Heimkehr (Homecoming)
With actors Rade Radovic and Mustafa Nadarevic Nikola, formerly successful musician, returns to his family in Stuttgart. His parents Anica and Vlado have lived in Germany for 35 years, but want to realize their dream of an own hotel in their native country Croatia. As Vlado is a hard and ambitious father, his relationship to […]
Illona & Kurti
Kurt Schneider, ein oberflächlicher, heiterer Typ, erschleicht, von seiner Mutter angestiftet, eine Erbschaft: Ein Haus und etwas Geld. Beide sind sich sicher, dass es keine gesetzlichen Erben gibt. Es ist verständlich, dass beide entsetzt reagieren, als eines Tages Ilona, die gesetzmäßige Erbin, aus einem abgelegenen Teil Jugoslawiens auftaucht. Um das erschlichene Erbe nicht zu verlieren, […]
Heimat – Chronik einer Zeitenwende (Heimat – Chronicle of a Changing Time)
With actors Jörg Altmeyer and Jutta Altmeyer Available on DVD This is not only a sequel to the “Second Heimat”, but also a chronicle of a very decisive decade for Germany (1989 to 200). The main couple of the mini-series released in 1992, Hermann Simon and Clarissa Lichtblau (played by the same actors), reunite after […]
Drum (Drum – Wahrheit um jeden Preis)
With actors Taye Diggs, Gabriel Mann Südafrika 1951. In Johannesburg beginnt der schwarze Sportreporter Henry Nxumalo, über die brutalen Verhältnisse auf einer Arbeiterfarm zu recherchieren. Schließlich veröffentlicht er eine Aufsehen erregende, investigative Reportage in dem Magazin “Drum”. Zunächst bleibt Henry unbehelligt, als aber weitere Enthüllungsartikel in “Drum” erscheinen, ziehen er und sein Fotograf, der Deutsche […]
Apo tin akri tis polis – Am Rande der Stadt (From the Edge of the City)
Produced by Dionysis Samiotis, Anastasios Vasiliou With actors Stathis Papadopoulos, Costas Kotsianidis, Panayiotis Hartomatzidis, Dimitris Papoulidis Available on DVD in the US and Germany A group of young “Pontioi” (Greek Russians from the coast of the Black Sea) descend on megalopolis Athens where alienation and poverty leads to petty crime and boredom. Young Sasha, the […]
Menschen auf der Treppe (People on Stairs)
Die Filmemacherin Hatice Ayten widmet sich in der Kurzdokumentation “Menschen auf der Treppe” zwei Orten, die für zahllose Türken zu einem Symbol der Migrationsbewegung geworden sind: den Istanbuler Bahnhöfen Sirkeci und Haydarpasa. Links: Film Portal, IMDB
Freunde (Friends)
With actors Benno Fürmann and Christiane Paul available on DVD in Germany Nils, Caro and Tayfun: They used to be best friends when they were young. They shared everything, and together they were on the top of the world. But their friendship fell apart when Caro couldn´t decide whether to be in love with Nils […]
Geh, zieh dein Dirndl ans (Love: Bavarian Style)
With actors Elisabeth Volkmann and Alexander Grill Vittorio pretends to be gay so he can chaperone a rich man’s daughter on vacation in Germany. Unfortunately his driver really is gay and Vittorio has a problem. Links: IMDB
Fremde Haut (Unveiled)
With actors Jasmin Tabatabai and Navíd Akhavan Survival is not enough. Fariba Tabrizi has made it. Under peril of death she has fled from Iran. In Germany she has no alternative way of avoiding the threat of deportation other than to assume the identity of a deceased co-detainee. So what happens after a few months […]
Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities)
With actors Rüdiger Vogler and Yella Rottländer German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The […]