR BEST FEMALE ACTRESS

Cast
Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Rüdiger Klink, Ulrike Grote, Udo Wachtveitl, Andreas Warmbrunn, Ludwig Skuras, Sabine Urig, Suzanne Landsfried, Ruth Wohlschlegel, Frank Leo Schröder, Sandra Nedeleff

Crew
Producer: Alicia Remirez, Sigi Kamml
Written by: Stefan Dähnert
Directed by: Thomas Freundner
Camera: Benjamin Dernbecher
Music: JJ Gerndt

Festival Participation
Munich Film Festival 2010 – In Competition
16. Film Exhibition Baden-Württemberg – In Competition
Biberacher Film Festival 2010

Prizes
TV Biber, Biberacher Film Festival 2010

 
TV-Movie, 90 minutes, Berlin, first run 1/17/2012, Sat.1

http://www.sat1.de/film/der-sat-1-filmfilm/wolff-kampf-im-revier

Story
It is a miracle that Andreas Wolff (Jürgen Heinrich) is still alive. Six years ago he was in a coma for several weeks after being serious wounded in a gunfight. The shooting has left him scarred mentally: at least, that would seem to be the only explanation for his behavior when he executes a drug dealer he has been chasing by cold-bloodedly shooting him in the head. Evidence soon causes Chief Inspector Marck (Stephan Luca) and his new partner Vicky Langenfels (Nadeshda Brennicke) to come gunning for Wolff. But while Vicky is almost too convinced of Wolff’s guilt, Marck tries to find out what is going on with his former instructor. And gradually a dreadful secret is revealed that involves many more people than Wolff and his daughter Verena…

Cast
Stephan Luca, Jürgen Heinrich, Nadeshda Brennicke, Georg Veitl, Isabel Bongard, Jonathan Stolze, Nadine Seiffert, Clemens Schick

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml
Written by: Anna Dokoupilova, Anette Simon (adaptation of the novel)
Directed by: Christian Alvart
Camera: Ngo The Chau
Music: Michl Britsch

Adventure, 90″, Wien, Köln, Marokko, Spanien, first run 12/8/2011, ZDF/ORF

Story
Vienna, 1950. The attractive student Lotte yearns to be a photojournalist and tour the world, just like her idol, Hans Hass. Before long she gets close to the pioneer of underwater photography by working as his secretary. But Lotte soon establishes that Hass is pedantic and mean-spirited – and he never takes women with him on expeditions. She doesn’t give up, though, and she takes some fascinating pictures of the underwater world of the Danube. Hass is impressed by her photos… and soon by Lotte herself. However, he hides his feelings for her, and he still refuses to let her accompany him on his expeditions. Until Hans decides he will be the first person to film white sharks. He needs some guarantee that the documentary will be a box office success: a beautiful woman in front of the camera. This is Lotte’s chance! She travels with him to the Red Sea, dives in the magnificent underwater world and bravely swims with the sharks. Soon she is on cover pages all round the world as a sensational diver; she becomes famous for being the girl on the ocean floor.

2012 AUSTRIAN FILM AND TELEVISION PRIZE: THE ROMY
Platinum Romy: Lotte and Hans Hass (cinematic oeuvre)
TV-Movie Camera:Mathias Neumann and Gerd Kappes
Nominated Most Popular Actress: Yvonne Catterfeld

Cast
Yvonne Catterfeld, Benjamin Sadler, Harald Krassnitzer, Manuel Witting, Andreas Schmidt, Raimund Wallisch, Rafik Boubker, Werner Prinz, Kitty Speiser

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml, Gilbert Funke
Co-Producer: Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak
Written by: Christoph Silber
Directed by: Ben Verbong
Camera: Mathias Neumann
Music: Jessica de Rooij

