Rainer Gerdes

Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Hasse

Markus is in an institution for young sex offenders. He is a shy boy whose face tells wordless stories. There is no physical proximity at the institution, so the inmates wrestle. It is a place where skinlessness quivers in the air. Markus's only friend in the institution is the wayward, violent Tobias. Markus's trial approaches, and then Tobias will find out why Markus has been locked up.

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Gabriel

The unemployed engineer Kenneth devotes all his time building hobby models. On his way to an imposed job interview, Kenneth runs in to the marine scientist Sten, who offers him an assistant job down at his shipyard. Kenneth’s heavily pregnant partner Marta draws a sigh of relief, but what begins with a simple painting job gradually develops into suspicious investigation work.

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • as Max

"Profetia" is a metaphysical Multi-plot epic about love, life and death in the harsh North West parts of Copenhagen. A woman stands by a fire, burning the stories about love she has written down over the course of a lifetime. One by one her stories seem to come true and converge around her. People, bound by love & blood, will meet and confront each other over the course of one single day. Can they change what seems to be written?

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • as Max

With a hypnosis session on the outskirts of Copenhagen serving as the collision point for several people's lives, the action quickly escalates in this moving one-shot film.

Movie - 2010, 2h 15m • as Tysk Soldat

”Cornelis” is the unique chronicle about one of Sweden’s greatest music legends - Cornelis Vreeswijk. An honest and gripping account of an exceptionally talented, but self-destructive artist’s intense life both on and behind the stage. A man who during his whole life was searching for love and confirmation.

Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Sex, power, and mischief intertwine as Kira and Nico, two restless caregivers, seek meaning through power games at a nursing home. Their actions blur the lines between playful challenges and abuse, tainting the world they inhabit.

Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Jorma

Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people around him, he desperately seeks a way out.

Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Jonny

Bella, a young Kurdish woman having fled Iraq, dreams of freedom to live her own life. Olle, a middleaged Swedish man and soccer trainer, fights to be set free. Brought together by chance, both om them are forced to reassess their circumstances.