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The lives of two families in East Berlin between 1980 and 1990 as the era of communist DDR slowly comes to an end.

A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre as he goes from battlefield warrior to France's beloved King Henri IV. Director Jo Baier's epic is a classically-entertaining adventure, albeit one with much bloodshed and frequent bawdy sexual interludes. In late-16th-century France, Catholics and Protestant Huguenots are at war. Seemingly seeking peace, French dowager Queen Catherine de Medici summons Henry to her court to marry him to her daughter, which would unite the two warring factions. However, the Catholics slaughter the Protestant wedding guests in what became known as the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre and Henry--now married--must use all his guile to stay alive and maneuver for the throne.

A rainy night, a car breaks down, an old house in the middle of nowhere with a light burning in the window. Soaking wet, Markus knocks on the door - and interrupts Renee in the middle of her pottery. She's suspicious of the young stranger, but interested. An Adonis is missing from her artistic collection of dildos. It's only a matter of warming to the occasion, and she's in the flush of life. So she reaches for Apollinaire on the book shelf. . .and a jar of honey.

Based on the true story that shocked a nation in the summer of 1988 and revealed the scandalizing amount of errors committed by the media and the police in a half-baked attempt to rescue hostages.

A handsome Midwest man (Stryker) moves into a Hollywood motel and immediately becomes the obsession of the quirky manager and the assorted guests.

Poor but confident and resourceful tailor David trusts, after killing seven flies in one swat, he's a match for any challenge and sets out to prove himself in the wide world. After luck and cunning help him deal with giant Lothar, he arrives at the castle of petty king Ernst, who is ruled by constant migraine and his ambitious, manipulative court counselor Klaus, who desires to succeed by winning brat princess Paula's hand and claims to be the only savior who can rid the land of three supernatural dangers. David's costume-embroidered motto 'seven at once' however is misread as a warrior's tally, and he eagerly accepts to win the princess, who teases but likes him, and half the country by dealing with the giant brothers, then both other dangers, and having triumphed each time Klaus's last attempt to deal with his commoner rival.

They are actually the ideal couple: the successful style consultant Juliane runs a thriving beauty salon, in whose exclusive rooms her boyfriend René, a hip gallery owner, exhibits expensive pictures. While Juliane pampers the ladies of society with peelings, facial massages and manicures, her rich husbands let René advise them which artists are "in" at the moment. Business is booming, and their private relationship also seems to work like clockwork - Juliane and René have the same expensive taste right down to the slippers. As a successful business woman, Juliane has arrived where she always wanted to be. Nevertheless, she notes, at least subliminally, that she is anything but happy about it. She suddenly becomes aware of this when the impetuous carpenter Johannes, René's frame builder, bursts into her life. This coarse block, who always appears in overalls and never minces words, is actually not her type at all. But at Johannes' side, the tough businesswoman is repeatedly involved in bizarre and turbulent actions, in which long-forgotten joie de vivre flares up. This change does not remain without consequences, Juliane leaves René, but as a result, the exclusive customers soon stop and her business goes down the drain for the time being. When she then separates from Johannes in an argument, she is also privately on the ground. But Juliane doesn't give up - with a new business idea she opens up a new group of customers and is soon off the hook, at least financially. If only the story with Johannes could be put right again.

After winning top awards in Montreux, Utrecht, and St. Petersburg for THE WAITING ROOM, followed by the Grand Prix at the Mediawave festival in Györ (Hungary) for THE GAS STATION, Jos Stelling completed his Erotic Tales trilogy with THE GALLERY. Stylistically they're all connected: each is narrated visually without dialogue, each makes merry fun of an embarrassing erotic fantasy in a public place, and each features the same likeable fall-guy - Belgian actor Gene Bervoets - as the hero always ready and willing to strut his manhood like a peacock in heat. In THE GALLERY Gene finds himself the sensual object of a beautiful woman's desire. So when, suddenly and unexpectedly, she begins to strip for his pleasure ... one good turn deserves another ...