 
Daily Drama, 1 season, 25-minute episodes, Strausberg, first run 10/4/2010, Sat.1, ORF

http://www.sat1.de/hand-aufs-herz/

Story
Bea has just returned to her former school as a teacher, and she quickly runs into trouble. Her one night stand with the attractive Ben turns out to have been a big mistake when she realizes Ben is one of her students. Tension with her colleagues is also mounting. The sports teacher, Alexandra, Bea’s mortal enemy from her school days, does everything she can to get rid of Bea. But Bea refuses to be discouraged and fights for her dream: to revive the once successful Sing and Dance Company in the school. Bea discovers true musical talent in Luzi, Timo and Emma, though they are harassed by the school’s “It Girls” Caro and Sophie. Again Bea ends up in the line of fire, and a dark secret from her past almost brings about her downfall…

Cast
Vanessa Jung, Andreas Jancke, Christopher Kohn, Oliver Petszokat, Caroline Maria Frier, Selina Müller, Sonja Bertram, Rocco Stark, Franciska Friede, Kasia Borek, Dennis Schigiol, Lucy Scherer, Marie Schneider, Sebastian Hölz, Verena Mundhenke, Ulrich Drewes, Barbara Sotel, Franziska Traub, Matthias Kofler, Amelie Plaas-Link, Frank Ziegler, Kim-Sarah Brandts, Frederic Heidorn, Hendrik Borgmann

Crew
Executive Producer: Christian Popp
Creative Producers: Petra Bodenbach, Damian Lott
Head Writer: Katrin Birkner
Directed by: Kai Meyer-Ricks, Tina Kriwitz, Dagmar Seume, Joris Hermans
Camera: Marc Christian Weber, Björn Behrens, Marc Sill, Daniel Blaum
Music: Martin Lingnau, Ingmar Süberkrüb

GERMAN SOAP AWARD 2011

Fan Price Female: Lucy Scherer

Comedy, 90 minutes, Berlin, first run 3/23/2010, Sat.1

www.sat1.de/film/der-sat-1-filmfilm/kuess-dich-reich

Story
Mia, a successful journalist on the lifestyle magazine nana, is certain she’ll be promoted to the vacant position of editor… which makes her especially disappointed when the job is given to her ex-boyfriend Eddy, of all people. But Mia has an idea. If she can find the story of a lifetime in the next three months, she’ll get his job. She starts her hunt for a killer story by answering an ad placed by a millionaire looking for a fertile woman. Of course, she has no way of knowing that the ad was in fact placed by Stanl, another journalist looking for a top story…

Cast
Felicitas Woll, Kai Schumann, Alexandra Kalweit, Matthias Schloo, Norbert Ghafouri, Loretta Stern

Crew
Executive Producer: Christian Popp
Written by: Aglef Püschel
Directed by: Dominic Müller
Camera: Michael Weyhers
Music: Martin Lingnau, Ingmar Süberkrüb

Romance, 90 minutes, Sylt, Berlin, first run 12/2/2008, Sat.1

Story
Journalist Sara Bronnen hasn’t been the same since her boyfriend’s death. Sara is about to be fired from her job when a bird carrying a letter flutters against Sara’s window. It’s a love letter from an anguished man who seems to have been abandoned by the woman he loves. Sara can’t get the heart-wrenching lines out of her head. In search of material for an article, she tracks down the man who wrote the letter, Georg, and finds herself traveling to the small North Sea island where he has been a hermit in a lighthouse since his girlfriend left him… by dying. With the help of Georg’s friend, the hotelier Bengt, Sara and the reclusive Georg begin to get closer together…

Cast
Marie Rönnebeck, Raphael Vogt, Caroline Korneli, Caroline Beil, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Oliver Korittke, Bürger Lars Dietrich

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Sigi Kamml
Written by: Herbert Kugler, Tom Maier
Directed by: Jakob Schäuffelen
Camera: Peter Przybylski
Music: Thomas Klemm

Primetime Series, 45-minute episodes, Berlin, 10/23/2008, Sat.1

Story
Alex Degen feels most comfortable in an expensive suit. The suave lawyer enjoys success in everything he does – and he’ll go to any means to make sure things stay that way. His two priorities in life are winning in the courtroom and getting the fat paycheck that is his reward. After all, the flash sport cars, sexy women and penthouse apartment in the center of Berlin all cost money. But one morning a woman from the Youth Welfare Department appears on his doorstep and announces that he’s the father of Fanny, who is just 8 months old. Alex is overwhelmed, forced to accept responsibility and to find far less glamorous, child-friendly job. But what can he do? Now he really needs the money! Once the culture shock is over, however, he is soon back to his old tricks – and of course the attractive Sophie has a crucial part to play in all this…

