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Mark Zak
Mark Zak (born 1959 in Lviv) is a German actor, author and playwright. Since 1990 he has appeared in over a hundred German and international films, including '' The Tourist'' and '' Bridge of Spies''. Biography Zak grew up in Odessa and emigrated to West Germany in 1974. He attended the '' Der Keller'' acting school in Cologne. His first novel ''Glaube, Liebe, Mafia: Ein Fall für Josif Bondar'' was published in 2013, followed by his play ''Begleitagentin'' at Jussenhoven & Fischer in 2015. His book about ukrainian anarchist Nestor Makhno "Erinnert euch an mich – über Nestor Machno" was published in 2018. Partial filmography *1989: ''Follow Me'' – Soldat *1990: '' The Man Inside ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemberg
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in Western Ukraine, western Ukraine, and the List of cities in Ukraine, seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. It was named in honour of Leo I of Galicia, Leo, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it was conquered by King Casimir III the Great of Poland. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian Voivodeship in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland. In 1772, after the First Partition of Poland, the city became the capital of the Habsburg Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria. In 1918, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goldene Zeiten
''Goldene Zeiten'' (''Out of Bounds'') is a German film released in 2006. It is the last film in director trilogy of films set in his hometown Unna, and was preceded by '' Bang Boom Bang'' (1999) and ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' (german: Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht) is a 2002 German comedy film directed by . Plot Kümmel, Kalle and Horst work for the contractor Werner Wiesenkamp, who runs a small construction company ...'' (2002). It did not meet the box office expectations with less than 100,000 viewers in German cinemas (''Bang Boom Bang'' attracted 460,000, ''If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer'' 670,000). The film was released on DVD on 26 October 2006, both as a Single DVD and Double DVD Special Edition. Dirk Benedict appears in a double role as former TV celebrity Douglas Burnett, whose vanishing fame is based on his role as the lead character in fictitious 1980s TV series ''John Striker'', and as his Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spy City
''Spy City'' is a television miniseries created by William Boyd about spies in 1961 Berlin, during the Cold War. The series first aired in Germany, and AMC+ picked up the rights to stream in the United States at MIPTV. Synopsis A British spy is sent to Berlin in 1961 to uncover a mole in the United Kingdom's Embassy or among the Allies, shortly before the construction of the Berlin Wall. Cast and characters * Dominic Cooper as Fielding Scott * as Severine Bloch * Leonie Benesch as Eliza Hahn * as Reinhart * Johanna Wokalek as Ulrike Faber * as Conrad Greer * Tom Ashley as George Brotherton * Rupert Vansittart as Ian Stuart-Hay * Adrian Lukis as Aldous Petrie * Tonio Arango as August Froben * as Vasily Lubkov * Mark Zak as Viktor Kovrin * Gabriel Andrews as Man #1 Episodes Production ''Spy City'' entered development in 2014, when Boyd created and began writing the show. It was initially planned to be a ten-episode series. In 2019, Dominic Cooper was cast in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Look Away
''Never Look Away'' (german: Werk ohne Autor, lit=Work Without Author) is a 2018 German epic coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and for a Golden Globe by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. It was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 91st Academy Awards, in the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography categories. This was only the second time that a German-language film by a German director was nominated for an Oscar in multiple categories, the other film being Wolfgang Petersen's ''Das Boot'' 36 years prior. Plot As a child during the Nazi era, Kurt Barnert (inspired by Gerhard Richter) visits an exhibit of "Degenerate Art" in Dresden with his beautiful young aunt Elisabeth. While there, he is mesmerized by ''Girl with Blue Hair'', a modernist sculpture by Eugen Hoffmann. Later at home, Kurt walks in on Elisabeth playin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereo (2014 Film)
''Stereo'' is a 2014 German thriller film directed by . The film premiered in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. On 5 July 2014 the film was presented at the Vologda Independent Cinema Voices Festival. The North American Premiere was celebrated at the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal on 31 July 2014. ''Stereo'' opened the South Korean Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2014. It was also shown in the "Sang Neuf" (Young Blood) Section at the Beaune Film Festival 2014 and in the International Competition Programme of the Odesa International Film Festival. ''Stereo'' was one of fifteen potential films to be considered as Germany's candidate to the Academy Awards 2015 as the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not selected. Cast * Jürgen Vogel as Erik * Moritz Bleibtreu as Henry * Petra Schmidt-Schaller as Julia * Georg Friedrich as Keitel * Rainer Bock as Wolfgang * Mark Zak as Gaspar * Helene Schönfelder as Hele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fourth State
