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Alexander Fehling
Alexander Fehling is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Master Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds'', and as Jonas Hollander season 5 in the Showtime original series '' Homeland'' as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison. Early life and education Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981, in East Berlin, East Germany. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007. Career Fehling won the OE Hasse Prize from the Academy of Arts, Berlin, for his role as Prince in the stage production of ' ('' Snow White''). He received the Förderpreis Deutscher Film award in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film '' And Along Come Tourists''. Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 World War II film '' Inglourious Basterds''. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Berlin
East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French sectors were known as West Berlin. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The Western Allied powers did not recognize East Berlin as the GDR's capital, nor the GDR's authority to govern East Berlin. For most of its administrative existence, East Berlin was officially known as Berlin, capital of the GDR () by the GDR government. On 3 October 1990, the day Germany was officially German reunification, reunified, East and West Berlin formally reunited as the city of Berlin. Overview With the London Protocol (1944), London Protocol of 1944 signed on 12 September 1944, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union decided to divide Nazi Germany, Germany into three occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Film Promotion
European Film Promotion (EFP) is an organisation with a mission of promoting European films internationally. A network of 38 national film promotion institutes which represent films from their respective territories. Under the EFP flag, the members team up on initiatives to promote the diversity and the spirit of European cinema and talent at key international film festivals and markets. Activities EFP's joint promotional strategies including artistic and business-oriented platforms with a focus on three main areas: promotion of films and talent, access to international markets, and film sales support outside of Europe. EFP has developed innovative programmes and initiatives such as the well-known programmes European Shooting Stars, introducing young talented actors to the press, industry and public at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Producers on the Move, a networking event at the Cannes Film Festival to promote and link up aspiring young producers. Further programme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Goethe In Love
''Young Goethe in Love'' (originally titled ''Goethe!'') is a 2010 German historical drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, and Moritz Bleibtreu. It is a fictionalized version of the early years of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the events forming the basis of his novel '' The Sorrows of Young Werther.'' Plot At the University of Strasbourg in 1772, young Johann Wolfgang Goethe fails his doctoral examination in law and, despite wishing to be a poet, is sent by his father to work in the Reichskammergericht, the imperial law court in the small town of Wetzlar. Set to read old files by his grim chief Kestner, he is befriended by another junior, Wilhelm Jerusalem, who takes him to a dance. There he sees Lotte Buff, the daughter of a widower living in an old manor house outside the town, where she looks after her seven younger siblings. Developing a closer friendship with the attractive and lively young woman, he one day encount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Semester
''13 Semester'' is a 2009 German comedy film. The subtitle (caption) „Der frühe Vogel kann mich mal” (literally “screw the early bird”) indicates that some students are not happy about the ''‘early bird’''. 13 semesters is longer than the standard period of study. The film is about two friends, Moritz and Dirk, who move from a small village in the state of Brandenburg to Darmstadt to study mathematical economics at the Technische Universität (TU). The Movie was first shown at the Zurich Film Festival and was also shown at the Hof International Film Festival on 29 September 2009. Its theatrical run in Germany started on 7 January 2010. Plot The friends Moritz and Dirk are accepted at the Technische Universität Darmstadt and leave their small home village in Brandenburg to set out for the big city to study mathematical economics. Having arrived, their lives change in completely different ways. While Dirk becomes a successful student and masters tutorials and term pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Christian Schmid
Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and work Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for '' 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint'' (1998), and ''Crazy'' (2000). Gutmann also directed ' (2001) for which he and Schmid wrote the screenplay. Awards * 1995: Findling Award for ''Heaven and Hell'' * 2003: Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenpla* 2003: Findling Award for ''Distant Lights'' Filmography * ''Sekt oder Selters'' (1989) * ''Die Mechanik des Wunders'' (1992) * ' (''Himmel und Hölle'', 1994) * ''After Five in the Forest Primeval'' (''Nach Fünf im Urwald'', 1995) * '' 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint'' (1998) * ''Crazy'' (2000) * '' Distant Lights'' (''Lichter'', 2003) * ''Requiem'' (2006) * ''Storm'' (''Sturm'', 2009) * '' Home for the Weekend'' (''Was bleibt'', 2012) * ''Das Verschwinden'' (2016/17) * '' We Are Next of Kin'' (2022) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm (2009 Film)
