6 Movies Starring Katharina Thalbach

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-04-11

Languages:

German, Italian, Hebrew, Polish, Russian

Countries:

West Germany, France, Poland, Yugoslavia

Runtime:

142 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (16573 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière

Gènter Grass (additional dialogue)

Gènter Grass (novel)

Volker Schlèndorff

Franz Seitz

Fullplot:

Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. However, (almost) nobody listens to him, so the catastrophe goes on...

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-05

Languages:

Swedish, Hungarian, German

Countries:

Sweden, Hungary, Norway

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (766 Reviews)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Fullplot:

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-05

Languages:

Swedish, Hungarian, German

Countries:

Sweden, Hungary, Norway

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (766 Reviews)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Fullplot:

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true story.

Kaspar Hauser

Kaspar Hauser

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-07

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany, Austria, Sweden

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (403 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Sehr

Fullplot:

Kaspar Hauser is the son of the duke of Baden. At the age of one he was swapped by another baby that has been killed right after the change. The real Kaspar Hauser grew up in prison without light, social contacts and education for more than ten years. As teenager he came to public again. First he had to learn a language and other basic skills. Before Kaspar Hauser, meanwhile well educated, found out his real idendity, he was killed.

Hands off Mississippi

Hands off Mississippi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-22

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (235 Reviews)

Director:

Detlev Buck

Cast:

Writer:

Cornelia Funke (novel)

Maggie Peren (screenplay)

Stefan Schaller (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Moon Man

Moon Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-12-19

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

France, Germany, Ireland

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (213 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Stephan Schesch (screenplay)

Ralph Martin (screenplay)

Tomi Ungerer (story)

Fullplot:

A bored Man in the Moon hitches a ride to Earth on the tails of a passing comet and starts to explore the fantastical creatures and sights of a new planet. But all is not well - the Moon Man's absence from his post means that all the world's children are unable to sleep. Before the President can capture him, they must join forces to return him to his rightful place in the sky.

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