Ludger Pistor
Biography: Ludger Pistor was born on March 16, 1959 in Recklinghausen, Germany. He is an actor, known for X-Men: First Class (2011), Run Lola Run (1998) and Casino Royale (2006). He is best known for appearing in big name films such as Schindler's List as Josef Liepold, Casino Royale as the Swiss banker Mendel and in Inglourious Basterds as Hauptmann (Captain) Wolfgang. He also played in X-Men: First Class where he played the small role of a German former Nazi hiding in Argentina posing as pig farmer, and gets killed by Michael Fassbender's character, Magneto, in a bar. In Germany he is better known, since he played in over 100 movies and television series.[1] E.g. Balko (for which he got the "Deutscher Fernsehpreis"-the German Television Award and the Adolf-Grimme-Preis), Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem, Crazy Race,
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 16, 1959
Deathday: N/A
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Run Lola Run
1998-08-20
Run Lola Run
Overview: Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manni. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manni. Otherwise, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-08-20
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Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem
1993-11-11
Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem
Overview: The dreaded Doc Snyder returns home after 30 years. After his long ride through the prairies of the wild west, his laundry is extremely dirty, and who could wash it better than his unshaven mommy? But first she sends him to the prison, from which he is to free his brother Hank, because otherwise he will be hanged. When that's done, they both spontaneously decide to rob a bank, which goes completely wrong. Before Doc Snyder's eyes, his beloved brother is shot by his intimate enemy, the Nose Man. Snyder initially manages to escape, but the Nose Man takes up the pursuit, and from then on many innocent people have to die - including Snyder's mother...
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-11-11
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Pappa ante Portas
1991-02-21
Pappa ante Portas
Overview: After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-02-21
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Out of Bounds
2006-06-26
Out of Bounds
Overview: Ingo organizes a charity event for the local golf club. Special guest will be the Hollywood star Douglas Burnett. But who remembers what the aging star looks like today?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-06-26
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Vier Meerjungfrauen
2001-08-31
Vier Meerjungfrauen
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-08-31
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Niete zieht Hauptgewinn
2007-12-28
Niete zieht Hauptgewinn
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Genres: TV Movie Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-12-28
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Werner - Beinhart!
1990-11-29
Werner - Beinhart!
Overview: Comic artist Brösel trades a magic pen that helps him come up with funny stories for the promise to fulfill one of Rumpelstiltskin's wishes. The resulting animated films show episodes of the life of Werner, a plumber apprentice and motorbike enthusiast and his friends. They are interspersed with the live-action portions.
Genres: Animation Comedy Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1990-11-29
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Killing Is My Business, Honey
2009-02-26
Killing Is My Business, Honey
Overview: A hit man whose mission is to prevent the printing of a tell-all book written by a former Mafioso, falls in love with the employee who may lose her job if the book doesn't get published.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-02-26
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Willi and the Windsors
1996-11-27
Willi and the Windsors
Overview: The British parliament has decided to get rid of the royal family. All of them have to leave the county and so they move to Germany, where they want to live by their distant relatives, the Bettenberg family. But these are not amused about their snobbish visitors, which all want to reside in their little house without doing any work to earn their living.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-11-27
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Unter Menschen
2020-01-01
Unter Menschen
Overview: Oona's parents are expectant and a little nervous before the first meeting with the daughter's new partner. But when the couple finally shows up, they are very surprised, and the dinner develops into something completely different than what they expected.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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Helden in Tirol
1998-10-01
Helden in Tirol
Overview: Helden, a village in a secluded, forgotten valley in Tyol. A place where the world is still a happy place, where a simple poache named Max loves poor Emma. However, he doesn't want to stand in the way of her being happy by marrying the greedy mayor's rich son. Time stands still in Helden, where Father Johannes is still able to stir up the parish with his sermons, where the oldest resident has already celebrated his 300th birthday, and where the village idiot reads Marcel Proust. One day, this idyll is threatened when the mayor plans to turn the village into a tourist trap. The heroic Max is ready to fight this decision and do battle against injustice. It's no surprise that Emma sides with him, and after staving off the evil menace, he can marry his beloved as a reward.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-10-01
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Ein Schnitzel für drei
2009-11-19
Ein Schnitzel für drei
Overview: The unemployed salesman Wolfgang practices optimism, his friend Günther realism: The situation is shitty! But then zookeeper Günther finds a few hundred thousand Euros from his demented neighbor. The mates take the money but also the care for the old man.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-11-19
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Ein Schnitzel für alle
2013-09-05
Ein Schnitzel für alle
Overview: Again, the unemployed zookeeper Günther and the discarded salesman Wolfgang are looking for their great luck. Therefore, they get the help of a young man who, due to his autism, has extraordinary skills at the roulette table.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2013-09-05
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Die Frau des Schläfers
2010-07-02
Die Frau des Schläfers
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-07-02
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Schokolade für den Chef
2008-07-26
Schokolade für den Chef
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Genres: TV Movie Family Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-07-26
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Crazy Race
2003-03-23
Crazy Race
Overview: Marc owes a criminal a quarter of a million euros. So it's just as well that there's an illegal car rally across Germany to win exactly that amount. Inconveniently, he is now supposed to look after his eight-year-old daughter.
