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Beloved Berlin Wall
''Beloved Berlin Wall'' () is a 2009 German romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Peter Timm. It is set during the fall of the Berlin Wall. Plot Cast * Felicitas Woll as Franzi * Maxim Mehmet as Sascha * Anna Fischer as Uschi * Thomas Thieme as Police officer * Karl Kranzkowski as Charlie * Margarita Broich as Tante Jutta * Gisela Trowe Gisela Trowe (5 September 1922 in Dortmund – 5 April 2010 in Hamburg) was a German actress and voice actress. Selected filmography * 1948: ''Street Acquaintances (1948 film), Street Acquaintances'' * 1948: ''The Time with You'' * 1948: ' * ... as Oma Emma References External links * * 2000s German films 2000s German-language films Films set in 1989 German romantic comedy-drama films Warner Bros. films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicitas Woll
Felicitas Woll (born 20 January 1980) is a German actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the television series '' Berlin, Berlin'' (2002–2005) and the television film ''Dresden'' (2006). Biography Felicitas Woll grew up in Harbshausen (Hesse). She took an apprenticeship as a nurse, but became an actress after she met the theatrical agent Frank Oliver Schulz. After a casting session she was cast and appeared in the TV Series ''Die Camper'', subsequently remaining with the show for three years. In 1998 she began taking acting lessons at the ''Düsseldorfer Tanzhaus'' (Düsseldorf Dance House) under Wladimir Matuchin. She plays piano, guitar and keyboards and gained theatrical experience as a singer. After her role as 'Tanja Ewermann' in ''Die Camper'', she appeared in ''Für alle Fälle Stefanie'' and ''Hamann-Spezial''. At the end of 1999 she appeared in the starring role in the German-Chinese Co-Production ''True Love Is Invisible'' (a TV series) and in a family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxim Mehmet
Maxim Mehmet (born 2 July 1975) is a German actor. He inherited his surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna. Selected filmography * '' NVA'' (2005) * ' (2008) * '' The Red Baron'' (2008) * ''Tatort'' (since 2008, TV series) * '' Ein Job'' (2008) * ' (2008) * '' Men in the City'' (2009) * '' Beloved Berlin Wall'' (2009) * '' The Good Neighbour'' (2011) * ''Faust'' (2011) * ' (2012, TV film) * '' Generation War'' (2013, TV miniseries) * ' (2014, TV film) * ''My Skinny Sister'' (2015) * ''Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' () and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' ( ...'' (2015) References External links * * 1975 births Living people German male film actors Actors from Kassel German people of Crimean Tatar descent German peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Fischer
Marion Anna Fischer (born 18 July 1986) is a German actress and singer. Since 2003, she appeared in over 30 film and television roles. She is most recognised to international audiences as the perky vampire ''Nora'' in Dennis Gansel's drama film '' We Are The Night''. Biography Anna Fischer grew up under modest circumstances in the Berlin district of Hohenschoenhausen. The daughter of a kindergarten teacher and a corporate staff she began to devote herself to music at the age of eleven. In 2002 director Hans-Christian Schmid saw her in a club and cast her in a small role in the film '' Distant Lights''. The breakthrough as an actress came in 2005 when Fischer scored the lead role in Jeanette Wagner's '. In the drama she played a venue for the 17-year-old Alma, which again looks after years of separation, her biological father (played by Lutz Berger Bloch). She earned critical acclaim in 2008 when she starred in Hermine Huntgeburth's ''Teufelsbraten''. In the two part TV film based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Thieme
Thomas Thieme (born 29 October 1948) is a German actor. He is considered to be a prolific stage actor and also appeared in more than 100 film and television productions since 1973. In his film and television appearances, Thieme often plays powerful but morally dubious characters. He is perhaps best-known internationally for his roles as Martin Bormann in '' Downfall'' (2004) and as Communist minister Bruno Hempf in the Oscar-winning ''The Lives of Others'', for which he was compared to Sydney Greenstreet by Roger Ebert in his review. He played former Bayern Munich boss Uli Hoeneß, who had to spend time in jail for tax evasion, in the 2015 television film ''Der Patriarch''. He had a recurring role in the successful series ''Babylon Berlin ''Babylon Berlin'' is a German neo-noir television series. Created, written, and directed by Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries, and Hendrik Handloegten, it is loosely based on novels by Volker Kutscher. The series premiered on 13 October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Trowe
