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 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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 Solaris 2002  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur, Morgan Rusler, John Cho, Shane Skelton, Donna Kimball, Michael Ensign
A psychologist, Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), is sent to a space station that orbits Solaris, an ocean world. Upon arrival, Chris finds the captain has died, and the only inhabitants left are two researchers–Snow (Jeremy Davies) and Helen (Viola Davis)–and one young boy (Shane Skelton). It appears that Solaris is able to capture dreams and make them a reality. Chris discovers this when he dreams of his late wife, Rheya (Natascha McElhone), and wakes up finding what seems to be Rheya lying next to him. Other strange events follow.
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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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| 1. Amen. (2002)
2. The Lives of Others (2006)
3. Solaris (2002)
4. Taking Sides (2001)
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