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Honig Im Kopf
''Head Full of Honey'' (german: Honig im Kopf; lit.: ''Honey in the Head'') is a 2014 German drama film directed by Til Schweiger. It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to ''Labyrinth of Lies''. Plot Retired vet Amandus (Dieter Hallervorden) suffers from Alzheimer's disease. A speech he holds at his wife Margarete's funeral reveals his deteriorating mental state. When his son Niko (Til Schweiger) and his granddaughter Tilda (Emma Schweiger) visit him, they see that he can no longer live on his own because of his mental condition. Niko convinces Amandus to move into his house near Hamburg. Niko is married to Sarah (Jeanette Hain), but their marriage is in danger because his wife has a romance with her boss Serge (Jan Josef Liefers). Amandus's presence in the household causes disputes between Niko and Sarah. For example, Amandus nearly causes a fire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Til Schweiger
Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor, voice actor and filmmaker. He runs his own production company, Barefoot Films, in Berlin. Early life Schweiger was born in Freiburg, West Germany, to two teachers. He grew up in Heuchelheim near Giessen in Hesse, where he went to school. Later, he took acting lessons at ''Der Keller'' in Cologne and graduated in 1989. Career Schweiger's debut as a producer and (uncredited) director came in 1997 with ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door''. He also directed and produced '' Der Eisbär'' (''The Polar Bear'') in 1998. Schweiger won a Bambi Award for ''Barfuss'' (''Barefoot'') in 2005, which he wrote, directed, and starred in. He also won a Bambi for his lead role in ''Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1''. In 2007, ''Keinohrhasen'' (this literally translates to "no ear rabbit" while the English title is ''Rabbit Without Ears''), written, produced, and directed by Schweiger, became the most successful film in German th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Josef Liefers
Jan Josef Liefers (born 8 August 1964), is a German actor, producer, director and musician. Life Liefers was born in Dresden, the son of director Karlheinz Liefers and actress Brigitte Liefers-Wähner. After his apprenticeship he studied at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. From 1987 until 1990 he acted at the Deutsches Theater Berlin; after this he moved to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. His first role in cinema was Alexander von Humboldt in the East German film '. Following that, Liefers appeared in some minor film roles; however, in 1996 he achieved his breakthrough with the Helmut Dietl film '. He received the Bayerischer Filmpreis for his role ''(Bodo Kriegnitz)''. As a result of this success, he was awarded roles in several German films. He has been playing a pathologist in the famous serial Tatort since 2002. Liefers is a keen motorcyclist and in 2007 started on a trip of a lifetime from Quito (Ecuador) to Patagonia in South America. Unfortuna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Aleardi
Pasquale Aleardi (born 1 June 1971) is a Swiss actor. He is known for playing the role of 'J.D. Salinas' in ''Resident Evil''. He also starred as Billy Flynn in the Broadway production of ''Chicago''. In 2016, Aleardi starred in the lead role of Tommaso, an Italian Miner in ''Gotthard'' (2016). The film is the largest-scale Swiss TV production ever made and screened as a world premiere on 2 August 2016 for the traditional Prefestival evening, at the Festival del film Locarno 2016. Aleardi is the son of Greco-Italian emigrants. Aleardi was hired for his first Swiss film role in ''Jazz'' (1994). Despite the sudden success he ended 1995, the Theatre Academy and went to Germany, where he took engagements at theaters in Bonn, Düsseldorf and Cologne. After several theater successes on German stages with pieces such as ''The Big Bang'' by Arthur Miller (Best Production NRW 96 / Berlin Theatre Meeting), his interest focused on the movie. He played among others on the side of Vero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Violetta Schurawlow
Violetta Schurawlow (born 1 March 1986) is a German actress. She appeared in more than ten films since 2012. Selected filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people German film actresses {{Germany-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehmet Kurtuluş
Mehmet Kurtuluş (born 27 April 1972) is a Turkish-German actor. He is best known for his work with German director Fatih Akin. Life and career Kurtuluş was born in Uşak, Turkey, and moved at the age of 18 months to Germany, where he grew up with his brother, Tekin, in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. He performed several minor television roles in episodes of different TV shows and continued working in theater until his big-screen debut in his main role as the young Turkish boy ''Gabriel'' in Fatih Akın's film ''Kurz und schmerzlos'' ('' Short Sharp Shock''). After his breakthrough he appeared in the successful TV mini-series '' The Tunnel'', of Roland Suso Richter, where he performed alongside Heino Ferch and Nicolette Krebitz. Doris Dörrie chose him for her sex comedy ''Naked''. He went back to working in television with the love film ''Eine Liebe in Saigon'' (''Love in Saigon'') with Luxembourgian actress Désirée Nosbusch (to whom Kurtuluş was engaged). Kurtuluş played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach (; actually ''Katharina Joachim genannt Thalbach''; born 19 January 1954) is a German actress and stage director. She played theatre at the Berliner Ensemble and at the Volksbühne Berlin, and was actress in the film ''The Tin Drum''. She worked as a theatre and opera director. Life and work Born in East Berlin, Katharina Thalbach's father Benno Besson was a director, her mother Sabine Thalbach, was an actress. Also actors are her half-brother and her stepmother Ursula Karusseit. At the age of four, Thalbach was playing children's roles on stage, on television and in films. After the death of her mother in 1966, Helene Weigel took her under her care. In 1967, she made her debut as the whore Betty (later the Polly) in Erich Engel's production of Brecht's '' Dreigroschenoper''. She completed her Abitur at the Max-Planck-Oberschule. She obtained her stage maturity examination () as a master student of Helene Weigel, Berliner Ensemble. Thalbach played at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Career Break
