For two decades, it was one of the most popular and enduring musicals ever to be seen on stage. Now "Wicked" can be seen on the big screen as a spectacular, generation-spanning movie. "Wicked" is the first chapter of a thrilling cinematic experience directed by acclaimed filmmaker Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights). The second part, Wicked - Part 2, is due to be released in cinemas on November 27, 2025.

"Wicked" tells the previously unknown story of the witches of Oz. Two young women take center stage: One is Elphaba (played by Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, (Harriet - The Road to Freedom, The Color Purple), who is misunderstood because of her unusual green skin color and her true abilities have yet to be discovered, and the other is the popular, ambitious and privileged Glinda (played by global star and multi-platinum and Grammy winner Ariana Grande. The two meet as students at Glizz University in the fantastical land of Oz and form an unusual but deep friendship.

Film musical with Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Director: Jon M. Chu, Screenplay: Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Producers: Marc Platt, David Stone, Director of Photography: Alice Brooks, Music: John Powell, Stephen Schwartz

USA 2024

Original English version with German subtitles

New German Films (4): The best German film of the year. So far." (edp Film)

A thriller about personal feelings in political dimensions. The film gradually reveals the finely interwoven lives of its characters. More and more secrets are uncovered until everything fits together like a puzzle to form a multi-layered overall picture.

Written and directed by Angelina Maccarone ("Persecuted", "The Look - Charlotte Rampling"), with a top-class cast including Barbara Sukowa ("Hannah Arendt", "Dalíland") as Mathilda, Lambert Wilson ("Matrix Resurrections", "La Boum 2") in the role of artist Richard, newcomer Habib Adda as Malik and Banafshe Hourmazdi ("Loving Her", "Futur Drei") as Mathilda's assistant Amina.

The artist Richard can no longer afford his British homeland and lives in Tangier. With his help, the young Moroccan Malik makes it to Europe, the place he longs for. There, the conservative politician Mathilda, of all people, is supposed to hide him. Mathilda's assistant, the lawyer Amina, is brought in as a "cultural mediator" to solve the problem. But Malik has his own plans. Left to his own devices, he inadvertently sets off an avalanche.