Genres: TV Movie Action Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2003-03-23
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Non-Stop Trouble With the Experts
1988-01-01
Non-Stop Trouble With the Experts
Overview: Willi Schulze is a car mechanic. Together with Paul, who escaped from an orphanage, he runs a garage. During the testing of a car, Willi finds out the brakes aren't working that good. A fatal accident can just be prevented. He tries to hitchhike home and gets picked up by American election expert Willy Schneider. Together they also get an accident and both lose their memory. The police assumes Schulze is the election expert and rapidly he turns into the pivot in a stone-hard election-contest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Kein Geld der Welt
2007-06-04
Kein Geld der Welt
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-06-04
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Erkan & Stefan 3
2005-05-19
Erkan & Stefan 3
Overview: The 3rd movie by the comedian duo Erkan and Stefan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-05-19
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The Princess and the Warrior
2000-10-12
The Princess and the Warrior
Overview: Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams. But when she finds him weeks later she is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-10-12
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Lüg weiter, Liebling
2010-05-03
Lüg weiter, Liebling
Overview: "Hape" Wegener is an old hippie and has a lot of debts. At the cemetery he happens to meet the widow Martha Ebinghaus, who clearly comes from wealthy circles. Hape poses as a mysterious diplomat in order to gain the trust of the unstable Martha and then wants to reap financial benefits from it. Martha is fascinated by Hape and his stories and Hape's plan seems to be working.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-05-03
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Das Weihnachtsschnitzel
2022-12-07
Das Weihnachtsschnitzel
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-12-07
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Casino Royale
2006-11-14
Casino Royale
Overview: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-14
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Life Is All You Get
1997-03-20
Life Is All You Get
Overview: After he loses his job, his father, and his girlfriend, Jan's life is a shambles. Then suddenly he meets freakish street musician Vera, and a bittersweet romance unfolds...
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-03-20
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Wir tun es für Geld
2014-06-27
Wir tun es für Geld
Overview: It is not out of love that Ines gives her boyhood friend Moritz the vow, not even because he is rich. On the contrary. For the financial expert the dreamy loser type is interesting as a low-income earner. The fictitious marriage with him brings a lot of tax savings for Ines. On paper, everything is perfectly sophisticated, except for the last place after the comma. Unfortunately, a conscientious financial officer moves into the same apartment building. In order not to be unmasked as unscrupulous tax evaders, Ines and Moritz must play him the newly in love couple - with unimaginable consequences.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-06-27
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Tischlein deck dich
2008-12-20
Tischlein deck dich
Overview: No one takes the clumsy Max Klopstock seriously. Even the gluttonous goat makes fun of him. Max wants to prove his worth to his father and lovely Lotte. So he packs his knapsack and heads out into the world like his older brothers Emil and Joeckel did.
Genres: Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-12-20
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Die Blattlaus
1991-10-28
Die Blattlaus
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-10-28
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Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen
1987-12-17
Das Mädchen mit den Feuerzeugen
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1987-12-17
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Midnight Cop
1988-11-03
Midnight Cop
Overview: Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin's drug and prostitution ganglands. The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin's brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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Robot Mom
2012-10-30
Robot Mom
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2012-10-30
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Deadly Web
1994-01-01
Deadly Web
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Why I Kidnapped My Boss
2014-11-14
Why I Kidnapped My Boss
Overview: Anna is a young working mom, with baby twins. Her boss who doesn't understand the situation fires her just before losing his memory in an accident. Anna then decides to teach him a lesson and switch places with him.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-11-14
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Frauen verstehen
2014-09-05
Frauen verstehen
Overview: The dishes are smashed, the lampshade broken, the curtain torn down. The relationship between Marlene and her husband Paul seems to be over. In fact, the two have not gotten along so well for a long time - and out of sheer high spirits they have just made up for their bachelorette party. This is what Marlene is most surprised about, because her plan was actually quite different: the insurance broker wants to divorce her easy-going husband, who has been cheating on her constantly for the past 30 years of marriage.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-09-05
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Aus der Kurve
2015-04-15
Aus der Kurve
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Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-04-15
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Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
Inglourious Basterds
Overview: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-02
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Die Insassen
2015-09-17
Die Insassen
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-09-17
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Bros Before Hoes
2015-12-24
Bros Before Hoes
Overview: Two brothers are having a concert but one of them falls in love with a girl, now it's going to be hard for the two to work together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Woman in Gold
2015-03-20
Woman in Gold
Overview: Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the Austrian government to recover a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II, she believes rightfully belongs to her family. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-20
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Young Light
2016-05-12
Young Light
Overview: Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older boys and the older girl next door on his own. Finally events build up and threaten to tear the family apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-05-12
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Seitenwechsel
2016-06-02
Seitenwechsel
Overview: The relationship of Alex and Teresa has hit hard times. After 15 years of marriage, the passionate football coach and the sensitive psychoanalyst do not respect each other's needs anymore, and thus they are arguing constantly. Even a divorce seems possible, but then something unbelievable happens: After another ugly fight during a big thunderstorm, they switch bodies. Trapped, they have to play each other's roles, and chaos is bound to follow.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-06-02
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Jetzt sind wir dran!
