Monika Baumgartner Movies

Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year...

Based on the classic 19th century tale by German writer/composer E.T.A. Hoffmann, the film investigates the tale's themes of obsession and madness,...

Dr. Dieter Bartels, the star surgical resident, spares 2,000 DM on a Jugendstil vase for his chief’s 60th. Unbeknownst to him, the chief has...

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

Bavarian allotment tyrant Gerti has had enough. Her once sweet little granddaughter Merci has turned into a pubescent monster. Now Merci is also...

Three short episodes directed by Gedeon Kovacs.

Father Achatius and his friend Ambrosia

Georg "Schorsch" Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town, working day-in, day-out in his nursery, which is facing bankruptcy. He doesn't like...

When the green box is being delivered, organic farmer Helena (Julia Koschitz) stumbles over the dashing David (Vladimir Burlakov), a law student and...

In 1820, Tyrolean surveyor Josef Naus set off for the Zugspitze region to map the area. "Gipfelsturm" is about the resistance he has to overcome...

Twelve days on foot with a donkey from Munich to Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze: father Marcel and son Felix will certainly not forget...