Before the Fall 2004  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Napola
Director: Dennis Gansel
Cast: Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Michael Schenk, Devid Striesow, Joachim Bissmeier, Justus von Dohnanyi, Jonas Jagermeyr, Leon A. Kersten, Florian Stetter, Gerald Alexander Held, Claudia Michelsen, Thomas Drechsel, Martin Goeres, Joachim Bissmeier, Karel Dobry
It is 1941, and young Germans are attending an exclusive school in order to train as future leaders of the Third Reich. Despite his anti-Nazi father's objections, talented boxer Friedrich Weimer (Max Riemelt) makes it into the school. Once there, he befriends Albrecht Stein (Tom Schilling) who questions the actions of his own father, the Nazi military governor of the area, and gives Friedrich his first glimpse of what is going on in Germany. As he continues at school, more insights will follow.
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Fay Grim 2007  R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina Lowensohn, Leo Fitzpatrick, Chuck Montgomery, Thomas Jay Ryan, D.J. Mendel, John Keogh, Claudia Michelsen, Nikolai Kinski
In this sequel to 1998's "Henry Fool," Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan) has been missing for seven years, and his wife Fay (Parker Posey) is having problems with their son, 14-year-old Ned (Liam Aiken). Meanwhile, Fay's brother Simon (James Urbaniak) has been serving time in prison for helping Henry escape the law, and Fay negotiates with CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) for Simon's release. She is given a mission in undercover work involving a trip to Paris to retrieve Henry's notebooks containing his autobiographical confessions. Fay leaves for Europe, joins forces with Bebe (Elina Lowensohn) while running into spies and assassins, and ends up in Turkey tracking down political terrorists. Now, Fay must sort out how much of this Henry has been involved in.
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The Tunnel 2001 N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Cast: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sebastian Koch, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner, Mehmet Kurtulus, Heinrich Schmieder, Uwe Kockisch, Karin Baal
After the wall goes up in 1961 to separate East and West Berlin, East German swim champion Harry Melchior (Heino Ferch) makes use of a forged passport and escapes to the West. However, his sister, Lotte Lohmann (Alexandra Maria Lara), remains in East Berlin, and Harry is determined to get her out. His solution: dig a simple tunnel under the wall. But, the project grows to an enormous tunnel to accommodate many others who want to escape the East German regime. Based on a true story.
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| 1. Before the Fall (2004)
aka: Napola
2. Fay Grim (2007)
3. The Tunnel (2001)
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