Anita and Me
With actors Max Beesley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anna Brewster, Kathy Burke, Ayesha Dharker, Omid Djalili, Alex Freeborn, Lynn Redgrave, Zohra Segal, Meera Syal, Christine Tremarco, Chandeep Uppal, Mark Williams Anita and Me (2002) tells the coming of age story of Meena, a 12-year-old Indian girl growing up in the West Midlands of England. Meena listens to […]
Yara (The Wound)
With actors Necmettin Çobanoglu and Füsun Demirel Yilmaz Arslan directed this Turkish-German-Swiss drama which begins in a German city where a woman arrives at an apartment building to visit her friend Hulya (Yelda Reynaud), only to learn that Hulya has returned to Turkey with her aunt and uncle because of an unspecified illness. There are […]
Süperseks
With actors Denis Moschitto and Marie Zielcke Links: IMDB, Film Portal Genre(s): Comedy;
Mondscheintarif (Moonlight Tariff)
With actors Gruschenka Stevens and Tim Bergmann Seit drei Tagen wartet die attraktive Berliner Fotografin Cora auf den Anruf ihres Traummannes Daniel Hoffmann – mit diesem hatte sie Mittwochs eine wunderbare Nacht verbracht. Jetzt ist es Samstagabend und das Telefon steht noch immer still. Coras bester Freund Big Jim und ihre beste Freundin Jo raten […]
Der geteilte Himmel (The Divided Heaven)
With actors Paul Berndt and Renate Blume Die Büroangestellte Rita Seidel aus Halle findet durch die Liebe zu dem zehn Jahre älteren Chemiker Manfred Herrfurth die Kraft, aus ihrem Beruf auszubrechen und zu studieren. Nach einem Besuch in Westberlin kehrt die DDR-Bürgerin Rita Seidel freiwillig in ihre Heimat zurück, wo sie einen Nervenzusammenbruch erleidet und […]
Drachenfutter (Dragon Chow)
With actors Frank Oladeinde, Bhasker Patel, Youngme Song available on VHS with English subtitles in USA In Hamburg, always within reach of government officials, immigrants try to make their way. Shezad, a Pakistani in his early 20s, lives in a small hotel run by the shady Herder. The hotel is a virtual United Nations. Shezad […]
Lisbon Story
With actors Rüdiger Vogler and Patrick Bauchau The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated […]
Alltag
With actors Florian Panzner and Neelesha Bavora Deutschland 2002, TV-Spielfilm Links: IMDB, Film Portal
Ganz unten (Lowest of the Low)
With actors Günter Walraff Im Jahr 1985 landete Günther Wallraff mit dem Reportage-Buch “Ganz Unten” einen Aufsehen erregenden Bestseller. Wallraff beschreibt darin seine niederschmetternden Erfahrungen als vermeintlich türkischer Arbeiter in den Thyssen-Stahlwerken. Die gleichnamige Dokumentation entstand aus Aufnahmen, die Wallraff während seiner Arbeitszeit mit versteckter Kamera machte. Ergänzt werden sie durch nachträglich geführte Interviews mit […]
Karamuk
With actors Julia Mahnecke and Adnan Maral Johanna, a feisty 17-year-old German girl with dreams of becoming a fashion designer, discovers her biological father is Turkish. Without telling him of their relationship, she gets a job at his elegant restaurant and disaster follows. Links: IMDB, Filmportal Genre(s): Comedy;