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Robert Stadlober
Robert Stadlober (born 3 August 1982) is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress. Life and career Robert Stadlober was born on 3 August 1982 in Friesach in the Austrian province of Carinthia, and grew up in Puchfeld in the Steiermark (Austria) and in Berlin (Germany). As a child he worked as a voiceover artist for several films and he acted in different TV productions and motion picture films also. His largest success is playing the main role as Benjamin Lebert, a partially disabled teenager at a boarding school, in the film ''Crazy'' (2000). Later, he starred in '' Summer Storm'' (2004), a gay coming-of-age story set at a rowing summer-camp. Although The Advocate has claimed that he is bisexual, Stadtlober himself objects to such labelling, saying that he's just had some homosexual experiences and that this is normal.Interview to Marco Kreuzpaintner, who cites some German interviews to Stadlober: ''Summer Storm'' English DVD, Peccadillo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
58th Berlin International Film Festival
The 58th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 7 to February 17, 2008. The festival opened with Martin Scorsese's documentary film '' Shine a Light''. ''Be Kind Rewind'' by Michel Gondry served as the closing film. Greek-French filmmaker Costa Gavras, was selected to serve as the Jury President at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to Brazilian film ''Tropa de Elite'' directed by José Padilha. The retrospective dedicated to Spanish film-maker Luis Buñuel was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: International jury * Costa-Gavras, director, screenwriter and producer (Greece) - Jury President * Uli Hanisch, production designer (Germany) * Diane Kruger, actress (Germany) * Walter Murch, director and editor (United States) * Shu Qi, actress and model (Taiwan) * Alexander Rodnyansky, producer (Russia) Best First Feature Award Jury * Ben Barenholtz, producer and distributor (Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Schilling
Tom Schilling (born 10 February 1982) is a German film and television actor. Life and acting career Schilling grew up in the formerly East German borough of Berlin Mitte. He was discovered at the age of 12 by stage director Thomas Heise, and cast in the stage play ''Im Schlagschatten des Mondes'' (Under the shadow of the moon) at the Berliner Ensemble theatre company, which he stayed with for the next four years to play in other productions as well. Acting jobs earned him enough money to move out of his parents' place when he was 18 and still in school. He left school with an Abitur certificate. Schilling's screen acting debut was in 1996, when he appeared in the Sat.1 TV series '' Hallo, Onkel Doc!'' at the age of 14. He was later cast in the theatrical film ' (1999) where he played alongside Franka Potente, Daniel Brühl and Heiner Lauterbach, but the breakthrough for him came with his performance in ''Crazy'' (2000, directed by Hans-Christian Schmid), for which he receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enemy At The Gates
''Enemy at the Gates'' (''Stalingrad'' in France and ''L'Ennemi aux portes'' in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book '' Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad'', which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942–1943. The screenplay was written by Annaud and Alain Godard. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of Vasily Zaitsev, a sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaitsev and a ''Wehrmacht'' sniper school director, Major Erwin König. The cast includes Jude Law as Zaitsev, Rachel Weisz as Tania Chernova, and Ed Harris as König, with Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Marshall Thomson, and Matthias Habich in supporting roles. Plot Vasily Zaitsev is a soldier in the Red Army and is sent to the front line of the Battle of Stalingrad in 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bella Block
''Bella Block'' is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger as inspector Bella Block. The show was first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF and last aired in 2018, having run for 38 seasons. See also * List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present) * ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–presen ... External links * German crime television series 1990s German police procedural television series 2000s German police procedural television series 1994 German television series debuts 2018 German television series endings 2000s German television series ZDF original programming Television shows based on German novels Detective television series Television shows set in Hamburg German-language television shows Grimme-Preis for fiction winners {{Germany-tv-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Wache
''Die Wache'' is a German weekly police procedural show that was broadcast from 1994 until 2006 by RTL Television. Set in a fictional police station in Cologne, it was modelled on the British series ''The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...'' and described typical police episodes and investigations. The entire series consisted of 245 episodes of 45 minutes during 12 seasons, between 3 January 1994 and 8 June 2006. Selected cast and characters External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wache, Die 1994 German television series debuts 2006 German television series endings 1990s German police procedural television series 2000s German police procedural television series RTL (German TV channel) original programming Television shows set in Cologne German crime televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Cleveren
