4 Movies Starring Jan Josef Liefers

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-20

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(18129 Reviews)

Director:

Thomas Jahn

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Jahn (story)

Thomas Jahn (screenplay)

Til Schweiger (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hospital room. They drown their desperation in Tequila and decide to take one last trip to the sea. Drunk and still in pajamas they steal the first fancy car they find, a 60's Mercedes convertible. The car happens to belong to a bunch of gangsters, which immediately start to chase it, since it contains more than the pistol Martin finds in the glove box.

Bis zum Ellenbogen

Bis zum Ellenbogen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-01

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (473 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Simon & the Oaks

Simon & the Oaks

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-09

Languages:

Swedish, German, Hebrew, English

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1886 Reviews)

Director:

Lisa Ohlin

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Linda Aronson (script consultant)

Marnie Blok (script)

Marianne Fredriksson (based on the novel by)

Lisa Ohlin (additional script writer)

Oskar Sèderlund (adaptation)

Oskar Sèderlund (head of development)

Fullplot:

Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.

Mann tut was Mann kann

Mann tut was Mann kann

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-11

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

(928 Reviews)

Director:

Marc Rothemund

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Hans G. Raeth (screenplay)

Marc Rothemund (screenplay)

Andrè Erkau (contributing writer)

Gernot Gricksch (contributing writer)

Hendrik Hèlzemann (contributing writer)

Fullplot:

Paul Schuberth's top 40 HR in a Berlin publishing house and thinks he's happy with his life as a single. By Lisa he is divorced, with Kathrin he has a loose affair ...

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