Siegfried Rauch

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious scheme to kidnap the prime minister and spirit him to Germany for enforced negotiations with Hitler.

"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and progresses through the invasion of Germany and the fall of the Third Reich. Side plots also speak of Patton's numerous faults such his temper and habit towards insubordination.

During the World War II, the prisoners of a German camp in a Greek island are trying to escape. They not only want their freedom, but also seek an ineffable treasure hidden in a monastery at the summit of the island's mountain.

A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.

Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

Two Israeli agents uncover a ring of uranium smugglers. When Israeli agent Dan learns that an Austrian company has purchased a shipload of uranium for an Arab country, he calls in his colleague Renzo.

A serial killer who calls himself "The Laughing Corpse" dresses up in a skeleton costume and kills his victims with a poison-filled scorpion-shaped ring.

A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

Police try to track down a hooded serial killer who murders his victims with a combination of acid and poison gas.

Two rivals are out to recover a cache of stolen jewels. The thief who originally stole them has just gotten out of prison, however, and he is looking for his twin brother, who knows where the jewels are hidden. Complications ensue.

Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!

Oscar Chartier plays a dangerous double game by selling secret plans to the German and American secret services, to ensure a comfortable future for his daughter, Sophie. But the plans are fake and Chartier decides to get help from his good friend Simon Templar.

Millionaire Baretti pays a gang to rob an atomic bomb from an American silo, and then blackmails the American Government for a huge amount of money. German secret service (BND) agent 'Dynamite' will use his fists, guns and more to try to stop them.

Elisabeth von Holbach is what you would call a tough top lawyer who knows all the tricks of the trade. So at first it seems like child's play when she is commissioned by a financially strong client to persuade the farmer Karl Lindner to sell his farm. She uses an excuse to make the acquaintance of the headstrong Karl and does everything she can to put him under financial pressure. But then something happens that nobody expected, least of all Elisabeth herself...

A re-working, re-editing, and restructuring of Sam Fuller's The Big Red One bringing it closer as originally envisioned by the late filmmaker. It includes forty-seven additional minutes which was not utilized in the film's original release. Supervised by Richard Schickel, Peter Bogdanovich, and editor Bryan McKenzie.

An old lady is far from suspecting everything that is going on behind her back, in particular what her servants are up to.

In Ceylon, American Babs Lincoln, daughter of US Ambassador Jefferson Lincoln, is kidnapped. At the same time, an employee of the US Embassy in Colombo is murdered. The crimes bring Joe Louis Walker, alias Inspector X, and Tom Rowland onto the scene, who quickly realize that the cases are connected.

The father of young maiden Wally wants to force the girl into a marriage.

Elisabeth Romm wants to start all over again: the attractive and successful antiques dealer is determined to get married for the second time and start a new life with the love of her life, Bert. But then it happens: On the day of the planned wedding ceremony, Bert collapses with a heart attack in front of the registry office and dies! From one moment to the next, the stunned Elisabeth is left with nothing. She has not only lost her beloved partner, but also her livelihood. She had already given up her antique store and her apartment. At first, the grieving, distraught Elisabeth stays with her daughter Isabel. But she soon realizes that Isabel's selfish husband Adrian in particular wants his mother-in-law out of the house as quickly as possible.

A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The adult siblings Juliane and Sarah are inseparable - especially the sensible Juliane still sees herself as the protector of her younger sister, who was seriously ill as a child. But the close relationship between the two women is put to the test when the charming Philipp shows up to spruce up the bookshop where Sarah works. From the first moment, the vivacious Sarah is hooked on her new boss. What she doesn't know: Juliane has also fallen in love with Philipp.

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.

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association with ZDF, ORF and SRG between 1974 and 1998 about Detective Chief Inspector Stephan Derrick and his loyal assistant Inspector Harry Klein, who solve murder cases in Munich and surroundings.

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

A medic lives with his small and strange family between the mountains and every episode he comes across a situation with not only his patients but also his family and friends.

The exciting stories about the cheeky chimpanzee Charly, who finds a new home with a Berlin vet family.

Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.

Series written by Christiane Sadlo about writer and journalist under the pseudonym "Inga Lindström" and her family. Characterized by impressive landscapes, all of which are shot on location in Sweden. Series has no continuous storyline, and each episode is filled with new characters.

Schlosshotel Orth is an Austrian television series.

Café Meineid is a German courtroom comedy television series based on actual cases. The series aired 147 episodes from 1990 to 2003 and ended with the death of lead actor Erich Hallhuber.

Die Männer vom K3 is a German television series.

Das Kriminalmuseum was a German television series. It ran from 1963 to 1970 on ZDF and was one of its first programs. Each episode began with a tracking shot through an unspecified crime museum, stopping at one of the displays, whose story was then told. Each episode was between 60 and 75 minutes long and featured different actors as the criminal commissioner. The best known was Erik Ode, who in 1969 moved to Der Kommissar, appearing in 97 episodes. The theme music of the series was written by German composer Martin Böttcher, who also composed the complete scores for five episodes.

Teenage Billy Stanyon faces the loss of his parents in a sailing accident, only to discover that he was adopted. Billy then sets off on a journey to find his biological parents that takes him across Europe.

Against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor 'Pug' Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous times in the late 1930s.

Between the first and second World Wars, we portray glorified and renown naval sea officer Felix Graf von Lucker and his fictitious ship Niobe, which is the 1887 built Amphitrite from Southampton. Von Luckner is famous for his tactical genius in the first World War, especially sinking 14 enemy ships and only losing one crewman, whilst always seeking a peaceful outcome - making him the ideal seaman.

Wildbach is a German television series.

The story of the Behringer family and their typical everyday problems.

Die fünfte Kolonne is a German television series.

Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein is a TV adaption of a novel of the same name by Austrian author Johannes Mario Simmel. Directed by Thomas Engel Siegfried Rauch walks in the footsteps of O. W. Fischer who played the protagonist "Thomas Lieven" already in 1961, just one year after the bestseller had been released. The series is unique for providing a little cooking show at the end of each episode. The book also includes recipes because "Thomas Lieven" is an accomplished amateur cook.

Unsere schönsten Jahre is a German television series.

Die Landärztin is a German television series.