4 Movies Starring Otto Sander

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Palermo or Wolfsburg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-10-01

Languages:

German, Italian

Countries:

Switzerland, West Germany

Runtime:

173 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (119 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Werner Schroeter (screenplay)

Giuseppe Fava (screenplay)

Orazio Torrisi (dialogue)

Werner Schroeter (dialogue)

Klaus Dethloff (dialogue: law)

Fullplot:

Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-04-10

Languages:

German, Polish, French

Countries:

Czechoslovakia, West Germany

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (735 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Twenty years earlier, Rosa's political gifts are acknowledged by everyone, as she struggles for democratic government in Germany and revolution in Poland. There she works closely with Leo Jogiches. Their political activity creates some difficulty for their personal relationship... As international tensions rise, Rosa makes speeches denouncing war and militarism. She seems too radical for her fellow Socialists. She meets Karl Liebknecht. When World War I begins, Rosa and Karl are united in opposition...

Wings of Desire

Wings of Desire

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1988-05-06

Languages:

German, English, French, Turkish, Hebrew, Spanish, Japanese

Countries:

West Germany, France

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (43509 Reviews)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Writer:

Wim Wenders

Peter Handke (screenplay)

Richard Reitinger (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying to provide comfort to the troubled, although those efforts are not always successful. Among those they are currently observing are: the cast and crew of a movie - a detective story set in WWII Nazi Germany - which include a sensitive and perceptive Peter Falk; an elderly man named Homer looking for eternal peace; and the troupe of a financially failing circus, which has closed early for the season because of those financial problems. One day, Damiel tells Cassiel that he wants to become human, to feel not only the sensory aspects of physical beings, but also emotional aspects. He embarks on this thought with the full realization that there is no turning back if he decides to do so. His thoughts are largely because he has fallen in love with Marion, the trapeze artist with the circus. If he does decide to become a human, there is no guarantee that as a human that he will be able to locate Marion or that she will return his affection. His angels, however, may be looking out for him.

Faraway, So Close!

Faraway, So Close!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-12-21

Languages:

German, French, English, Italian, Russian

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5426 Reviews)

Director:

Wim Wenders

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Reitinger

Wim Wenders

Ulrich Zieger

Fullplot:

A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.

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