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Lara (film)
''Lara'' is a 2019 German drama film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster. Plot The film centres around Lara, a stern civil servant who devotes herself to the career of her piano virtuoso son, Viktor, while abandoning her own creative pursuits. Cast * Corinna Harfouch — Lara Jenkins * Tom Schilling — Viktor Jenkins * Rainer Bock — Paul Jenkins * Volkmar Kleinert — Prof. Reinhoffer * André Jung (actor), André Jung — Mr. Czerny * Gudrun Ritter — Lara's mother Awards * 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival — Crystal Globe/Special Prize of the Jury, Award of Ecumenical Jury, Best Actress — Corinna Harfouch * 2019: Les Arcs Film Festival — Press Prize * 2019: Filmfest München — FIPRESCI Prize, Best Director (New German Cinema Section) * 2019: Filmkunstwochen Leipzig — Gilde-Filmpreis — Best Film (national) * 2019: Hamptons International Film Festival NY — Narrative Feature — Corinna Harfouch — Best Performance, Golden Starfish Award — Honorable Ment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Ole Gerster
Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in Hagen) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life Gerster works as a film director and screenwriter in Germany. He was a TorinoFilmLab AdaptLab participant in 2016. Filmography * 2004: ''Der Schmerz geht, der Film bleibt'' (documentary film, director) * 2006: ''A Friend of Mine (2006 film), A Friend of Mine'' (actor) * 2012: ''A Coffee in Berlin'' (director and screenwriter) * 2019: ''Lara (film), Lara'' (director) * 2025: ''Islands (2025 film) , Islands'' (director and screenwriter) Awards * 2013: Deutscher Filmpreis * 2013: Romy (TV award), Romy * 2013: New Faces Award * 2019: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival * 2019: Les Arcs Film Festival * 2019: Filmfest München External links * References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinna Harfouch
Corinna Harfouch (; ; born 16 October 1954) is a German actress. Early life and education Harfouch was born in Suhl, East Germany, the daughter of the teacher Wolfgang Meffert and his wife Marianne (née Kleber). She worked as a nurse and studied acting at the National Theatre School in Berlin from 1978 to 1981. Career In 1994, Harfouch was a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival, chaired by Jeremy Thomas. After a few guest roles in the '' Tatort'' crime series, Harfouch became part of the permanent cast in 2023, succeeding Meret Becker on the series' Berlin team. Personal life Harfouch's first husband was a Lebanese computer scientist named Nabil Harfouch, with whom she has one daughter. From 1985 to 2007, she was married to Michael Gwisdek, with whom she has two sons, musician and actor Robert Gwisdek. Selected filmography *1986: '' The House on the River'' *1987: '' Yasemin'' *1988: ''Die Schauspielerin'' *1988: '' Treffen in Trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Schilling
Tom Schilling (born 10 February 1982) is a German film and television actor. Life and acting career Schilling grew up in the formerly East German borough of Berlin Mitte. He was discovered at the age of 12 by stage director Thomas Heise, and cast in the stage play ''Im Schlagschatten des Mondes'' (Under the shadow of the Moon) at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, which he stayed with for the next four years to play in other productions as well. Acting jobs earned him enough money to move out of his parents' home when he was 18 and still at school. He left school with an Abitur certificate. Schilling's screen acting debut was in 1996, when he appeared in the Sat.1 TV series '' Hallo, Onkel Doc!'' at the age of 14. He was later cast in the theatrical film ' (1999) where he played alongside Franka Potente, Daniel Brühl and Heiner Lauterbach, but the breakthrough for him came with his performance in '' Crazy'' (2000, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid), for which he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (, KVIFF) is an annual film festival held in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become Central and Eastern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe's leading film event. History The pre-war dream of many enthusiastic filmmakers materialized in 1946 when a non-competition festival of films from seven countries took place in Mariánské Lázně and Karlovy Vary. Above all it was intended to screen the results of the recently nationalized Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak film industry. After the first two years the festival moved permanently to Karlovy Vary. The Karlovy Vary IFF first held an international film competition in 1948. Since 1951, an international jury has evaluated the films. The Karlovy Vary competition quickly found a place among other developing festivals and by 1956 FIAPF had already classified Karlovy Vary as a category A festival. Given the creation of the Moscow Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Zeit
