Oskar Roehler Filmography

Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

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Lulu & Jimi

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jennifer Decker, Ray Fearon, Katrin Sass, Udo Kier, Rolf Zacher

Synopsis: Rock 'n' roll energy and colorful style drive Oskar Roehler's lively romance following two young lovers as they reject their bigoted society and hit the road to escape the oppressive powers that be. For Lulu and Jimi it was love at first sight. But Lulu's meddling mother Gertrude will do anything Read More

2007
Agnes and His Brothers

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Martin Weiss, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Katja Riemann, Tom Schilling

Synopsis: The Tschirn brothers have their share of problems. Middle brother Hans-Jörg (Moritz Bleibtreu of Run Lola Run) is a librarian who neglects his duties in order to ogle every attractive woman that enters his workplace. His clumsy efforts to make conversation with them go nowhere. He takes his Read More

1/12/06
The Elementary Particles

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Ulmen, Martina Gedeck, Franka Potente, Nina Hoss

Synopsis: With his bittersweet, German-language tragicomedy The Elementary Particles, writer-director Oskar Roehler brings to the screen Michel Houellebecq's popular seriocomic novel of two ill-adjusted siblings. Christian Ullmen and Moritz Bleibtreu portray, respectively, Michael and Bruno, half brothers Read More

2006
Der Alte Affe Angst

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: André Hennicke, Marie Baumer, Vadim Glowna, Hilde Van Mieghem, Hermann Beyer

Synopsis: Oskar Roehler's drama Der Alte Affe Angst (Angst) is about the dissolution of a couple. Robert (Andre Hennicke) and Marie (Marie Baumer) have little in common other than their sex life. Since Robert is going through a bout with impotency, they are having a very rocky time. Robert learns that his Read More

2003
Die Unberührbare

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Hannelore Elsner, Vadim Glowna, Jasmin Tabatabai, Lars Rudolph, Michael Gwisdek

Synopsis: Oskar Roehler directs this bleak look at a down-and-out writer's alcohol-drenched final days. Though the central character is named Hanna Flander, the film basically tells the real-life story of noted author Gisela Elsner, who threw herself out of a fourth story window in 1992. Elsner is also the Read More

1999
Gierig

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Jasmin Tabatabai, Richy Mueller, Gregor Toerzs, Nele Mueller-Stoefen, Eva Hassmann

Synopsis: Nightlife in Berlin is the backdrop for this psychological drama about love, desire, obsession, fear and the lust for life. Young reporter Natasha (Jasmin Tabatabai) lives with Gary (Richy Müller), a sensitive artist who runs a club called "Risk." They are great partners except for the fact that Read More

1998
Silvester Countdown

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Rolf Peter Kahl, Marie Zielcke, Robert Viktor Minich, Laura Tonke, Doreen Jacobi

Synopsis: The title of this German drama refers to the German New Year. Professional Berlin photographer Romeo (Rolf Peter Kahl) has a stormy relationship with his girlfriend Julia (Marie Zielcke), and things come to a head when a friend sets Rolf off in a jealous rage. An effort to kiss and make up leads Read More

1997
Terror 2000

Crew: Screenwriter

Actors: Margit Carstensen, Peter Kern, Alfred Edel

Synopsis: Just as there are wide-angle lenses and wide-spray shotgun shells, there are broadly aimed spoofs, and this is one of them. Left, right, neo-Nazis and do-gooders all come in for brickbats in this equal-opportunity slam. Even the reunification of Germany falls under the category of "tasteless Read More

1992