SYNOPSIS: Holland, 1940. The Nazis are rampaging through Europe. The British have retreated from Dunkirk. The last German Kaiser, now an old man, is in exile in a big old house in the Dutch countryside. He has been here for 25 years, chopping logs and reading PG Wodehouse. A young German officer is sent to […]
Monat: Februar 2018
Toronto 2015
SYNOPSIS: Hector is an eccentric yet irresistible psychiatrist in crisis: his patients are just not getting any happier. He’s going nowhere. Then one day, armed with buckets of courage and an almost child-like curiosity, Hector breaks out of his sheltered vacuum of a life into a global quest to find out what makes people happy. […]
6 German Film Award noms ’10
SYNOPSIS: Hildegard Knef was a sinner and a singer; a star in post-war Berlin, in Hollywood and on Broadway. She loved a Nazi and married a Jew. Both adored and despised by the Germans, her autobiography was a No.1bestseller. Her concerts were legendary. She was an icon. And she was very, very cool. This is […]
2 Oscar nominations 2010
SYNOPSIS: Writer-director Michael Hoffman (SOAPDISH, RESTORATION) adapts Jay Arini’s novel into a thrilling comic-dramatic account of Leo Tolstoy’s final months. This Tolstoy, played with quiet authority by Christopher Plummer, has renounced writing fiction, built a school to educate peasants, and leads a movement whose guiding principles are abolishing private property, pacifism, and sexual chastity. His […]
2 Golden Globe noms 2014
SYNOPSIS: When sex was safe and driving was dangerous. A glamourous,entertaining and insightful look at the rivalry that led to one of Formula 1’s most dramatic moments, the 1976 Grand Prix racing season. The story pits sexy British playboy driver James Hunt against Niki Lauda, a fascinating Austrian perfectionist whose dedication threatened to isolate him […]
1 Golden Globe 2010
SYNOPSIS: The story of Ilich Ramirez Sanchez who, for two decades, was one of the most wanted terrorists on the planet. Between 1974 and 1994, he lived several lives under various pseudonyms, weaving his way through the complexities of politics and beliefs of the time. GENRE: Biopic DIRECTOR: Olivier Assayas WRITERS: Olivier Assayas & Dan […]
Cannes 2002
SYNOPSIS: The ultimate auteur movie. Sokurov’s masterpiece takes us through 300 years of Russian history in a single steadicam shot: 867 actors and 3 live orchestras in one of the world’s greatest palaces, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Alexander Sokurov PRODUCER: Jens Meurer CO-PRODUCER: Hermitage Bridge Studio LANGUAGE: Russian
Midnight Madness 2014
SYNOPSIS: In the forest on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk, Oskari had been planning to track down a deer, but instead discovers the most powerful man on the planet in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their own “Big Game” prize, the unlikely duo must team […]
Venice 1999
SYNOPSIS: Public Enemy is about four remarkable, charismatic and famous Americans who are wildly different but who have one thing in common: They are all former Black Panthers. A film about revolutionaries after the Revolution. GENRE: Documentary DIRECTOR: Jens Meurer CAST: Bobby Seale, Kathleen Cleaver, Jamal Joseph and Nile Rodgers PRODUCER: Archipel 33
Prix Europa 2001
SYNOPSIS: The story of Valeri Sikorski, a Ukrainian adventurer with the poison of Chernobyl in his bones en route to the land of his dreams. GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR / WRITER: Achim von Borries CAST: Ivan Shvedoff, Merab Ninidze, Anna Geislerova PRODUCER: Judy Tossell, Tossell Pictures CO-PRODUCERS: Studio Babelsberg Independents LANGUAGE: German