Cast
René Steinke, Anuk Ens, Daniela Preuß, Kai Ivo Baulitz, Rolf Kanies, Matthias Klimsa, Falk Rockstroh, Katy Karrenbauer

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Alicia Remirez, Sigi Kamml
Written by: Stefan Dähnert, Nick Baker-Monteys
Directed by: Sigi Rothemund, Sophie Allet-Coche, Sebastian Vigg
Camera: Erich Krenek
Music: Ali N. Askin

Primetime Series, 43-minute episodes, Potsdam, 10/23/2008, Sat.1

Story
Dr. Susanne Molberg, known as Dr. Molly, is a neurologist and neurosurgeon who is famous for her medical skills – and her blunt manner. Since Dr. Molly’s ruthless, forthright manner scares off so many patients, the pretty clinical psychologist Dr. Carlotta Edelhardt is brought in; “Karl” will maintain the balance, the management of the clinic hopes. Karl quickly becomes extremely popular, with her warmth and feminine intuition – a situation which leaves Dr. Molly far from amused…

2009 NOMINATION: GRIMME PRIZE

Cast
Sabine Orléans, Susanna Simon, Daniel Krauss, Michael Rotschopf, Roman Knitzka, Collien Fernandes, Paula Birnbaum, Dominik Bender, Karl Fred Müller, Doris Schretzmayer, Gloria Qaiem Maqami, Florian Bartholomäi

Crew
Producer: Christian Popp, Alicia Remirez
Written by: Martin Rauhaus
Directed by: Franziska Meyer Price u.a.
Camera: Theo Müller u.a.
Music: Eike Hosenfeld, Moritz Dennis

4 seasons, 25- minute episodes, Potsdam, first run 8/25/2008, Sat.1, ORF

http://www.sat1.de/annaunddieliebe/

Story

Season 1
Anna, who is very creative but extremely shy, dreams of a career as a copywriter. Her first job at the Broda & Broda Agency turns into a roller-coaster ride. As if her shyness weren’t enough of a problem, she falls hopelessly in love with assistant chief Jonas Broda – who is about to get engaged to Anna’s scheming half-sister Katja. Once Jonas sees through the lies and tricks of Katja and his brother Gerrit, he and Anna finally have a chance to be together. After a romantic wedding on a North Sea island they try to start their own business. But Gerrit is determined to get revenge and thwarts their plans with a kidnapping. Thanks to Mia, Anna’s cousin, and Alexander, Jonas’ half-brother, they manage to escape and move to L.A. to live their dream of opening their own advertising agency.

Season 2
Mia and Alex get closer during a rescue mission. But after a passionate night together, Alex is bewildered when Mia backs away. He doesn’t realize that she has never learnt to read; shame and fear prevent her from letting anyone too close. Hurt and confused by her behavior, Alex turns to Annett Darcy, Mia’s boss at Broda & Broda. Annett knows about Mia’s strong feelings for Alex and, even worse, about her disability. Annett begins to blackmail Mia unscrupulously and manipulate her for her own purposes. When it comes out that Annett has been trying to pin a crime on Mia’s brother, Alex finally breaks up with her. When it’s almost too late, Alex realizes that Mia is the woman for him… but Mia is now about to marry Enrique. At the last moment, Mia changes her mind and bravely jumps out of a biplane: she wants to prove to Alex that her heart beats for him and him alone.

Season 3
Anna shows up at the wedding as a surprise guest. She and Jonas are back in Berlin with her new fashion label Magical. But then Jonas dies in a tragic accident, and as well as coping with her grief Anna loses her business, leaving her half a million euros in debt. She’s forced to cooperate with her biggest competitor, the fashion label Lanford. She has a few run-ins with the CEO, Tom Lanford, but he’s the one who rescues her when she tries to jump off the roof. Tom’s fiancée, Carla, notices the two getting closer. Carla’s vicious schemes finally lead to Tom doubting Anna, and he breaks up with her. The marketing boss, Enrique, believes in Anna’s innocence and stands by her; before long two become closer.But not even Tom can deny his feelings for Anna forever.