2011-04-18
Jetzt sind wir dran!
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2011-04-18
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Ein gefährliches Angebot
2016-04-01
Ein gefährliches Angebot
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-04-01
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Stadtlandliebe
2016-07-07
Stadtlandliebe
Overview: Sam and Anna are part of the hip, vegan, green, eco-friendly, upper-class subculture of Berlin. Anna is a successful doctor, and Nick works in advertising. However, life in Germany's capital is fast-paced and stressful, so the two of them decide to take the next step towards the ideal "eco lifestyle" and move out to the country. As they arrive, they find that life in the country is much less relaxing than they expected, as the rather eccentric locals keep them on their toes.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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The Innocent
1993-09-16
The Innocent
Overview: A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man’s best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-16
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It’s Your Turn, Honey!
2017-02-16
It’s Your Turn, Honey!
Overview: Toni and Marc want to divorce, because the great passion seems to be extinguished after 15 years of marriage. It should be a consensual separation, but the new beginning is not so easy: Both have just the chance of a job abroad.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-02-16
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My Brother Simple
2017-11-09
My Brother Simple
Overview: Ben and Barnabas are unseparatable since they are small. The two of them, however, are no ordinary pair of brothers, for Barnabas, with his twenty-two years, remained mentally at the age of three.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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My Blind Date with Life
2017-01-26
My Blind Date with Life
Overview: An ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-01-26
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Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide
2017-03-09
Inspector Dupin: Brittany's Tide
Overview: Myths of the sunken city of Ys leads to the murder of a young couple.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-03-09
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Schnitzel geht immer
2017-01-21
Schnitzel geht immer
Overview: With a t-shirt sale the two friends Günther and Wolfgang finally want to turn their backs on unemployment benefits. But this plan is not as easy to implement as expected and in the end, almost everything is different than it initially looks. But one thing is certain: there is always time of a Schnitzel.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-01-21
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Der Himmel zwischen den Welten
2015-07-18
Der Himmel zwischen den Welten
Overview:
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-07-18
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X-Men: First Class
2011-06-01
X-Men: First Class
Overview: Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-01
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The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
The Name of the Rose
Overview: 14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-24
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Schindler's List
1993-12-15
Schindler's List
Overview: The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-15
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Scheidung für Anfänger
2018-09-01
Scheidung für Anfänger
Overview:
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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Golden Boy
1988-07-17
Golden Boy
Overview:
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-07-17
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Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
2018-09-01
Eine Hochzeit platzt selten allein
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-09-01
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Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance
2016-02-19
Einfach Rosa - Die zweite Chance
Overview:
Genres: TV Movie Family Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-02-19
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Deutschfieber
1992-10-29
Deutschfieber
Overview:
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-10-29
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Er - Sie - Es
1989-07-01
Er - Sie - Es
Overview: Feature film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-07-01
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Schnitzel de Luxe
2019-01-09
Schnitzel de Luxe
Overview: Gunther and Wolfgang, two long-time unemployed friends spot an opportunity when their favorite Schnitzel shop is closing up and they want to run it themselves. Only problem is they need 10,000 euros advance payment. Like so many German unemployed they come up with the nuttiest plans, the craziest schemes and the daftest ideas to get the cash. When an old friend of Wolfgang's wife turns out to have made quite the fortune, they embark on their adventure to make a quick buck. Unfortunately, their best laid plans don't exactly work out. A story about friendship, human kindness, ambition, love and trust and obviously Schnitzel.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-01-09
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The Fifth Estate
2013-10-11
The Fifth Estate
Overview: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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St George's Day
2012-09-07
St George's Day
Overview: Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, the story races across Europe at breakneck speed as Micky and Ray attempt to stay one step ahead of the Police. Can they pull off a daring diamond heist in time to put things right and retire to a "legitimate" way of life.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-07
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The Informant!
2009-09-18
The Informant!
Overview: A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-18
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Immenhof - Das große Versprechen
2022-05-26
Immenhof - Das große Versprechen
Overview: When a poison attack is made on the racehorse Cagliostro, Lou flees the Immenhof with the horse. Together they find refuge with Cal, who lives away from civilization with his semi-wild horses. In his new home, Lou makes the horse promise that it will never have to take part in a race again. However, this is by no means the end of the threat to Cagliostro.
Genres: Family Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-05-26
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