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Sebastian Schipper
Sebastian Schipper (born 8 May 1968) is a German actor and filmmaker. Life and career Sebastian Schipper studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg Schule in Munich from 1992 to 1995. He got his first film role in Sönke Wortmann's '' Little Sharks'' from 1992. He debuted as director with '' Absolute Giganten'' from 1999, which received the second place prize for the German Film Award for Best Fiction Film. It was co-produced by Tom Tykwer, who has cast Schipper in several of his own films. Schipper's 2009 film '' Sometime in August'' is loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel ''Elective Affinities''. His fourth film as director is ''Victoria'', a film about a night in a Berlin nightclub gone awry, shot in one continuous take. It played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won in six categories at the German Film Award 2015, including Best Film and Best Direction. Filmography ;As actor *1992: '' Little Sharks'' (''Kleine Haie'') - Hamlet *1996: ''The En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanover
Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest in northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019) and is the largest in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region, Hanover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region, the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, 17th biggest metropolitan area by GDP in the European Union. Before it became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946, Hanover was the capital of the Principality of Calenberg (1636–1692), the Electorate of Hanover (1692–1814), the Kingdom of Hanover (1814–1866), the Province of Hannove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The English Patient (film)
''The English Patient'' is a 1996 Epic film, epic Romance film, romantic war drama film directed by Anthony Minghella from his own script based on the The English Patient, 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje, and produced by Saul Zaentz. The film stars Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas alongside Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Colin Firth in supporting roles. The eponymous protagonist, a man burned beyond recognition who speaks with an Received Pronunciation, English accent, recalls his history in a series of flashbacks, revealing to the audience his true identity and the love affair in which he was involved before the war. The film ends with a definitive onscreen statement that it is a highly fictionalized account of László Almásy (died 1951) and other historical figures and events. The film received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office. The film received twelve nominations at the 69th Academy Awards, winning nine, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roads (film)
''Roads'' is a 2019 internationally co-produced drama film, directed by Sebastian Schipper, from a screenplay by Schipper and Oliver Ziegenbalg. It stars Fionn Whitehead and Stéphane Bak. It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on 25 April 2019 and was released in Germany on 30 May 2019, by StudioCanal. Cast * Fionn Whitehead as Gyllen * Stéphane Bak as William * Moritz Bleibtreu as Luttger * Ben Chaplin as Paul * Marie Burchard as Valerie * Paul Brannigan as Alan Production In June 2017, it was announced Fionn Whitehead had been cast in the film, with Sebastian Schipper directing from a screenplay he wrote alongside Oliver Ziegenbalg. In August 2017, Stéphane Bak, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Ben Chaplin joined the cast of the film. Principal photography began in August 2017. During the production stage, the project was named ''Caravan''. Release It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Friend Of Mine (2006 Film)
''A Friend of Mine'' (''Ein Freund von mir'') is a 2006 German comedy-drama film written and directed by Sebastian Schipper who is a performer as well as a director and screenwriter. The casting was held in Hamburg and filmed in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, and Barcelona. The film tells the story of Karl (played by Daniel Brühl), an insurance executive, and his friendship with the free-spirited Hans ( Jurgen Vogel) whom he meets after being assigned to spy on a questionable car rental service by his boss. The film was released in theatres in Germany on October 7, 2006 and had a budget of around €2,700,000. Plot In the film Karl, a high-flying car insurance executive, is assigned menial work at a car rental agency by his boss Fernandez (Peter Kurth), ostensibly to do research but really to try to get a reaction out of Karl due to his depressive nature. There he meets Hans who is the complete opposite of him. Karl initially does not want anything to do with Hans due to his hypera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sad Jokes
''Sad Jokes'' is a 2024 German comedy-drama film, directed by Fabian Stumm. The film stars Stumm as Joseph, a gay film director who is co-parent to Pino (Justus Meyer) with his friend Sonya (Haley Louise Jones), and is forced to adapt to the demands of being the boy's primary caregiver after Sonya is hospitalized for depression. The cast also includes Ulrica Flach, Jonas Dassler, Godehard Giese, Marie-Lou Sellem, Anne Haug, Knut Berger, Hildegard Schroedter, Nicola Heim, Tina Pfurr, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Susie Meyer, Romina Küper, Friedrich Pinckens, Doreen Fietz, Marco Alexandro Ippoliti, Rahel Maria Savoldelli, Sebastian Schipper, Max Krumm, Wiky Kogiou, Sven Kriesten, Brunhilde Stumm, Henri Stumm, Simon Stumm and Leo Heim in supporting roles. The film premiered at the 2024 Filmfest München, where Stumm won the award for Best Director in the German Cinema New Talent program. It had its North American premiere in the Discovery program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coconut Hero
''Coconut Hero'' is a German-Canadian comedy film directed by Florian Cossen and released in 2015. Coconut Hero premiered on March 18, 2015 at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto where it screened for two consecutive weeks. Following its premiere, on March 25, Coconut Hero was shown for one week in Ottawa's ByTowne Cinema. Plot Coconut Hero follows the story of Mike Tyson (not to be confused with Mike Tyson); a 16 year old student living in the Canadian town of Faintville. The film begins with Mike trying, and failing, to commit suicide. After surviving his suicide attempt, Mike soon finds out that he has a deadly tumor. Initially, the tumor appears as a godsend in Mike's mind as he becomes increasingly preoccupied with the desire and development of a mission to find a way to end his life. This mission is reinforced by his religious figure's encouragement for Mike to find a plan for himself and follow through with it. After finding out about his tumor, Mike meets Miranda and his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inbetween Worlds