''Die Cleveren'' ( en, The Smart Ones) is a German television series that was produced from 1998 to 2003 on RTL. It is about a nationwide special unit of the German Bundeskriminalamt (BKA), dealing with serial offenders. The main characters are the profiler Dr. Dominik Born and a policewoman of the BKA, who co-ordinates the necessary steps to be taken by the local police authorities. Cast *Dr. Dominik Born (Hans Werner Meyer): is a profiler in the service of the BKA. With his career he has fulfilled a childhood dream, yet he sometimes suffers greatly from his work. He was previously married to Helen Born, the marriage was divorced and his wife moved to Munich with their son Philip. In the beginning of the fourth season, he and his colleague Eva Glaser start a relationship. After her tragic death, he nearly commits suicide and stops his service to the BKA. The police officer Isabel Becker persuaded the now alcohol-addicted Born to return. He's in a monastery on detoxification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonnenallee
''Sonnenallee'' (''Sun Avenue'' or ''Sun Alley'') is a 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ... Germany, German comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, ''Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee'' (''At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee''). Both the book and the screenplay were written by Thomas Brussig and while they are based on the same characters and setting, differ in storyline significantly. Both the movie and the book emphasize the importance of pop-art and in particular, pop music, for the youth of East Berlin. The Sonnenallee (Berlin), Sonnenallee is an actual street in Berlin that was intersected by the border between East and West during the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polizeiruf 110
''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), and after the dissolution of Deutscher Fernsehfunk the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series ''Tatort'', and quickly became a public favorite. In contrast with other television crime series in which killings are practically the primary focus, while ''Tatort'' handled homicide cases, the cases handled in the GDR TV's ''Polizeiruf'' were more often more frequent crimes such as domestic violence, extortion, fraud, theft and juvenile delinquency, as well as alcoholism, child abuse and rape. Contrary to ''Tatort'', which concentrated on the primary characters and their private lives, police procedure was the center of attention of ''Polizeiruf'', espe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphateam – Die Lebensretter Im OP
''Alphateam – Die Lebensretter im OP'' (German: ''Alpha Team - The Lifesaver in the OR'') was a German hospital drama television series that aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2005. The series covered the work of a team of doctors, nurses and caregivers in the fictional Hamburg Hansa Clinic, located in the Altona district. See also * List of German television series The following is a list of television series produced in Germany: Current Drama * ''4 Blocks'' (TNT Serie, 2017–2019) * ''Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei'' ( RTL, 1996–present) * ''Babylon Berlin'' (Sky 1 & ARD, 2017–presen ... External links * German drama television series 1996 German television series debuts 2005 German television series endings German medical television series Television shows set in Hamburg German-language television shows Sat.1 original programming {{Germany-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Rabe Gegen Die Vatikankiller
(''Kai Rabe vs. the Vatican Killers'') is a 1998 German comedy film directed by Thomas Jahn. Plot Director Rufus Lindner is making a movie called "The Vatican Killers", a satirical film about the Pope's underground agents. The hero of the film is played by teen idol A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily teenagers. An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups. By region Asia East Asia possess ... Kai Rabe. The production runs amok, starting with the murder of the leading actress. In addition, Kai Rabe rents two trigger-happy Israeli bodyguards. Lindner’s other problems include a reckless producer who insists the film shoot go on, and a police officer investigating the murder who falls in love with a beautiful actress, who happens to be the playwright's sister. Cast References External links * at Film Reporter 1998 films 1998 black comedy films 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Schimanski
Horst Schimanski is a homicide detective with a leading role in the German crime television series ''Tatort'', as well as the spin-off ''Schimanski''. Portrayed by Götz George, the character made his debut in the 1981 episode and appeared in 29 episodes until 1991. Two episodes, ' (1985) and ' (1987), were released in cinemas before they were aired on television. Also notable is the episode from 1990, which was produced as a crossover with the East German ''Polizeiruf 110'' crime series, in which Schimanski collaborated with two colleagues from the East German Volkspolizei. In 1997, the character got his own show, the loose spin-off ''Schimanski''. In this series, Schimanski is a retired police officer living in Belgium with his longtime girlfriend Marie Claire. Background Schimanski is consistently presented as the prototypical proletarian, living very close to the criminals he pursues. Consequently, many of his cases deal with underprivileged victims and upper-class crimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Letzte Zeuge
''Der letzte Zeuge'' (''The Last Witness'') is a German crime television series set in Berlin. Created by Gregor Edelmann, it aired on ZDF from 1998 to 2007 and was mostly directed by Bernhard Stephan. It stars Ulrich Mühe as medical examiner Dr Robert Kolmaar, along with Gesine Cukrowski as his colleague Dr Judith Sommer and Jörg Gudzuhn as commissioner Johannes "Joe" Hoffer. After Mühe's death in 2007, both Gudzuhn and Cukrowski stated they did not want to continue without him, which is why the ZDF would later announce the series' termination. Episodes Season 1 (1998) # The triangle of death (''Das Dreieck des Todes'') # The night a goner dies (''Die Nacht, in der ein Toter stirbt'') # Sweet death (''Der süße Tod'') # Since they're aware of what they're doing (''Denn sie wissen, was sie tun'') # When two moons collide (''Wenn sich zwei Monde kreuzen'') # When evil awakes (''Wenn das Böse erwacht'') Season 2 (1999) # Flies, maggots, death (''Die Fliegen, die Maden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
