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Guys And Balls
''Guys and Balls'' (German: ''Männer wie wir'', literally ''Men like us'', UK title: Balls) is a 2004 sports comedy/romance film by German American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play against his ex-team, which fired him due to homophobia. Plot Ecki ( Maximilian Brückner) lives with his parents who own a bakery in Boldrup, a (fictitious) small German town near Dortmund. Football, the German national pastime, is particularly popular in this heavily industrialized region and Ecki has been an avid and successful player in a local club FC Boldrup, since his childhood days. In a decisive game, he fails to keep a ball at a penalty and the team fails to get the promotion to the district league. The team are devastated and get drunk at a party. Ecki is then evicted from the team, with his mistake being used to cover the real reason—the revelation that he is gay that comes about when he is observed by some of his teammates kis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherry Hormann
Sherry Hormann (born 20 April 1960) is a German-American film director. Hormann is best known for her movies ''Guys and Balls'' (2004), '' Desert Flower'' (2009) and '' 3096 Days'' (2013). Hormann was born in the United States, but moved to Germany in 1966, when she was six years old. She attended the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and mainly works in German cinema. She was married to film director Dominik Graf. In October 2011, she married cinematographer Michael Ballhaus; he died in April 2017. Selected filmography * 1994: ''Frauen sind was Wunderbares'' * 1996: ''Father's Day'' * 1998: ''Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen'' * 1998: '' – Angst spür’ ich, wo kein Herz ist'' (TV documentary series episode) * 2001: '' Private Lies'' (TV film) * 2002: ''My Daughter's Tears'' (TV film) * 2004: ''Guys and Balls'' * 2006: ''Helen, Fred und Ted'' (TV film) *2006–2007: ''Der Kriminalist ' is a German television series produced by Monaco Film Hamburg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Zacher
Rolf Zacher (28 March 1941 – 3 February 2018) was a German actor. Life and career Zacher appeared in about 190 films and television shows between 1961 and 2016, often in illustrious or eccentric character roles. He starred in the 1971 film ''Jaider, der einsame Jäger'', which was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. He won the Deutscher Filmpreis for portraying a criminal in Reinhard Hauff's film drama ' (1980). A film critic once called Zacher the "best small-time criminal of German cinema". In 2016, Zacher appeared in ''Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!'', the German version of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', but had to leave after eight days for medical reasons. He died at a nursing home in Büdelsdorf Büdelsdorf ( da, Bydelstorp) is a town in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider and the Kiel Canal, approx. north of Rendsburg, and west of Kiel, just off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Solberg
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tobias Van Dieken
Tobias is the transliteration of the Greek which is a translation of the Hebrew biblical name he, טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, JahGod is good, label=none. With the biblical Book of Tobias being present in the Deuterocanon/Apocrypha of the Bible, Tobias is a popular male given name for both Christians and Jews in English-speaking countries, German-speaking countries, the Low Countries, and Scandinavian countries. In English-speaking countries, it is often shortened to Toby. In German, this name appears as Tobias or Tobi; in French as Tobie; and in Swedish as Tobias or Tobbe. Tobias has also been a surname. In other languages * Danish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese: Tobias * Amharic: ጦቢያ (T’obīya) * Catalan: Tobies * Czech: Tobiáš, Tobias * Croatian: Tobijaš * Finnish: Topias, Topi * French: Tobie * Greek: Τωβίας ''(Tobías)'' * Hebrew: Tovia, Tuvya * Hungarian: Tóbiás * Italian: Tobia (name) * Lithuanian: Tobijas * Polish: Tobiasz * Russian: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Lang
Mirko Lang is a German actor, who has appeared in many different screenplays, television shows, as well as stage productions. Born in October 1978 in Bremen, Germany, he currently lives in Berlin. After doing his Abitur he started studying music and theatre in Hannover, where he also had his first appearances on stage. While still studying, he starred in several motion pictures including '' Engel and Joe'' (where he had a leading part) and '' Das Wunder von Bern'', which was a popular German movie. He finished studying in 2002 and won a Talent Award for being the best talented young actor in Germany. Since then, he has been working as an independent actor. Movie appearances *''Born Guilty'' (2005) *''Aeon Flux'' (2004) *' (2004) *'' Männer wie wir'' (2003) *'' Das Wunder von Bern'' (2002) *''Engel and Joe'' (2001) Theatrical appearances *Shakespeare’s ''Was ihr wollt'' (2004–05) * Astrid Lindgren’s ''Brüder Löwenherz'' (2002–04) *''Die Nibelungen ''Die Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Ljubek
