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A Heavy Heart
''A Heavy Heart'' () is a 2015 German drama film directed by Thomas Stuber. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot The former East German professional boxer Herbert earns his living as a debt collector and bouncer. Besides, he trains the upcoming boxer Eddy. At the first time Herbert gets muscle cramps, he tries to cover them up, but eventually he is diagnosed with ALS. Now he has to learn to live with restrictions, cramps and a wheelchair while his former environment has no need for him. His protégé Eddy also finds a new coach. His girlfriend Marlene accompanies him on his way. For years his work had been more important to him than his family. Now he tries to get to know his daughter Sandra and his granddaughter Ronja and to reconcile. Production Herbert was produced by Departures Film and made in co-production with deutschfilm, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, ARTE and Hessischer Rundfunk. The film was suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Stuber
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Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as the List of cities in Germany by population, 31st-largest city of Germany. With around 226,000 inhabitants, it is less populous than the state capital, Magdeburg. With Leipzig, the largest city of Saxony, Halle forms the polycentric metropolitan area, polycentric Leipzig-Halle conurbation. Leipzig/Halle Airport, Leipzig/Halle International Airport lies between the two cities, in Schkeuditz. The Leipzig-Halle conurbation is at the heart of the larger Central German Metropolitan Region. Halle has been known by many names throughout its history. From the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''. From then until the beginning of the 20th century, the name Halle an der Saale was used, and still remains a more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s German-language Films
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German Drama Films
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2015 Drama Films
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2015 Films
2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. Fox Film (now 20th Century Fox), Universal City, California and Universal Studios Lot celebrated their 100th anniversaries; '' The Sound of Music'' and Dolby celebrated their 50th anniversaries. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of '' The New Yorker'' described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Dyrlich
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Lina Wendel
Lina ( ) is an international feminine given name, mostly the short form of a variety of names ending in ''-lina'' including Adelina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Catalina, Emelina, Evangelina, Evelina, Karolina, Italina, Marcelina, Melina, Nikolina, Paulina, Rosalina, and Žaklina. Apart from that it can be the feminine form of Lin, Lino, Linos (Λῖνος) or Linus. Languages of origin include: Arabic, English, Italian, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish. In 2011 and since it was one of the most popular given female names in Germany. ''beliebte-vornamen.de'', accessed August 14, 2012. Lina has been one of the most popular female names in France since 2019. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Lauzemis
Lena Lauzemis (born 15 January 1983) is a German actress. She has been in multiple films and television shows including '' If Not Us, Who?'', ', ''Wolffs Revier'' and ''Tatort''. She has also been a regular performer with the Munich Kammerspiele. Selected filmography * ' (2005), as Ursula Scheuner * '' If Not Us, Who?'' (2011), as Gudrun Ensslin * '' The Chambermaid Lynn'' (2014), as Chiara * ''Deutschland 83'' (2015), as Nina * ''A Heavy Heart ''A Heavy Heart'' () is a 2015 German drama film directed by Thomas Stuber. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot The former East German professional boxer Herbert earns ...'' (2015), as Sandra * ' (2016), as Lisa Sokulowa References External links * German film actresses 1983 births German television actresses Living people {{Germany-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leipzig
Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Germany and is part of the Central German Metropolitan Region. The name of the city is usually interpreted as a Slavic term meaning ''place of linden trees'', in line with many other Slavic placenames in the region. Leipzig is located about southwest of Berlin, in the southernmost part of the North German Plain (the Leipzig Bay), at the confluence of the White Elster and its tributaries Pleiße and Parthe. The Leipzig Riverside Forest, Europe's largest intra-city riparian forest, has developed along these rivers. Leipzig is at the centre of Neuseenland (''new lake district''). This district has Bodies of water in Leipzig, several artificial lakes created from former lignite Open-pit_mining, open-pit mines. Leipzig has been a trade city s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Kurth
Peter Kurth (born 4 April 1957) is a German actor. He won the 2016 German Film Award for Best Actor for portraying a former boxer diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the drama film ''A Heavy Heart''. Early life Kurth was born on 4 April 1957 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany. Growing up in Goldberg, he frequently visited the local movie theater, later citing it as an influence on his decision to become an actor. He attended the state drama school in Rostock from 1978 to 1981. Career After graduating from drama school, Kurth performed at Theater für junge Leute in Magdeburg from 1981 to 1984 and at in Stendal from 1984 to 1988. He then moved to Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemnitz), where he performed at Städtisches Theater. In 1997, Kurth joined the in Leipzig, where he also taught drama. He moved to Hamburg in 2000 to perform at the Thalia Theater. He joined the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin in 2006, and later transferred to the Stuttgart Drama Theate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clemens Meyer
Clemens Meyer (born 1977) is a German writer. He is the author of ''Als wir träumten'' (''As We Were Dreaming'', 2006), ''Die Nacht, die Lichter'' (''All the Lights'', 2008), ''Gewalten'' (''Acts of Violence'', 2010), ''Im Stein'' (''Bricks and Mortar'', 2013), and ''Die stillen Trabanten'' (''Dark Satellites'', 2017). Of Meyer's works, ''All the Lights,'' ''Bricks and Mortar,'' “As We Were Dreaming,” and ''Dark Satellites'' have been translated into English. Early life Meyer was born on 20 August 1977 in Halle an der Saale. His studies at the German Literature Institute, Leipzig, were interrupted by a spell in a youth detention centre. He worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction worker before he became a published novelist. Work Meyer won a number of prizes for his first novel ''Als wir träumten'' (''As We Were Dreaming''), published in 2006, in which a group of friends grow up and go off the rails in East Germany after the fall of the Berlin W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
