Amen. 2002  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Muhe, Michel Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Marcel Iures, Friedrich von Thun, Antje Schmidt, Hanns Zischler, Sebastian Koch
World War II, S.S. officer Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) learns that the Nazis are exterminating Jews at a Polish death camp and tells a Jesuit priest (Mathieu Kassovitz) who, in turn, promises to inform Pope Pius XII.
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The Cement Garden 1993  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew Birkin
Cast: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin, Sinead Cusack, Hanns Zischler, Jochen Horst, Gareth Brown, Dick Flockhart, Mike Clark
Four London siblings Jack, Julie, Sue, and Tom (Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, and Ned Birkin) live alone in their concrete-walled home. First, their father died, and then their mother (Sinead Cusack) also died–she is secretly buried in the basement so that the kids can still get her allotment checks. The plot deals with the relationships between the four and how they can continue maintaining their secret.
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The Edukators 2004 R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Hans Weingartner
Cast: Daniel Bruhl, Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, Burghart Klaubner, Peer Martiny, Petra Zieser, Laura Schmidt, Sebastian Butz, Hanns Zischler, Knut Berger, Sylvia Haider
Jule, Peter, and Jan (Julia Jentsch, Stipe Erceg, and Daniel Bruhl) spend their free evenings breaking into houses where they do not steal but rearrange furniture instead. The game works–until a resident (Burghart Klaubner) returns home. The trio kidnaps him and takes him to a secluded cabin where they learn that he has a past of his own, and they may not be prepared to handle his tricks of the trade.
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A Girl Called Rosemarie 1996 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Bernd Eichinger
Cast: Nina Hoss, Heiner Lauterbach, Mathieu Carriere, Horst Krause, Hannelore Elsner, Katja Flint, Til Schweiger, Heinrich Schafmeister, Hanns Zischler, Manfred Andrae
Set in 1950s West Germany, this film is based on the famous unsolved murder of "high-class" prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt (Nina Hoss). She had a clientele of rich men, and lived with one. The downfall started when a wealthy Frenchmen, Fribert (Mathieu Carriere), came to town with a deal for her: tape her encounters with the rich and famous clients and then, for a price, turn them over to Fribert for use in blackmail schemes.
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Kings of the Road 1976  N/R, 176 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: In the Course of Time
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler, Lisa Kreuzer, Rudolf Schundler, Marquard Bohm, Hans Dieter Trayer, Franziska Stommer, Patric Kreuzer, Peter Kaiser, Michael Wiedemann, Wim Wenders
Movie projector repairman Bruno (Rudiger Vogler) travels from one small-town theater in West Germany to another while living in his beat-up truck. One day, a VW Beetle speeds by and ends up in the river. The occupant Robert (Hanns Zischler) gets out of the car after his half-hearted attempt at suicide, is picked up by Bruno, and they take off together as Bruno continues his route. This is the ultimate road movie by Wim Wenders that makes statements on many matters that occupied the lives of people living through the Cold War and the changes in society that were taking place.
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 Munich 2005 R, 164 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Geoffrey Rush, Ayelet Zurer, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Amalric, Gila Almagor, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Meret Becker
After a Palestinian terrorist group, Black September, takes hostage and then kills 11 Israeli athletes during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, the Israeli government recruits Avner (Eric Bana) and his crew (Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Hanns Zischler). Their secret mission is to assassinate those responsible for the brutal murders. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Ripley's Game 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Liliana Cavani
Cast: John Malkovich, Ray Winstone, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni, Maurizio Luca, Dougray Scott, Evelina Meghangi, Chiara Caselli, Lena Headey, Sam Blitz, Emidio La Vella
In this third of Patricia Highsmith's five Ripley novels, now middle-aged Tom Ripley (John Malkovich) and his pianist wife, Louisa (Chiara Caselli), have just finished renovating their country mansion when Tom overhears picture framer Jonathan (Dougray Scott) make sarcastic remarks concerning the Ripley's decorating taste. The moment for retaliation arrives when Tom is approached to kill a Russian gangster and convinces Jonathan to be the hit man instead. Multiple murders and mayhem ensue.
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The Rose Garden 1989 PG-13, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fons Rademakers
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Maximilian Schell, Peter Fonda, Jan Niklas, Kurt Hubner, Hanns Zischler, Gila Almagor
An elderly man (Maximilian Schell) attacks a German businessman, and the defense attorney (Liv Ullmann) uncovers the story of the past lives of the assailant, who was a Holocaust survivor, and the businessman, who commanded the Nazi concentration camp in which his attacker's family was killed.
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Taking Sides 2001  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Istvan Szabo
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgard, Birgit Minichmayr, Ulrich Tukur, Oleg Tabakov, Hanns Zischler, Armin Rohde, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Robin Renucci, Jed Curtis
Based on the life of the 1930s' Berlin Philharmonic conductor, Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgard), this story involves American Army Major Steve Arnold's (Harvey Keitel) brutal, post-war investigation into the activities of Furtwangler during the Nazi era.
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Walk on Water 2004 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Eytan Fox
Cast: Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, Caroline Peters, Gideon Shemer, Hanns Zischler, Carola Regnier, Imke Barnstedt, Ernest Lenart, Eyal Rozales, Sivan Sasson
Homophobic assassin Eyal (Lior Ashkenazi) has been assigned to kill an ex-Nazi officer; however, after meeting and befriending his intended victim's gay grandson Axel (Knut Berger), Eyal has problems completing his mission.
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| 1. Amen. (2002)
2. The Cement Garden (1993)
3. The Edukators (2004)
4. A Girl Called Rosemarie (1996)
5. Kings of the Road (1976)
aka: In the Course of Time
6. Munich (2005)
7. Ripley's Game (2002)
8. The Rose Garden (1989)
9. Taking Sides (2001)
10. Walk on Water (2004)
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