Franziska Petri
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Biography: From 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri studied at the renowned „Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art“ in Berlin. Her cinema debut was a part in „The Big Mambo“ („Das Mambospiel“) by Michael Gwisdek in 1997, which opened the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. With her first leading role in in the award-winning „Forget America“ („Vergiss Amerika“) she attracted both critics' and audiences' attention. After leading roles in the most diverse cinema productions like the historic drama „Leo & Claire“ by Joseph Vilsmaier, the quirky comedy „Max & Moritz Reloaded“ by Thomas Frydetzki, the gloomy thriller „The Heart Is a Dark Forest“ („Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald“) by Nicolette Krebitz, the political drama „Long Shadows“ („Schattenwelt“) by Connie Walther or the psychological drama „Memory“ („Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf“) by Matthias Luthardt, she appeared in the psychothriller „For Miriam“ („Für Miriam“) by Lars Gunnar Lotz. For her outstanding performance in „For Miriam“ she was awarded Best Actress at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009 (Perspektive Deutsches Kino), Best Actress at La Cabina. Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes de Valencia, Spain 2010 and Best Actress at the 11th Aubagne International Film Festival, France 2010. In 2011 she played the starring role in Kirill Serebrennikov's dark tale of love Izmena/Betrayal, which premiered in the official competition of the Venice Film Festival 2012. For her impressive performance she was awarded Best Actress at the 2012 Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
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Vergiss Amerika
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-09
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The Heart Is a Dark Forest
Overview: A woman's life is destroyed when she discovers that her husband has another family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-12-27
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Max and Moritz Reloaded
Overview: Max and Moritz are two young brothers living an adventurous life of petty crime in Hamburg, Germany. After the two boys steal a car and get into an accident, with the adolescent daughter of a Hamburg Senator sitting in the passenger seat, the two scoundrels are packed up and sent to a boot camp. This military-style camp is run by Axel and Henry, two former East German soldiers who still strongly believe in Communism but are secretly gay lovers. Max and Moritz steal another car...a red Ferrari owned by small-town pimp Murder-Hanne. The nationalistic sadist teaches the boys a painful lesson, but Max and Moritz wouldn’t be Max and Moritz if they let this weekend-fascist get them down... and when they acquire the key to their military school’s ordinance depot, things start to change.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-04-27
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Long Shadows
Overview: After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest in Widmer, the two of them seem to have something in common. They discreetly enter into the secrets of their lives. Till the truth comes between them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-10-24
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Betrayal
Overview: While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-08-30
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Leo & Claire
Overview: In 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family man, he has a good relationship with his loving wife Claire. As the climate in Germany grows increasingly dangerous, bombshell Irene moves to the neighborhood. After forming an unlikely friendship, his relationship with Irene is immediately regarded with suspicion.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-04-18
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Tage des Sturms
Overview: On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GDR refused obedience to their political leadership. The story takes place in Bitterfeld and tells the story of a family involved in the political events around 17 June.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2003-05-07
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The Volcano
Overview: A singer flees from Nazi Germany, travels to Paris and befriends a young writer, his lover and a professor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-10-21
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The Big Mambo
Overview: The actors Martin and Maria have not been a couple for a long time, but they didn't get very far without each other. While he spends his time with alcohol, numerous affairs and reveries about his own film, she is bored with her young lover. When Maria surprisingly finds the loot of a bank robbery in the trash, she takes the opportunity to get rid of her lover, only to run into her ex-husband shortly afterwards. The old passion flares up again and Martin suddenly sees the chance to finally realize his long-held script.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-03-26
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Das unreine Mal
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-12-27
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Annas Fluch - Tödliche Gedanken
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-09-15
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Der Kronzeuge
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-12-12
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Wen die Liebe trifft
Overview: The attractive young Franka runs the traditional porcelain manufactory Rhomberg with her father. In contrast to her fun-loving sister Joe, the sensible Franka has no time for men. That changes when she meets the sensitive, good-looking Luca - who unfortunately has just married her "best enemy" Nathalie. Franka suddenly has to fight against unfamiliar feelings. Joe falls seriously in love too, but is the easy-going bartender Marco the right one for her? The lives of the two sisters are turned upside down.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-10-21
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Mord an der roten Rita
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Midsommar Stories
Overview: Tells the stories of a few people who are driven by different dreams, needs, and fears. At some point or another in their lives, IKEA plays a fateful role - in a comical or tragic way.
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Original Language: de
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Porno!Melo!Drama!
Overview: Over one wild Cologne night, three women in search of the perfect partner and perfect life discover that a little bit of magic changes everything...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-10-25
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Platonow
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-12-12
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Wenn eine Mutter ihr Leben verspielt
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2001-04-25
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Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf
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Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2008-08-24
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The Duelist
Overview: Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when Yakovlev meets the naïve young Prince Tuchov and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by hitherto undetected emotions. What transpires uncovers a series of revelations about his past and his present self.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2016-09-29
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Dolores
Overview: A mystery thriller directed by Michael Rösel.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-09-30
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Sommernachtsmord
Overview: The dead body of a tourist is found in the mountains of Tyrol. The murder investigation focuses on the residents of a seemingly quiet village.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-12-08
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Die Nachtschwester
Overview: Brandenburg, near the Polish border; it all started with a toothache. Then the boss called to say he was needed. Extra Duty - to guard a gangster for the night in an emergency ward. Konzak was sorry he ever became a cop. Besides, the prisoner was a moody boxer-type, and the room at the hospital was like in the middle of the Sahara Desert. Sweat was already dripping down his back when the night nurse stopped by on her rounds. A sway of the hips.. the look in her eye...she was a real knockout. Konzak forgot the toothache and the prisoner...
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-06-04
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Operation Medusa
Overview: After a friend kills himself, a young woman tries to infiltrate the psycho sect of which he was a member.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Endloser Horizont
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Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-04-23
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Unsere Kinder! - Verschollen im Urlaub
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-11-10
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Wolfsland – Irrlichter
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Genres: Crime Action Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2018-05-31
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Für Miriam
Overview: Karen, a maths teacher, finds herself involved in a traffic accident for which she is not to blame. The accident causes the death of a girl on a scooter. Although innocent, the young woman is distraught, more so when she discovers that the dead girl – Miriam – is none other than the sister of her pupil, Lukas. The more everyone around her assures her that she is not to blame for the girl’s death, the guiltier Karen feels. To her, the accident is like an equation that just doesn’t add up. In an attempt to make up for her actions at least in part, she begins to give Lukas extra maths lessons. But, consumed by his pain, the boy wants much more from her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-02-12
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Off Season
Overview: Describes the state of a couple in the off season, shortly before the birth of their child. Gregor surprises his girlfriend Judith with a wellness holiday in Sicily, but Judith would rather go to work than lie on the beach. Her boyfriend’s expectations with regard to the baby and his eagerness for family life create an ever-greater distance between the two.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-02-10
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Hotel Auschwitz
Overview: The director of a theatre play about the holocaust takes some of his actors to Auschwitzt to get in the right mood...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-01-17
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Come Closer
Overview: The focus is on a relationship between a couple, played by the directing duo, and Daniel, with whom they end up in bed one after the other. It's an open-hearted game of love, fascinating to look at, and at the same time it's true, it questions everything.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-10-07
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