Die andere Hälfte des Glücks

Die andere Hälfte des Glücks

2007 · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Lena and Wolfgang Breuer's baby is snatched from the baby carriage in a moment of inattention. Lena Breuer had only taken her eyes off her baby for a moment - and then he disappeared. Despite a feverish search, little Jakob was never found. Even after twelve years, the parents' wound has not healed, but Wolfgang Breuer has come to terms with it. Lena, on the other hand, is still searching for her son. After countless futile hopes, one day she manages to track him down. He is living, bright and happy, as the son Tim of single mother Carola Weber. Lena wants to take the boy home immediately and hand the kidnapper Carola over to the police. Wolfgang and the lawyer, however, urge caution. Tim should not be disturbed. Reluctantly, Lena agrees to get to know him carefully, although she doesn't trust Carola's consent.

Directed by Christiane Balthasar · Written by Martin Rauhaus

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Rent or Buy

Cast

Katharina Böhm Lena Breuer
Anneke Kim Sarnau Carola Weber
Hans-Werner Meyer Wolfgang Breuer
Markus Boysen Werner Kaden
Michael König Wolfgangs Vater
Jonathan Beck Tim Weber / Jakob Breuer
Joachim Nimtz Leiter Krisenstab

Make it a double feature

Die andere Hälfte des Glücks

The Mayoress

Both from Christiane Balthasar.

More from Christiane BalthasarSee all →

The Mayoress

The Mayoress · 2022

Claudia Voss, honorary mayoress, is presented with a fait accompli when her Southern German district decides to build a refugee centre in her town. Some of the population are fuming and resistance grows, but there are equal amounts of willingness to help and empathy. Unexpectedly, the committed wife and mother attracts the attention of right-wing circles and faces attempts to intimidate her. The more Claudia Voss tries to mediate, the stronger the hostility becomes. A gripping contemporary thriller which paints a nuanced picture of the challenges brought by an increasingly polarized political reality. No exception, but instead a widespread, alarming phenomenon in today’s democratic societies.

Fürchte dich nicht

Fürchte dich nicht · 2007

Fürchte dich nicht

A soldier runs amok in a school. Military police and SEK take aim at the heavily armed man. Suddenly he is shot dead, but none of the snipers fired the final shot. Inspector Bischof is tasked with finding out who killed the soldier. The soldier was stationed in the very barracks that is under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ralf Bischof, Kathrin's husband. An officer from the Military Counter-Intelligence Service is assigned to assist her in the investigation. Kathrin bites into the case. She finds out that the dead soldier was taking part in a series of scientific experiments testing methods to prevent anxiety. This research project is being led by her sister Ariane, a renowned psychiatrist. Kathrin's investigation puts her in extreme danger.

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Schutzgeld

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Schutzgeld · 2025

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Schutzgeld

MovieComedyDrama

The three garbage collectors accidentally get on the trail of a protection racket in the Neukölln neighborhood: Snack bar owner Mohammed has to fend off an aggressive gang of youths and eventually resorts to drastic measures - but Werner discovers that the situation is not quite as clear-cut as it seems. Meanwhile, Tarik's extreme jealousy puts his relationship with Werner's daughter Annika at risk.

Take the Money and Run

Take the Money and Run · 2026

Take the Money and Run

SeriesCrimeDrama

Vet Jacobs: Agent on Occasion

Vet Jacobs: Agent on Occasion · 2014

Vet Jacobs: Agent on Occasion

SeriesCrimeDrama

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Miese Abzocke

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Miese Abzocke · 2026

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Miese Abzocke

MovieComedyFamily

The Glassblower

The Glassblower · 2016

The Glassblower

MovieDramaHistory

Marie violates tradition in a small German town of Lauscha, to become the first female glassblower in in 1890. Her glass ball decorations find a new market in America.

Polizeiruf 110

Polizeiruf 110 · 1971

Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime · 1970

Scene of the Crime

SeriesDramaCrime

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.

Vertraute Angst

Vertraute Angst · 2008

Vertraute Angst

When Anja is finally ready to start a new life, her husband Thomas is released from a psychiatric ward. He had set fire to the house years ago and threatened his family. Just as Anja enters into a new relationship, she learns that Thomas is healthy. She is now supposed to help him find his way back to normal life. Somewhat taken by surprise, she agrees to do so - on the condition that Thomas doesn't "mess things up". At first, everything seems to go well: Thomas is very nice and reserved, and is able to win over the children and even Anja again with his charm.

