5 Movies Directed by Robert Dornhelm

Cold Feet

Cold Feet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-05-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (301 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas McGuane

Jim Harrison

Fullplot:

A psycho-killer with mommy issues, a charming crooked cowboy and their girl steel some jewels. The cowboy decides not to share and goes on the run with the loot. A crazy chase across the country between former partners in crime begins.

The Unfish

The Unfish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Austria

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (153 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Fullplot:

A huge stuffed whale, part of a traveling show, arrives on a truck in a little Austrian village. Calamitously, its owner, Ricardo, dies. The orphaned object, temporarily parked in town, provokes a chain of events by turns homely, fantastical, sensual, and comic.

The Break

The Break

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-20

Languages:

English, Irish, Spanish

Countries:

UK, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Japan

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (295 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Cast:

Writer:

Ronan Bennett (screenplay)

Stephen Rea (idea by)

Fullplot:

Dowd, who's IRA, escapes an Irish prison in a bloody jailbreak, making his way to New York City where he lives alone, avoids Irish hangouts, and works as a dishwasher. When a good deed gets him stabbed, one of the restaurant employees takes him in and finds him medical care. As Dowd recovers in the flat of Tulio and Tulio's sister Monica, he realizes that these Guatemalan exiles share his rebellious principles. When he learns they are planning a political assassination, he offers to help. His attraction to Monica contributes to his willingness to volunteer. However, the cops are closing in on him: can he make the hit, protect his new friends, and escape with Monica?

The Unfish

The Unfish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Austria

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (153 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Fullplot:

A huge stuffed whale, part of a traveling show, arrives on a truck in a little Austrian village. Calamitously, its owner, Ricardo, dies. The orphaned object, temporarily parked in town, provokes a chain of events by turns homely, fantastical, sensual, and comic.

Spartacus

Spartacus

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-04-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

174 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4587 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Dornhelm

Cast:

Writer:

Howard Fast (novel)

Robert Schenkkan (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

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