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Berlinale world premiere

I Want It All

by Luzia Schmid

Dates and tickets

Available on ZDF Stream

System Error: The Cum-Ex Scandal

by Judith Lentze

Stream

Available on ARD-stream

MASTERPLAN

by Volker Heise

Stream

Available on ARD Stream

Facing Cancer

by Volker Heise

Stream

available on 3sat Mediathek

For the Money

by Stefan Stuckert

Stream

News

Festival

“I Want It All” tours Australia

Our Berlinale entry and audience favorite 'I want it all' is heading to Australia! Luzia Schmid’s documentary will be screened in cinemas across eight cities this May as part of the HSBC German Film Festival: Adelaide, Ballarat, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
A big thank you to the festival and to all the movie lovers who will now have the chance to discover Hildegard Knef and her remarkable story on the other side of the world.

For all dates and further information, visit the festival website.

TV release

'System Failure: The Cum-Ex Scandal' on 3sat and ZDF stream

A documentary by Judith Lentze

The film uncovers the biggest tax fraud in history: the Cum-Ex scandal. For years, the multi-billion euro fraud involving banks, investors, and lawyers went unnoticed. Based on investigative journalist Oliver Schröm’s research (The Cum-Ex Files), director Judith Lentze offers a multi-perspective reconstruction, featuring accused individuals, prosecutors, and whistleblowers. The documentary reveals how, since the 1990s, sophisticated share deals enabled systematic tax fraud across Europe, and how brave officials within tax authorities and the judiciary pursued justice despite intimidation and legal pressure. Their perseverance turned the exposure of this white-collar crime into a modern-day hero story—about a scandal that still costs society dearly.

TV release: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 8:15 pm / 3sat
Online: ZDF

Director Judith Lentze talks in detail about the background and the making of the film in the podcast “Filmfrauen”. ZDF takes up the film and its research in the magazine program WISO. As a special highlight, ZDFmediathek is currently showing the highly acclaimed German-Danish drama series “The Cum-Ex Affair”, which has already been celebrated as a preview at the Berlinale.

On the big screen

Stunning cinema release for 'I want it all'

On the first weekend after its cinema release and several glittering premieres, "Ich will alles. Hildegard Knef" topped the Arthaus cinema charts. Even at the Berlinale and the well-attended previews on Women's Day, it was clear how much fascination the artist Hildegard Knef still has on audiences.

Screening dates and tickets

New documentary

TV premiere for 'MASTERPLAN. The Potsdam Meeting and its Consequences'

A documentary by Volker Heise

In November 2023, a meeting was held at Landhaus Adlon in Potsdam, the details of which were not intended to be made public. In January, Correctiv published an investigation into the event, triggering a wave of protest. More than three million people took to the streets across Germany to send a clear signal against xenophobic and right-wing tendencies. This documentary is dedicated to uncovering the events behind the closed doors of that conference. It not only reconstructs the background of the meeting but also examines its far-reaching consequences for media discourse and political developments leading up to the federal elections.

TV premiere on 24. March 2025, 102025, 10:50 pm / Das Erste
and in the ARD media library

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