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X-Filme Creative Pool
X Filme Creative Pool is a German television and film production company based in Berlin. History X Filme was founded in 1994 in Berlin by the directors Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy and Wolfgang Becker and the producer Stefan Arndt. The inspiration for X Filme Creative Pool were the founders of United Artists, with the idea that artistic and, above all, economic independence should enable more creative work. In 2000, however, 50.1% of the shares were sold to Berlin-based Senator Film. In 2000, the company founded its own film distribution company , which works closely with the German branch of Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Pictures Germany, using its distribution structure. X Filme has also been working with Warner Home Video in the home entertainment sector since the end of 2001, supplying content that WHV Germany and WHV Switzerland distribute through their traditional channels. After Senator Film went broke in 2004, the partners tried to buy the company back from the bankruptcy estate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feature Film
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film (Film, motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment theatrical program. The term ''feature film'' originally referred to the main, full-length film in a cinema program that included a short film and often a newsreel. Matinee programs, especially in the United States and Canada, in general, also included cartoons, at least one weekly serial film, serial and, typically, a second feature-length film on weekends. The first narrative feature film was the 70-minute ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'' (1906). Other early feature films include ''Les Misérables (1909 film), Les Misérables'' (1909), ''L'Inferno'', ''Defence of Sevastopol, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1911 film), The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1911), ''Oliver Twist (1912 American film), Oliver Twist'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Roehler
Oskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among others, Niklaus Schilling, Christoph Schlingensief and Mark Schlichter. Since the early 1990s, he has also been working as a film director. For his film No Place to Go (2000 film), No Place to Go he won the Deutscher Filmpreis. His 2010 film ''Jew Suss: Rise and Fall'' was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. Partial filmography * ' (1995) * ''Silvester Countdown'' (1997) * ''Gierig'' (1999) * ''Latin Lover'' (1999, TV film) * ''No Place to Go (2000 film), No Place to Go'' (2000) * ''Suck My Dick'' (2001) * ' (2002, TV film) * ''Angst (2003 film), Angst'' (2003) * ''Agnes and His Brothers'' (2004) * ''The Elementary Particles (film), The Elementary Particles'' (2006) * ''Lulu and Jimi'' (2009) * ''Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angst (2003 Film)
''Angst'' (in English: ''fear'') () is a 2003 German drama film directed by Oskar Roehler, starring André Hennicke, Marie Bäumer and Vadim Glowna. It follows a stage director who goes through a personal crisis. Cast * André Hennicke as Robert * Marie Bäumer as Marie * Vadim Glowna as Klaus * Hilde von Mieghem as Brigitte * Hermann Beyer as Marie's father * Jutta Hoffmann as Marie's mother * Christoph Waltz as psychoanalyst * Herbert Knaup as Wolfgang * as Markus * Michaela Hinnenthal as Gregor's mother * Peter Benedict as dramaturge * Nina Petri as psychiatrist * Catherine Flemming as mother * Eva Habermann as Laura * Ingrid van Bergen as Hannelore K. Production The film was produced through Neue Bioskop Film Produktions & Vertrieb, TV 60 Filmproduktion and Bayerischer Rundfunk (; "Bavarian Broadcasting"), shortened to BR (), is a public broadcasting, public-service radio and television broadcaster, based in Munich, capital city of the Bavaria, Free State of Bavaria in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Princess And The Warrior
''The Princess and the Warrior'' () is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi ( Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospital nurse who, after a near-death experience, enters into a relationship with Bodo ( Benno Fürmann), an anguished former soldier who lapses into criminality. Plot Sissi, a nurse in a psychiatric hospital, receives a letter from her old friend Meike, asking for her help in retrieving a bequest from Meike's recently deceased mother. Sissi cares for her patients to the extent that they appear to be her extended family (in fact, she states that her own father is a patient in the hospital). As such, she has little experience of life outside the hospital. Meanwhile, Bodo, living with his brother, applies for a funerary job but is quickly dismissed because of his inability to control his emotions. He later robs a grocery store and during the ensuing chase indirectly causes a truck to hit Sissi. Taking cover f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Schipper
