Birol Ünel
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Birol Ünel (born 18 August 1961) was a Turkish-German actor who played in German and Turkish films, television, and theatrical productions. His name, "Birol", means "unique" in Turkish. Ünel was born in Mersin in southern Turkey. In 1968, his family moved to Brinkum near Bremen in Germany. He studied acting at Hanover Conservatory. Ünel began as a theatre actor at the Berliner Tacheles where he played the lead and also directed the play "Caligula". Ünel made his film debut in 1988's The Passenger. He played a private detective in the film Dealer which he followed up with a role in Fatih Akın's Im Juli. Birol then acted in the award winning Gegen die Wand as Cahit Tomruk. He won the German film prize for best actor for this role. His latest films have been Transylvania, Seven Heroes and Soul Kitchen. Ünel also acted in the hit Turkish film Hırsız var! in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Birol Ünel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 18, 1961
Deathday: September 03, 2020
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Head-On
2004-03-11
Head-On
Overview: With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-03-11
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In July
2000-08-23
In July
Overview: Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-08-23
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Soul Kitchen
2009-09-09
Soul Kitchen
Overview: In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-09-09
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The Moon and Other Lovers
2008-07-24
The Moon and Other Lovers
Overview: Der Mond und andere Liebhaber narrates the story of Hanna, a woman who will not take lifes set-backs and knock-downs sitting down. Instead, she takes them in her stride, picks herself up and marches onward. This is a woman who continually draws new courage from her inexhaustible will to live. Whatever losses and uncertainties come her way, she remains true to herself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-07-24
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The Unpolished
2007-02-08
The Unpolished
Overview: Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-02-08
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Robbery Alla Turca
2005-02-10
Robbery Alla Turca
Overview: With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection. Meanwhile, Seckin the fashioner designer - also the brother of Binnur, wife of the late billionaire - prepares for a fashion show in the same hotel that the robbery is going to take place. With the intervention of police, the beautiful model and her ex-lover, a hip papparazi, the two "Laz" mafia bosses seeking revenge, and the getaway driver straight out of Selcuk Erdem caricatures, the robbery is bound to go wrong. Prepare for a twist at the end as the plot unfolds towards a climactic ending...
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2005-02-10
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Blackberry
2002-05-17
Blackberry
Overview: Two young people in their twenties, Lilian and André, decide to escape the dreary holiday season and go to the paradise that is supposed to be Spain. During their aimless journey, the couple naively places their trust in a shady guy named Sylvester. Although he is a little older than the two lovers, Sylvester also tries to give some semblance of meaning to his life by becoming acquainted with the hackneyed myths of our mediatized world: road movies, war games, romantic stories, drift into drugs. By agreeing to play roles based on clichés, the trio are gradually mired in a dangerous conflict over trust and confidence, love and life.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-05-17
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Valerie
2007-04-26
Valerie
Overview: When a photo model gets replaced by a batch of new younger prettier girls, her life of riches melts in front of her eyes and she's forced to live like a homeless person in a parking lot of a high class hotel she once lived in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-04-26
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Looking for Eimish
2012-11-09
Looking for Eimish
Overview: The young Lucas shares a flat with her partner Eimish in Madrid. One day to buy a rose for her, which prevents her crossing the street when she left. When he gets home he finds a letter that says he is going to Germany. It is then that without a second thought, and acting for the first time in his life moved by impulse, decides to take the first train traveling to Berlin to try to convince his girlfriend to come back to his side. When he reach the city he will realize that she is not there, so he decides to take new direction to Verona (Italy). But things get worse in the adventure: she must stand up to certain situations in her past, and he will change his idea about family and love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2012-11-09
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House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006-11-02
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Overview: Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he delves into the mystery of the house of sleeping beauties.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-11-02
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Dealer
1999-08-05
Dealer
Overview: Can and his girlfriend, Jale, live with their young daughter, Meral, in a tough Turkish neighbourhood of Berlin and barely manage to scrape enough money together for their existence. Can is a small-time dealer and errand-boy for drug boss Hakan, who has to keep his customers supplied within his narrowly staked out territory. Jale, who works in the ware-house of a department store, has been pressing Can to give up this activity. Can, also fed up with his situation, sees a bright new beginning for himself and his family when Hakan offers him the prospective chance to run a bar on his very own. But Can has little control over the pressures that gradually begin to build up around him and soon finds himself floundering in quicksand.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-08-05
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Landgang für Ringo
1996-10-02
Landgang für Ringo
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Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-10-02
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Der gestohlene Mond
2003-01-01
Der gestohlene Mond
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Transylvania
2006-09-09
Transylvania
Overview: Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. When she finds him back, he brutally rejects her and Zingarina is terribly upset. She leaves her two companions and having become a wreck she hardly survives by following a wandering little girl. Her destiny changes for the best when she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Frankfurt Millennium
1998-02-17
Frankfurt Millennium
