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Dieter Laser
Klaus Dieter Laser (17 February 1942 – 29 February 2020) was a German actor. Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language productions. He achieved recognition for his lead role in the 2009 film ''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'' and also starred in the third entry in 2015. On television, he had a recurring role on ''Lexx'' from 1998 to 2000. Life and career Laser was born in Kiel, Germany. He was known to English speaking audiences for his roles as Mantrid in ''Lexx'', Prof. Otto Blaettchen in '' The Ogre'', Dr. Josef Heiter in ''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)'' and Bill Boss in ''The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)'' In 1975, he was awarded the ''German Film Award in Gold'' in the category of ''Best Actor'' for his title role in '' John Glückstadt''. During the filming of ''The Human Centipede'', many crew members and leading actors described Laser as being a method actor. On the days of filming he did not speak to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (french: Festival international du film fantastique de Bruxelles, nl, Internationaal Festival van de Fantastische Film van Brussel) was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films. It takes place in Brussels, every year in March. Initially organized by Annie Bozzo, Gigi Etienne, Freddy Bozzo, Georges Delmote and Guy Delmote, it now has prizes in both feature-length and short films, and also hosts an international body-painting competition. The festival is accredited by the FIAPF as a competitive specialised film festival. Winners of the grand prize, the Golden Raven statuette, include '' Army of Darkness'', ''Radioactive Dreams'', and '' Dog Soldiers''. Winners of the Golden Raven See also * B-movie *European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation Other genre film festivals * Sitges Film Festival * MOTELx - Lisbon Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Cell (film)
''The Glass Cell'' (german: Die gläserne Zelle) is a 1978 West German crime film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer and starring Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, and Dieter Laser. It is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards . It was shot at the Bavaria Studios and on location around Munich and Frankfurt. The film's sets were designed by art director Heidi Lüdi. Cast * Brigitte Fossey as Lisa Braun * Helmut Griem as Phillip Braun * Dieter Laser as David Reinelt * Walter Kohut as Robert Lasky * Claudius Kracht as Timmie Braun * Günter Strack as Direktor Goller * Hans-Günter Martens as Prosecutor * Edith Volkmann as Nachbarin * Bernhard Wicki as Kommissar Österreicher * Martin Flörchinger See also * List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Storm
''Baltic Storm'' is a 2003 film written and directed by Reuben Leder about the 1994 MS ''Estonia'' disaster. Based on the book ''Die Estonia: Tragödie eines Schiffsuntergangs'' by German journalist Jutta Rabe, the film focuses on the supposed transport of defense materials by the Swedish Armed Forces, and alleged cover-up of the true cause of the disaster. Plot The plot portrays the Swedish government as being responsible for using the ship to covertly transport Russian high-tech components to the United States. The story is uncovered by a young female journalist, not unlike Rabe herself. According to Rabe, divers hired by the Swedish government (signing contracts swearing lifetime secrecy) spent hours breaking into cabins frantically searching for a black attaché case carried by a Russian space technology dealer, Aleksandr Voronin (who died 2002). She highlighted US interest in various Soviet technology, including nuclear-powered satellites. She also suggested that panic ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuhrer Ex
Ingo Hasselbach (born 14 July 1967 in Berlin-Weißensee) is a German well known for being a former neo-Nazi. He is the author of the book ''Führer Ex: Memoirs of a Former Neo-Nazi'' (with Tom Reiss), also made into a movie directed by Winfried Bonengel, which has been translated into several languages. Furthermore he was co-founder of the German EXIT project, which helps people leave the neo-Nazi community. The project is modeled on a Swedish project with the same name. Hasselbach's parents were two Communist-party loyal journalists. His mother was an editor at the ADN ("Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst", the former GDR's news service), while his father was employed at the broadcasting service in East Berlin. He was raised mostly with his grandparents. After graduating he began an apprenticeship to become a stonemason, but by 1985 he was subjected to legal censure because of rowdyism. His public appeal "The wall must fall!" brought him a prison sentence of nine months in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Girls Don't Cry (film)
''Big Girls Don't Cry'' (german: Große Mädchen weinen nicht) is a 2002 German teen drama film written and directed by Maria von Heland. It tells the story of two teenage girls in Berlin, one of whom takes revenge on the daughter of her father's lover. A subplot involves a third girl who drifts into pornography and comes to a bad end. Plot Kati and Steffi, inseparable since childhood, are teenagers at school. Kati endures a modest and difficult home life with a neurotic mother, but Steffi's family are well off and harmonious. Everything changes when in a night club the two see Steffi's father entwined with another woman. Furious at this treachery, Steffi plots revenge against the woman's daughter Tessa. First she sends the girl to audition for a band, but it emerges that she can sing well and the band like her. That having failed, Steffi sends her to a pornographer, having got the address from a schoolmate Yvonne, who posed to earn some money so that she could leave home. Kati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rat (1997 Film)