''Storm'' is a 2009 German-Danish-Dutch drama film directed by Hans-Christian Schmid. Plot ''Storm'' follows the developments of a trial at the Hague for war crimes committed during the Bosnian War. Prosecutor Hannah Maynard ( Kerry Fox), charges a Bosnian Serb Commander for killing Bosniaks. However, her main witness is found to be lying and later commits suicide. Hannah retraces his steps to try and get to the truth. Cast * Kerry Fox - Hannah Maynard * Anamaria Marinca - Mira Arendt * Stephen Dillane - Keith Haywood * Rolf Lassgård - Jonas Dahlberg * Alexander Fehling - Patrick Färber * Tarik Filipović - Mladen Banović * Krešimir Mikić - Alen Hajdarević * - Jan Arendt * Jadranka Đokić - Belma Šulić * Dražen Kühn - Goran Durić Reception Writing for the New York Times, Stephen Holden Stephen Holden (born July 18, 1941) is an American writer, poet, and music and film critic. Biography Holden earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Yale Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich Breloer
Heinrich Breloer (, born 17 February 1942 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German author and film director. He has mainly worked on docudramas related to modern German history and has received many awards. Breloer's 2005 docudrama ''Speer und Er'' was described as a milestone in the understanding of Nazi Germany by the German people. Selected filmography * ' (co-director: , 1982, TV film) — based on a novel by Arnold Zweig * ''Treffpunkt im Unendlichen'' (co-director: Horst Königstein, 1984, TV film) — based on a novel by Klaus Mann * ' (1987, TV film) * ''The State Chancellery'' (1989, TV film) — (about Uwe Barschel) * ' (1991, TV film) — (about and the ) * ' (1993, TV film) — (about Herbert Wehner) * ' (1997, TV film) — (about the German Autumn) * '' Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman'' (2001, TV miniseries) — (about Thomas Mann) * ''Speer und Er'' (2005, TV miniseries) — (about Albert Speer) * ''Buddenbrooks'' (2008) — based on the novel ''Buddenbrooks'' by Thoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddenbrooks (film)
''Buddenbrooks'', released also as ''Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family'', is a 2008 German drama film directed by Heinrich Breloer, adapted from the 1901 novel of the same name by Thomas Mann. Set in the 19th century, the film portrays the decline of a wealthy family of grain merchants in Lübeck, the Buddenbrooks, and with them a whole way of life as Germany changed radically. It stars Armin Mueller-Stahl as the family's patriarch Consul Jean Buddenbrook, Iris Berben as his wife Bethsy Buddenbrook, and Jessica Schwarz, Mark Waschke and August Diehl as their children Tony, Thomas, and Christian Buddenbrook, respectively. ''Buddenbrooks'' was released in Germany on 25 December 2008, and by July 2009 it was seen by more than 1.2million viewers. The film had its American premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival in June 2009. In 2010, it was released as a two–episode television miniseries, which was shown on the Arte on 23 and 24 December, and on the Das Erste on 27 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Thalheim
Robert Thalheim (born July 2, 1974, in Berlin) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the ''Berlin Ensemble, Berliner Ensemble'' in 1997–98. He then studied modern German literature, history and politics at the Free University of Berlin until the year 2000; during this period he edited the first issues of the culture magazine ''Plotky''. In 2000 he began to study film directing at the ''Filmhochschule'' (film school) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Short biographical listing by an agency. His teacher there was Rosa von Praunheim, who monitored his work on his first films. Thalheim shot the film ''Pink Children'' (2012) together with 4 German directors about their mentor Rosa von Praunheim. Robert Thalheim returned to the theatre in 2003, staging his own play, ''Wild Boys'' at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2004 his debut film Netto (film), Netto was awarded the Art of Film Award at the Festival of German Film. In 2006 he finished ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stein (director)
Peter Stein (born 1 October 1937) is a German theatre and opera director who established himself at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, a company that he brought to the forefront of German theatre. Biography Born in Berlin, Stein grew up in an era defined by the Nazis. His father, Herbert Stein, was factory director of Alfred Teves, a motorcycle manufacturing firm that the Nazi regime employed to make automotive parts. Herbert was in charge of 250,000 forced laborers. He was also involved in the Confessing Church, a resistance group. Stein has said that these events had a profound effect on his life. After the war, his father was sentenced to two years of forced labor for collaborating with the Nazis. Stein's academic performance nosedived and he barely made it into Frankfurt University. He then moved to Munich and enrolled at university there, pursuing a PhD thesis on the works of E. T. A. Hoffmann. Having been curious about the theatre since his time in Frankfurt, he bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born in Marbach to a devoutly Protestant family. Initially intended for the priesthood, in 1773 he entered a military academy in Stuttgart and ended up studying medicine. His first play, ''The Robbers'', was written at this time and proved very successful. After a brief stint as a regimental doctor, he left Stuttgart and eventually wound up in Weimar. In 1789, he became professor of History and Philosophy at Jena, where he wrote historical works. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works that he had le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Straus (composer)
Oscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs. He also wrote about 500 cabaret songs, chamber music, and orchestral and choral works. His original name was actually Strauss, but for professional purposes he deliberately omitted the final 's'. He wished not to be associated with the musical Strauss family of Vienna. However, he did follow the advice of Johann Strauss II in 1898 about abandoning the prospective lure of writing waltzes for the more lucrative business of writing for the theatre. The son of a Jewish family, he studied music in Berlin under Max Bruch, and became an orchestral conductor, working at the Überbrettl cabaret. He went back to Vienna and began writing operettas, becoming a serious rival to Franz Lehár. When Lehár's popular '' The Merry Widow'' premiered in 1905, Straus was said to have remarked "Das kann ich auch!" (I can also do that!). In 1939, after the Anschluss, he fled to Paris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