Carlo Ljubek (born May 21, 1976 in Bocholt, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German actor. Life Carlo Ljubek was born as a son of Croatian migrants in Bocholt, Germany. He graduated after his actor's training 2002 in Munich, Germany at the Otto-Falckenberg-School. At the intimate theatre of Munich (), which is affiliated to the school he performed among other plays in Shakespeares ''What You Will''. He then performed at the , Germany from 2002 to 2007. Since summer 2007 he is employed at the playhouse Cologne (), where he was very successfully seen as Siegfried (Nibelungen saga) and Jason ("The Golden Fleece"). After a few appearances on German TV he further played in movie productions, such as Sherry Hormans "Guys and Balls" or Stefan Komandarev's "The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner" (based on the novel of Ilija Trojanow) He is married to the actress Maja Schöne and they have a daughter. ] Theater 1999 to 2002, Muenchner Kammerspiele * ''Golem'', dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jochen Stern
Jochen is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jochen Asche, East German luger, competed during the 1960s *Jochen Böhler (born 1969), German historian, specializing in the history of World War II *Jochen Babock (born 1953), East German bobsledder *Jochen Bachfeld (born 1952), retired boxer from East Germany * Jochen Balke (1917–1944), German breaststroke swimmer *Jochen Behle (born 1960), former (West) German cross-country skier *Jochen Bleicken (1926–2005), German professor of ancient history *Jochen Borchert (born 1940), German politician and member of the CDU * Jochen Breiholz, German opera manager *Jochen Busse (born 1941), German television actor *Jochen Carow (born 1944), German former footballer *Jochen Cassel (born 1981), German badminton player * Jochen Danneberg (born 1953), East German ski jumper * Jochen Dornbusch, the coach for the men's Hong Kong national team *Jochen Endreß (born 1972), retired German football player *Jochen Förster (born 1942) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willi Thomczyk
Willi is a given name, nickname (often a short form or hypocorism of Wilhelm) and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Willi Apel (1893–1988), German-American musicologist * Willi Boskovsky (1909–1991), Austrian violinist and conductor * Willi Forst (1903–1980), born Wilhelm Anton Frohs, Austrian actor, screenwriter, film director, film producer and singer * Willi Hennig (1913–1976), German biologist * Willi Liebherr (born 1947), German-Swiss businessman and billionaire * Willi Smith (1948–1987), African-American fashion designer * Willi Ziegler (1929–2002), German paleontologist Nickname * Willi Graf (1918–1943), member of the White Rose anti-Nazi resistance group under consideration for sainthood * Willi Münzenberg (1889–1940), German communist political activist and publisher * Willi Orbán (born 1992), German-Hungarian footballer * Willi Ostermann (1876–1936), German lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Giffel
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Number, a barcode standard compatible with EAN * Japanese Accepted Name, a Japanese nonproprietary drug name * Job Accommodation Network, US, for people with disabilities * ''Joint Army-Navy'', US standards for electronic color codes, etc. * ''Journal of Advanced Nursing'' Personal name * Jan (name), male variant of ''John'', female shortened form of ''Janet'' and ''Janice'' * Jan (Persian name), Persian word meaning 'life', 'soul', 'dear'; also used as a name * Ran (surname), romanized from Mandarin as Jan in Wade–Giles * Ján, Slovak name Other uses * January, as an abbreviation for the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar * Jan (cards), a term in some card games when a player loses without taking any tricks or scoring a min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Sitta
A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, ''melōidía'', "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include other musical elements such as tonal color. It is the foreground to the background accompaniment. A line or part need not be a foreground melody. Melodies often consist of one or more musical phrases or motifs, and are usually repeated throughout a composition in various forms. Melodies may also be described by their melodic motion or the pitches or the intervals between pitches (predominantly conjunct or disjunct or with further restrictions), pitch range, tension and release, continuity and coherence, cadence, and shape. Function and elements Johann Philipp Kirnberger argued: The Norwegian composer Marcus Paus has argued: Given the many and varied elem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Wellmann
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or " protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some curr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