A career break is a period of time out from employment. It is commonly used for people to take time out of their career for personal or professional development. History A career break is usually between one month and two years long. Six months to two years is the most common period of time for a career break.The Career Break Site survey, 2005 It is also possible to take a mini career break of less than one month, which enables people to try out career break activities without committing to longer periods of time. Shorter career breaks are most popular with people over 45 years of age. It can take the form of a sabbatical, which can be paid or unpaid; unpaid sabbaticals are much more common. Sabbaticals were originally only offered to academics and clerics but are now being increasingly offered by companies. A career break is not simply a period of unemployment. Career breakers usually do one or more of the following: * Travel * Voluntary work * Paid work abroad * Studying or train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Michelsen
Claudia Michelsen (born 4 February 1969) is a German actress. She has appeared in more than eighty films since 1989. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Michelsen, Claudia 1969 births Living people Actors from Dresden German film actresses German television actresses 20th-century German actresses 21st-century German actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel, church, or temple, and may also serve as an oratory, or in the case of communities anything from a single building housing only one senior and two or three junior monks or nuns, to vast complexes and estates housing tens or hundreds. A monastery complex typically comprises a number of buildings which include a church, dormitory, cloister, refectory, library, balneary and infirmary, and outlying granges. Depending on the location, the monastic order and the occupation of its inhabitants, the complex may also include a wide range of buildings that facilitate self-sufficiency and service to the community. These may include a hospice, a school, and a range of agricultural and manufacturing buildings such as a barn, a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahri Yardim
Fahri is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic name Fakhri, (Arabic: فَخْري ''fakh·riy'', ''fakh·rī'', ''fakh·ry'') in the possessive form meaning "honorary, titulary", both used as a name or surname. It may refer to: Given name * Fahri Asiza, Indonesian novelist and teacher * Fahri Beqiri (born 1936), Albanian composer and music professor * Fahri Hamzah (born 1971), Indonesian politician and former deputy speaker of the Indonesia House of Representatives * Fahri Kasırga (born 1953), Turkish lawyer and Secretary General of the Presidency of Turkey * Fahri Korutürk (1903–1987), Turkish navy officer, diplomat and the sixth President of Turkey * Fahri Sümer (born 1958), Turkish boxer * Fahri Tatan (born 1983), Turkish footballer * Fahri Yardım (born 1980), German actor Middle name *Mahdi Fahri Albaar (born 1995), Indonesian footballer Surname *Hussein Fahri Pasha (1843–1910), prime minister of Egypt *Jake Fahri, murderer of Jimmy Mizen {{surname, Fahri See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emergency Brake (train)
On trains, the expression emergency brake has several meanings: * The ''maximum'' brake force available to the engine driver from the conventional braking system, usually operated by taking the brake handle to its furthest position, through a gate mechanism, or by pushing a separate plunger in the cab. * A completely separate mechanism from the conventional braking system, designed to stop the train as quickly as possible. * A handle or plunger which may be applied by a passenger in an emergency situation, either stopping the train directly or sending an alarm to the driver so that they can stop the train. The emergency brake applies considerably more braking force than the standard full-service brake. The engine driver or motorman will only use the emergency brake as a last resort, since it may cause damage; even with modern wheel slide protection, a train may develop wheel-flats, and the rails themselves can suffer profile damage. Possible consequences of operation Putting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilo Prückner
Tilo Prückner (26 October 1940 – 2 July 2020 T-Online, 6 July 2020.) was a German television and film actor. His career spanned five decades and more than 100 films. Early life Tilo Prückner was born in , the son of the paediatrician Alfred Prückner and his wife Dorothea née Krause in Augsburg. The Prückner family has a long reaching family tradition in Hof. He first went to the St. Anna-Gymnasium in Augsburg and changed then to the school Melanchthon-Gymnasium in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
