Xatar’s way from the ghetto to the top of the charts is as dramatic as it is daring: Fatih Akin’s new film is based on the autobiographical novel »Alles oder Nix« (»All or Nothing«) of the probably most authentic exponent of German gangsta rap. From the hell of an Iraqi jail, Giwar Hajabi (Emilio Sakraya) emigrated to Germany as a young boy with his family in the mid-1980s and has to start right at the bottom. There are opportunities, but far more obstacles. Giwar’s rise from petty criminal to major dealer is swift. Until one shipment goes missing. In order to clear his debts with the cartel, he plans a legendary gold heist. But just as everything goes wrong, another door opens for Giwar thanks to his passion for music …

2025 German drama film by Fatih Akın

German director Fatih Akin is adapting the biography of German hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur and ex-convict Xatar, Alles oder Nix (2015), in his new film, Rheingold.

Gabriel, Bobby and Costa are old friends from Altona, a multicultural hood in Hamburg. Just out of prison, Gabriel wants to turn his back on crime, but the others continue to operate as petty criminals. Friendships are tested as the trio navigate a dark world of mafia bosses and deals gone wrong.

2005 documentary film directed by Fatih Akın

汉堡市一个区里有一个天才的电影小子伊波，崇拜中国功夫，特别是李小龙。他给叔叔经营的土耳其烤肉店拍摄了商业广告片，极为成功。
伊波的女友，性感美丽，酷爱表演的德国姑娘迪茜怀孕了，伊波的父亲是个传统的土耳其老头，因为这件事儿把伊波赶出家门，失落的伊波也迷茫了。一次小小的触动，伊波发现自己深爱着迪茜，决定做点有意义的事情。土耳其烤肉店的第二个广告片中加入了自己的对迪茜的感情。
伊波在偷偷地看完迪茜戏剧表演考试后，被迪茜对戏剧的热爱感动地流下了眼泪。率真的迪茜也感动了伊波的父亲。

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

Maik, a fourteen-year-old teenager, sets out on a road trip during summertime with Tschick, a new classmate, in a stolen car. The two share life changing experiences during the eventful journey.

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

2009 film by Fatih Akın

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?

Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.