German comedian Michael Mittermeier produced a documentary about his Burmese collegue Zarganar, who was arrested and sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for joking about the Burmese regime. Mittermeier talks to “dpa video” about his documentary and the role of humor in the fight against totalitarian systems. Copyright: Deutsche Presse Agentur [The German Press Agency]

Formula One meets the German National Soccer Team: World champion Michael Schuhmacher and race car driver Nico Rossberg show the German team (including Marco Reus) how the new Mercedes A-Class drives.

In this comedy sketch, comedian Markus Maria Profitlich plays a very aggressive waiter who doesn't respond well to complaints.

Mensch Markus" is a German television series starring Markus Maria Profitlich. In this comedy sketch, a lotto winner comes up against a very sneaky store clerk.

Ready to practice some Austrian dialect? Melissa Naschenweng, an Austrian schlager singer, sings about love and devotion.

It’s Judith Lorenz’s first day at the Hanover Health Department. Her new colleagues approach her openly and with interest. But Mr. Lehmann makes an inappropriate comment to her at the very first chance he gets.

Ms. Bredow confronts Mr. Lehmann about his inappropriate remarks toward the new colleague, but he accuses her of professional negligence. Ms. Lorenz takes Ms. Bredow’s side.

Ms. Bredow comes to have dinner at the house of Ms. Lorenz, who is still in the process of moving into and decorating her new apartment. Away from the office, the two colleagues begin confiding in each other.

After spending years in prison, Mr. Lehmann is up for retrial. Andrea's husband is acting as his lawyer now – will there be a new outcome?

Ein Mann will nach oben is a television drama based on a 1941 novel by Hans Fallada about a young man who moves to Berlin and tries to make a life for himself there in the year 1909. In this trailer, you can see some scenes from the film and listen to interviews with cast members.

In the German comedy Männersache from 2009, Mario Barth and Dieter Tappert aka Paul Panzer play the main parts. Here are some excerpts. Enjoy!

Making their film debut, Mario Barth and Dieter Tappert, the main characters in the comedy Männersache [Men’s Business], comment on their shared achievement.

Margit Sponheimer performs her hit song "Am Rosenmontag" ("On Rose Monday") as part of the Carnival festivities in Mainz.

Marga Engel, a cook in a Bavarian guesthouse, has just had a little house built for herself. However, her housewarming party ends in disaster when she learns that she has been conned by the property developer.

Marga arrives in Leipzig at the office of Mr. Ohrmann, the head of the company that is taking her house.