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A Cure For Wellness
''A Cure for Wellness'' is a 2016 psychological horror film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe. Haythe and Verbinski were inspired by Thomas Mann's 1924 novel ''The Magic Mountain'' while coming up with the idea for the film. Starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth, the plot follows a young executive who is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from a mysterious rehabilitation center in the Swiss Alps. An international co-production based in the United States, Germany, and Luxembourg, the film was shot on location at various German locations, including Hohenzollern Castle in Baden-Württemberg. ''A Cure for Wellness'' was released on February 17, 2017, by 20th Century Fox and received generally mixed reviews from critics, who praised its visuals, cinematography, performances and ambition, but criticized its length, script and narrative. It grossed $26 million against its $40 million production budget, making it a box-office bomb. Plot Lockhart, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gore Verbinski
Gregor Justin "Gore" Verbinski (born March 16, 1964) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for directing ''Mouse Hunt'', '' The Ring'', the first 3 ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, and '' Rango''. For ''Rango'', Verbinski won both the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Early life Verbinski was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the fourth of five children of Laurette Ann (née McGovern) and Victor Vincent Verbinski, a nuclear physicist.Cinema Odeon – ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'' . Odeonline.it (March 1, 1964). Retrieved on May 31, 2011. His siblings are Janin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mann
Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas are noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual. His analysis and critique of the European and German soul used modernized versions of German and Biblical stories, as well as the ideas of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Arthur Schopenhauer. Mann was a member of the Hanseaten (class), hanseatic Mann family and portrayed his family and class in his first novel, ''Buddenbrooks''. His older brother was the radical writer Heinrich Mann and three of Mann's six children – Erika Mann, Klaus Mann and Golo Mann – also became significant German writers. When Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler's rise to power, came to power in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland. When World War II broke out in 1939, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Tischendorf
Bert Tischendorf (born 21 December 1979 in Schwerin) is a German actor. Life Tischendorf was born as the son of a teacher couple in Schwerin. Tischendorf spent his school years on the Schwerin sports high school and was in his approximately 10-year career as a performance swimmer several times champion of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In 1998 he passed the abitur. After studying medicine at the University of Jena for one and a half years, from 2001 to October 2004 he attended the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. Already during his studies Tischendorf became known to a wider audience in the ProSieben television series ''18 – Allein unter Mädchen'', in which he played one of the four leading roles. After graduating, he briefly played at the Staatstheater Cottbus before he was a permanent member of the Schauspiel Frankfurt from 2005 to 2009. Then he starred the male lead role in the television films '' The Whore'' including sequels and '. He was seen as Olympian Manfred O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Krisch
Johannes Krisch (born 1966) is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than forty films since 1987. Selected filmography References External links * 1966 births Living people Austrian male film actors Male actors from Vienna {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Mendl
Michael Mendl (born Michael Sandrock; 20 April 1944) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films since 1975. He is best known internationally for his role in ''Downfall (2004 film), Downfall'', the 2004 movie about Adolf Hitler's final days inside the Führerbunker. Selected filmography Awards * Bavarian Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor ''14 Days to Life'' (1998) * Goldene Kamera, Golden camera award for Best German Actor ''In the Shadow of Power'' (2004) * Jupiter Award (film award)#30th Jupiter Award .2F 2009, Jupiter Award for Best German TV Actor ''The Visit'' (2009) References External links * Discogs profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendl, Michael 1944 births Living people People from Lünen German male film actors German male television actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors Male actors from North Rhine-Westphalia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnus Krepper
Rolf Magnus Krepper (born 10 January 1967 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, dancer, singer, and magician. He is a member of ''Moderna Illusionisters Cirkel''. In 2006, Krepper received the Guldbagge Award for best male role in the 2005 film '' Mun mot mun''. Selected filmography *1994: '' Rena rama Rolf'' (TV Series) - Filip *1998: '' När karusellerna sover'' (TV Series) - Trollkarlen Igor Johansson *1999: '' Vägen ut'' - Holmlund *1999: '' Anna Holt – polis'' (TV Series) - Pikétchefen *2000: '' Det grovmaskiga nätet'' (TV Mini Series) - Våldsam patient *2001: '' Familjehemligheter'' - Kjell's Father *2001: ''As White as in Snow'' - Polish Artist *2002: ''Beck'' (TV Series) - Bengt Tavast *2002: '' Det brinner!'' (TV Mini Series) - Lasse *2003: '' Lejontämjaren'' - Björn Sundström *2003: ''Sprickorna i muren'' - Lars Herdin *2003: ''Misa mi'' - Pappa *2003: '' Om jag vänder mig om'' - Anders *2003: ''De drabbade'' (TV Mini Series) - Åke *2003–2007: '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Lumbly
