Erwin Leder
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erwin Alois Robert Leder (born 30 July 1951 in St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria) is an Austrian actor. He is best known for his role as Chief Mechanic Johann in Das Boot, a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen about a mission of one World War II U-boat and its crew. In 2003, Leder appeared as the lycan scientist Singe in the gothic horror/action film Underworld. He reprised his role in the sequel in a brief cameo as a corpse.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Pölten, Austria
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Underworld
Overview: Vampires and werewolves have waged a nocturnal war against each other for centuries. But all bets are off when a female vampire warrior named Selene, who's famous for her strength and werewolf-hunting prowess, becomes smitten with a peace-loving male werewolf, Michael, who wants to end the war.
Genres: Fantasy Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-19
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Das Boot
Overview: A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1981-09-17
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So I Sleepwalk in Broad Daylight
Overview: In Garcia Lorca's mother tongue, death is a woman: "la muerte". Daniel slips into the role of "death as a female" and speaks before a video camera on the life and death of the famous Spanish poet. Then the story begins.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Locked Up
Overview: In a German town, teacher Irene leads an inconspicuous, boring, lonely life. One day, a man rings at her door and slips in. It's an armed convict from the prison next door, escaped with a leg wound. He now makes her a prisoner in her own home. Almost without a word, as if she secretly enjoys the excitement or just mesmerized, she obeys Vassily, every single command, even sexual services, submissively or after a symbolic struggle. Somehow that seems to change, but can force initiate love?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-05-26
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Trick or Treaters
Overview: Three robbers pilfer from the countryside until they are charmed by a young orphan girl.
Genres: Animation Fantasy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-10-18
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Klimt
Overview: A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late 19th and early 20th century.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-03-03
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Intime Distanzen
Overview: Katharina and Sonja meet by chance on a train journey to Klagenfurt. Sonja, who wants to prepare for an exam, invites Katharina to live with her. The two different girls get to know the equally opposing men Thomas and Peter. Beyond the little holiday flirtations, Sonja and Katharina discover that they fell in love with the same man in Vienna...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1986-06-19
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Eis
Overview: Riedau, an idyllic wine-producing village on the Hungarian frontier with Austria. Young Sandor is brought to the local police station by border guards during New Years' celebrations. Next morning he has disappeared without a trace. When Sandor is finally discovered by chance in the stations detention cell he has survived for 18 days, suffering a loss of memory.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-03-01
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Angst
Overview: A killer is released from prison and breaks into a remote home to kill a woman, her handicapped son and her pretty daughter.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Herrenjahre
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Happy End.
Overview: "Happy End" is about a young writer who moves into an old suburban house because of his writing blockade. He wants to start a new life there. Searching for the right story for his new novel, he discovers a well secured secret in which his strange neighbors and the preceding tenant are involved. Joana, the little daughter who died in a car accident 7 years ago, seems to play an important role in this mystery. In the end, everything turns out different from what he expected.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2005-06-11
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The Unfish
Overview: Sophie "inherits" her uncle's preserved whale and finds out that whoever sleeps in the whale's belly with her will be granted one wish, causing chaos and hatred in the village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-09-20
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Das Boot Revisited: An Underwater Success Story
Overview: In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2021-01-10
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Ringo
Overview: A scaffolding builder loses his job and starts as a temporary worker at the funfair. There he is seduced by a showman into making a career as a fairground boxer - and hopes to fulfill a long-awaited dream for his daughter.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-09-05
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Gay Hell at Dante Café
Overview: A collage of contemporary queer culture in Poland. Rough, iconoclastic, shocking work and staged excerpts picking up the issue of freedom of expression and sexuality.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-31
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The Last Revenge
Overview: Die Letzte Rache narrates the eventful tale of Worldly-Wise, an adventurer who enters the service of an aging ruler in order to seek for him a successor. Unable to find a worthy heir, Worldly-Wise succumbs to the temptation to seize power himself.
Genres: Crime Fantasy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1982-11-04
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Die Superbullen
Overview: A crime comedy directed by Otto W. Retzer.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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At the Back of the Screen
Overview: A documentary about Malga Kubiak and her team. It's not only a movie about her, but also about the situation of independent, lesbian and queer cinema in Poland, Europe and all over the world. Malga is a director, activist, mother, daughter and grandmother. Her family is constantly engaged in her work. She made over 40 movies about such queer icons as Pasolini, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, F.G. Lorca, Andy Warhol or Lizzie Siddal, the muse of Pre-Raphaelites.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2020-04-10
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Happy End
Overview: Happy End is a black comedy by Jochen Alexander Freydank.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Da wo es noch Treue gibt
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Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-03-10
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Der Einstand
Overview: A young ex-convict returns to his home village. But he soon realizes that nothing is the same for him as before.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-05-12
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Da wo das Glück beginnt
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2006-08-08
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The Burrow
Overview: KAFKA'S THE BURROW tells the story of a man's "metamorphosis" (as Kafka would put it) in a rapidly changing and increasingly isolated world. A man (Axel Prahl), who has seemingly achieved everything, ensconces himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no matter how hard he tries to keep the outside world at a distance, he gets more and more entangled in his own web of fear and paranoia: those outside know he is there, they want him, they want his wealth, and they are inevitably going to get him ...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-10-04
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Sehnsüchte oder Es ist alles unheimlich leicht
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Schande
Overview: TV drama about a young girl who is sexually abused inside her own family
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-04-07
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The Knickerbocker Gang: The Talking Grave
Overview: What are the Knickerbocker Band doing at midnight in the cemetery? Is a spirit really speaking form the sinister grave? Why does Melissa, daughter of the dead sorcerer, receive threats? Has it all to do with the mysterious legacy of the magician?