Gisela Trowe (5 September 1922 in Dortmund – 5 April 2010 in Hamburg) was a German actress and voice actress. Selected filmography * 1948: ''Street Acquaintances (1948 film), Street Acquaintances'' * 1948: ''The Time with You'' * 1948: ' * 1948: ''Blum Affair, Affaire Blum'' * 1951: ''The Lost One'' * 1952: ''Under the Thousand Lanterns'' * 1953: ''Not Afraid of Big Animals'' * 1956: ''Damals in Paris'' * 1957: ''Goodbye, Franziska (1957 film), Goodbye, Franziska'' * 1957: ''Wo du hingehst'' * 1960: ''I Learned That in Paris'' * 1963: ' * 1969: ''Eika Katappa'' * 1969: ''Argila (1969 film), Argila'' * 1970: ' (TV miniseries) * 1971: ''The Bordello'' * 1980: ''Teegebäck und Platzpatronen'' (TV film) * 1981: ''Alles im Eimer'' * 1987: ' (TV film) * 1987–2008: ''Der Landarzt'' (TV series, 67 episodes) * 1988: ''Die Bertinis'' (TV miniseries) * 1991: ''Großstadtrevier: Gelegenheit macht Diebe'' (TV) * 1992: ''Kommissar Klefisch: Ein unbekannter Zeuge'' (TV) * 1992/1999: ''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmportal
filmportal.de is an online database of information related to German film. It includes extensive information on films and filmmakers as well as articles on film issues. The website was released on occasion of the 54th Berlin International Film Festival on 11 February 2005. ''filmportal.de'' was revised and expanded in 2011/2012. Content The database provides information on about 85 000 German cinema and television films (as of June 2015) from 1895 to the present. About 8 000 films are presented in detail with content descriptions, stills and/or posters. In addition, ''filmportal.de'' catalogues about 190 000 names of filmmakers, 5 000 of these entries feature a biography. The lexical information is supplemented by trailers, film clips from German classics, and, increasingly, full-length films. Moreover, editorial texts link the information with the history of film in the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and the GDR. Organising institutions ''filmportal.de'' was established b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tradewind Pictures
Tradewind Pictures is a German production company, founded in 1998. It produces both feature filmsprimarily children's films and family filmsand documentaries. Among its productions are '' Erik of het klein insectenboek'' (2004), '' Niceland (Population. 1.000.002)'' (2004), and ''Fíaskó'' (2000). The company was founded by Thomas Springer and Helmut G. Weber, and has offices in Cologne and Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so .... References External links * Film production companies of Germany {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Bros
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American film studio, filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank, Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry Warner, Harry, Albert Warner, Albert, Sam Warner, Sam and Jack L. Warner, Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Major film studios, Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
The fall of the Berlin Wall (, ) on 9 November in German history, 9 November 1989, during the Peaceful Revolution, marked the beginning of the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned deconstruction began the following June. It was one of the series of events that started the Revolutions of 1989, fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe. The fall of the inner German border took place shortly afterward. An end to the Cold War was declared at the Malta Summit in early December, and German reunification took place in October the following year. Background Opening of the Iron Curtain The opening of the Iron Curtain between Austria and Hungary at the Pan-European Picnic on 19 August 1989 set in motion a peaceful chain reaction, at the end of which there was no longer an East Germany and the Eastern Bloc had disintegrated. After the picnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s German Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ), "to hiss". The original name of the letter "Sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000s German-language Films
S, or s, is the nineteenth Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western Languages of Europe, European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Northwest Semitic abjad, Northwest Semitic Shin (letter), šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a "sh" phoneme, so the derived Greek letter Sigma (letter), Sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''Samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the ''Ξ, xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its associatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In 1989
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
