Jan Oliver Schroeder
Also Known As: Jan Olivier Schroeder, Jan Oliver Schroede, Jan-Olivier Schroeder, Jan-Oliver Schroeder
Biography: Jan Oliver Schroeder is known for Lucy (2014), Belle & Sebastian (2013) and Anna (2019).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Germany, EU
Adult: No
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Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
Overview: The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
Genres: History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-11-08
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Lucy
Overview: A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Genres: Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-25
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Belle and Sebastian
Overview: Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a giant, wild mountain dog, Belle – even though the villagers believe her to be ‘the beast’ that has been killing their sheep.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-12-18
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Head in the Clouds
Overview: Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-29
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Simone: Woman of the Century
Overview: Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a humanist message still keenly relevant today.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-10-12
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Female Agents
Overview: May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Their mission, to rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy.
Genres: War History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-02-08
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio
Overview: In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-04-15
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In Her Name
Overview: In 1982, André Bamberski learns about the death of his 14 year-old daughter, Kalinka, while she was on vacation with her mother and stepfather in Germany. Convinced that Kalinka’s death was not an accident, Bamberski begins to investigate. A botched autopsy report raises his suspicions and leads him to accuse Kalinka’s stepfather, Dr Dieter Krombach, as the murderer. Unable to indict Krombach in Germany, Bamberski attempts to take the trial to France, where he will dedicate his life to Kalinka’s justice and the imprisonment of Krombach.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-03-16
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Anna
Overview: Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-19
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Freedom
Overview: A Gypsy family travels the French roads during the Second World War, followed by Little Claude, a young boy seeking a new family after his parents "left and never returned". Upon reaching a town where they traditionally stop for a few months and work in vineyards, they learn that a new law forbids them from being nomadic. Theodore, the town's mayor, and Miss Lundi, the schoolteacher, protect and help the Gypsies. Despite this, They are arrested and placed in an internment camp. Theodore manages to rescue them and gives them a piece of property where they must settle. But the Gypsies' deeply ingrained thirst for freedom makes this sedentary lifestyle difficult to bear. After Theodore and Miss Lundi are arrested for resistance, the Gypsies decide they must get back on the move in order to remain free.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-08-01
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