''The Fourth State'' (german: Die vierte Macht) is a 2012 German thriller film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija, Mark Ivanir and Isabella Vinet. It premiered in Germany on March 8, 2012. The working title was ''The Year of the Snake''. Plot The film opens with a man leaving his Moscow apartment building. On his way out he notices strange activity in the basement, but ignores it. As he leaves, the entire apartment building is destroyed in an explosion. 13 years later, the German tabloid journalist Paul Jensen (Moritz Bleibtreu) arrives in Moscow to work on a magazine owned by his late father's friend Onjegin (Rade Serbedzija). One day while buying a sandwich Paul witnesses the customer in front of him being assassinated in the street. Paul's photographer partner Dima (Max Riemelt) tells Paul that the victim was a famous journalist whose TV show got canceled due to him being critical of the government. Paul mee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Lux (film)
''Hotel Lux'' is a 2011 German period film directed by Leander Haußmann. The tragicomedy begins in Nazi Germany and moves to the Soviet Union. Featuring the main character Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, the picture involves him with numerous historical facts and figures of this era. Plot In 1933, as Adolf Hitler and the Nazis come to power in Germany, actor and comedian Hans Zeisig (Michael Herbig) and his partner, Siggi Meyer (Jürgen Vogel), have a successful comedy act at a Berlin cabaret doing impersonations of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler. Meyer is politically active in the Communist Party and through him, Zeisig meets the attractive Dutch communist Frida (Thekla Reuten). Zeisig is apolitical; he's dreaming about a career in Hollywood. He finds the growing political tension an unpleasant nuisance, but Meyer is endangered by the Nazis' power grab. He arrives one day at the theater with a black eye from an attack and says he is going to go underground. Another performe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speed Racer (film)
''Speed Racer'' is a 2008 sports action comedy film written and directed by the Wachowskis Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965, formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967, formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, writers and producers. The sisters are both trans .... It is based on the 1960s manga and anime series Speed Racer, of the same name. Starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox (actor), Matthew Fox, Roger Allam, Benno Fürmann, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rain (entertainer), Rain and Richard Roundtree, the plot revolves around Speed Racer, an 18-year-old automobile racer who follows his apparently deceased brother's career, choosing to remain loyal to his family and their company Racer Motors, which causes difficulties after he refuses a contract that E.P. Arnold Royalton, owner of Royalton Industries, offers him. A live action ''Speed Racer'' film had been in develop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When Darkness Falls (2006 Film)
''When Darkness Falls'' ( sv, När mörkret faller) is a 2006 Swedish drama film directed by Anders Nilsson. Cast * Oldoz Javidi - Leyla * Lia Boysen - Carina * Reuben Sallmander - Aram * Per Graffman - Peter * Bahar Pars - Nina * Mina Azarian Mina Azarian (born 25 September 1959 in Iran) is a Swedish actress. Azarian is best known for her role as Shaisteh in the Swedish TV series '' Tre kronor''. Filmography *''Enkronan'' (1987) *'' Beck – Lockpojken'' (TV series, 1997) *'' Tre ... - Mamman * Jacob Francis Worrall - Milo References External links * 2006 drama films 2006 films Films about domestic violence Swedish drama films 2000s Swedish-language films 2000s Swedish films {{2000s-Sweden-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fay Grim
''Fay Grim'' is a 2006 espionage thriller film written and directed by Hal Hartley. The film is a sequel to Hartley's 1997 film '' Henry Fool'', and revolves around the title character, played by Parker Posey, the sister of Simon Grim (James Urbaniak). The plot revolves around Fay's attempt to unravel an increasingly violent mystery in Europe. Hartley began writing the script in 2002, and filming took place in Europe from January to March 2006. It premiered in September at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, and received a theatrical release in the United States on May 18, 2007. The film was shot almost entirely in Dutch angles, meaning the vast majority of shots are framed diagonally, or "tilted". At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Hartley revealed that the two shots in the film's final cut that are not "Dutched" occurred when he and the film crew forgot to tilt the camera. A sequel, '' Ned Rifle'', was released in 2014. Plot Seven years after the events of '' Henr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
