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Meret Becker
Meret Becker (; born 15 January 1969) is a German actress and singer. Life and career Meret Becker was born in Bremen, the daughter of the actors Monika Hansen and Rolf Becker but she was raised in Berlin by her mother with her stepfather Otto Sander along with her brother Ben Becker. She is the granddaughter of the comedian Claire Schlichting and the niece of the acrobat and comedian Jonny Buchardt. In 1996, she married Alexander Hacke (a member of the band Einstürzende Neubauten), who contributed songs to Becker's albums, including ''Noctambule''. They separated in 2000 and divorced two years later. Becker was a guest musician on Einstürzende Neubauten's album ''Ende Neu'', singing "Stella Maris" - in a duet with Blixa Bargeld. She played the character Ernal Eggstein in the 1997 German film ''Comedian Harmonists'', as well as Katya, a prostitute, in ''Painted Angels''. A year later, in 1998, she gave several performances along with Nina Hagen. The short but sold-out to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consisting of the cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven. With about 570,000 inhabitants, the Hanseatic city is the 11th largest city of Germany and the second largest city in Northern Germany after Hamburg. Bremen is the largest city on the River Weser, the longest river flowing entirely in Germany, lying some upstream from its mouth into the North Sea, and is surrounded by the state of Lower Saxony. A commercial and industrial city, Bremen is, together with Oldenburg and Bremerhaven, part of the Bremen/Oldenburg Metropolitan Region, with 2.5 million people. Bremen is contiguous with the Lower Saxon towns of Delmenhorst, Stuhr, Achim, Weyhe, Schwanewede and Lilienthal. There is an exclave of Bremen in Bremerhaven, the "Citybremian Overseas Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Rutman
Robert Rutman (15 May 1931 – 1 June 2021) was a German visual artist, musician, composer, and instrument builder. Best known for his work with homemade idiophones in his Steel Cello Ensemble, Rutman is regarded as a pioneer of multimedia performance in his mixing of music, sculpture, film, and visual art. Biography Early life and career Born in Berlin in 1931, Rutman's mother was a Jewish actress and his father a Bulgarian brownshirt who died in 1933. When the Nazis came to power, he and his mother fled Germany, moving to Warsaw in 1938 and then to Finland just before Hitler invaded Poland. By way of Sweden, Rutman arrived in England in 1939 where he attended refugee schools throughout the Second World War. After completing his studies, Rutman moved to New York City in 1950, then had to return to West Germany for military service in 1951. In 1952 Rutman returned to the U.S. and worked as a traveling salesman in Dallas, Texas, before moving to Mexico City to enroll in art sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killer Condom
''Killer Condom'' (original title ''Kondom des Grauens'' (English: Condom of Horror)) is a 1996 German horror comedy directed by Martin Walz. It is based on the comic books ''Kondom des Grauens'' and ''Bis auf die Knochen'' ("Down to the Bones") by Ralf König. It was distributed in the United States by Troma Entertainment, which promoted the film at the Cannes Film Festival with the help of "a six-foot-long fanged condom". ''Tagline:'' ''The rubber that rubs YOU out!'' Plot Set in the seedy parts of New York City, ''Killer Condom'' follows gay Detective Luigi Mackeroni (Udo Samel), who has been hired to investigate a series of bizarre attacks at the Hotel Quickie in which male guests have all had their penises mysteriously bitten off. While at the crime scene, he enlists the services of a gigolo named Billy and invites him up to the crime room. Before the two men engage in sex, a carnivorous living condom interrupts them and bites off Mackeroni's right testicle. Now on a persona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Promise (1995 Film)
''The Promise'' () is a 1995 German-language film directed by Margarethe von Trotta. It was an international co-production between Germany, France and Switzerland. Two young lovers in Berlin are separated when the Berlin wall goes up, and their stories intertwine during the three decades to German reunification. This film was chosen as Germany's official submission to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination. Cast *Corinna Harfouch: Sophie *Meret Becker: young Sophie *August Zirner: Konrad * Anian Zollner: young Konrad * Jörg Meister: Alexander, 20 years of age * Tina Engel: Sophie's aunt * Monika Hansen: Sophie's mother * Klaus Piontek: Sophie's stepfather * Ruth Glöss: Konrad's granny *Dieter Mann: Konrad's father * Simone von Zglinicki: Konrad's mother *Hans Kremer: Harald *Eva Mattes: Barbara * Susann Ugé: young Barbara *Hark Bohm: Müller *Otto Sander: Professor Lorenz * Anka Baier: Monika * Sven Lehmann: Max *Heiko Sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue One
''The Blue One'' (german: Der Blaue) is a 1994 German drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ... written and directed by Lienhard Wawrzyn. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast References External links * 1994 films 1994 drama films German drama films 1990s German-language films 1990s German films {{1990s-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Innocent (1993 Film)
''The Innocent'' is a 1993 drama film directed by John Schlesinger. The screenplay was written by Ian McEwan and based on his 1990 novel of the same name. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Isabella Rossellini, and Campbell Scott. It was released in the USA in 1995. Plot The film takes place in 1950s Berlin at the height of the Cold War and centres around the joint CIA/MI6 real-life Operation Gold: building a tunnel under the Russian sector of Berlin. Cast *Anthony Hopkins as Bob Glass *Isabella Rossellini as Maria *Campbell Scott as Leonard Markham *Ronald Nitschke as Otto *Hart Bochner as Russell *James Grant as Macnamee * Jeremy Sinden as Captain Lofting *Richard Durden as Black * Corey Johnson as Lou *Richard Good as Piper Release and reception The movie spent 12 months in studio quarantine, and was released domestically in September 1995 without advance screenings for critics.Caryn James,Anthony Hopkins as a Brash Yank" ''The New York Times'', September 2, 1995. In ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Sharks
''Little Sharks'' (german: Kleine Haie) is a 1992 German comedy film directed by Sönke Wortmann Sönke Wortmann (; 25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer. Biography Wortmann's father was a miner. After Wortmann's A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playing .... Cast References External links * 1992 films 1992 comedy films German comedy films 1990s German-language films 1990s German films {{1990s-Germany-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner – Beinhart!
