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Reiner Schöne
Reiner Schöne (born 19 January 1942) is a German actor, known for such roles as Dukhat in the ''Babylon 5'' series, Shinnok in '' Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'', Esoqq in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "Allegiance", Kolitar in the television series ''Sliders'' and ''The Eiger Sanction'' as Karl Freytag, and as Optimus Prime in the German dub of the live-action ''Transformers'' film series. Partial filmography *''Wir lassen uns scheiden'' (1968) - Körner *''12 Uhr mittags kommt der Boß'' (1969) - Barmixer Lundas *''Return of Sabata'' (1971) - Clyde / Lieutenant *'' Zwei himmlische Dickschädel'' (1974) - Vilmos *''The Eiger Sanction'' (1975) - Karl Freytag *''Change'' (1975) - Blasius Okopenki *' (1976) - Horobin *' (1976, TV miniseries) - Hoym, Bandit *'' Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand'' (1979) - Franz von Sickingen *'' Return to Treasure Island'' (1986, TV series) - Van Der Brecken *''La rebelión de los colgados'' (1986) *'' Amerika'' (1987, TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritzlar
Fritzlar () is a small town (pop. 15,000) in the Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse, Germany, north of Frankfurt, with a storied history. The town has a medieval center ringed by a wall with numerous watch towers. Thirty-eight meters (125 ft) high, the "Grey Tower" ("Grauer Turm") is the highest remaining urban defense tower in Germany. The city hall, first documented in 1109, with a stone relief of St. Martin, the town's patron saint, is the oldest in Germany still in use for its original purpose. The Gothic church of the old Franciscan monastery is today the Protestant parish church, and the monastery's other buildings have been converted into a modern hospital. Many houses in the town center, notably around the market square, date from the 15th to 17th centuries and have been carefully maintained or restored. The town is dominated by the imposing Romanesque-Gothic Church of St. Peter from the 12th-14th centuries. In 1974, the town hosted the 14th ''Hessentag'' sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Treasure Island (TV Series)
''Return to Treasure Island'' is a 1986 Disney HTV TV series, starring Brian Blessed as Long John Silver, Christopher Guard as Jim Hawkins and Kenneth Colley as Ben Gunn. Disney Channel contracted the UK ITV broadcaster HTV Wales, part of Harlech Television Group, to produce the series, and it was shot in Wales, Spain and Jamaica. It was written by John Goldsmith, and directed by Piers Haggard and Alex Kirby. HTV Wales had already produced other Robert Louis Stevenson books for television, namely ''Kidnapped'' in 1979 and ''The Master of Ballantrae'' in 1984 and producer Patrick Dromgoole would go on to helm ''Treasure Island''. Their expertise in making these productions was used when Disney chose to work with HTV to produce a series, in 10 parts. Plot The story begins 10 years after the original Treasure Island adventure. Jim Hawkins returns home to The Admiral Benbow Inn after graduating at Oxford University. His mother has laid on a surprise party, including as guests hi ... [...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] |
Priest (2011 Film)
''Priest'' is a 2011 American action horror film directed by Scott Stewart and stars Paul Bettany as the title character. It is loosely based on the Korean comic of the same name by Hyung Min-woo. In an alternate universe, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, a veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity until his niece (Lily Collins) is kidnapped by vampires. The film was released on , 2011. The film earned over $78 million at the box office against a $60 million production budget, but it was panned by critics, who praised the film's visual style and art direction while criticizing the movie's use of genre clichés, writing, acting, editing and action scenes. Plot A centuries-long war between humans and vampires has devastated the planet's surface and led to a theocracy under an organization called The Church. Despite the vampires' vulnerability to sunlight, and all of mankind's technological advances, the vampires' greater strength and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowman's Land
''Snowman's Land'' (also known under the working title of ''Freed Pigs'') is a 2010 German comedy crime film that was directed by Tomasz Thomson. The movie had its world premiere on January 22, 2010 at the Max Ophüls Festival in Germany, and stars Jürgen Rißmann as a hit-man sent into exile after he kills the wrong person. Synopsis In a German city, a hit-man called Walter kills the wrong man. His boss suggests an immediate and prolonged holiday in a remote place. Walter fancies Mexico but instead is sent to protect a gang boss called Berger, who is hiding out in an isolated mountain hotel somewhere in East Europe. On his way he meets another gangster called Micky, who has been hired for the same job. When the two reach the hotel, having had to leave the car in deep snow, the only occupant is Berger's blonde moll Sibylle, who promptly goes off to a party. Snooping around, they find she is a porn model and has her own drug laboratory. When she gets back, high on narcotics and alc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
''(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1'' is a 2004 German comedy film by Michael "Bully" Herbig. It is a spoof of the 1960s American television series '' Star Trek'' and parodies several science fiction films. As a spiritual successor to ''Der Schuh des Manitu'', the film is based on a recurring skit from Herbig's TV show ''Bullyparade'', "Unser (T)Raumschiff". The title and plot allude to ''Raumschiff Enterprise'', the German title of ''Star Trek''. ''Raumschiff'' is the German word for spacecraft; ''Traumschiff'' means "dream ship", which was also a reference to ''Das Traumschiff'', a German television series, similar to the series ''The Love Boat''. Plot The movie begins at a place which appears to be Nevada's legendary Area 51. A visiting general is led down into an underground complex where he is shown a captured alien. The alien resembles a chubby Vulcan in a cowboy costume, and greets the general with a "What are you looking at so stupidly?". The next scene opens 300 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretend You Don't See Her (film)
