Sönke Wortmann
Sönke Wortmann (August 25, 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer.
Der Spitzname
When Anna and Thomas invite their eccentric family to the Tyrolean Alps for their wedding, tensions rise as secrets, unresolved issues, and chaotic family dynamics threaten to derail the big day. From unexpected careers to overprotective parenting, nothing is as it seems, and the planned wedding is far from guaranteed.
Der Nachname
The Berger and Böttcher families come to Dorothea's finca on Lanzarote for a weekend trip. The mood is tense and escalates as various mysteries are revealed.
Der Vorname
The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to call their son Adolf, the hosts and the family friend René are stuck in the throat.
Frau Müller muss weg!
Because of their children's bad grades, some parents want the teacher Mrs. Müller gone. They meet with Mrs. Müller and try to convince her to leave the class.
Die Päpstin
A 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen
A documentary of the German National soccer team’s 2006 World Cup experience that changed the face of modern Germany.
Das Wunder von Bern
The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.
The Hollywood Sign
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
Der bewegte Mann
Der Bewegte Mann is a German comedy about a heterosexual man, Axel, who is thrown out of his girlfriends home for cheating and ends moving in with a gay man. Axel learns the advantages of living with gay men even though they are attracted to him and when his girlfriend wants him back he must make a tough decision
Kleine Haie
Ingo, a dishwasher helps Johannes an unsuccessful applicant, attend an audition at the Folkwang Acting School in Essen. They meet Ali and fall in love.