The Rat may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''The Rat'' (play), a 1924 play written by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier * ''The Rat'' (1925 film), a film by Ivor Novello based on his play of the same name * ''The Rat'' (1937 film), another film adaptation of the play * "The Rat" (''Beavis and Butt-Head''), an episode of the American television show ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * "The Rat" (''Prison Break'' episode), an episode of the American television show ''Prison Break'' * "The Rat" (song), a 2004 song by The Walkmen from their album ''Bows + Arrows'' * "The Rat", a song by Dead Confederate from their album Wrecking Ball * ''The Rat'' (novel), a book by Günter Grass published in German in 1986 as ''Die Rättin'' * The Rat, a character from Haruki Murakami's 'Trilogy of the Rat' ''Hear the Wind Sing'', ''Pinball, 1973'' and ''A Wild Sheep Chase'' Nickname * Niki Lauda (born 1949), Austrian former Formula One race car driver * Ken Linseman (born 1958), former National Hoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai 1937
''Shanghai 1937'' (also released as ''Hotel Shanghai'') is a 1997 German two-part miniseries directed by Peter Patzak for German Television. It was entered into the 20th Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Agnieszka Wagner as Helen Russell * Nicholas Clay as Bobby * James McCaffrey as Frank Taylor * Zhang Min * Dieter Laser * Robert Giggenbach * Nigel Davenport as Butler * Elliott Gould as Hutchinson * Annie Girardot as Mme. Tissaud * Patrick Ryecart as Sir Kingsdale-Smith Reception In a positive review for ''The Hollywood Reporter'', Duane Byrge wrote, "Director Peter Patzak has fashioned a roiling entertainment, nicely transposing this sprawling story to a tight, filmic dimension. Technically, it's marvelous with its teeming visuals and captivating marches through old Shanghai. Highest praise to cinematographer Martin Stingl for the panoramic scopings, and particular praise to art director Qin Baisong for evoking the passions and terrors of the times." In a negative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conversation With The Beast
''Conversation with the Beast'' (german: Gespräch mit dem Biest) is a 1996 German film directed by Armin Mueller-Stahl, and written by Mueller-Stahl and Tom Abrams. The film is about an American researcher (played by Bob Balaban), who interviews a 103-year-old man claiming to be Adolf Hitler. The film was released on 10 September 1996 at the 1996 Toronto International Film Festival, shown at over twenty film festivals worldwide, but never released on video. Plot The film is based on the idea that Adolf Hitler, the "beast" of the film title, is still alive—hidden in a bunker—at the age of 103 (in 1992). The protagonist sits in a wheelchair and speaks English. This "real" Hitler invites six Hitler doubles into the bunker, furnished with Nazi paraphernalia, in which he lives with his apparently very young wife Hortense. Webster, an American journalist, breaks into the bunker and asks uncomfortable questions. He interviews the self-proclaimed Hitler for ten days before shooting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meeting Venus
''Meeting Venus'' is a 1991 British–American-Japanese film directed by the Hungarian director István Szabó and starring Glenn Close and Niels Arestrup. The movie was filmed in Budapest, Hungary. This fictional story follows misadventures in making a modern Parisian production of the Wagner opera ''Tannhäuser'', which in itself tells of the production of a singing contest. "Here you can be misunderstood in six different languages." The singing contest, the opera and the film explore the tension between sexuality and spirituality, punctuated by emotionally gripping vocal, choral and orchestral music. "Without hard work, there are no miracles," and in spite of committed, passionate people, the results are in doubt to the final moment in each performance. Cast Many of the characters in this movie have the same name and family name as director István Szabó, but in different languages. The Hungarian name István in English corresponds with Stephen. Surname Szabó mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Inside (1990 Film)
''The Man Inside'' is a 1990 American drama film directed by Bobby Roth. It stars Jürgen Prochnow and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for a Mystfest award in 1990. Cast *Jürgen Prochnow as Günter Wallraff *Peter Coyote as Henry Tobel *Nathalie Baye as Christine *Dieter Laser as Leonard Schroeter *Monique van de Ven as Tina Wallraff * Philip Anglim as Rolf Gruel * Henry G. Sanders as Evans * James Laurenson as Mueller * Sylvie Granotier as Kathy Heller * Hippolyte Girardot as Rudolph Schick * Joe Sheridan as Karl * Philippe Leroy as Borges (credited as Philippe Leroy Beaulieu) *Christine Murillo as Angela * Barbara Williams as Judie Brandt *Florence Pernel as Angel *Gert Haucke as Heinz Herbert Schultz *Günter Meisner as Judge Soundtrack ''L'Affaire Wallraff (The Man Inside)'' is the seventeenth soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Väter Und Söhne – Eine Deutsche Tragödie
''Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie'' (English title: ''Fathers and Sons: A German Tragedy'') is a 1986 German-language television miniseries directed by Bernhard Sinkel and starring Burt Lancaster, Julie Christie. Plot The series explores the lives of two German industrial dynasties, one of Jewish bankers and the other the founders of a chemical empire. For three generations, their plots and plans, loves and betrayals help the rise of Germany and then to total destruction. The Deutz end up in the dock, on trial for war crimes at Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ..., while his trusted friends, the Bemheim, with one exception, have been killed. Cast References *Film-Dienst, Vol 58,Number 8-13, by Katholisches Institut für Medieninformatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin ( rus, Евге́ний Ива́нович Замя́тин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ zɐˈmʲætʲɪn; – 10 March 1937), sometimes anglicized as Eugene Zamyatin, was a Russian author of science fiction, philosophy, literary criticism, and political satire. Despite being the son of a Russian Orthodox priest, Zamyatin lost his faith in Christianity at an early age and became a Bolshevik. As a member of his Party's Pre-Revolutionary underground, Zamyatin was repeatedly arrested, beaten, imprisoned, and exiled. However, Zamyatin was just as deeply disturbed by the policies pursued by the All-Union Communist Party (b) (VKP (b) following the October Revolution as he had been by the Tsarist policy of Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality. Due to his subsequent use of literature to both satirize and criticize the Soviet Union's enforced conformity and increasing totalitarianism, Zamyatin, whom Mirra Ginsburg has dubbed "a man of incorruptib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
