Soundtrack: Volker Bertelmann

The best movies, series, and documentaries with a soundtrack by Volker Bertelmann. Enjoy the titles that feature an unforgettable music.


The Count of Monte Cristo

2024 · Series · 52 min. · France

Direction Bille August

Cast Sam Claflin · Jeremy Irons · Ana Girardot · Cesare Taurasi

Synopsis Edmond Dantès, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If, off the coast of Marseille. After escaping and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans to take revenge on those who wrongfully...

7.9

21 votes

7.9

21 votes

Lion

2016 · Movie · 120 min. · Australia

Direction Garth Davis

Cast Dev Patel · Sunny Pawar · Nicole Kidman · Rooney Mara

Synopsis Lion (2016) follows Saroo, a five-year-old Indian boy who gets accidentally separated from his family after falling asleep on a train. Lost thousands of miles from home, he survives the streets of Kolkata before being adopted by an Australian couple....

7.3

20K votes

7.3

20K votes

All Quiet on the Western Front

2022 · Movie · 147 min. · Germany

Direction Edward Berger

Cast Felix Kammerer · Albrecht Schuch · Aaron Hilmer · Moritz Klaus

Synopsis All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier enlisting in World War I with patriotic fervor. As he and his comrades face the brutal realities of trench warfare, their idealism shatters amid the relentless...

7.2

19K votes

7.2

19K votes

AlphaGo

2017 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Greg Kohs

Synopsis With simple rules but a near-infinite number of possible outcomes, the ancient Chinese board game Go has long been considered the holy grail of artificial intelligence. This documentary chronicles Google's DeepMind team as it takes on one of the world's...

7.2

569 votes

7.2

569 votes

Direction Edward Berger

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Hugo Weaving · Blythe Danner

Synopsis TV Miniseries (2018). 5 Episodes. Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch) struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by a horribly abusive father (Hugo Weaving) and the mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) who tacitly condoned his behavior... Each episode, devoted to one of the...

7.1

2K votes

7.1

2K votes

Conclave

2024 · Movie · 115 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Edward Berger

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Stanley Tucci · John Lithgow · Sergio Castellitto

Synopsis In Conclave (2024), a tense and atmospheric thriller unfolds within the sacred walls of the Vatican. As the College of Cardinals gathers to elect a new Pope, hidden alliances, personal secrets, and political machinations emerge. Among them, a reformist cardinal...

7.0

13K votes

7.0

13K votes

The Day of the Jackal

2024 · Series · 55 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ronan Bennett · Paul Wilmshurst · Anu Menon · Brian Kirk

Cast Eddie Redmayne · Lashana Lynch · Úrsula Corberó · Charles Dance

Synopsis TV Series (2024-). 1 Season. 10 Episodes. An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious MI6 British...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Your Honor (TV Series)

2020 · Series · 55 min. · United States

Direction Peter Moffat · Edward Berger · Eva Sørhaug · Clark Johnson

Cast Bryan Cranston · Sofia Black-D'Elia · Michael Stuhlbarg · Tony Curran

Synopsis TV Series (2020-). First Season: 10 Episodes. A legal thriller that rips through all strata of New Orleans society. Bryan Cranston will star as a respected judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

Cunningham

2019 · Documentary · 93 min. · Germany

Direction Alla Kovgan

Cast Merce Cunningham

Synopsis The iconic Merce Cunningham and the last generation of his dance company is stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan's 3D documentary, through recreations of his landmark works and archival footage of Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg.

6.7

59 votes

6.7

59 votes

One Life

2023 · Movie · 110 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Hawes

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Johnny Flynn · Helena Bonham Carter · Romola Garai

Synopsis A young British stockbroker, Nicholas "Nicky" Winton (Anthony Hopkins), helped rescue hundreds of children from the Nazis on the eve of World War II, with the help of his mother (Helena Bonham Carter). An act of compassion almost forgotten for...

6.7

4K votes

6.7

4K votes

Dune: Prophecy

2024 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Diane Ademu-John · Anna Foerster · John Cameron · Richard J. Lewis

Cast Emily Watson · Olivia Williams · Travis Fimmel · Chloe Lea

Synopsis Set 10,000 years before the events of the 1965 novel Dune, the series follows sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect known as the Bene Gesserit.

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6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

A Christmas Carol (TV Miniseries)

2019 · Series · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Steven Knight · Nick Murphy

Cast Guy Pearce · Stephen Graham · Andy Serkis · Joe Alwyn

Synopsis TV Mini-series (2019). 3 Episodes. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future. Premiere: December 22 on...

6.6

704 votes

6.6

704 votes

Hotel Mumbai

2018 · Movie · 125 min. · Australia

Direction Anthony Maras

Cast Armie Hammer · Dev Patel · Jason Isaacs · Nazanin Boniadi

Synopsis "Hotel Mumbai" tells the astonishing true story of the victims and survivors of the devastating attacks on Mumbai in 2008. A story which fearlessly tackles the defining global issues of our time. A story about ordinary people. Real people. People...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Life After Life (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Crowley

Cast Thomasin McKenzie · Muki Zubis · Isla Johnston · Sadie Byron

Synopsis Ursula Todd who dies one night in 1910 before she can draw her first breath. On that same night in 1910, Ursula is born and survives.

6.5

248 votes

6.5

248 votes

6.4

58 votes

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2019 · Movie · 119 min. · Germany

Direction Caroline Link

Cast Riva Krymalowski · Oliver Masucci · Carla Juri · Justus von Dohnanyi

Synopsis A Jewish family had to flee from the Nazis from Berlin. First, they flee to Zurich. From there it goes to Paris and finally to London.

6.4

422 votes

6.4

422 votes

The Art of Racing in the Rain

2019 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Simon Curtis

Cast Milo Ventimiglia · Amanda Seyfried · Kevin Costner · Kathy Baker

Synopsis A dog named Enzo recalls the life lessons he has learned from his race car driving owner, Denny.

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Bliss

2012 · Movie · 112 min. · Germany

6.4

94 votes

6.4

94 votes

Dublin Murders (TV Series)

2019 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Phelps · Saul Dibb

Cast Killian Scott · Sarah Greene · Tom Vaughan-Lawlor · Moe Dunford

Synopsis 8 episodes. Two murder investigations, the ambitious and charismatic detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox, have to solve two crimes. The victims - a young talented ballerina who is found dead on an ancient stone altar; and a vivacious free-spirited...

6.3

237 votes

6.3

237 votes

War Sailor (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Movie · 150 min. · Norway

Direction Gunnar Vikene

Cast Kristoffer Joner · Pål Sverre Hagen · Ine Marie Wilmann · Henrikke Lund Olsen

Synopsis The sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.

6.3

408 votes

6.3

408 votes