Rainer Wolffhardt
Directing
Known For
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
Scene of the Crime
Annual awarding of the Grimme Awards.
Grimme Award
"Löwengrube – Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit" is a German television series first aired between 1989 and 1992, created by Willy Purucker and directed by Rainer Wolffhardt. It is set in Munich and follows the lives of Ludwig Grandauer and his son Karl, both policemen, covering the years from 1897 to 1954. The TV show is based on Purucker's radio play series Die Grandauers und ihre Zeit (‘The Grandauers and their time’). The series’ main title "Löwengrube", meaning ‘Lions’ Den’, refers to the address of the Munich Police Headquarters inaugurated in 1913.
Löwengrube
A story about the life of Maximiliane Irene von Quindt based on a classic novel by Christine Bruckner .
Manure and Gillyflowers
The series revolves around the Wagenfeld family from Hamburg. Katharina Wagenfeld moves with her three children from Hamburg to Rosenburg in Bavaria after her husband has an affair. In Rosenburg, she is asked to take over her sick aunt's run-down inn, but this task proves more difficult than expected. But Katharina doesn't give up and tries to build a new life for herself and her children with the Black Rooster .
That's life! The Wagenfelds
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Der Mordsfilm
The two-part miniseries recounts the life of Amalie Hohenester.
Mali
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Endstation Harembar
At the beginning of the 16th century, the Christian Martin Luther followed his calling and became an Augustinian monk in Erfurt. However, his life in the monastery confronted him with his fears of a judging God. These were finally taken away from him through the study of his religion, which emphasized a merciful Creator. As a theologian in Wittenberg, he then went public with his 95 theses, which criticized the church's practice of forgiving sins in exchange for money. A momentous dispute began.
Martin Luther
August 1914. In the village of Öd, the maid Rumplhanni has a love affair with Simon, son of the farmer Hauser. Before he goes to war, she dizzy to him, she expects a child from him. Simon can persuade his parents to say goodbye to Hanni as a daughter-in-law. Thus she has achieved what she wanted: to come out of the state of an illegitimate maid and to become peasant woman with house and farm. Since the old farmer wants to give her but nothing written, Hanni sets out another plan.
Die Rumplhanni
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B.
On Call...Murder!
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Die Dame und die Unterwelt
August 1914. In the village of Öd, the maid Rumplhanni has a love affair with Simon, son of the farmer Hauser. Before he goes to war, she dizzy to him, she expects a child from him. Simon can persuade his parents to say goodbye to Hanni as a daughter-in-law. Thus she has achieved what she wanted: to come out of the state of an illegitimate maid and to become peasant woman with house and farm. Since the old farmer wants to give her but nothing written, Hanni sets out another plan ...
Die Rumplhanni
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Zu einem Mord gehören zwei
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Am Morgen meines Todes
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Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Germany, end of the 1950s. After his business partner Kleinschmidt fled to the West, Mr. Reichert managed the company they had once founded together in East Germany alone. The company's export hit is a new type of synthetic fiber. But now the West German company, where Kleinschmidt now works, wants to cancel all orders. Kleinschmidt fears that this could be a welcome opportunity for the East German authorities to order the compulsory expropriation of his company. He wants to save the order on a trip to the West. The reunion with his old friend Kleinschmidt is overshadowed by existential fears.
Besuch aus der Zone
Lashing rain, thunderstorms, fog and a godforsaken, eerie train station: the mood among the six travelers who have to wait for their connecting train here in the middle of the night is extremely tense. In keeping with the gloomy scenery, the station master also tells his involuntary guests the story of the ghost train ...
The Ghost Train
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Mit Achtzehn
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