Overview: While the masses enthusiastically meet to celebrate the new Millennium, one does not sense much commotion at the kiosk and corner bar "Das Frankfurter Kreuz ". Strangers as well as regulars come to the Kiosk owned by Walter.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-02-17
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German Dream
2004-11-15
German Dream
Overview: A documentary about the integration and lifestyle of Turks who immigrated to Germany, especially young people, who are defined as the third generation today. The film contains a wide range of perspectives ranging from hip hop artists to businessmen, retired workers to film directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2004-11-15
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Planet Alex
2001-01-18
Planet Alex
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-01-18
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Mau Mau
1992-05-28
Mau Mau
Overview: A couple of stories revolve around the last days of a stripclub called 'Mau Mau'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1992-05-28
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I'm Off Then
2015-12-24
I'm Off Then
Overview: Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Unknown Friend
1999-09-08
Unknown Friend
Overview: After five years in prison, Ellen is ‘’out’’ and ready to come to terms with her past. She begins by looking for Katrin, who was present the night of the crime. Hearing Katrin’s voice on the radio and learning that she is a DJ at a local nightclub, Ellen decides to go and wait for her at the door. At first, Katrin is frightened and does not want anything to do with Ellen. However Ellen persists. Flashbacks fill in the history of Katrin’s relationship with an abusive husband and her intimate relationship with Ellen. It soon becomes clear that Ellen’s devotion for Katrin is no less potent than before. Gradually Katrin yields to Ellen’s wishes. Before long, past events catch up with them an unexpected sting in the tail reveals a major twist.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-09-08
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Back to nothing
2016-04-14
Back to nothing
Overview: A group of freaks subsist as city nomads in an uncontrolled ghetto, doomed for demolition. Kongo, Strasser, Bobby and Jackie are heading out – back to nothing.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-14
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Not a Lovestory
2004-01-01
Not a Lovestory
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Netekim Karakolu
2015-02-13
Netekim Karakolu
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2015-02-13
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The Cricket
2011-09-01
The Cricket
Overview: A short movie based on a true story; no dialogues, only sounds and images. In a construction site of an international airport, a migrant labourer works for a few money; suddenly he's disquieted by an annoying jangle who distracts him and forces him to a vital decision.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-09-01
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My Mother
2002-04-25
My Mother
Overview: Anam, age 40, is a traditional Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. She works as a cleaner and has made two friends: man-crazy German Rita and superstitious African Didi. When she finds out that her 20-year-old son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene and her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague, her whole world collapses around her. Although desperate she is determined to fight and goes looking for Deniz. Instead she finds his girlfriend Mandy, who is also a drug addict. She decides to take care of the girl who is a stranger to her and finds herself confronted with an entirely unknown world. When she finally manages to track Deniz down to the cold-blooded dealer Hassain, he rejects her. Anam is forced to realize that painful as it is she can only help Deniz if he is prepared to accept her help
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-04-25
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Falling
2016-12-16
Falling
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-12-16
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Tour Abroad
2000-07-01
Tour Abroad
Overview: Senay is a willful eleven year old girl in Hamburg who's Turkish father has just died. The only friend responding to the news about her father is a gay Turkish cabaret singer, Zeki. Together they travel through Europe in search of the orphan girl's mother, Cicek, who left at childbirth and whom Zeki represents as Senay's aunt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-07-01
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King of Thieves
2003-11-14
King of Thieves
Overview: Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Enemy at the Gates
2001-02-28
Enemy at the Gates
Overview: A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Genres: Drama War History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-28
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Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997-04-01
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
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Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-04-01
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Kalbin Zamanı
2004-12-10
Kalbin Zamanı
Overview: In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death.
Genres: Romance Crime
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2004-12-10
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Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018-05-25
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
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Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: tr
Release Date: 2018-05-25
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Sleepless Night
2011-11-16
Sleepless Night
Overview: Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-11-16
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The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988-05-04
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Overview: An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1988-05-04
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North Pole
North Pole
Overview: This is a film in the dramatic and adventure genre based on historical and real events — namely an expedition to the North Pole on the airship “”Italy”” in 1928 under the command of General Nobile, ending in the tragic crash of the aircraft. Eight countries participated in the international humanitarian rescue expedition, but only the Soviet icebreaker Krasin was able to remove the surviving crew from the pack ice.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
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Plan B
2016-06-08
Plan B
Overview: When three young martial artists embark on a relentless treasure hunt in order to free their friend from the grasp of a ruthless gangster, they get entangled in a complex conspiracy staged to dethrone Berlin's underworld kingpin.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-06-08
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