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Katja Riemann
Katja Hannchen Leni Riemann (, born 1 November 1963) is a German actress. The daughter of two teachers, Riemann grew up in Weyhe, near Bremen. After high school she went to Hamburg to study music and theater. She is the mother of actress Paula Riemann, whose father is Peter Sattmann. Selected filmography * ' (dir. Peter Beauvais, 1987, TV miniseries) * ''Von Gewalt keine Rede'' (dir. , 1991, TV film) * '' Regina auf den Stufen'' (dir. , 1992, TV miniseries) * ' (dir. , 1993) * '' Making Up!'' (dir. Katja von Garnier, 1993) * ''Der bewegte Mann'' (dir. Sönke Wortmann, 1994) * '' Over My Dead Body'' (dir. , 1995) * '' Talk of the Town'' (dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1995) * ' (dir. Dennis Satin, 1996) * ''Bandits'' (dir. Katja von Garnier, 1997) * '' The Pharmacist'' (dir. Rainer Kaufmann, 1997) * ''Comedian Harmonists'' (1997) * ' (dir. Josée Dayan, 1999, TV film) * ''Desire'' (dir. Colleen Murphy, 2000) * '' Rosenstrasse'' (dir. Margarethe von Trotta, 2003) * ''Agnes and His Broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weyhe
Weyhe is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south of Bremen. History First mentioned in 860, when a sick girl from "Wege" travelled to the grave of Saint Willehad in Bremen. Legend has it that she was cured by a miracle. However, it was not until 1 March 1974 when the municipally was officially christened as "Weyhe". That day, the nine smaller municipalities Kirchweyhe, Leeste, Lahausen, Sudweyhe, Erichshof, Melchiorshausen, Dreye, Jeebel and Ahausen were united. Education In the western part there is the KGS Leeste, in the eastern part the KGS Kirchweyhe. These schools are part of the Gesamtschule (comprehensive school) system which employs all three traditional tracks in German education; Hauptschule, Realschule, and Gymnasium. Twin towns – sister cities Weyhe is twinned with: * Cesvaine, Latvia * Coulaines, France * Ērgļi, Latvia * Lubāna, Latvia * Madona, Latvia * Varakļāni, Latvia Notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedian Harmonists (film)
''Comedian Harmonists'' (English title: ''The Harmonists'') is a 1997 German film, directed by Joseph Vilsmaier, about the popular German vocal group the Comedian Harmonists of the 1920s and 1930s. The film was supported by the German and Austrian film fund. Plot In 1927, unemployed German-Jewish actor Harry Frommermann is inspired by the American group The Revelers to create a German group of the same format. He holds auditions and signs on four additional singers and a pianist. Naming themselves the "Comedian Harmonists", they meet international fame and popularity. However, they eventually run into trouble when the Nazis come to power, as half the group is Jewish. Cast * Ben Becker as Robert Biberti * Heino Ferch as Roman Cycowski * Ulrich Noethen as Harry Frommermann * Heinrich Schafmeister as Erich A. Collin * Max Tidof as Ari Leschnikoff * Kai Wiesinger as Erwin Bootz * Meret Becker as Erna Eggstein * Katja Riemann as Mary Cycowski * Noemi Fischer as Chantal, Collin's girl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bora Dağtekin
Bora Dağtekin (born 27 October 1978) is a German screenwriter and film director who has directed several of the most successful German-language films, notably ''Fack ju Göhte''. Early life Dağtekin was born and raised in Hanover to a German mother and a Turkish father and moved to Ludwigsburg to study screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, graduating in 2006. His thesis screenplay was an retelling of the classic German play ''The Robbers'' as an action film. Career Dağtekin worked as a writer in the advertising industry before finding employment as a writer for various German television series, among them the soap opera ''Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten''. His directorial debut was ''Türkisch für Anfänger'' (2006–2009); he also wrote and directed a feature-length film with the same name in 2012. His biggest success was the 2013 film ''Fack ju Göhte'', which was the fourth-most successful German film ever as measured by audience numbers and spawned a mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fack Ju Göhte
''Fack ju Göhte'' (intentional misspelling of "Fuck you, Goethe") is a 2013 German comedy film directed by Bora Dağtekin and starring Elyas M'Barek and Karoline Herfurth, while Max von der Groeben and Jella Haase appear in supporting roles. The film was produced by Rat Pack Filmproduktion in coproduction with Constantin Film. ''Fack ju Göthe'' premiered on 29 October 2013 in Munich, and was subsequently released in cinemas on 7 November. It was released in the United States under the title ''Suck Me Shakespeer''. Plot Bank robber Zeki Müller has just been let out of prison. Upon his release, he goes to retrieve the money he stole in order to repay a debt, but his friend buried it in a construction site. During Zeki's time in prison, the construction project was completed and his money is now buried beneath the new gymnasium at the Goethe Gesamtschule. In order to obtain the money, Zeki applies for the vacant position of a deceased janitor. However, due to a misunderstand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Weekend (2012 Film)
A weekend is the part of the week that is traditionally devoted to rest, rather than work. Weekend or Week End may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music Artists *The Weeknd (born 1990), Canadian singer and songwriter *The Weekend (Canadian band) (formed 1998), pop rock *Weekend (Welsh band) (1981–1983), new wave * Weekend (American band) (formed 2009), shoegaze * Weekend (Polish band) (formed 2000), disco polo/dance Albums * ''Weekend'' (Underground Lovers album) * ''Weekend'' (Kenny Lattimore album) * ''Weekend'' (The Sounds album) * ''Weekend'' (EP), by Young Lyre * ''The Weekend'' (album), by Smashproof *''The Weekend'', an album by Hey Mercedes Songs * "Weekend" (Daz song) * "Weekend" (Earth and Fire song) * "Weekend" (Eddie Cochran song) * "Weekend" (Mac Miller song) * "Weekend" (Taeyeon song) * "Weekend" (The Todd Terry Project song) * "Weekend" (Wet Willie song) * "Weekends" (The Black Eyed Peas song) * "Week End" (Lorie song) * "Week End" (X Japan song) * "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Foster Boy
''The Foster Boy'' (german: Der Verdingbub) is a 2011 Swiss drama film directed by Markus Imboden. It dramatizes the fate of two Verdingkinder in Emmental. Plot Max is an orphan whose one true passion is to play the accordion. He is sent to the Bosigers farm where he meets Berteli who is also with the Bosigers as a foster child. Even though they are cared for by being fed and sent to school, Max and Berteli are treated like servants. Berteli is upset at being separated from her mother and at first Mrs Bosiger shows tenderness towards her by giving her chocolate when she cries at the dinner table. Max is indifferent towards Berteli in the beginning but later on develops a genuine affection towards her. Max has a pet rabbit which he loves and Berteli innocently tells Jakob, the Bosigers son, about it, who cruelly kills the rabbit and brings the meat for Mrs Bosiger to cook. When he reveals at the table that it was Max's rabbit that he brought, Max rushes outside disgusted and vomits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaway Horse
''Runaway Horse'' (german: Ein fliehendes Pferd) is a 1978 novella by the German writer Martin Walser. Plot Two men facing midlife crisis, Klaus Buch and Helmut Halm, are old school friends and meet by chance during vacation with their wives at Lake Constance. Their socialising during the vacation turns into a power struggle. Klaus boasts about his manliness whereas Helmut has come to terms with his ordinary and uneventful life. Reception ''Runaway Horse'' was an immediate bestseller in Germany. It was published in an English translation by Leila Vennewitz in 1987. Adaptation The novella is the basis for the 2007 film ''Runaway Horse ''Runaway Horse'' (german: Ein fliehendes Pferd) is a 1978 novella by the German writer Martin Walser. Plot Two men facing midlife crisis, Klaus Buch and Helmut Halm, are old school friends and meet by chance during vacation with their wives at ...''. References Further reading * * * {{cite journal , last=Wilkinson , first=Jane , year=2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood & Chocolate (film)
