Abraham 1994  TV, 178 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Richard Harris, Maximilian Schell, Barbara Hershey, Vittorio Gassman, Carolina Rosi, Andrea Prodan, Gottfried John, Kevin McNally, Evelina Meghangi, John McEnery
Simple shepherd Abraham (Richard Harris) leads his family and other believers in God on a long and dangerous trek to the Promised Land (Canaan) in this made-for-TV epic.
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Balzac 1999  N/R, 210 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Balzac: A Life of Passion
Director: Josee Dayan
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Jeanne Moreau, Fanny Ardant, Virna Lisi, Katja Riemann, Gert Voss, Katja Studt, Sergio Rubini, Marianne Denicourt, Gottfried John
Gerard Depardieu assumes the role of great French writer Honore de Balzac in this made-for-French-TV biography. The story covers Balzac's childhood under the influence of his critical mother (Jeanne Moreau), later romantic relationships (Fanny Ardant and Virna Lisi), and, finally, fame and fortune.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980  N/R, 930 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Helmut Griem, Udo Kier, Ivan Desny, Hark Bohm, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal, Franz Buchrieser, Peter Kollek
World War I Berlin is the backdrop of Alfred Doblin's 1929 novel. Presented as 14 individual episodes, the story follows the life of an ex-convict who tries to live an honorable existence but finds problems at every turn in the Berlin environment during the rise of Nazism.
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Fedora 1978 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Henry Fonda, Michael York, Hildegarde Neff, Mario Adorf, Gottfried John, Hans Jaray
Adapted from Thomas Tryon's "Crowned Heads," this tale is about a down-on-his-luck movie producer, Barry Detweiler (William Holden), who tries to lure an elusive movie star, Fedora (Marthe Keller), out of her retirement on the Greek isles. Nothing is like appears, and the "surprise" ending is unsurprising. Kinda long.
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 GoldenEye 1995  PG-13, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Robbie Coltrane, Judi Dench, Joe Don Baker, Tcheky Karyo, Famke Janssen, Samantha Bond, Desmond Llewelyn, Gottfried John, Alan Cumming, Michael Kitchen, Serena Gordon, Simon Kunz
It has been six years since the last James Bond film entry. GoldenEye is named after Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate, and Agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan in his debut as James Bond) is back in business with lots of gadgets, beautiful ladies, and location filming in Monte Carlo, the Caribbean, and St. Petersburg. In this film, 1990s' Russia is chaotic and filled with scheming military officers and an underworld syndicate. Great scene alert: Bond rolling a tank over St. Petersburg's cars.
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Imperium: Augustus 2003 TV, 178 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Augustus
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler, Massimo Ghini, Gottfried John, Ken Duken, Russell Barr, Juan Diego Botto, Valeria D'Obici
The oft-told tale of Augustus (Peter O'Toole), his "adoption" by Julius Caesar, and his teaming with Marc Antony (Massimo Ghini) to bring Caesar's assassins to justice is told in this made-for-TV epic.
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In a Year of 13 Moons 1978 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes, Gunther Kaufmann, Lilo Pempeit, Isolde Barth, Karl Scheydt, Walter Bockmayer, Bob Dorsay, Peter Kollek
Formerly a man, Elvira Weishaupt (Volker Spengler) had a sex change after telling Anton Saitz (Gottfried John) that she loved him and being told, "Too bad, you aren't a woman." Now, Elvira tries to win Anton's love, but Anton is simply not interested.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun 1978  R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, George Byrd, Claus Holm, Gunter Lamprecht
In this, the first of three parables concerning postwar Germany, Hanna Schygulla takes on the role of Maria Braun who is a young woman who uses her head not only to survive but also to prosper. The other two parables are "Lola" and "Veronika Voss."
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 Mata Hari 1985  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Harrington
Cast: Sylvia Kristel, Christopher Cazenove, Oliver Tobias, Gaye Brown, Gottfried John, William Fox, Michael Anthony, Vernon Dobtcheff, Anthony Newlands, Brian Badcoe, Tutte Lemkow, Nicholas Selby
Exotic dancer/World War I spy Mata Hari (Sylvia Kristel) obtains information from French officers and passes it along to the German Secret Service.
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Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven 1975 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Mother Kuster's Trip to Heaven
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Brigitte Mira, Ingrid Caven, Armin Meier, Irm Hermann, Gottfried John, Karlheinz Bohm, Margit Carstensen, Gustav Holzapfel, Lilo Pempeit, Peter Kern, Kurt Raab
Middle-aged Emma Kusters is the wife of an unhappy factory worker. One day he loses it, kills the factory owner's son, and then kills himself. Emma becomes a celebrity, giving interviews of her story, only to be made fun of by the press. Her daughter uses the notoriety to help in her singing career, while a Communist couple befriends her, only to use her to advance their cause. She is finally left alone after others had used her for their selfish desires. In the end she meets with an unselfish act when she is invited to dinner by the factory owner. A pessimistic outlook on the social issues of the day in Germany.
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The Ogre 1996 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: John Malkovich, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gottfried John, Marianne Sagebrecht, Volker Spengler, Heino Ferch, Dieter Laser, Agnes Soral, Sasha Hanau, Vernon Dobtcheff
An introverted, almost-childlike Abel Tiffauges (John Malkovich) was a French soldier captured during World War II and sent to a POW camp. From there he serves in a Nazi training camp where his "vocation" is kidnapping young boys for training in the camp.
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Proof of Life 2000  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, Pamela Reed, David Caruso, Anthony Heald, Stanley Anderson, Gottfried John, Alun Armstrong, Michael Kitchen, Margo Martindale, Mario Ernesto Sanchez, Pietro Sibille, Vicky Hernandez, Norma Martinez
When Alice Bowman's (Meg Ryan) husband Peter (David Morse) is kidnapped by anti-government guerillas in South America, ransom specialist Terry Thorne (Russell Crowe) is called in to negotiate. During the ensuing months of discussions, Terry and Alice begin to realize they have an attraction for each other. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 05/18/2009 | | exciting & riveting - great scenery |
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| 1. Abraham (1994)
2. Balzac (1999)
aka: Balzac: A Life of Passion
3. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
4. Fedora (1978)
5. GoldenEye (1995)
6. Imperium: Augustus (2003)
aka: Augustus
7. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
aka: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
8. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
9. Mata Hari (1985)
10. Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
aka: Mother Kuster's Trip to Heaven
11. The Ogre (1996)
12. Proof of Life (2000)
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