Season 4
Nina has spent 6 years in prison – though she can’t even remember the manslaughter she was convicted of. When she is released she finds a room in the Goldelse and gets a job at Lanford. It is love at first sight when she meets Luca Benzoni, and Nina is over the moon… until she finds out that Luca is the foster son of Bernd Lindenberg, who is the father of Carla – and of Nina’s alleged victim. Luca now tells Nina they have no future together. At Lanford Carla plays on Nina’s guilty conscience to make her work as a designer. When Nina finds information suggesting she might be innocent, she starts to hope things will work out with Luca after all – but then Bernd Lindenberg shows up at Lanford and suffers a heart attack when he meets Nina. Luca fires Nina and tries to forget her; Carla is only too pleased to help. Nina starts designing secretly for Lanford to help Luca, who is under increasing pressure in the company. But the jealous Carla ensures that Bernd catches Nina. After a furious row Nina has a car accident and is close to death – she is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. One of Carla’s kidneys is suitable for Nina, and she donates it… but she wants something in return. Nina has to keep away from Luca. This is a torment for Nina, until she discovers Carla’s incredible secret: Carla committed the murder Nina was imprisoned for. Her motive was to ensure nobody found out she is not really a member of the Lindenberg family. Actually Nina and Carla have the same father; they are sisters. Carla is desperate and resolves to shoot Luca, but he manages to stop her. The police lead Carla off, and now Nina and Luca can tie the knot.

GERMAN SOAP AWARD 2011

„Best Actress Telenovela“: Jeannette Biedermann
„Best Actor Telenovela“: Patrick Kalupa
„Biggest Meanie“: Lee Rychter
„Sexiest Man“: Jacob David Weigert
„Best Newcomer“: Sebastian König

2010 NOMINATED FOR THE GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD
MISS SOAP 2010: MAJA MANEIRO

Season 1
Cast:
Jeanette Biedermann, Roy Peter Link, Karolina Lodyga, Lars Löllmann, Mathieu Carrière, Franziska Matthus, Rainer Will, Heike Jonca, Maja Maneiro, Mike Adler, Barbara Lanz, Karin Kienzer, Alexander Klaws, Wolfgang Wagner, Sebastian König, Jil Funke, Paul T. Grasshoff

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Gilbert Funke
Creative Producer: Petra Bodenbach
Written by: Julius Grützke, Aglef Püschel, Wiebke Jaspersen, Kirsten Kiesow
Directed by: Cornelia Dohrn, Jurij Neumann, Petra Clever, Winfried Bonengel
Camera: Michael Strecker, Christoph Lerch
Music: Curt Cress

Season 2
Cast
Josephine Schmidt, Paul T. Grasshoff, Jacob Weigert, Tanja Wenzel, Robert Jarczyk, Lee Rychter, Franziska Matthus, Heike Jonca, Maja Maneiro, Karin Kienzer, Wolfgang Wagner, Sebastian König, Jil Funke, Bernhard Bozian, Fiona Erdmann, Bo Hansen

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Gilbert Funke
Creative Producer: Karsten Rühle
Written by: Dirk Carow, Ariane Lange, Richard Kropf, Bob Konrad
Directed by: Cornelia Dohrn, Jurij Neumann, Zsolt Bács, Kai Meyer-Ricks
Camera: Michael Strecker, Florian Licht
Music: Curt Cress

Season 3
Cast
Jeanette Biedermann, Patrick Kalupa, Jacob Weigert, K. Dieter Klebsch, Sarah Mühlhause, Chris Gebert, Wanda Worch, Lilli Hollunder, Karolina Lodyga, Franziska Matthus, Heike Jonca, Maja Maneiro, Karin Kienzer, Wolfgang Wagner, Sebastian König, Jil Funke, Lee Rychter, Bernhard Bozian, Peter Windhofer, Larissa Marolt, Iris Shala, Eveline Suter, Maria Wedig, Frederic Böhle, Manuel Cortez

