FRANZ ROGOWSKI

UNDINE (2021)
Starring Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak, Julia Franz Richter, Gloria Endres De Oliveira, José Barros and Enno Trebs. Directed by Christian Petzold.

Undine works in Berlin as a historian and guide to the city‘s development. She has a small apartment at Alexanderplatz, a master‘s degree in history, and a freelance contract. But underneath the appearance of her modern city life lurks an old myth: if the man Undine loves betrays her, she has to kill him and return to the water she once came from. So, when her lover Johannes leaves her for another woman, Undine thinks she has no choice – until in the moment of betrayal, she meets Christoph, an industrial diver, and unexpectedly falls for him. This is a new, happy and innocent love filled with curiosity and trust. But when Christoph starts to feel that Undine is running away from something, she has to face her curse once and for all. She doesn‘t want to lose this love.

REVIEWS Undine - A gently magical romance in the German capital

TRANSIT (2019)
Starring Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Sebastian Hülk, Àlex Brendemühl, Ronald Kukulies and Maryam Zaree. Directed by Christian Petzold.

Georg, a German refugee, flees to Marseille assuming the identity of a recently deceased writer whose papers he is carrying. As German troops begin to rapidly advance on Paris, he delves into the delicate and complex culture of the refugee community, becoming tangled in the lives of a young mother and son and falling for a mysterious woman named Marie.

REVIEWS Transit - A timeless World War II mystery

HAPPY END (2018)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, Toby Jones, Mathieu Kassovitz, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Franz Rogowski, Laura Verlinden, Fantine Harduin, Nabiha Akkari, Loubna Abidar and Dominique Besnehard. Directed by Michael Haneke.

A biting satire on bourgeois family values set in the shadow of the European refugee crisis.

REVIEWS Happy End - Michael Haneke's puzzling social allegory

VICTORIA (2016)
Starring Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit and Max Mauff. Directed by Sebastian Schipper.

Victoria, a young woman from Madrid, meets four local guys outside a nightclub. Sonne and his friends are real Berliners who promise to show her a good time and the real side of the city. But these boys have got themselves into hot water: they owe someone a dangerous favour that needs repaying that evening. As Victoria’s flirtation with Sonne begins developing into something more, he convinces her to come along for the ride. As the night rolls on, what started out as a good time, quickly spirals out of control. As dawn approaches, Victoria and Sonne realise: it’s all or nothing and they abandon themselves to a heart-stopping journey into the depths of the night.

REVIEWS Victoria - Technically flawless yet oddly unsatisfying