Bring mich nach Hause

Bring mich nach Hause · 2021

Bring mich nach Hause

Sandra and Ulrike have to decide the fate of their mother, who falls into a coma due to a ruptured aneurysm and has to be connected to life support machines.

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Der Neue

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Der Neue · 2025

Die Drei von der Müllabfuhr - Der Neue

MovieTV MovieDrama

A trained theologian with a truck driver's license joins Werner Träsch's team. Former pastor Matthias is surprisingly good at tackling difficult tasks. But he can't hide the fact that he is in trouble for long: His ex-girlfriend Anna makes it impossible for him to see their five-year-old daughter Lotte, despite having joint custody.

Im falschen Leben

Im falschen Leben · 2011

Im falschen Leben

MovieTV MovieDrama

Marie thinks to return to her job one year after the birth of her daughter Nora. Her husband Holger is already looking forward to two-month parental leave in which he wants to be totally there for her daughter. Her daughter? They rush into an emotional hell without warning. The youth welfare office informs them that their child has been swapped in the clinic. Sandra, the other mother with the exchanged and actually biological child of theirs, is a single-parent student. While Sandra outwardly comparatively seems to handle it with ease, Marie is completely overwhelmed. Sandra's life situation leads to a dispute with Holger, because Marie can not accept that "her" daughter should grow up with a poor single parent. When the press also gets wind of the matter, there is no turning back: The children must be exchanged.

Kommissarin Heller

Kommissarin Heller · 2014

Kommissarin Heller

My Family kills me

My Family kills me · 2011

My Family kills me

MovieDramaComedy

Helen, in her early 50s, really doesn't know which problem she should solve first: her husband seems to be cheating on her, the children are in terrible puberty, things aren't going well with the gardening business, and she herself is going through menopause. When her old mother also has a stroke, the otherwise calm Helen threatens to go crazy.

Unbestechlich

Unbestechlich · 2023

The inspectors Joseph Kanjaa and Clarissa Jakobs are new to the LKA in Düsseldorf. But not to the delight of their colleagues. Because the two are investigating internally. After a drug operation, cocaine and cash disappeared into the pockets of the police officers involved. Joseph and Clarissa are convinced of that. But they can't prove it. You have to catch Stefan Krohn and his two colleagues in the act. Young Tim...

More Like This

Fury

MovieCrimeDrama

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

The Last Dragon

The Last Dragon · 1985

The Last Dragon

MovieActionComedy

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.

Places in the Heart

Places in the Heart · 1984

Places in the Heart

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a farm to run, and very little money in the bank - not to mention a deadly tornado and the unwelcome presence of the Ku Klux Klan. Edna is aided by her beautician sister, Margaret; a blind boarder, Mr. Will; and a would-be thief, Moze, who decides to teach Edna how to plant and harvest cotton.

Pistol Whipped

Pistol Whipped · 2008

MovieActionThriller

Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters, he make s decision that will change his life - forever.

The Big White

The Big White · 2005

MovieComedyCrime

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Paradox

Paradox · 2017

MovieActionCrime

When a Hong Kong police negotiator is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16-year-old daughter in Thailand, he travels there to search for her whereabouts.

Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood · 1985

MovieAdventureDrama

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.

High and Low

High and Low · 1963

MovieDramaCrime

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Traitor

Traitor · 2008

MovieDramaAction

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer Samir Horn.

The Secret in Their Eyes

The Secret in Their Eyes · 2009

The Secret in Their Eyes

MovieMysteryThriller

Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.

Dearest

Dearest · 2014

A story centered around a divorced couple living in a southern Chinese city Shenzhen and dealing with the disappearance of their missing son.

Rob-B-Hood

Rob-B-Hood · 2006

MovieDramaAction

For never-do-well compulsive gambler Fong, there's only one thing more fearsome than debtors at his doorstep - having to coax a crying baby. But what if the baby becomes his golden goose to fend off his debtors? Can he overcome his phobia of diapers, milk bottles, and cloying lullabies?

Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová · 1967

Marketa Lazarová

MovieDramaHistory

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

Bleeder

Bleeder · 1999

MovieDramaCrime

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter