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List Of German Films Of The 2000s ...
This is a list of some of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 2000s. For an alphabetical list of articles on German films see :2000s German films. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 {{DEFAULTSORT:German Films 2000s Films German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Hentsch
Jürgen Hentsch (March 17, 1936 in Görlitz – December 21, 2011 in Berlin) was a German actor. He was known for several movies and TV shows such as ''The Deathmaker'' (1995), ''In the Shadow of Power'' (2003) and ''Der Mann mit der Maske'' (1994). He was married to Wassilka Hentsch. Selected filmography * ' (1991, TV film) * ' (1994, TV film) * ''Deathmaker'' (1995) * '' Hannah'' (1997) * ''Bloody Weekend'' (2000) * ''Die Manns – Ein Jahrhundertroman'' (2001, TV miniseries) * ' (2003, TV film) * ''March of Millions ''March of Millions'', also titled ''Die Flucht'' (''The Escape''), is a German television war drama film. The film stars Maria Furtwängler in the role of Lena Gräfin von Mahlenberg, the leader of a small convoy of refugees from East Prussia (i ...'' (2007, TV film) References External links * 1936 births 2011 deaths German male television actors German male film actors 20th-century German male actors 21st-century German male actors People from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lintern
Richard Charles Lintern (born 8 October 1962) is an English stage, voice and screen actor. Early life Lintern was born in Taunton, Somerset. He studied English Literature at Durham University. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Career Lintern has an extensive stage career, spending most professional time in the West End and the Royal National Theatre. He has appeared across the UK, including roles at the Royal National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court Theatre ''The Merchant of Venice'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and ''Hamlet'' at the Bristol Old Vic. As well as many TV shows, including ''Lead Balloon'', ''Screenplay'', ''The Beggar Bride'', ''Covington Cross'', '' Midsomer Murders "Picture of Innocence"'', ''Cadfael'', ''Lewis'', ''She's Out'', '' Demob'', '' The Storyteller'', ''Victoria Wood'', ''The Line of Beauty'', ''Forever Green'', '' The Good Guys'', ''The Bill'', ''Casualty'', ''Plotlands'', '' Heartbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harris
Laura Harris is a Canadian actress. Early life Harris is the daughter of schoolteachers. She began acting in radio dramas and animation series when she was five years old. As a child Harris was educated at Crofton House School and attended college through UC correspondence. After working nearly 14 years in television, she broke into feature film acting as a teenager. Career Harris is known for her roles as Grim Reaper Daisy Adair in the cable series ''Dead Like Me'' and as Marie Warner in the spy drama '' 24''. Her film career dates back to 1990 when she appeared in an adaptation of Stephen King's '' It'' as Loni. She appeared as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''The Faculty'' in 1998. In 2006, Laura Harris starred as Maggie in a British-German horror film called ''Severance'', directed by Christopher Smith, and written by Smith and James Moran. In the summer of 2009, she co-starred in the internationally co-produced science fiction series '' Defying Gravity'' as Zoe Barn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Calling (2000 Film)
''The Calling'' is a 2000 straight-to-video horror film directed by . The film stars Laura Harris, Richard Lintern, Francis Magee, Alex Roe, and Alice Krige. Plot Following in the same vein as such classics as '' Rosemary's Baby'' and ''The Omen'', ''The Calling'' is the story of Kristie St. Clair, the involuntary mother of the Antichrist, and possibly the only person who can stop the coming of a modern-day apocalypse. At first Kristie (Harris) believes that she has the perfect life: Marc ( Lintern), her charming TV personality husband; Dylan ( Alex Roe), her beautiful young son; an enchanting house in the British countryside; a successful new career... But as time goes by she begins to suspect something's not right with her family. First, there's Dylan's increasingly violent behavior, which includes the impaling of his pet guinea pig on a stake and his apathy towards the death of a friend. Kristie cannot understand how her son, who she had focused so much energy and love on si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Schwarz
Simon Schwarz (born 10 January 1971 in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...) is an Austrian actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1996. Selected filmography External links * 1971 births Living people Austrian male film actors Male actors from Vienna 20th-century Austrian male actors 21st-century Austrian male actors {{Austria-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir. From 1994 to 2000, Engelke was married to the keyboardist Andreas Grimm with whom she has a daughter. She was married to musician Claus Fischer from 2005 to 2015, with whom she has two sons. Career From 1979 to 1986, she was the presenter of the daily children's television show broadcast from the Funkausstellung (a German radio exhibition, held every other year in Berlin), and the weekly children and youth's sports magazine show ''Pfiff''. From 1978 to 1980, she hosted the show ''Moment mal'' (Wait a minute) on RTL. SWF3 first brought her on board in 1986 as an editor; later on, she was the presenter there until 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavie Hörbiger
Mavie Hörbiger (born 14 November 1979 in Munich) is a German-Austrian actress. Since 2009, she belongs to the ensemble of Vienna's Burgtheater. Life and work Hörbiger descends from a famous Austrian family of actors and actresses, all at least for some times members of Austria's National Theatre, the Burgtheater. Her grandfather was Paul Hörbiger, his brother Attila Hörbiger was married to Paula Wessely. Actresses Elisabeth Orth, Christiane Hörbiger and Maresa Hörbiger are her aunts, comedians Cornelius Obonya and Christian Tramitz are cousins. She holds both German and Austrian citizenship. Hörbiger did not complete college but visited the acting school of Christa Willschrei in Munich. In 1996, she made her on-camera debut in Michael Gutmann's television feature "Nur für eine Nacht". Mavie had theatre engagements in Hanover and Bochum (Rachel in ''Sanft und grausam'', 2006; Jeannie in ''Fettes Schwein'', 2005; title role in ''Lulu'', 2004; Gilda in ''Komödie der Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detlev Buck
Detlev Buck (; born 1 December 1962 in Bad Segeberg) is a German film director, actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and work From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, ', he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working in Germany. His first feature, 1991's '' Karniggels'', put him on the international radar and since then he has continued to make both short and feature films. He is known for making cameo appearances in his work and acting in films of fellow directors. A nice example of his acting skills can be seen in '' Blue Moon''. Selected filmography As director * 1984: ' * 1991: ' (with Bernd Michael Lade, Ingo Naujoks and Julia Jäger) * 1993: '' No More Mr. Nice Guy'' (with Joachim Król, Horst Krause and Sophie Rois) * 1996: '' Jailbirds'' (with Til Schweiger, Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch) * 1999: ' (with Moritz Bleibtreu and Heike Makatsch) * 2000: ' (with Anke Engelke) * 2006: '' Tough Enough'' (with David Kross) * 2007: '' Hände weg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Joy
Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series ''CSI: NY'', and his appearances in the films ''Atlantic City'' (1980), ''Ragtime'' (1981), ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' (1985), ''Land of the Dead'' (2005), and ''The Hills Have Eyes'' (2006). He is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor; for ''Atlantic City'' and ''Whole New Thing''. Joy has also worked extensively on the stage, particularly in Shakespearean productions, in both Canada and the United States. Earlier in his career, he was closely affiliated with Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO. Early life Joy was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland. He is the son of Flora Louise (née Pike) and Dr. Clifton Joseph Joy, a physician and politician. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur (born Ulrich Gerhard Scheurlen; 29 July 1957) is a German actor and musician. Early life and education Tukur spent his youth near Hannover where he finished his final secondary school examinations in 1977. He also earned a high school diploma in Boston (USA) during a student exchange, where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he has two daughters, Marlene and Lilian. While Tukur and Wood were dating, he finished his time with the army and began to study German, English and history at the University of Tübingen. He worked as a musician for extra money. Someone who saw him asked him if he wanted to be in a play. Soon he became interested in acting and started studying acting at the ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst'' in Stuttgart in 1980. Career After finishing his acting studies in 1983, Tukur performed at a theatre in Heidelberg. While he was still a student, he starred in his first movie. In '' Die Weiße Rose'', directed by Mich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Till
Eric Till (born 24 November 1929) is an English film and television director working in Canada, the United States, and Europe since the 1960s. His 1977 film ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'' was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Career After directing for the ''Armchair Theatre'' and ''Wednesday Play'' series' in the UK, Till emigrated to Canada in Toronto. He has directed numerous Canadian and American TV films from the 1960s onwards, including ''An American Christmas Carol'' starring Henry Winkler, '' Getting Married in Buffalo Jump'', and ''To Catch a Killer'', starring Brian Dennehy as psychotic serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Films he has directed include ''A Great Big Thing'', ''Hot Millions'', '' A Fan's Notes'', ''It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet'', '' Bethune'', ''Wild Horse Hank'', ''Improper Channels'', '' Voices from Within'' (also known as ''Silhouette''), ', ''Luther'' and the Muppet television series and specials ''Fraggle Rock'', ''The Christma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
