 The Good Shepherd 2006   R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Robert De Niro
Cast: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon, Martina Gedeck, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Mark Ivanir, Gabriel Macht, Lee Pace, Joe Pesci
This spy thriller cuts back and forth in time as it tells a fictionalized history of the C.I.A. through the experiences of newly recruited Yale senior Edward Wilson (Matt Damon) in 1939 who, over a period of years, rises to become an influential agent spying on the Germans during World War II and Soviet agents in the Cold War. But, with his professional success comes the sacrifice of his family who he neglects in the line of duty for the C.I.A.
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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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Maybe, Maybe Not 1996  R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sonke Wortmann
Cast: Til Schweiger, Katja Reimann, Joachim Krol, Rufus Beck, Armin Rohde, Nico van der Knaap, Antonia Lang, Martina Gedeck, Judith Reinartz, Kai Wiesinger
Axel (Til Schweiger) is a heterosexual male who moves in with Norbert (Joachim Krol), a homosexual, after his romance ends. When the ex-girlfriend (Katja Reimann) learns she is pregnant, she returns to Axel only to be confused by his new living arrangements.
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Mostly Martha 2002 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Bella Martha
Director: Sandra Nelttelbeck
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Maxime Foerste, August Zirner, Ulrich Thomsen, Sibylle Canonica, Katja Studt, Idil Uner, Oliver Broumis, Antonio Wannek
Martha (Martina Gedeck), the uptight chef at a Hamburg restaurant, is headed for a few surprises in her life when her orphaned niece, Lina (Maxime Foerste), moves in–followed soon by the new chef, Mario (Sergio Castellitto), who is destined to be Martha's lover.
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| 1. The Good Shepherd (2006)
2. The Lives of Others (2006)
3. Maybe, Maybe Not (1996)
4. Mostly Martha (2002)
aka: Bella Martha
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