''Blood & Chocolate'' is a 2007 fantasy-horror film directed by Katja von Garnier. It was written by Ehren Kruger and Christopher B. Landon and is loosely inspired by Annette Curtis Klause's 1997 young adult novel of the same name. An international co-production between the United States, Germany, Romania, and the United Kingdom, ''Blood & Chocolate'' was both a commercial and critical failure. Plot 19-year-old werewolf Vivian was born in Bucharest to Romanian parents who emigrated to America. Her parents and two siblings were murdered when she was nine. Orphaned, she lives in Bucharest with her aunt Astrid who owns a chocolate store. Astrid is the former mate of the werewolf pack leader Gabriel who, in accordance with pack law, leaves her after seven years for a new mate. Once in a while he returns to sleep with Astrid, who remains painfully in love with him. Vivian is disgusted but Gabriel wants her as his mate, believing her to be the prophesied woman to bring about a "new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Roehler
Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among others, Niklaus Schilling, Christoph Schlingensief and Mark Schlichter. Since the early 1990s, he has also been working as a film director. For his film No Place to Go he won the Deutscher Filmpreis. His 2010 film '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography * ''Gentleman'' (1995) * ''Silvester Countdown'' (1997) * ''Gierig'' (1999) * '' No Place to Go'' (2000) * ''Suck My Dick'' (2001) * ''Beloved Sister'' (2002) * ''Angst'' (2003) * ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (2004) * '' The Elementary Particles'' (2006) * ''Lulu and Jimi'' (2009) * '' Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' (2010) * ''Sources of Life'' (2013) * ''Punk Berlin 1982'' (2015) * '' Subs'' (2017) * ''Enfan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes And His Brothers
''Agnes and His Brothers'' (german: Agnes und seine Brüder) is a 2004 film directed by Oskar Roehler. Plot Three very different siblings: Hans-Jörg, a librarian who is a sex addict; Werner, a politician in a troubled marriage with a son who enjoys discrediting his father; Martin, who is now Agnes after having a gender-reassignment operation. Agnes works as a dancer and is suffering from unrequited love. Cast * Martin Weiß as Agnes Tschirner * Moritz Bleibtreu as Hans-Jörg Tschirner * Herbert Knaup as Werner Tschirner * Katja Riemann as Signe * Tom Schilling as Ralf * Suzan Anbeh as Desiree * Vadim Glowna as Günther * Margit Carstensen as Roxy * Lee Daniels as Henry * Marie Zielcke as Nadine * Oliver Korittke as Rudi * Martin Semmelrogge as Manni Moneto * Martin Feifel as Hannes * Sven Martinek as Jürgen * Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor, voice actor and filmmaker. He runs his own production company, Barefoot F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margarethe Von Trotta
Margarethe von Trotta (; born 21 February 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress. She has been referred to as a "leading force" of the New German Cinema movement.Margarethe von Trotta at . Retrieved 14 May 2010. Von Trotta's extensive body of work has won awards internationally. "Birds Eye View: Filmmaker Focus: Margarethe Von Trotta." 2011 Film Festival: Celebrating Women Filmmakers. Birds Eye View. Web. 2 May 2012. She was married to and collaborated with director |
Rosenstrasse (film)
''Rosenstraße'' is a 2003 film directed by Margarethe von Trotta, starring Maria Schrader and Katja Riemann. It deals with the Rosenstrasse protest of 1943. Plot In the present day, a widow mourns the death of her husband. She covers up the TV set and all the mirrors in the house. Her grown children are baffled by this behavior, asking why their mother has suddenly become Orthodox Jewish. The mother will not discuss her past, but her daughter wants to know what happened. Learning of a woman (Lena) who "saved" her mother during the war, she goes to Germany to learn the whole story. She finds Lena, who willingly reminisces about World War II, about her situation and the mother's childhood as a Jew growing up in Nazi Germany during the war. Lena herself is a German woman whose Jewish husband was persecuted by the Nazis while the little girl (the widow mother) loses her own mother to the Nazi concentration camps. The principal focus of the film addresses what happened to those who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
