Martin Umbach

A young boy with a distant father enters a world of make-believe and magic through a portal within an antique book. (imdb)

Gangster Gorrisson (Heribert Czerniak) is stuck in a tough situation. The police want to use him for their own purposes... (cinema.de)

Journalist Moritz Nestler is working on an article about BSE and the way it's danger is played down by the politicians. A bullock's head, which is infected with the disease, is played into his hands and makes him realize that Germany is now affected by BSE too. In unofficial interviews with scientists he learns that BSE possibly could infect humans too - but before he can publish anything, he's found dead... (imdb)

Stationed in Beirut, cynical journalist Don Stevens (Christopher Walken) gets the chance to meet with elusive PLO leader Yassin (Amos Lavi). But when it turns out the man he interviews is an imposter, Stevens sets off on a risky quest to get to the bottom of the situation. A Scandinavian doctor (Marita Marschall) with close ties to Yassin soon becomes an ally.

A group of young people draws straws to see who'll steal some cigarettes. With this theft, Sebastian starts a bizarre, symbolic odyssey through a sclerotic world, in search of himself and of truth and justice. When he tries withdrawing from one social paradigm, he finds himself caught in another. (DEFA Film Library)

After the death of his parents an apathetic young man travels to a foreign country to live in their house and look after their turtle (imdb)