''Pretend You Don't See Her'' is a 2002 television film directed by René Bonnière and starring Emma Samms, Hannes Jaenicke, Beau Starr, Reiner Schöne, and Kim Poirier. It is based on the novel by Mary Higgins Clark. Plot summary Lacey Farrell (Emma Samms), a young rising star on Manhattan's high-powered and competitive real estate scene is in the course of selling a luxurious apartment when she becomes the witness to a murder and hears the dying words of the victim, a woman convinced that her attacker was after a journal kept by her recently deceased daughter Heather up until the day she died in a hit-and-run, what everyone believes to be a tragic accident. Cast * Emma Samms as Lacey Farrell * Hannes Jaenicke as Curtis Caldwell Blake * Beau Starr as Detective Ed Sloan * Reiner Schöne as Jimmy Greco * Stewart Bick as Ken Lynch * Laura Press as Chantal Greco * Carolyn Dunn as Kitt Taylor * Fulvio Cecere as Baldwin * Richard Eden as Steve Smith * Philip Akin as Witness Protect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Planet (film)
''Ice Planet'' is a 2001 Canadian-German science fiction film produced as a pilot movie for an intended TV series. The film was directed by Winrich Kolbe and its cast included Wes Studi as Commander Trager. Plot The movie takes place some thirty years after a devastating war between the Union and the Consortium that resulted in the death of 10% of the Earth's population. The Newton 5 space colony is suddenly attacked by a vast extraterrestrial spacecraft, killing 200,000 people in the process. The alien spaceship then proceeds to annihilate a military base on Jupiter's moon Io. Base commander Noah Trager, aided by recently graduated space cadets, manages to escape to the nearby ''Magellan'' research vessel commanded by professor Karteez Rumla. Rumla (encouraged by Senator Jeremy Uvan who was on the military base) insists that the ''Magellan'' continue its original classified mission rather than return to Earth. Pursued by the alien spaceship, the refugees head toward section 9 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The Beginning
In the Beginning may refer to: Biblical phrase * "In the beginning" (phrase), a phrase in the Bible verses of Genesis 1:1 and John 1:1 Books * ''In the Beginning'' (novel), a novel by Chaim Potok * ''In the Beginning'', a 2004 story arc and collected edition in ''The Punisher'' comics * '' In the Beginning... Was the Command Line'', a 1999 long essay by Neal Stephenson * ''In the Beginning: B.C. 4004'' (In the Garden of Eden), the first play in George Bernard Shaw's ''Back to Methuselah'' series Film, radio and television * '' In the Beginning: The Bible Stories'', a 1997 anime series created by Osamu Tezuka * '' Babylon 5: In the Beginning'', a 1998 ''Babylon 5'' TV movie * '' The Bible: In the Beginning...'', a 1966 epic film recounting the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis * ''In the Beginning'' (miniseries), a 2000 TV film starring Martin Landau * ''In the Beginning'' (2009 film), a French drama * ''In the Beginning'' (TV series), a 1978 American sitcom starring M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Dive (1997 Film)
''Crash Dive'' is a World War II film in Technicolor released in 1943. It was directed by Archie Mayo, written by Jo Swerling (from a story by W.R. Burnett), and starred Tyrone Power, Dana Andrews, and Anne Baxter. The film was the last for Power before assignment to recruit training, as he had already enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Plot Lieutenant Ward Stewart, commanding a PT boat, sinks a U-boat, saving a lifeboat full of survivors. Upon his return to port, he is unwillingly transferred by his uncle, Admiral Stewart, to the submarine USS ''Corsair'' as its new executive officer due to a shortage of trained submarine officers. Stewart, USNA Class of 1936 and scion of a Navy family, served in submarines before "surfacing" and getting his PT boat. The ''Corsair'' hunts German merchant raiders preying on Allies of World War II, Allied shipping in the North Atlantic. Stewart is granted weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. At the Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nobody's Children (1994 Film)
Nobody's Children is a 1994 American TV film directed by David Wheatley. The film was written by Petru Popescu and Iris Friedman for USA Pictures.American Representations of Post-Communism 1317807111 Andaluna Borcila - 2014 "... for himself as a successful and subversive writer, Petru Popescu established himself over the years in the U.S. as a writer ... Network made-fortelevision movie Nobody's Children (1994, directed by David Wheatley and co-written by Popescu ..." The film concerns an American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child. Plot summary Cast * Ann-Margret as Carol Stevens * Dominique Sanda as Stephanie Vaugier * Jay O. Sanders as Joe Stevens * Reiner Schöne as Sorin Dornescu * Clive Owen as Corneliu Bratu * Allan Corduner as Ion * Katrin Cartlidge as Viorica * Leon Lissek Leon Lissek (19 January 1939 – 13 January 2022) was an Australian-born British actor. He appeared in over 80 films in his career, which started with ''Marat/Sade''. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacGyver (1985 TV Series)
''MacGyver'' is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff and starring Richard Dean Anderson as the title character. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The series follows the adventures of Angus MacGyver, a secret agent armed with remarkable scientific resourcefulness to solve any problem out in the field using any materials at hand. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles during seasons one, two and seven, and in Vancouver during seasons three through six. The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992, on ABC (the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale). The series was a moderate ratings success and gained a loyal following. It was popular in the United States and around the world. Two television films, ''Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
