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Murat Dikenci

Actor
Murat Dikenci is a German-Turkish actor who impresses audiences with his intense and socially relevant roles both on stage and in film. His artistic work is characterized by a clear stance on issues such as identity, migration, and social justice. In addition to his engagements at renowned theaters such as the Maxim Gorki Theater and Ballhaus Naunynstraße, he has also made a name for himself in cinema. Murat Dikenci played a leading role in the feature film ORFEOS TRAUM (2018, directed by Tor Iben). The work tells a story of love, loss, and self-discovery, combining mythical elements with a modern narrative style. Dikenci's performance fits seamlessly into the multi-layered structure of the film and underscores its emotional and visual depth. In addition to his film career, Murat Dikenci is a permanent member of the ensemble at Berlin's Maxim Gorki Theater. His stage work displays a similar intensity to his film roles – always caught between social reflection and emotional depth. This makes him one of those actors who credibly and powerfully bridge the gap between theater and film.

Films

Orpheus' Song

Orpheus' Song

By Tor Iben

2019 | 72 min | Queer

A night together in hot Greece suddenly changes the relationship between two friends, Enis and Philipp.

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Philipp

Philipp

2010 | 41 min | Drama

Winner of the First Steps Award, PHILIPP is Fabian Möhrke's diploma film from the Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam. Philipp suffers from not being able to detach himself from his cool and friendly (and hovering) father. Philipp is fifteen. Bernd, Philipp’s dad, does what he can to be a good buddy to his son. He’s even full of understanding when Philipp steals from him. And it’s not just Philipp’s friends who think Bernd’s a really cool dad; even Caro, Philipp’s new girlfriend, takes a shine ...

Orpheus Rhapsodie

Orpheus Rhapsodie

2017 | 74 min | Drama

A woman dies in a tragic accident, but her soul remains in the here and now. But how? A quick-witted Berlin repairman has a hand in this.. A director wants to restage "Orpheus in the Underworld" but during the preparations for her film shoot she dies. A chance encounter keeps her from entering the afterlife and she is left to wander aimlessly. Then, a man with a suitcase meets her. Is this perhaps Orpheus? What should have been a film becomes more and more a strange parade of cheerfully lost figures ...

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Scotland

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Scotland

2023 | 56 min | Documentary

Scotland is a region full of secrets and beguiling beauty. Since filmmaker Rüdiger Sünner first traveled to Scotland in 1987, this country has cast a deep spell over him. Here he also encountered millennia-old traces of European spirituality that he had not known before: the sun temples of the megalithic period, "holy places" of a pagan nature religion, the belief in fairies, a nature-loving Celtic Christianity and landscapes in which one could experience "fulfilled solitude". Scotland became a kind ...

Geheimes Deutschland

Geheimes Deutschland

2006 | 61 min | Documentary

German early Romanticism was not only an era of great poetry, but also developed a spiritual worldview that anticipated much of what today's people seek in esotericism, shamanism, Far Eastern religion: the connection of thinking and intuition, understanding and feeling, science and religion, as well as a view of nature as a living organism that cannot be understood only through rational dissection. In artistic independence, the early Romantics developed highly individual forms of spirituality that ...

The Red Mountain

The Red Mountain

2022 | 110 min | Drama

At the center of THE RED MOUNTAIN is a gigantic, shimmering red rock, whose layers and veins seem almost alive. This rock, a witness to history, seems to tell stories of past civilizations, of an Assyrian prince, Celtic warriors, and mythological figures such as Thor and Loki. Directopr Timo Müller captures not only the majestic beauty of the rocks, but also the improvised dwellings that nestle against them - tarpaulins, huts, ladders and tents that defy weather and time despite their fragility. ...

The Boat God of the Lakeside Sports Club

The Boat God of the Lakeside Sports Club

2006 | 82 min | Independent

As part of a job creation scheme, the central character Enki (played by Steffen Scheumann) works as a handyman at Wendisch-Rietz lakeside sports club. The voice over, however, insists that we grasp the most everyday activities (such as painting bricks, rowing competitions, standing around on the jetty) as mythical events and Herr Enkert as Enkidu. Which, due to the vastly diverging conceptions, is funny – as funny as Bramkamp’s films – although not always visible at first glance – fundamentally are. ...

Tuvalu

Tuvalu

1999 | 91 min | Drama

TUVALU is an island the main characters dream about as a place of refuge. A dream that seems unlikely to come true, given the fact that they are cut off from the outside world in a once opulent but now run-down and largely deserted swimming pool. "A small sensation" (Spiegel.de)

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in England and Wales

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in England and Wales

2022 | 53 min | Documentary

The British Isles hold an almost inexhaustible wealth of "sacred places of worship." Dolmens, stone circles, sacred springs, hermitages, caves, ancient cemeteries and church ruins bear witness to thousands of years of European spirituality, ranging from the Megalithic period and the Celts to the legends of King Arthur and the "Holy Grail" as well as evidence of early medieval Celtic Christianity. In a personal journey, filmmaker Rüdiger Sünner goes to selected locations in Cornwall, Wales and England ...

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Germany

Soulscapes: Spiritual Places in Germany

2025 | 111 min | Documentary

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Winter

Winter

2014 | 29 min | Documentary

Landscapes change and people change with them. This happens over centuries and decades, but sometimes also in the fleeting moment of transition from night to day. Then everything changes and nothing remains as it was. "The snow hid everything beneath itself, until people finally forgot." Director Martin Prinoth (DIE GESCHÖPFE DES VESUV), born in Bolzano, is a graduate of the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg. He is a member of the German-Italian artist collective YOVO! YOVO! and co-founder ...