Werner – Beinhart! (English title: ''Werner and the Wizard of Booze'') is the first German comedy-comic-film adaption based upon the successful German comic Werner by "Brösel". Production Shooting took place in Kiel, Flensburg and Berlin between June and September 1990. The film contains animated sequences that are embedded in those of the live-action sequences, which form the background story. The football-game-scene is from the comic ''Werner – Alles klar?'' (1982), the pipe burst scene (alias ''Lehrjahre II'') derives from the book ''Werner – Normal ja!'' (1987), the road work scene (alias ''Lehrjahre I'') is from ''Werner – Wer sonst?'' (1983), the TÜV-scene is seen in, ''Werner – Eiskalt!'' (1985), the hospital scene is from ''Werner – Wer sonst?'' and the eatery-scene derives from ''Werner – Oder was?'' (1981) and ''Werner – Normal ja!''. Plot The beginning (Live-action scene) A priest has difficulty starting his car. He makes the sign of the cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Carter
Dorothy Carter (born New York City, 1935, died June 7, 2003 in New Orleans) was an American musician.Billboard - 1998 8 8 " ... in Berlin in 1996. While there, she hooked up with MEDIAEVAL BAEBES Dorothy Carter, an older woman ..." Carter performed contemporary, folk, traditional, medieval, and experimental music with a large collection of stringed instruments such as the hammered dulcimer, zither, psaltery, and hurdy-gurdy. She is regarded as an important figure in the genres of psychedelic folk music and medieval music revival. Biography Carter studied classical piano at age six. She later attended Bard College in New York, the London Royal Academy, and Guildhall School of Music in France. In the early 1970s, Carter was a member of the Central Maine Power Music Company with Robert Rutman and Constance Demby. She moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts where she continued to collaborate with Rutman, who played his sound sculptures on her second album. She regularly played concerts wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive James's Postcard From
Clive is a name. People and fictional characters with the name include: People Given name * Clive Allen (born 1961), English football player * Clive Anderson (born 1952), British television, radio presenter, comedy writer and former barrister * Clive Barker (born 1952), English writer, film director and visual artist * Clive Barker (artist, born 1940), British pop artist * Clive Barker (soccer) (born 1944), South African coach * Clive Barnes (1927–2008), English writer and critic, dance and theater critic for ''The New York Times'' * Clive Bell (1881–1964), English art critic * Clive Brook (1887–1974), British film actor * Clive Burr (1957–2013), British musician, former drummer with Iron Maiden * Clive Campbell (footballer), New Zealand footballer in the 1970s and early '80s * Clive Campbell (born 1955), Jamaican-born DJ with the stage name DJ Kool Herc * Clive Clark (golfer) (born 1945), English golfer * Clive Clark (footballer) (1940–2014), English former footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive James
Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.Clive James — writer, TV broadcaster and critic — dies aged 80 ''ABC News'', 28 November 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2019. He began his career specialising in literary criticism before becoming television critic for ''The Observer'' in 1972, where he made his name for his wry, deadpan humour. During this period, he earned an independent reputation as a poet and satire, satirist. He achieved mainstream success in the UK first as a writer for television, and eventually as the lead in his own programmes, including ''...on Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (; born December 18, 1946) is an American director, writer, and producer. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, he is the most commercially successful director of all time. Spielberg is the recipient of various accolades, including three Academy Awards, a Kennedy Center honor, a Cecil B. DeMille Award, and an AFI Life Achievement Award. Seven of his films been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona. He moved to California and studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television including ''Night Gallery'' and '' Columbo'', he directed the television film ''Duel'' (1971) which gained acclaim from critics and audiences. He made his directorial film debut with ''The Sugarland Express'' (1974), and became a household name with the 1975 summer blockbuster ''Jaws''. He then directed box office succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
