Ludwig on the Lookout for a Wife

Mein Freund der Scheich

October 1981 •English

Zwei Bayern im Harem

September 1957 •German

Grave Decisions

August 2006 •German

In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he might be able to knock off a few years of his sentence by doing good deeds, Sebastian sets out to find a wife for his father Lorenz. When Lorenz and Sebastian's schoolteacher Veronika fall madly in love with each other, it seems the heavens must be smiling. There's just one hitch: Veronika is married.

The Nasty Girl

February 1990 •German

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

Leberkäsjunkie

August 2019 •German

While dealing with a burnt-down house, smelly diapers and brutal lack of sleep, a Lower Bavarian police officer faces his worst adversary: cholesterol.

Sissi

December 1955 •German

The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.

Sissi: The Young Empress

December 1956 •German

Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.

Grießnockerlaffäre

August 2017 •German

After a provincial policeman gets falsely accused of a crime that was committed with his pocket knife, he begins a turbulent hunt for the real murderer.

Love 'n' Leather Pants

January 1979 •German

Rosemarie, called Rosi, and her colleague Uli have worked as waitresses in a strip club in downtown Munich. Now the disused shop has been closed by the police for reasons of custom and decency.

Eine Gmandige Geschichte

March 2023 •German

Nackt und kess am Königssee

November 1977 •German

On idyllic Königsee the impotent Scot McFitz searches after a fabled potency enhancing plant. Soon, the news is talking about and the whole village goes off in search of the pleasure-promoting herb

Wer später stirbt ist trotzdem tot

Invalid date •German

When the somewhat unsuccessful musician Sebastian returns to his Bavarian hometown, he learns that he is going to be a father. Although he is incredibly happy, he is haunted by the nightly visions of his childhood: in them, his future daughter declares that she does not want to be born! So Sebastian does everything he can to prove to his unborn child that this world is worth living in. Not an easy undertaking...

Herr Ober!

January 1992 •German

The former waiter Ernst Held believes himself to be called higher and seeks self-realization as a poet. When he recites poems to his wife's beautician in an ambiguous situation, his wife puts him out the door. Completely destitute, the thwarted poet must therefore return to the lowlands of life and become the head in the Munich pub "Goldener Löffel".

Sorry, Wrong Bedroom

October 1973 •German

The owner of a failing Munich strip club sends his manager to an area of the country considered backwards to recruit new talent for his club.

Gartenfeind

January 2014 •German

Winterkartoffelknödel

October 2014 •German

A policeman suspects that several bizarre deaths in the same family were murders and that the killer is a mysterious woman who just moved to the village.

Ludwig Thoma- Die Lokalbahn

March 1972 •German

Die Föhnforscher

August 1985 •German

The foehn researcher paints watercolors in which he documents the state of the world and records his visions of what is happening, while he berates the Minister of the Interior savagely. The film tells the imaginary story of the Bavarian Jammersee in fragments. The nuclear missile “Herrsching 2” - the Bavarians have finally provided for their own defense - is to be stored in a depot at the Jammersee. However, this comes into conflict with the other plan to fill the Jammersee with the ashes of the six million murdered Jews.

Punch Drunk

April 1987 •German

Dr. Riesenhuber, the State Secretary of the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, can think of nothing else but advancing his career and becoming a minister, despite the world being contaminated by nuclear radiation.

Austreten

October 2017 •German