''Inbetween Worlds'' () is a 2014 German drama film produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag. The film tells the story of a friendship between the German soldier Jesper and his young Afghan interpreter Tarik. Both men are confronted with the adversities between their diverging cultures, their set of values as well as the risk of the international engagement in the Hindukush. The film stars the German actors Ronald Zehrfeld, Burghart Klaussner, Felix Kramer, Pit Bukowski and the Afghan actors Mohsin Ahmady, Saida Barmaki and Abdul Salam Yusoufzai. It was produced by Independent Artists Filmproduktion, a company founded by Aladag in 2005. ''Inbetween Worlds'' had its world premiere on 11 February 2014 in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. It had its German release on 27 March 2014. Cast * Ronald Zehrfeld as Jesper * Mohamad Mohsen as Tarik * Saida Barmaki as Nala * Salam Yousefzai as Haroon * Burghart Klaußner as Oberst Haar * Felix Kram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatort
("Crime Scene") is a German-language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with 30 feature-length episodes per year, making it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by the German public-service broadcasting organization ARD for their channel Das Erste, it is unique in its approach in that it is jointly produced by all of the organization's regional members as well as its partnering Austrian and Swiss national public-service broadcasters, whereby every regional station contributes several episodes to a common pool. As a result of this, Tatort is a collection of different police stories where different police teams solve crimes in their own cities, with uniqueness in architecture, customs, and dialects of the cities being a distinctive part of the series. Often, the city, not the police force, is the real main character of an episode. The fact that local stations each produce a small number of episodes per year has enabled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig II (2012 Film)
''Ludwig II'' is a 2012 German-Austrian historical film directed by and , starring Sabin Tambrea as the younger Bavarian King Ludwig II and Sebastian Schipper as the king in his later years. Plot Crown Prince Ludwig suffers under the authoritarian education of his father Maximilian II of Bavaria, King Maximilian II and has no interest in his militaristic attitude. In addition, because of his love for music and the fine arts, Ludwig repeatedly incurs the displeasure of his father. For Ludwig, art is more important than daily bread. Maximilian II dies unexpectedly of erysipelas, so Ludwig, full of idealism, ascends the Bavarian throne at the age of 18. At a time when war and poverty are omnipresent, he believes in a better world and wants to use his power to ensure that his people can live in peace and happiness. He wants his kingdom to become a place where beauty, art and culture will flourish; instead of weapons, Ludwig wants to invest public money in theatre, music and educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three (2010 Film)
''Three'' () is a 2010 German drama film written, co-scored and directed by Tom Tykwer. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Hanna and Simon are in a long-term relationship which, though loving, has grown sexually unexciting. Soon after Simon's mother dies from overdosing on pills, after being diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, he discovers that he has testicular cancer and must undergo surgery and chemotherapy. The night of his surgery, Hanna has a sexual encounter with a man called Adam, and Simon learns that he had fathered a child seventeen years earlier, although the woman opted for an abortion. Simon, who had assumed that either he or Hanna was infertile, is assured that he should still be able to have children after his surgery. During his recovery, Simon and Hanna decide to finally wed. Shortly beforehand, Simon encounters Adam at the pool and begins an affair with him as well. The couple's separat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess And The Warrior
''The Princess and the Warrior'' () is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi ( Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospital nurse who, after a near-death experience, enters into a relationship with Bodo ( Benno Fürmann), an anguished former soldier who lapses into criminality. Plot Sissi, a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, receives a letter from her old friend Meike, asking for her help in retrieving a bequest from Meike's recently deceased mother. Sissi cares for her patients to the extent that they appear to be her extended family (in fact, she states that her own father is a patient in the hospital). As such, she has little experience of life outside the hospital. Meanwhile, Bodo, living with his brother, applies for a funerary job but is quickly dismissed because of his inability to control his emotions. He later robs a grocery store and during the ensuing chase indirectly causes a truck to hit Sissi. Taking cover f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Merkwürdige Verhalten Geschlechtsreifer Großstädter Zur Paarungszeit
''Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit'' (English title – ''Love Scenes from Planet Earth'') is a 1998 German romantic comedy film. It earned the director Marc Rothemund a Bavarian Film Award for "Best Young Director". It was the second highest grossing domestic film in Germany in 1998. Synopsis The plot revolves around the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement. Cast * Christoph Waltz * Ann-Kathrin Kramer * *Michaela May * Anica Dobra * * Oliver Korittke * * Markus Knüfken * Cosma Shiva Hagen * Tobias Schenke * Gudrun Landgrebe * Bernd Tauber *Jakob von Moers *Frederic Welter Soundtrack # Scatman John - Scatmambo (Patricia) # Talk Of The Town - Te Quiero Mambo # Willy DeVille - Demasiado Corazon # Gipsy Kings - Volare 3:40 # Viktor Lazlo - Amores (Besame Mucho) # Compay Segundo - Chan Chan # Afro-Cuban All Stars - Amor Verdadero # Dean Martin - That's Amore # Jackeline Castellanos & Los Tropicale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
