8 Movies Starring Katja Riemann

Maybe... Maybe Not

Maybe... Maybe Not

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-07-12

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (4659 Reviews)

Director:

Sènke Wortmann

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Sènke Wortmann (screenplay)

Ralf Kènig (comics "Der bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby")

Fullplot:

Axel, a handsome young guy is always on the hunt for women although he already has a girlfriend, Doro. One day he is caught in the act with another woman by Doro and she quits the relationship and throws him out of her apartment. Seeking for a new home, Axel is introduced to Walter, a homosexual, who finds Axel quite attractive. Walter takes Axel to a gay party where they meet Norbert, who has a big apartment and is more than willing to let Axel stay for a while because he thinks he can seduce him. Meanwhile, Doro finds out that she is pregnant from Axel and now she tries to get him back, not knowing that he lives among homosexuals now. This gives room for a lot of funny incidents between the gay world and the straight world. But will Doro get Axel back or will he stay with Norbert instead?

Over My Dead Body

Over My Dead Body

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-08-31

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (352 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Rainer Matsutani

Sebastian Niemann

Fullplot:

After being unfaithful to her one time too much, Fred's wife has him shot dead by a killer. However, Fred manages to persuade Death to make a deal: He'll receive back his life if he frees from their misery three women whose hearts he had broken at lifetime. This task is not easy, but he receives help from wallflower Rita and from his mother who has been dead for five years...

Talk of the Town

Talk of the Town

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-10-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (653 Reviews)

Director:

Rainer Kaufmann

Fullplot:

Monika, the host of a daily radio call-in show on the verge of beco- ming a thirtysomething, has almost given up all hopes of finding the man of her dreams when her gay brother convinces her to try it one last time -- via a contact advertisement. Suprisingly, she finds some- one she instantly falls in love with, only to find out that her "Mr. Perfect" is already married -- to her best friend...

Bandits

Bandits

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-03

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany, France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2603 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Uwe Wilhelm

Katja von Garnier

Ben Taylor (idea)

Katja von Garnier (idea)

Fullplot:

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.

Bandits

Bandits

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-07-03

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany, France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2604 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Uwe Wilhelm

Katja von Garnier

Ben Taylor (idea)

Katja von Garnier (idea)

Fullplot:

Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.

Rosenstrasse

Rosenstrasse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-18

Languages:

German, English

Countries:

Germany, Netherlands

Runtime:

136 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1969 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Pamela Katz

Margarethe von Trotta

Fullplot:

When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped Ruth escape. Hannah, Ruth's daughter engaged to a gentile, goes to Berlin to find the woman, Lena Fisher, now 90. Posing as a journalist investigating intermarriage, Hannah interviews Lena who tells the story of a week in 1943 when the Jewish husbands of Aryan women were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse. The women gather daily for word of their husbands. The film goes back and forth to tell Ruth and Lena's story. How will it affect Hannah?

The Foster Boy

The Foster Boy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-25

Languages:

Swiss German

Countries:

Switzerland, Germany

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (765 Reviews)

Director:

Markus Imboden

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Plinio Bachmann (screenplay)

Jasmine Hoch (collaboration on screenplay)

Fullplot:

The illegitimate orphan child, 12-year-old Max, is sold by the local minister for a basket of food to the Bèsiger family, who own a mountain farm. Max' initial hope of finally finding a loving home is brutally shattered: The farmer and his wife treat Max like livestock, and their son Jacob humiliates and abuses him. Only the local teacher notices the child suffering on the farm.

Suck Me Shakespeer

Suck Me Shakespeer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-11-07

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

119 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (14010 Reviews)

Director:

Bora Dagtekin

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Bora Dagtekin (screenplay)

Simon Hauschild (lecture)

Fullplot:

A comedy that follows an ex-con who lands a position at a school that sits over the spot where money from one of his earlier robberies was stashed.

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