Sebastian Schipper (born 8 May 1968) is a German actor and filmmaker. Life and career Sebastian Schipper studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg Schule in Munich from 1992 to 1995. He got his first film role in Sönke Wortmann's '' Little Sharks'' from 1992. He debuted as director with '' Absolute Giganten'' from 1999, which received the second place prize for the German Film Award for Best Fiction Film. It was co-produced by Tom Tykwer, who has cast Schipper in several of his own films. Schipper's 2009 film '' Sometime in August'' is loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel ''Elective Affinities''. His fourth film as director is ''Victoria'', a film about a night in a Berlin nightclub gone awry, shot in one continuous take. It played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won in six categories at the German Film Award 2015, including Best Film and Best Direction. Filmography ;As actor *1992: '' Little Sharks'' (''Kleine Haie'') - Hamlet *1996: ''The En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolute Giganten
''Absolute Giganten'' is a 1999 German comedy drama film written and directed by Sebastian Schipper, produced by Stefan Arndt and Tom Tykwer. Set in Hamburg, it depicts how a group of young Germans react to the prospect of one of them leaving forever, and involves drinking, V8 engines, and an extraordinary game of table football. It was Schipper's first movie as a director. In the year 2000 the movie won the German Film Award in the category Outstanding Feature Film. Cast * Frank Giering as Floyd * Florian Lukas as Ricco * Antoine Monot, Jr. as Walter * Julia Hummer as Telsa * Jochen Nickel as Snake * as Elvis * Guido A. Schick as Dulle * Silvana Bosi Silvana Bosi (23 July 1934 – 10 August 2020) was an Italian actress. Biography Bosi was born in Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna. Bosi appeared in dozens of European, mostly Italian, films and television programs between 1987 and 2019. She usually p ... as Walter's Grandma Reception The film was generally well-received by Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meschugge
''Meschugge'' (English title: ''The Giraffe'') is a 1998 German thriller film directed by Dani Levy and set during World War II. The German title translates as "crazy". The English title refers to the nickname of a character who was once in charge of the Treblinka extermination camp. The film mainly uses English dialogue, though it contains German dialogue as well. Cast *Maria Schrader as Lena Katz *Lukas Ammann as Eliah Goldberg *Lynn Cohen as Mrs. Fish *Dani Levy as David Fish *David Strathairn as Charles Kaminski *Nicole Heesters as Lena's mother Reception ''Variety'' gave a mixed review, calling the film "slickly shot" though criticising the plot and dialogue as "ordinary". ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...'' was much more critical, stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter Sleepers
''Winter Sleepers'' ( meaning "hibernators") is a 1997 German film directed by Tom Tykwer. It premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival. Plot The film is set in the snowy alpine resort of Berchtesgaden in Bavaria. The story begins shortly after Christmas Day, with five people returning, not all of whom are connected. Laura, a surgical nurse, and Rebecca, a translator, live together in a house that Laura inherited. René is a projectionist in a cinema. Marco, Rebecca's boyfriend, is a skiing instructor who drives an Alfa Romeo. Theo is a middle-aged farmer who lives with his wife Edith, their daughter, and two sons on a poor farm nearby. When Marco arrives, he is greeted passionately by Rebecca. He leaves his car open, with the key still in the ignition. Walking by the house in the early morning, a drunken René takes pictures, including of Rebecca and Marco having sex inside. Finally, he climbs into the car and drives away. Theo, meanwhile, is taking his horse to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life Is All You Get
''Life Is All You Get'' () is a 1997 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. Joe Leydon of ''Variety'' praised the film as "an extremely engaging tale of life and love in a city where everything appears to be in a state of flux", and described it as "a smartly written and sharply observed comedy-drama. At its frequent best, pic has a fresh and larky charm that's reminiscent of fondly remembered French New Wave romances." A literal translation of the German title is "Life Is A Construction Site". Cast * Jürgen Vogel as Jan Nebel * Christiane Paul as Vera * Ricky Tomlinson as Buddy * Meret Becker as Moni * Christina Papamichou as Kristina * Martina Gedeck as Lilo * Armin Rohde as Harri * Rebecca Hessing as Jenni * Andrea Sawatzki Andrea Sawatzki (; born 23 February 1963) is a German actress. From 2002 to 2010 she starred in the Hessischer Rundfunk version of the popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
