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Svenja Jung

Actor
Svenja Jung is one of Germany's best-known young actresses and has established herself in film and television thanks to her versatility. She celebrated her first major successes in the RTL series “Unter uns,” in which she played the role of Lisa Brück from 2014 onwards. Her breakthrough on the big screen came with “Fucking Berlin” (2016, directed by Florian Gottschick), where she played the lead role of a young student. In the same year, she gave a convincing performance in “Die Mitte der Welt” (2016, directed by Jakob M. Erwa). An important step in her career was JUNG FRAGIL, a short film by Joscha Bongard from 2020, in which she played a leading role. This film was also shown at festivals and underlined her flair for demanding, emotional characters. In 2019, she played the role of Maria in “A Gschicht über d'Lieb” (directed by Peter Evers). For her performance in this film, she received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Young Actress, one of the most significant awards of her career. Svenja Jung has also appeared in international productions, such as the Netflix series “Holiday Secrets” (2019, directed by Vanessa Jopp and others). She also appeared in “Deutschland 89” (2020, directed by Randa Chahoud, Soleen Yusef, and others), where she played one of the central supporting roles. She also attracted attention on television in the series “Zarah – Wilde Jahre” (2017) and later took on a leading role in the lavishly produced series “Der Palast” (2022). Her more recent projects include the Netflix film “Fall for Me” (2025, directed by Sherry Hormann). With this range of roles, from television series to award-winning feature films to short film projects such as JUNG FRAGIL, Svenja Jung has cemented her position as one of the most versatile German actresses of her generation.

Films

Young, Fragile

Young, Fragile

By Joscha Bongard

2020 | 25 min | Drama

A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.

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2009 | 104 min | Crime

Maggie(21) and Klaus(41) are on holiday. When Maggie shows interest in another man, the balance of power between the couple shifts. MEIN is an intense thriller directed by and starring Detlef Bothe, who plays a fortysomething man. He is on the road camping with a much younger woman. They seem to be a couple, but something darker lies at the core of their relationship. “Sharp as a knife and exciting.” (Der Tagesspiegel)

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 ...

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Test Drive to Paradise

1992 | 83 min | Timeless

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Sebastian Jumping Fences

Sebastian Jumping Fences

2020 | 70 min | Drama

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Chained

Chained

2018 | 39 min | Independent

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Beatrix

Beatrix

2021 | 95 min | Documentary

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You & Me

You & Me

2012 | 21 min | Shorts

Award winning short by Swiss-Turkish director Esen Isik, who graduated from the Zurich University of the Arts and has been winning prizes for her film work since. YOU & ME is a modern short about two girls navigating their teen years. Different cultural backgrounds and the sterile apartment building in the suburbs are not Linda and Sevilay’s problem. The problem for these two 15-year-old friends is their messed up parents. What the two teenagers really want to do is run away. Things come to a head ...

The Gulls

The Gulls

2015 | 87 min | Drama

The mild-mannered Elza, played by fashion model Evgeniya Mandzhieva in her debut role, lives a modest life as a housewife and part-time piano teacher. Her husband is a boorish and uncommunicative man who is involved in some shady business deals. THE GULLS is a rarity in itself, being the first film in 25 years to have been shot in the remote Russian republic of Kalmykia - a region where smartphones and SUVs exist alongside fortune tellers and magical superstitions. "THE GULLS is a film that is ...

Coming and Going

Coming and Going

2015 | 89 min | Documentary

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For Nothing

For Nothing

2014 | 95 min | Drama

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