The Counterfeiters 2007  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner, Veit Stubner, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Andreas Schmidt, Tilo Pruckner, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Norman Stoffregen, Bernd Raucamp
Based on a true story and adapted from Adolph Burger's book "The Devil's Workshop," this is the tale of a counterfeiting program set up by the Nazis in 1936 to help fund their cause. Saloman (Karl Markovics) is a Jewish entrepreneur who is a master counterfeiter. When he is put in a concentration camp, his talents are noted, and he becomes a key contributor to the counterfeiting program. But team member Adolf (August Diehl) is attempting to undermine the operation. Thus begins the dilemma of choosing between helping the enemy–the Nazis–vs. the consequences of potentially losing their lives. An Academy Award was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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The Inheritors 1998 R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Cast: Simon Schwarz, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Julia Gschnitzer, Elisabeth Orth, Tilo Pruckner
Set in rural, pre-World War II Austria, this story begins with the murder of a farmer who has bequeathed his land to the seven peasants who work on his farm. With Lukas (Simon Schwarz) and his lover, Emmy (Sophie Rois), as organizers, the peasants form a collective farm and thrive. BUT the idea of peasants owning land upsets the whole social order of the feudal society, and the local landowners bully them.
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 The Neverending Story 1984 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Barret Oliver, Noah Hathaway, Tami Stronach, Gerald MacRaney, Moses Gunn, Sydney Bromley, Patricia Hayes, Alan Oppenheimer, Thomas Hill, Deep Roy, Tilo Pruckner, Moses Gunn, Drum Garrett, Darryl Cooksey, Nicholas Gilbert
A young boy, Bastian (Barret Oliver), finds a peculiar-looking book and goes up to the school attic to read it. No sooner does he start reading than he enters a world of fantasy where a force called "The Nothing" is destroying the universe. Only Bastian has the power to beat "The Nothing."
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Traffik 1989  TV, 325 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alastair Reid
Cast: Bill Paterson, Julia Ormond, Linda Bassett, Lindsay Duncan, Fritz Muller-Scherz, Jamal Shah, Talat Hussain, George Kukura, Tilo Pruckner, Sharon Bower, Vincenzo Benestante, Peter Bourke, Ismat Shah Jahan, Roohi Raza, Ronan Vibert
This made-for-British TV miniseries was the basis for Steven Soderbergh's award-winning 2000 film "Traffic." The powerful story probes the heroin drug arena from the fields of Pakistan to the end users, highlighting the drug empire that supports it and the government that attempts to deal with it.
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| 1. The Counterfeiters (2007)
2. The Inheritors (1998)
3. The Neverending Story (1984)
4. Traffik (1989)
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