Genres: Crime Family Mystery Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-04-29
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Taxidermia
Overview: Grotesquely surreal offering charting three male generations of the same bizarre family, including a pervert who constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater, and a passionate embalmer.
Genres: Drama Horror Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2006-08-23
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Der Wannsee-Mörder
Overview: Johanna, a beautiful brunette, comes back to her father's house after accomplishing a training course in a car factory in Turin. At home, she reads a note her father had ensconced in the welcome bouquet of flowers: «You're back at last.» Then, she meets her best friend, Jasmin, and they go together to see their group of friends # all have grown up together by the lake. It comes up they have all received a message similar to her own. Next evening, these young persons are having a good time, dancing, flirting, drinking a lot, as a retarded person watches them, and evokes a memory of a similar evening years ago... Then, people start dying around, and in the peaceful lake that hides mysteries they share.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-02-19
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The Legacy of the Siren
Overview: Michel must go to dangerous lengths to save his wife and newborn child from the intrigues of the king’s mistress in this historical drama.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2012-11-13
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The Chronicles of Melanie
Overview: The 14th of June 1941, Soviet-occupied Latvia: Without warning, the authorities break into the house of Melanie and her husband Aleksandr and force them to leave everything behind. Together with more than 15 000 Latvians, Melanie and her son get deported to Siberia. In her fight against cold, famine and cruelty, she only gains new strength through the letters she writes to Aleksandr, full of hope for a free Latvia and a better tomorrow.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: lv
Release Date: 2016-11-01
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Krücke
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1993-01-22
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Da wo die Freundschaft zählt
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Debt of Love
Overview: Simon Granderath has been found dead in his appartment. His only daughter, Monika Besse, who lives in Luxembourg, arrives to arrange the funeral and settle his estate. She wishes to get back to Luxembourg and to her normal life as quickly as possible. However, she quickly realizes that in fact, she hardly knew her father, and tries to trace the various stages and encounters that made up his life. Much later, she realizes that the search for the identity of her father has actually become a search of her own identity – though still she believes she can get closer to her father after his death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-01-16
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Da wo wir zu Hause sind
Overview: After Hansi's sister and girlfriend want to move to Munich for their respective reasons, he decides not to be a hurdle in their path and let them pursue their goals.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-11-10
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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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Der Atem des Himmels
Overview: The Austrian musician and author Reinhold Bilgeri produced and directed the film, which is based on his 2005 historic novel of the same name. The events in the movie are based on the worst avalanche catastrophe in Alpine history.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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White Cherries
Overview: Honest cop Rudi is a new member of a police unit commanded by his brother-in-law Otto which deals with foreigners. Rudi falls in love with Alena, a young Czech living illegally in Austria
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2000-10-23
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Internationale Zone
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1995-05-23
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Der Wald
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1997-04-27
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Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
Overview: The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family who lived between 1585 and 1645 and moved to St. Omer in Walloon France, where she joined the Order of St. Clare, later returning to England to found her own order and devote her life to helping others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-05-02
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The White Snake
Overview: Endres wants to be more than just a farmer's son. He wants to be able to read and write, wear clothes without holes and sleep in a proper bed. He goes to the court of the King, who is said to be the cleverest man in the land. Endres becomes his personal servant and every day after dinner brings him a mysterious golden bowl. No-one knows what the bowl contains, not even Princess Leonora. When the queen's ring goes missing, suspicion falls on Endres.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-12-24
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Im Dunstkreis
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Goliath96
Overview: In her desperate longing for sympathy and understanding, a single mother tries to get back in touch with her grown-up son, who locked himself up in his room since two years. She doesn't sense that she runs the risk of loosing him forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-04-18
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Ungehorsam
Overview: "Disobedience" - tells of the loss of illusions and utopias. Growing up in a Viennese family, marked by the father's vivacious dominance and public fame as editor-in-chief of the 'press', as well as by the mother's puzzling grief for husband and children, Terese seeks another life and joins the commune of action artist Otto Mühl. However, the initially seemingly free love and life experiment fails increasingly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2016-12-06
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Carl Andersens Underground der Liebe
Overview: Depicts Carl Andersens uncommon art and life. Born in Vienna, the capital of Austria in 1958, he participated in the development of Viennas subculture through his bar called "Fun Factory". It was a unique place to have some cheap drinks, see strange movies and join concerts in the cellar. He also influenced the Viennese film community by bringing art house and underground movies, like "Liquid Sky" (1982), or "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (1973) in uncut versions to the theaters. As he was a film maniac he started to direct movies by himself. His first two movies "I was a Teenage Zabbadoing" (1988) and "Mondo Weirdo - a Trip to Paranoia Paradise"(1990) became underground classics. In the late 80's Andersen went to Berlin. There he directed and produced more than 10 No-Budget movies. Diffic ult relationships and the process of filmmaking itself were his main themes. He got lost in alcoholism and committed suicide in August 2012.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-10-10
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PPPasolini
Overview: This film shows the last days of Pasolini’s life that he spent in Stockholm. He was invited to visit the Institute of Culture and give an interview in the Swedish Film Institute. Together with his boyfriend Ninetto they stayed in Diplomat Hotel. Where he was murdered at 1.30 a.m. on 2nd November; 1975.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-23
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The Mortal Fortune
Overview: On the basis of the hardy perennial "boss-assistant" relation, "The Mortal Fortune" depicts the passion of worldly existence. The anonymous hero of the story, to which the spectator is introduced, attempts at freeing himself from his enslaved life. He finally has to realize the transience of the creature man and whithdraws from the constraints of worldly existence.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Feuer!