Carl Winston Lumbly (born August 14, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for '' M.A.N.T.I.S.'' (1994–1997) and has also had television roles on '' Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–1988) and '' Alias'' (2001–2006). He has also had roles in various superhero franchises including voicing Martian Manhunter in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU). Lumbly later portrayed M'yrnn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter's father, in ''Supergirl'' (2017–2019). He has since portrayed Isaiah Bradley, the first Black super soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), appearing in '' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'' (2021) and '' Captain America: Brave New World'' (2025). Early life Lumbly was born to Jamaican immigrants in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from South High School there and Macalester College in nearby St. Paul. Lumbly's first career was as a journalist in Minnesota. While on assignment for a story about a workshop theatre, he was cast as an actor. He stayed with the impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Banes
Lisa Lou Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, as well as stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere. Banes won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off-Broadway in '' Look Back in Anger'' and, in 1984, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for ''Isn't it Romantic?''. She played Lady Croom in the 1995 American premiere of Tom Stoppard's play '' Arcadia''. In film, she appeared in ''Cocktail'' (1988), '' Freedom Writers'' (2007), '' Gone Girl'' (2014), and '' A Cure for Wellness'' (2016). Early life Banes was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She studied acting at the Juilliard School in New York City. Career Stage Banes appeared on Broadway several times. She played Cassie in the Neil Simon play '' Rumors'' in 1988 with Christine Baranski, Margaret Lord in the musical '' High Society'' with Anna Kendrick in 1998, was in '' Accent on Youth'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomas Norström
Stig Tomas Norström (23 May 1956 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish actor and film director. He also recorded audiobooks, among them J. R. R. Tolkien's works. Norström studied at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting until 1981, together with Jessica Zandén, Maria Johansson, Sissela Kyle, and Peter Stormare. Partial filmography *1976: ''Near and Far Away'' - Gregor *1977: ''Mackan'' - Roffe *1979: '' En kärleks sommar'' - Laboratorieassistenten *1979: '' Kejsaren'' - Dräng *1980: '' Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste'' - Kvant *1981: ''Höjdhoppar'n'' - Rickard *1981: ''Varning för Jönssonligan'' - Kriminalassistent Holm *1983: '' Second Dance'' - Manne *1984: ''Två solkiga blondiner'' - Holken *1984: ''Sköna juveler'' - Robber *1985: '' Svindlande affärer'' - Tecknar-Micke *1987: ''Res aldrig på enkel biljett'' *1988: '' Som man ropar'' (TV Mini Series) - Gerard *1988: ''Venus 90'' - Kenneth, Sound engineer *1990: ''Werther'' - Max Karlsson *1990: '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box-office Bomb
A box-office bomb is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical run. Although any film for which the combined production budget, marketing, and distribution costs exceed the revenue after release has technically "bombed", the term is more frequently used for major studio releases that were highly anticipated, extensively marketed, and expensive to produce, but nevertheless failed commercially. Originally, a "bomb" had the opposite meaning, referring instead to a successful film that "exploded" at the box office. The term continued to be used this way in the United Kingdom into the 1970s. Causes Negative word of mouth With the advent of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter in the 2000s, word of mouth regarding new films is easily spread and has had a marked effect on box office performance. A film's ability or failure to attract positive or negative commentary can strongly impact its performance at the box office, espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a total area of nearly , it is the third-largest German state by both List of German states by area, area (behind Bavaria and Lower Saxony) and List of German states by population, population (behind North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria). The List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city in Baden-Württemberg is the state capital of Stuttgart, followed by Mannheim and Karlsruhe. Other major cities are Freiburg im Breisgau, Heidelberg, Heilbronn, Konstanz, Pforzheim, Reutlingen, Tübingen, and Ulm. Modern Baden-Württemberg includes the historical territories of Baden, Prussian Province of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern, and Württemberg. Baden-Württemberg became a state of West Germany in April 1952 through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hohenzollern Castle
Hohenzollern Castle ( ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castle, hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Hohenzollern (mountain), Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name derives from :de:Söller, Söller (terrace) from Latin ''solarium.'' The first castle on the mountain was constructed in the early 11th century. Over the years the House of Hohenzollern split several times, but the castle remained in the House of Hohenzollern#Swabian senior branch, Swabian branch, the dynastic seniors of the House of Hohenzollern#Franconian branch, Franconian-Brandenburgian cadet branch that later acquired its own imperial throne. This castle was completely destroyed in 1423 after a ten-month siege by the Free imperial city, free imperial cities of Swabia. The second castle, a larger and sturdier structure, was constructed from 1454 to 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