Jakob Fugger's scheming to become as rich as Croesus from copper and silver mining as banker of the mighty in Catholic Christianity requires seeing the papacy to organize a European crusader defense against the Ottoman Turkish threat. The church's self-absorbed puritanical Inquisition party would rather concentrate on fighting heresy and so on within, which includes burning at the stake converted Saracene Zobeida, the mother of monastery oblate Richard, the bastard son of Fugger's late brother, who swears revenge at inquisitor Heinrich Institoris -and remains his target- which he seeks to find as Jacob's confident.

Los Angeles, 2000. Megan David likes to keep track of her life with a camcorder. It's her video-diary, her art project for the Biennale. It depicts who she is, where she's going, how she's going 'to pop her cherry', as she informs her girlfriend. And hip video artist that she is, Megan has even picked out the right partner through the Internet - a theology major named Luke - for the summer of her deflowering at the Garden of Eden. But when the love-birds arrive on the motel, the concierge hands them the key to their room on a condition - they are not to eat the apple...

In her teens, Mme. Zachanassian had to flee her home town in disgrace. Now she's old and rich and the town is facing bankruptcy. But she returns with news that she wants to help - as long as the townsfolk kill someone for her.

On his deathbed, miller Hinze, fallen victim to the cruel sorcerer Abbadon who terrorizes the whole region, bequeaths his goods to his sons. Hermann and Hubert get half of the mill each, only last-born Hans gets just the tomcat Minkus. However the feline speaks, transforms into a dashing knight and promises, if fitted with new boots, to turn Hans's fate for the better. Once attired, he sets out to the court of idle king Otto and his daughter Frieda. Fowl gifts win heir favor, and soon an invitation for his master, under the name of marques of Carabass. Hans, clearly more interested in the princess then in gold, is coached to fit the part, while the cat takes o the sorcerer in his castle by crafty magical dare.

An attractive young woman is accosted in the corridor by a young man with something rather sinister on his mind. A contest of give-and-take follows.

Marie Gruber (Christiane Hörbiger) is the owner of a very comfortable Viennese café in Berlin's best location. When, without any warning, the craftsmen moved in, the avid hostess is shocked. She notices fast that the house has been sold. Her former husband has taken a lot of money for terminating the lease contract and ran away a long time before. The house's new owner, Prospecta, an investment company from Frankfurt, wants to rent the wanted premises to a coffee shop company, which pays the rental fee five times higher. The new lease contract should already be made this weekend. But whatever may come, Marie must prevent it! Fortunately, her German-Turkish confectioner Erci (Eray Egilmez) has won a night exactly in the Berlin hotel, where the contract should be made. Marie wants to intercept Prospecta's manager - but that doesn't happen because she gets stuck in the lift. What a coincidence who's in the lift with her - Gerd Fürst (Michael Mendl), Prospecta's claustrophobic managing director. Without knowing with whom she got stuck, Marie manages to becalm the panic manager. The two fall deeply in love with each other immediately. But when Gerd Fürst finds out who Marie is, he thinks she just reassured him to save her loved café. Fortunately there's the canny receptionist (Ludger Pistor), who knows how to steer the lovinglys' destinies with rhythm and discretion...

In Hamburg's red-light district, where the Albanian mafia rules the prostitution business, the harmless sandwich-seller Andi Ommsen is hired to take care of the mob leader's wife while he is away. Now Andi needs to act like the pimp king.

On Top - Iceland, a lighthouse, a cold winter evening. Her thoughts drift back to that summer ... to bathing in the hot springs ... to when they first met ... and embraced. Down Under - Australia, the desert, a blistering heat wave. His pickup stops at an icehouse ... he lays the blocks neatly on the buckboard ... and drives off haunted by a aching memory. Without dialogue or comment, save for verses from a sonnet by John Keats, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson links the thoughts, the emotions, the sensual longing of young lovers at opposite ends of the world. A tone poem, a collage of sight and sound.

A middle-aged man is in a traffic jam making eye contact with a young woman. When he bumps into the woman's car, she gets out and breaks off the rearview mirror of his car and takes it in her own car.