Overview: A historical drama about the revolution of 1848/1849 in the Austrian empire.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1979-05-27
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Portae Infernales
Overview: Three directors open their personal gates to hell and let us glimpse into the abyss of the human soul.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-10-05
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Tod eines Lesenden
Overview: A man reads a book. Ordinary enough, except that he is sentenced to death and scheduled to be shot in ten minutes. Obviously, he will not get to the end of the story. Based on an unfinished short story by Arthur Schnitzler.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Voices
Overview: Opera countertenor Alex Gottfarb is not alone – his inner self is crowded. Some other personae live within him – shy Alexander, sexy Sandra, teenager Lex and a seven-year-old prodigy Xandi. Each one of them has different ideas of what life should look like and yet they are all extremely dependent on each other. With the help of Helene, who loves him, Alex succeeds to get in touch with his cohabitants. Cascades of turbulent events and tragicomic misunderstandings accompany Alex’ struggle for identity, love and freedom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2014-11-02
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The Three Musketeers
Overview: D'Artagnan travels to Paris hoping to become a musketeer, one of the French king's elite bodyguards, only to discover that the corps has been disbanded by conniving Cardinal Richelieu, who secretly hopes to usurp the throne. Fortunately, Athos, Porthos and Aramis have refused to lay down their weapons and continue to protect their king. D'Artagnan joins with the rogues to expose Richelieu's plot against the crown.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-11
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1945
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1994-05-23
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Schimmer
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Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: de
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Crazy Roads
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-04-21
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First Snow of Summer
Overview: Alexander grows up in a small house with his loving grandmother. In order to avoid his father’s fate, on his tenth birthday, he promises her that he will never fall in love. Every Sunday, Alexander visits his father, who has retreated to live in the Vienna subway system since the death of Alexander’s mother. As a young adult, Alexander wants to be closer to his father and decides to take a job in a lostand- found office in the underground. It is here that he meets the beautiful and vivacious Caro (Verena Altenberger) in her cute subway hatter store. Although Alexander has successfully resisted love before, now his self-imposed oath becomes a difficult promise to keep.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-03-03
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Wie viele bist du ?
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2020-09-07
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Das schlafende Mädchen
Overview: Paranoic love story in German art milieu.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2013-01-17
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L`amour toujours
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-01-29
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Spielzeugland Endstation
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2009-01-17
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Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
Overview: Henry Dunant, son of a Geneva francophone upper class bourgeoisie family, works for a Swiss exploitation company in French Algeria; when the colonists are thirsty, he returns determined to convince the firm and emperor Napoleon III to build a dam for them. After his Uncle, Dr. Hubert Dunant, diagnoses him not with Algerian typhus, just malaria, also his first meeting -dropping drawers in hospital for a shot- with nurse Cécile Thuillier, and meeting his careerist brother Daniel's fiancée, Léonie Bourg-Thibourg, daughter of the firm's boss, the board approves his plan. On his way to the emperor, who didn't even concede to receive him, Henry gets stuck in Castiglione, part of the Austrian province Lombardy which French troops came to 'liberate'; his Geneva friend Dr. Louis Appia saves his life by presenting him to suspicious Austrian troops as his medical assistant...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-02-03
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Katharsis
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2010-11-01
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Der Feuerteufel - Flammen des Todes
Overview: Several emblematic buildings in Vienna suffer from a series of explosions that destroy works of art of inestimable value, as well as generating a large number of victims. Detective Peter Bender will need the help of Lena, a student of art, discover the murderer, because it uses a hidden code in the symbolism of the boxes to convey a message.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1999-11-02
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