(, ) is a German national weekly newspaper published in Hamburg in Germany. The newspaper is generally considered to be among the German newspapers of record and is known for its long and extensive articles. History The first edition of was first published in Hamburg on 21 February 1946. The founding publishers were Gerd Bucerius, Lovis H. Lorenz, Richard Tüngel and Ewald Schmidt di Simoni. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff joined as an editor in March 1946. She became publisher of from 1972 until her death in 2002. In 1983 she was joined by former Chancellor of Germany (1949–), German chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Later Josef Joffe and former German federal secretary of culture Michael Naumann joined them as well. The paper's publishing house, Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius in Hamburg, is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and Dieter von Holtzbrinck, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Media. The paper is published weekly on Thursdays. As of 2018, has additional offices in Brussels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainer Bock
Rainer Bock (; born 31 July 1954) is a German actor and voice actor. To English-speaking audiences, he is best known for portraying Werner Ziegler in the fourth season of the AMC television series ''Better Call Saul''. Early life and education Bock was born in Kiel, Germany. at the Bavarian State Theatre After graduating from school, he ran a café in his hometown, where there was also a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private drama school in Kiel, Bock made his debut in 1982 as a theatre actor on the stages of Kiel. Career He had already worked as a stage actor for about 25 years, beginning in 1982, in Kiel, at the National Theatre Mannheim, the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volkmar Kleinert
Volkmar Kleinert (born 20 September 1938) is a German actor. He studied at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig and appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959. Filmography References External links * 1938 births Theaterhochschule Leipzig alumni Living people German male film actors Male actors from Dresden {{Germany-film-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Jung (actor)
André Jung (born 13 December 1953) is a Luxembourgish theatre and film actor. He studied performing arts at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart and subsequently worked at various theatres, including the Theater Basel, the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. Selected filmography Awards * Nestroy Prize (2009) * Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring (2018) References External links * 1953 births Living people Luxembourgian male stage actors Luxembourgian male film actors {{Luxembourg-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gudrun Ritter
Gudrun Ritter (born 16 November 1936) is a German actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films since 1959. Selected filmography References External links * * 1936 births Living people German film actresses People from Marienberg Actresses from Saxony {{Germany-film-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Arcs Film Festival
Les Arcs Film Festival is an annual European film festival held every December in Les Arcs in the French Alps. Profile Les Arcs was co-founded in 2009 by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin (CEO), Guillaume Calop (general manager), and Jérémy Zelnik (head of industry), on the grounds of the ski resort of the same name. The mountain location dictated the overall atmosphere of the event, despite aiming to be of international importance, Les Arcs does not split the audience from the professionals and maintains an open and equal environment. By 2018, the event's budget reached €1 m. The festival's main award is the Crystal Arrow. At the 5th edition, the ''Femme de Cinema'' award was established. Other festival awards include the Best Actress and Best Actor prizes, Best Original Score, Best Cinematography, Cineuropa Andrea D'Aquino Award, Youth Jury Prize, Audience Award, Les cinglés du cinéma award, Universciné award for the Hauteur selection, Best Short Film Award, and Special Men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmfest München
The Munich International Film Festival () is the largest summer film festival in Germany and second only in size and importance to the Berlinale. It has been held annually since 1983 and takes place in late June or early July. It presents feature films and feature-length documentaries. The festival is also proud of the role it plays in discovering talented and innovative young filmmakers. With the exception of retrospectives, tributes and Homage (arts), homages, all of the films screened are German premieres and many are European and world premieres. There are a dozen competitions with prizes worth over €250,000 which are donated by the festival's major sponsors and partners. The 42nd Munich International Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 27 June to 6 July 2025. With over 200 feature films and feature-length documentaries on more than 18 screens, Filmfest München has an annual attendance of around 80,000. It accredits more than 600 members of the internationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
