The dangerous violent criminal Willy Jensen flees from a prison in Hamburg and seeks shelter at his brother Heinz' apartment. Heinz, an honest taxi-driver, believes in his innocence and helps him - until Willy kills another man in a robbery. After an argument Willy takes his wife Vera, who now lives with Heinz, as hostage on his further flight from the police. Heinz feels responsible for his brother and trails him, which makes it look to the police as if he's helping his brother.
The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" (played by Jean Reno) on his journey through a world filled by people rendered nearly mute by some unknown incident.
Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.
Marina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his vice-presidential running mate in the next election. She's no stranger to assassination to get what she wants, so some suspect she'll kill her own husband after the election to become president. In a series of flashbacks we see her rise to power: a party girl willing to sacrifice a friend's virtue to gain favor; the lover of a soldier she later tortures; the mistress of the military man she soon marries.
After a businessman's unfaithful wife is seemingly killed in a car accident, he is led by several unscrupulous characters to believe that she is actually alive.
Pitt and Felix, two friends from school, meet again by chance in hospital years later. Both are looking forward to fatherhood. In order to shorten the grueling wait until the baby is born, they exchange lively memories of their school days. Some embarrassments are also brought up.
A young man gets caught up in criminal activities in order to fulfill his desire for an easy life.
A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still firmly stuck in the victim's chest, and Inspector Perkins strangely finds a glass eye in his jacket pocket. Kurt after that a second, mysterious murder happens: A city-famous dancer of the Las Vegas Girls, who perform at the London Odeon Theater, is poisoned. Is there a connection between the pretty dancer and the hotel guest? Inspector Perkins and his colleagues are pressed for time. The "man with the glass eye" strikes deadly again and again. A first clue leads Scotland Yard to a billiard club, where one has to show a glass eye as an admission ticket.
Liza Hofer is a luxury prostitute and drug addict who works at the nightclub of William Ackermann. One day, Liza walking her friend's dog, meets a student Hinrich in a wheelchair in the park. Love begins to develop between them, but will Liza's profession do not stop her?
Architecture student Paul has failed again. He's been dead in bed for months. His girlfriend Ulrike angrily packs her bags. Then Paul's first self-designed house collapses and his job is gone. Short of money, he rents a room to Isabell.
Family drama about a woman of strong character who fights for her livelihood after the death of her husband.
Anna and Michael have tried everything to conceive a baby - without success. There is one last attempt: surrogacy. Their doctor and friend Peter sees Maria from Russia as the ideal candidate. She is willing to carry the child for them. A lucky coincidence, especially as Michael has to produce a successor within a year in order to take over his uncle's company. Anna fools everyone into believing she is pregnant - with disastrous consequences.
A drama directed by Ugo Liberatore.
Gérard Travers has known Minou since childhood. After completing his military service, he moved in with her, in all honor, until he could find something better. Together, they establish a protocol for living harmoniously as roommates without stepping on each other's toes, but little by little, Gérard becomes irresistibly attracted to Minou and vice versa. They realize that they've always been made for each other.
Bob, a sympathetic young man, keeps telling women what they want to hear to have a good time. Just as he is about to marry the daughter of a very wealthy banker, her father does a little research on his future son-in-law and finds out the truth about Bob. He forces Bob to marry his daughter and behave like the perfect husband, or else... Unfortunately, Bob meets "The One" just a few days before the wedding and had also told her what she wanted to hear, all of this unbeknownst to his future wife. Then right as he's trying to extricate himself from those dilemmas, two very protective Turkish brothers of one of his past affairs are after him to take revenge for taking her virginity!
He is a living legend in Germany, but never became known to a wider audience in France: Winnetou actor Pierre Brice. Director Oliver Schwehm sensitively traces the career of the French actor, whose career only took off very hesitantly in the 1950s before he experienced a meteoric rise through the role of the noble Apache chief. Brice reflects on his role as "Winnetou" and visits the original locations in Croatia 40 years after the last filming was completed. Statements from colleagues and former companions (including Mario Adorf and Marie Versini) as well as numerous film clips round off this entertaining documentary.
The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
An adaptation of the novel 813, in which the gentleman burglar competes to steal state papers and tries to uncover the identity of a terrifying murderer.
Fred is a journalist who investigates the death of a man in room 36. He interviews the man's widow and her deranged mother for clues as to how the man died in a hotel room that is rented by the hour. Also under suspicion is a stranger named Becker who lives next to the room where the killing took place.
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.
The rich Westerner embarks on a journey to find his daughter who vanished in Montreal and Zurich. The disappearance is linked to a sect that selects its followers for its heritage, education and physical beauty.