Comedian Harmonists 1997  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Harmonists
Director: Joseph Vilsmaier
Cast: Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister, Max Tidof, Kai Wiesinger, Meret Becker, Katja Riemann, Noemi Fischer, Dana Vavrova
This is the true story of a singing group that formed during 1927 in Berlin, Germany. The "Comedian Harmonists" gained fame and immense popularity that lasted until the Nazi regime learned that three of its members were Jewish and prohibited performances by the group.
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Downfall 2004  R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Corinna Harfouch, Ulrich Matthes, Juliane Kohler, Heino Ferch, Christian Berkel, Matthias Habich, Thomas Kretschmann, Michael Mendl, Ulrich Noethen, Birgit Minichmayr, Andre Hennicke, Rolf Kanies, Justus von Dohnanyi
Adolf Hitler's (Bruno Ganz) secretary Traudl Junge (Alexandra Maria Lara) narrates this story of Hitler's last ten days, which he spent in a Berlin bunker before his suicide in 1945. Hitler's Reich is crumbling, and his mistress Eva Braun (Juliane Kohler) throws parties. Meanwhile, Joseph Goebbels (Ulrich Matthes) and his wife Magda (Corinna Harfouch) contemplate murdering their six children and then killing themselves. Meanwhile, Hitler refuses to leave and, like the others in the bunker, will choose suicide rather than facing the Allies after Germany is defeated.
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Lucie Aubrac 1997  R, 116 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Carole Bouquet, Daniel Auteuil, Patrice Chereau, Jean-Roger Milo, Eric Boucher, Heino Ferch, Bernard Verley, Jean Martin, Marie Pillet, Maxime Henry
This love story is based on the true story of a French Resistance fighter, Lucie Aubrac (Carole Bouquet), who organized a rescue mission in 1943 to save her husband, Raymond (Daniel Auteuil), slated by the Nazis for execution in a Lyon prison.
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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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The Seagull's Laughter 2001 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agust Gudmundsson
Cast: Margret Vilhjalmsdottir, Ugla Egilsdottir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Kristbjorg Kjeld, Edda Bjorg Eyjolfsdottir, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, Eyvindur Erlendsson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Halldora Geirhardsdottir, Jonina Olafsdottir, Dilja Mist
At the end of World War II, wallflower Freyja (Margret Vilhjalmsdottir) married an American soldier and moved to America. Ten years later, a widowed Freyja returns home, transformed into an elegant woman. She moves in with relatives and begins to exact revenge on those who hurt her years before.
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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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Winter Sleepers 1997 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Heino Ferch, Josef Bierbichler, Laura Maori Tonke, Sophia Dirscherl, Sebastian Schipper, Saskia Vester, Werner Schnitzer
This slow-moving story revolves around events resulting from a road accident through which five characters' lives become bound forever.
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| 1. Comedian Harmonists (1997)
aka: The Harmonists
2. Downfall (2004)
3. Lucie Aubrac (1997)
4. The Ogre (1996)
5. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
6. The Tunnel (2001)
7. Winter Sleepers (1997)
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