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Gilbert Funke
Creative Producer: Karsten Rühle
Written by: Dirk Carow, Ariane Lange, Richard Kropf, Inka Thelen
Directed by: Cornelia Dohrn, Jurij Neumann, Zsolt Bács, Kai Meyer-Ricks
Camera: Michael Strecker, Florian Licht
Music: Curt Cress

Season 4
Cast
Maria Wedig, Manuel Cortez, Sarah Mühlhause, Frederic Böhle, Kasia Borek, Jeanette Biedermann, Patrick Kalupa, Jacob Weigert, K. Dieter Klebsch, Chris Gebert, Wanda Worch, Lilli Hollunder, Franziska Matthus, Heike Jonca, Maja Maneiro, Karin Kienzer, Wolfgang Wagner, Sebastian König, Bernhard Bozian, Iris Shala, Frank Ziegler, Björn Bugri, Joachim Nimtz

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Gilbert Funke
Creative Producers: Karsten Rühle, Sven Miehe
Written by: Silke Kaiser, Petra Bodenbach, Sven Miehe, Barbara Neumann
Directed by: Cornelia Dohrn, Jurij Neumann, Lars Morgenroth, Tina Faust
Camera: Michael Strecker, Florian Licht
Music: Curt Cress

Primetime-Series, 2 seasons, 45-minute episodes, Berlin, first run 3/25/2007, Sat.1

http://www.sat1.de/filme_serien/ris/

Story
When ordinary police procedures dry up, RIS is summoned. The members of the RIS team (Special Investigative Forensic Commission) are the very best in their fields, and they use state-of-the-art technology to solve crimes. They understand the language of the dead – which means they represent the last chance for justice to be done. Within RIS, scientists and detectives work side by side to find new evidence and track down criminals.

2008 NOMINATED: GERMAN TELEVISION PRIZE

2007 NOMINATED: GERMAN TELEVISION PRIZE

Cast
Julian Weigend, Hansa Czypionka, Tillbert Strahl-Schäfer, Proschat Madani, Jana Klinge, Denis Petkovic, Mathis Künzler, Nicole Marischka, Catherine Bode

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Joachim Kosack
Dramatic Consultant: Boris von Poser
Directed by: Miguel Alexandre, Winfried Bonengel, Florian Schwarz
Camera: Andreas Doub, Roman Nowocien
Music: Johannes Königer

 
Telenovela, 1 season, 25-minute episodes, Potsdam, first run 8/21/2006, Sat.1, ORF1

http://www.sat1.de/filme_serien/sib/

Story
Nelly and Nils are about to see their separate dreams come true. Nelly is already in a wedding gown, and Nils is about to propose to his girlfriend Melanie. But just before she is due to walk down the aisle Nelly catches her fiancé with her best friend, so she runs away from her own wedding. She goes to Berlin and begins a new life working for a luxury airline. She falls in love with a colleague, and her new neighbor, Nils, becomes her best friend. Before long they find out everything about each other – except that they are meant to be together…

Cast
Alissa Jung, Raphael Vogt, Jannek Petri, Matthias Paul, Marie Munz, Sonja Gerhardt, Sandra Schreiber, April Hailer, Nicole Ernst, Laurent Daniels, Julia Philippi, Matthias Matz, Christian Wunderlich, Paco-Luca Nitsche, Bernd E. Jäger van Boxen, Zacharias Preen, Claudia Vogt, Timo Merkhoffer

Crew
Executive Producers: Christian Popp, Gilbert Funke, Joachim Kosack
Creative Producer: Petra Kolle
Written by: Aglef Püschel, Dieter Fleiter, Henrike Goetz, Marina Heib
Directed by: Tina Kriwitz, Laurenz Schlüter, Winfried Bonengel, Petra Clever
Camera: Jens Ernst Tukiendorf, Michael Strecker
Music: Curt Cress, Reinhold Hoffmann