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Die Sendung mit der Maus
1971
The children's show has been a fixed Sunday morning ritual in German living rooms since 1971. Not only children, but also many adults sit in front of the television every week when the clever orange mouse, his blue elephant buddy and the yellow duck lead the way with short, funny cartoon clips between the "funny and factual stories".
Gruschenka Stevens
Gruschenka Stevens is a German actress. Stevens initially made a guest appearance on the children's television program "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (The Show with the Mouse ). At the age of eleven, she performed in a play at the Schauspielhaus Köln (Cologne Playhouse) and at seventeen moved to New York City, where she took acting classes at Herbert Berghoff's studios. She then attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City, London, and Los Angeles, where she landed a role in a Canadian-German soap opera. In 1994, she landed her first small roles in German films, including "Keiner liebt mich" and "Voll normaaal". In 1995, she played the lead role of telephone operator Conny in the erotic thriller "Der kalte Finger". In 1999, Stevens portrayed a singer in Sherry Hormann's comedy "Widows – First Marriage, Then Pleasure" and an overwhelmed mother in the drama "Get Out of Here", directed by Franziska Buch. The film won the Max Ophüls Prize . As she had already done in the television series "Around 30", she worked again in 2001 under the direction of Ralf Huettner in the film adaptation of Ildikó von Kürthy's bestseller "Moonlight Tariff". Tim Bergmann and Jasmin Tabatabai were her co-stars in this film, in which she played a confused woman in her late twenties who, after many romantic misunderstandings, finally finds her dream man. This was followed by a collaboration with director Vivian Naefe, who cast her in two leading roles: "Crazy Is Also Normal", a musical tragicomedy alongside Dieter Pfaff, and the dark comedy "Men in Bites". In 2010, the episode "Netzangriff" from the series Krimi.de, starring Stevens as Lena Mederling, won the Rose d'Or in the Children & Youth category.
Herbert Feuerstein
Herbert Feuerstein (born June 15, 1937, in Zell am See, Austria; died October 6, 2020, in Erftstadt, North Rhine-Westphalia) was an Austrian-German journalist, cabaret artist, actor, and entertainer. Herbert Feuerstein initially studied music at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and later worked in New York as a journalist and editor-in-chief of the German-language newspaper *New Yorker Staats-Zeitung*. After returning to Europe, he became the publishing director of the satirical magazine *pardon* and subsequently, over many years, shaped the German edition of *MAD* magazine as its editor-in-chief. Feuerstein achieved nationwide fame starting in the late 1980s through his collaboration with Harald Schmidt on the television programs *Pssst …* and *Schmidteinander*, in which his absurdist humor and self-deprecating demeanor became his trademarks. Numerous other television formats followed, including *Feuersteins Reisen*, the legendary twelve-hour live broadcast *Feuersteins Nacht*, as well as regular appearances on shows such as *Genial daneben* and *Was bin ich?*. He was also active as an actor, appearing in films such as *Vollidiot* and *Wickie und die starken Männer*, as well as in theater and opera productions. Furthermore, Feuerstein worked extensively as a voice actor and writer. Among other roles, he lent his voice to characters in *Die Sendung mit der Maus* and the animated film *The Incredibles*. His literary radio program *SpielArt* on WDR 5, which he hosted from 2003 to 2017, also received great acclaim; his autobiographically tinged segments blended humor, culture, and personal memories. In 2014, he published his memoirs, *Die neun Leben des Herrn F.*. Feuerstein most recently lived in Erftstadt and was married to editor Grit Bergmann. He died in 2020 at the age of 83.
