4 Movies Starring Alexander Scheer

Sun Alley

Sun Alley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-07

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (4615 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Brussig (screenplay)

Leander Hauèmann (screenplay)

Detlev Buck (collaborator on screenplay)

Heike Sperling (collaborator on screenplay)

Thomas Brussig (novel)

Fullplot:

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

Carlos

Carlos

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-08

Languages:

English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian

Countries:

France, Germany

Runtime:

334 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (9426 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, aka 'Carlos,' is a Venezuelan-born Marxist revolutionary who aligns himself with the Palestinian cause and becomes the world's most notorious terrorist. He leads assaults on the meeting of OPEC ministers, taking them hostage and flying them from country to country seeking asylum, one of the most daring acts of terrorism in history. From his earliest days as an apprentice in the revolutionary movement to his subsequent downfall, Carlos becomes a figure of legend.

When Santa Fell to Earth

When Santa Fell to Earth

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-24

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (100 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Benjamin Biehn

Cornelia Funke (novel)

Robin Getrost

Uschi Reich

Fullplot:

West

West

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-11-07

Languages:

German, English, Russian, Polish

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (257 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Heide Schwochow (screenplay)

Julia Franck (novel)

Fullplot:

East Germany. Summer, late 70's. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij's apparent death, Nelly Senff decides to escape from behind the Berlin wall with her son Alexej, leaving her traumatic memories and past behind. Pretending to marry a West German, she crosses the border to start a new life in the West. But soon her past starts to haunt her as the Allied Secret Service begin to question Wassilij's mysterious disappearance. Is he still alive? Was he a spy? Plagued by her past and fraught with paranoia, Nelly is forced to choose between discovering the truth about her former lover and her hopes for a better tomorrow.

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