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 […]