On the day of her golden wedding in 1994, Barbara Reichenbach's lost wedding gift, an amber amulet, reappears. Barbara is now forced to reveal her well-kept secret to her three children and her husband Alexander. Flashback to 1944: Weddings are celebrated on the Schlossgut Hagenow in eastern Germany. The pretty Comtesse Barbara von Ganski marries the charming physicist Alexander Reichenbach, who is exempted from working at the front as a scientist. As a pledge of his love, Alexander puts an amber amulet around his bride's neck. But not all guests wish the happy couple a good future: SS man Luschnat, for example, has had an eye on the bride himself, and the young estate manager Elisabeth is in love with Alexander. After a dispute between the carefree Alexander and the staunch Nazi Luschnat, Barbara's father, Baron Albin von Ganski, expelled his son-in-law from the house. Barbara follows her husband to Berlin and accepts the break with her conservative father. Through this turning point, Elisabeth, who is the secret, illegitimate daughter of the baron, sees her long-awaited chance of finally being recognized as an equal member of the family. The baron finally agrees. But when Barbara and Alexander's mother Gunhild and shortly afterwards Alexander returned from bombed Berlin after a heavy bombing attack, Elisabeth was once again on the sidelines from one day to the next. Gunhild confesses to her son that she is a converted Jew. In order to avoid persecution by the Nazis and to protect Barbara, Alexander reports as a soldier for front service without her knowledge. Meanwhile, Albin von Ganski hides Gunhild on the castle grounds. When the war finally comes to an end, Barbara, Elisabeth, Albin and his wife Henriette wait in eager anticipation for the liberation by the Russian troops. The feared atrocities do not materialize, but Barbara and her father are appalled when Elisabeth fraternises with the rude soldiers. Meanwhile, Barbara falls in love with the cultivated Russian officer Belajew, who protects her from attacks by his soldiers. But even he cannot help her when Albin von Ganski is executed one day for the alleged murder of a Russian prisoner of war. When her mother then commits suicide, Barbara is faced with a difficult decision: should she and Belayev leave their homeland? Just as the young woman is about to leave her past behind, she thinks she sees Alexander on the estate.

Veteran film director Matty Bonkers, a Hollywood legend, arrives in Berlin for an honorary retrospective tribute. While introducing his film Mockery, he receives a phone call from his producer lying in intensive care at a hospital. Blau needs a favor for old times' sake. Could Matty finish a porn movie before his legs get broken by Tokyo Tony? Matty reluctantly agrees. On the set he meets movie star and ex-cello-player Inga - and the experience is bizarre spirited uplifting a comédie humaine.

Dr. Giesel, president of an insurance company board, needs to track down former financial consultant Jan Hansen, believed a fraudster to have disappeared with ten of millions. He hires ruthlessly successful single Pat Wilson who guesses his new identity in Thailand and checks out leading plastic surgeon Prof. Narong. There she's charmed by generous children freebies sponsor Mr. Miller, who fits the profile. After a candle light dinner, they have a romantic and physical night. Next day, Miller is shot before her eyes, but shortly after Jan Hansen reappears and explains to have been set up. Next the pair of them become murder targets.

A hot summer day on a country road. A young woman in her bridal dress gets kicked out of a car. Lost and frustrated, she wanders off across a sea of grass into a dark wood - and discovers an abandoned house. Tired and worn out, she lies down on a bed. When she is awakened from her nap by a clap of thunder, she sees a cup of steaming hot tea and a package on the floor. She opens it - and finds a kimono. The bride knows she no longer is alone ... but should she put on the kimono?

Brandenburg, near the Polish border; it all started with a toothache. Then the boss called to say he was needed. Extra Duty - to guard a gangster for the night in an emergency ward. Konzak was sorry he ever became a cop. Besides, the prisoner was a moody boxer-type, and the room at the hospital was like in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Sweat was already dripping down his back when the night nurse stopped by on her rounds. A sway of the hips.. the look in her eye...she was a real knockout. Konzak forgot the toothache and the prisoner...

Having just become a father himself, master thief Robert returns to his parents, whose simple firm near the coast he left silently years ago, having been an out-of-control brat. Mother Svea's unconditional welcome is balanced by father Heinrich's understandable doubts. To both's horror, having proudly unveiled his criminal profession, he sets off to face his godfather, arrogant local count Gustav. Rather than immediately ordering his execution. Gustaf sets the boaster a triple challenge, which he accepts: he must steal the best horse from the court stables despite guards; next, from the count's bedroom the sheets and a wedding ring; finally, the curate and sexton from the dilapidated parish church.