Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal ... See full summary »
On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire to a residential building ... See full summary »
A captivating look behind the scenes of the remarkable life of a young Swedish girl who became one of the most celebrated actresses of American and World cinema.
Director:
Stig Björkman
Stars:
Jeanine Basinger,
Ingrid Bergman,
Melinda Kinnaman
Paul is preparing to leave Tajikistan, while thinking back on his adolescent years. His childhood, his mother's madness, the parties, the trip to the USSR where he lost his virginity, the friend who betrayed him and the love of his life.
In the MARSHLAND a serial killer is on the loose. Two homicide detectives who appear to be poles apart must settle their differences and bring the murderer to justice before more young women lose their lives.
Director:
Alberto Rodríguez
Stars:
Javier Gutiérrez,
Raúl Arévalo,
María Varod
The year is 1958. The war has been over for thirteen years and the Federal Republic of Germany is not only recovering but even booming. But where are the Nazis? Who has ever heard of the death camps? It looks as if everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds in this land of milk and honey... At least, until the day journalist Thomas Gnielka recognizes in the person of a teacher the former commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp... At least, until Johann Radmann, a young prosecutor, decides to investigate the case... Nobody knows it yet but this is the dawn of a new era. Even if the road to awareness will be long and rocky... Written by
Guy Bellinger
The film is based on the life of Fritz Bauer, Frankfurt's attorney general, and of three prosecutors who were instrumental to the holding of the 1963 holding of the "Auschwitz trial". See more »
Quotes
Major Parker:
You were all Nazis. In the Eastern sector, now you are all communists. Jesus, you Germans! If little green men from Mars landed tomorrow, you would all become green.
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In Germany, particularly tricky historical scenarios are seen as ideal stomping grounds for budding directors. This has to do with the labyrinthine system of public film subsidies, which tend to favour movies that deal with important and worthwhile subjects. Ideally Germany's notorious semi-recent history.
The result is often something like Im Labyrinth des Schweigens, in which bloody murder is given the soap opera treatment. The story of how grizzled chief public prosecutor Fritz Bauer prosecuted some of the murderers of the Auschwitz concentration camp is replaced by a cheesy tale of a handsome, young and naive attorney stumbling on the largest crime in history.
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In Germany, particularly tricky historical scenarios are seen as ideal stomping grounds for budding directors. This has to do with the labyrinthine system of public film subsidies, which tend to favour movies that deal with important and worthwhile subjects. Ideally Germany's notorious semi-recent history.
The result is often something like Im Labyrinth des Schweigens, in which bloody murder is given the soap opera treatment. The story of how grizzled chief public prosecutor Fritz Bauer prosecuted some of the murderers of the Auschwitz concentration camp is replaced by a cheesy tale of a handsome, young and naive attorney stumbling on the largest crime in history.