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Petras sheer appearance – fiery red and curly long hair, a hot temper, and devoted acting all add up to the fact that Petra Berndt is regarded by many as being an exceptional persona. After having completed drama school in 1991 she appeared on stage at the municipal theater in the town of Ingolstadt followed by more theater work in Munich’s prestigious Volkstheater. She turned out to be the perfect cast for feature film productions such as DAS SCHRECKLICHE MÄDCHEN or MUTTER COURAGE (both directed by Michael Verhoeven), HERR OBER! (dir.: Gerhard Polt), ROSSINI (dir: Helmut Dietl), and MARLENE (dir: Joseph Vilsmaier). She played in the international production SALZ AUF DER HAUT which was directed by Andrew Birkin. Numerous roles in TV movies and TV series across all genres are part of Petra Berndt’s extensive CV. Screen adaptations of present time novels as well as historic dramas are part of Petra Berndt’s impressive body of work. Among the latter are REGINA AUF DEN STUFEN and APPOLONIA (dir.: Bernd Fischerauer), LÖWENGRUBE (dir.: Rainer Wolffhardt), DER SCHANDFLECK (dir.: Julian Roman Pölsler), VERLORENES LAND  (dir.: Jo Baier), and JENNERWEIN (dir.: Hans Günther Bücking). Moreover, Petra Berndt played leading roles in the TV series LIEBE IST PRIVATSACHE (dir.: Sigi Rothemund), SOLANGE ES LIEBE GIBT (dir.: Detlef Rönfeldt), and DAS BESTE AUS MEINEM LEBEN (dir.: Matthias Tiefenbacher).

Doris Buchrucker was born in Munich and got her education at the Otto Falckenberg Drama School. Her very first role at the municipal theater of Ingolstadt was that of Recha in Lessing’s NATHAN DER WEISE (directed by Ernst Seitgen). She continued working on stage at the Deutsche Theater in Göttingen for three years, followed by two years in Heidelberg where she acted in plays directed by Fritz Zecha and David Mouchtar-Samorai among others. During the 1980s she was working at the Thalia Theater, also in Wuppertal and at Tübingen’s Zimmertheater until finally in 1989 she made her debut at the renowned Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel as Sophie in Goethe’s CLAVIGO (dir.: H.D. Jendreyko). Numerous roles at the Staatstheater Hannover, Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, in theaters in Bonn, Hamburg, Konstanz, Münster, and Ingolstadt followed. Aside from her extensive stage work, Doris Buchrucker has also been able to build a career in front of the camera where she actually resembles MOTHER COURAGE given her dramatic intensity. She has been an emotional enrichment for any film production that she was a part of. From the very beginning, she worked with famous directors like Klaus Emmerich, Axel Corti, and Jo Baier and was cast opposite fellow actors Monika Bleibtreu and Jan Biczycki. Recently she has teamed up with Max Färberböck, Hans Steinbichler, and Konstantin Ferstl and all of those collaborations just felt like a natural fit. The up-and-coming director Boris Kunz had started working with Doris Buchrucker before and during his education at the prestigious Munich HFF Film School and they have continued working together up to this day. In the summer of 2013 audiences loved Doris Buchrucker when she appeared in one of the lead roles in Boris Kunz’ romantic comedy DREI STUNDEN.

Marisa Burger received her vocational training at Schauspiel Munich Drama School. Her first important TV roles were leads in Der Froschkönig (Bayerischer Rundfunk, dir.: Werner Siebert), Cafe Meineid (dir.: Franz Xaver Bogner), and Dem Himmel so nah (ZDF, dir.: Dieter Kehler). In 2009 Marisa Burger was cast by director Matthias Kiefersauer for the feature film production Baching and in 2012 she appeared opposite Gisela Schneeberger in the small screen comedy Familie Sonntag auf Abwegen under the direction of Ulli Baumann. Since 2002 she plays the role of the detective’s secretary Miriam Stockl in the ZDF crime series Rosenheim Cops (prod. Bavaria Fiction). Her role is that of a diligent worker with a sassy attitude and a good soul which makes her an audience’s favorite. On stage Marisa Burger appeared at Munich’s Volkstheater and as Helene in Thomas Vinterberg’s Das Fest at the Metropol Theater Munich. Being a very sporty type, Marisa Burger was trained to become a qualified skiing instructor and a professional gymnast.

Born in Belgrade, Serbia and raised in Frankfurt, Anica Dobra calls both Germany and the Balkans her home. Being a thoroughbred actress and having enjoyed the best in stage- and on-camera training, Anica Dobra is very busy working in both countries. She became well-known in the 1990s in Germany when she worked together with the finest of directors mainly in comedies for the big screen but also in crime and drama feature films for TV. During that time, which was marked by intense political upheaval in the Balkans, she exhibited her remarkable talent in that region by portraying heavily conflicted protagonists. Her characters take control in a straightforward, hard-hitting, and pugnacious manner. She was awarded Best Actress several times. Anica Dobra is a frequent traveler since her family lives in Belgrade and she herself is a star in Serbia.  But she also feels drawn to Munich, Germany which is her second home. Audiences love her for her unconventional beauty and charming wit. Here in Germany we’ve come to picturing her playing in films that allow fresh subject matters to be tackled from a humorous point of view. Take some time and check out the clips of the Serbian TV series „Black and White World“ on her current reel. To most it will obviously be incomprehensible (subtitles are to follow soon), but her body language alone is simply hilarious.