Anatomy 2 (Anatomie 2) 2003  R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Barnaby Metschurat, Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch, Roman Knizka, Wotan Wilke Mohring, Frank Giering, Hanno Koffler, Felix Kramer, Sebastian Nakajew, Franka Potente, Rosel Zech, August Diehl
Jo (Barnaby Metschurat), an ambitious graduate of medical school, takes his first job in Berlin. His goal is to work on finding a cure for a rare disease that crippled his brother, but, instead, he becomes involved with an elite group of physicians that is into highly unethical research.
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The Lives of Others 2006  R, 137 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Thriller
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-Uwe Bauer, Volkmar Kleinert, Matthias Brenner, Herbert Knaup, Thomas Arnold
This story begins in East Berlin during the 1980s with dramatist Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his companion Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) who don't always agree with the party line. In the mid-80s, East German Secret Police agent Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe) is assigned to spy on Dreyman and Sieland. In the process of his observations, the hard-nosed Wiesler becomes fascinated with the couple and turns into an anti-establishment figure himself. By story's end it is 1991, and the Berlin Wall has fallen allowing for a reunited Germany. An Oscar was received for Best Foreign Language film.
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Nuremberg 2000  TV, 175 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox, Michael Ironside, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow, Matt Craven, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Colm Feore, Herbert Knaup
Alec Baldwin performs admirably as Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson to whom fell the responsibility of prosecuting Nazi war criminals Hermann Goring (Brian Cox), Rudolf Hess (Colm Feore), and Albert Speer (Herbert Knaup). A good reenactment of history and lessons that must never be forgotten.
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 Run Lola Run 1998  R, 81 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / Animation
Director: Tom Tykwer
Cast: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Krol, Ludger Pistor, Suzanne von Borsody, Sebastian Schipper, Julia Lindig, Lars Rudolph, Andreas Petri
Lola (Franka Potente) is a tattooed punkette whose boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), inadvertently leaves 100,000 marks on the train. The money was being taken to a gangster, and Manni now has only 20 minutes to recover the loot. In desperation, Manni calls Lola for help, which sets her off and running to find the cash.
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| 1. Anatomy 2 (Anatomie 2) (2003)
2. The Lives of Others (2006)
3. Nuremberg (2000)
4. Run Lola Run (1998)
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