Anke Engelke
Anke Engelke, born in Montreal/Canada in 1965, grew up trilingual. As a child, she gained early dubbing experience and hosted TV and radio shows. Engelke was part of the weekly show ensemble, her series Ladykracher is considered the most successful German sketch format with eight seasons. Since 2000, Anke Engelke has appeared regularly in feature films, soon in leading roles in Mein Sohn, Der Onkel and Mutter. Currently, Anke Engelke can be seen in the leading role in the Netflix series Das letzte Wort and on Amazon Prime Video in the first season of the acclaimed comedy format LOL - Last One Laughing. As a voice actress, she lends her voice to various characters: Marge on The Simpsons, Dory in Finding Nemo and in Finding Dory, Captain Ericka in Hotel Transylvania 3 and Silver in Angry Birds 2. In the pre-school television series Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten, Anke Engelke has been the inhabitant of Anke's World since its launch in 2007. Together with Kristian Thees, Anke Engelke can be heard on the SWR3 podcast Wie war der Tag, Liebling: Every Tuesday and Thursday, SWR3 presenter Kristian Thees calls his best friend Anke Engelke and the two tell each other their little stories of the day. Anke Engelke is on the road with various reading programmes: currently with KOMISCH - Iris Berben meets Anke Engelke and Letters of Note - Anke Engelke, Devid Striesow & Jörg Thadeusz, among others. Between 2003 and 2019, she presented the opening and the Bear Awards Gala of the Berlinale 13 times as host. In 2011, she co-hosted the German preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) with Stefan Raab and Judith Rakers. From 2012 - 2017, Anke Engelke taught television dramaturgy and creative television production at the KHM in Cologne as a substitute professor. Alongside Dirk von Lowtzow, Prof. Diedrich Diederichsen and Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke, Anke Engelke is a member of the advisory board of the Pop Institute of the Folkwang University of the Arts. Anke Engelke has been an ambassador for the medical aid organisation action medeor since 2003.
Die Rosenheim-Cops
2002
A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Die Rosenheim-Cops
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A team of inspectors investigates murders in and around the small Upper Bavarian town of Rosenheim, and they still have plenty of time to see idyllic landscapes and luxurious pre-alpine villas and enjoy sumptuous Bavarian fare with beer.
Die Hard
1988
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
Die Anrheiner
1998
Die Anrheiner is a German television soap opera series, broadcast on WDR-TV since March 21, 1998. The series is set and filmed in Cologne.
Die Fallers – Eine Schwarzwaldfamilie
1994
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
1995
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
Baby Do Die Do
2026
A deaf and mute serial killer in Mumbai can only hear her dead sister's voice as she commits murders for mysterious reasons.
I Would Rather Die
2026
The protagonist Archie, considered the school loser, is bitten by a zombie and finds himself at the center of a mission to save the city alongside his friends Cris and Brenda.
No Time to Die
2021
Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie
2016
Getroud met Rugby: Die Sepie is a South African soap opera based on the feature film and later drama series Getroud met Rugby by Deon Opperman, which is set amongst a rugby-playing community.
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer infrastructure.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024
After their late former Captain is framed, Lowrey and Burnett try to clear his name, only to end up on the run themselves.
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
2026
A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
Sleeping Beauty
1959
Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.
Dead Account
2026
When people die, their social media can sometimes become "ghost accounts," manifesting their owners as digital specters. While trying to pay for his sister's medical bills, Soji Enishiro awakens cyberkinesis and is dragged to Miden Academy, a secret school where spirit mediums train to fight digitized ghosts. Now Soji must master his powers before the online afterlife spills into the real world!
Highlander: The Series
1992
Duncan MacLeod cannot die -- he is a 400-year-old immortal, who has seen his share of humanity's history. Still, he risks his life in battle against other immortals and tries to save people from harm.
Jasmin Schwiers
Jasmin Schwiers is a German actress. Following her television debut in *Die Nacht der Nächte – School’s Out* (1997), Schwiers achieved her breakthrough in 1998 as the daughter of the matriarch Rita Kruse (played by Gaby Köster) in the RTL comedy series *Ritas Welt*. Schwiers made her feature film debut the following year in Otto Alexander Jahrreiss's comedy *Alles Bob!* By the time she graduated from school, she had already appeared in approximately 20 productions. Jasmin Schwiers lives in Cologne and is married to actor Jan van Weyde. Their daughter was born in August 2014. Her brother, Rene, is a musician in the Kölsch rock band Kasalla.
Martha Hillier
Writer · Known for The Last Kingdom, Vera
Martha Hillier is known for The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die (2023), Vera (2011) and The Last Kingdom (2015).