Released Date:
2005-07-07
Languages:
German
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
127 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (5902 Reviews)
Director:
Christian AlvartLong wanted serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police strike. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him. He associates a brutal murder case with the killer's method and hopes to close the case by getting a confession from Engel. Instead the clash of the two totally opposite characters shakes Michaels beliefs to the ground, turning him into a dangerous threat, an enemy to the people around him.
Released Date:
2007-10-26
Languages:
English, Sanskrit, German, French, Italian, Russian, Romanian, Mandarin, Latin, Armenian, Egyptian (Ancient)
Countries:
USA, Romania, France, Italy, Germany
Runtime:
124 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (10960 Reviews)
Director:
Francis Ford CoppolaMircea Eliade (novel)
Francis Ford Coppola
1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead, and he remains unable to complete his life's work on the origins of language. Then, he's struck by lightning. After a slow recovery, he grows younger. He must now avoid Nazis, who want to study and experiment on him. Some years later, he meets a young woman who has her own passage through a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research. Is the sweetness of life finally at hand?
Released Date:
2006-08-24
Languages:
German, French
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
163 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2509 Reviews)
Director:
Matthias GlasnerJudith Angerbauer
Matthias Glasner
Jèrgen Vogel
After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.
Released Date:
2009-01-08
Languages:
German, Turkish
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
93 min
IMDB Ratings:
(1531 Reviews)
Director:
Christian PetzoldGenres:
DramaThe dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. That's when Thomas meets Laura, his Turkish boss's young and attractive wife. A classic love triangle is born, unfolding in desolate northeast Germany, where thick forests suddenly end on cliffs overlooking the Baltic Sea. Caught between guilt and freedom, between passion and reason, the protagonists have no hopes for fulfillment of their dreams.
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