Leonie Benesch

Leonie Benesch

Birthday:Apr 22, 1991
Place of birth:Hamburg, Germany

Filmography

2025
Late Shift

Late Shift

Drama Professional Drama
7.8

20251h 32min

Switzerland, Germany

Director: Petra Volpe

An entirely ordinary day on the beds ward of a surgical department. The nursing team is understaffed due to a shortage of personnel. Despite the hectic environment, Floria cares for her patients with expertise and full dedication. Although she gives her all, the shift gradually spirals out of control – until it eventually leads to a dramatic outburst.

2024
September 5

September 5

Thriller Drama History Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Historical Drama
7.1

20241h 34min

Germany, United States

Director: Tim Fehlbaum

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

2023
The Teachers' Lounge

The Teachers' Lounge

Drama Professional Drama
7.4

20231h 38min

Germany

Director: İlker Çatak

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.

2020
Persian Lessons

Persian Lessons

War Drama World War II Historical Drama
7.4

20202h 7min

Russia, Germany

Director: Vadim Perelman

Occupied France, 1942. Gilles is arrested by SS soldiers alongside other Jews and sent to a camp in Germany. He narrowly avoids sudden execution by swearing to the guards that he is not Jewish, but Persian. This lie temporarily saves him, but Gilles gets assigned a life-or-death mission: to teach Farsi to Head of Camp Koch, who dreams of opening a restaurant in Iran once the war is over. Through an ingenious trick, Gilles manages to survive by inventing words of "Farsi" every day and teaching them to Koch.

2009
The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon

Drama Mystery Historical Drama Whodunit
7.8

20092h 24min

Italy, Germany

Director: Michael Haneke

An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.