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When Frank is diagnosed with incurable brain tumor, he's got only a few months to live. Along with his wife, he doesn't know how and when to tell their children about it. Meanwhile, Frank's health is getting worse with each day.
Director:
Andreas Dresen
Stars:
Steffi Kühnert,
Milan Peschel,
Talisa Lilly Lemke
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 former East German boxing champion reduced to working as a bouncer and debt collector is forced to reflect on his life when he is diagnosed with a fatal disease.
Director:
Thomas Stuber
Stars:
Peter Kurth,
Udo Kroschwald,
Edin Hasanovic
While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.
A tragicomic movie which focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mom, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same house and ... See full summary »
Years after a nervous breakdown Karl goes on tour with old friends and upcoming electronic music DJs. Beeing the only sober person in a environment full of drugs and alcohol starts to bring back demons.
The Pope is in town and the night of his visit is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin's inhabitants. The down-and-out, the rich and the poor, the polizei, the street kids and taxi ... See full summary »
Director:
Andreas Dresen
Stars:
Myriam Abbas,
Dominique Horwitz,
Oliver Breite
Zazy and her boyfriend Tomek stumble upon the truth behind a terrible accident, which they use to force the wealthy Marianna into giving them the life they have always desired.
Director:
Matthias X. Oberg
Stars:
Paul Boche,
Philippe Brenninkmeyer,
Olivia Burkhart
The movie deals with the real life story of East German singer and writer Gerhard Gundermann and his struggles with music, life as a coal miner and his dealings with the secret police (STASI) of the GDR.
Director:
Andreas Dresen
Stars:
Milan Peschel,
Alexander Scheer,
Bjarne Mädel
Hernán, a young man full of hopes and dreams, gets a job at the Central Post Office. There, a colleague teaches him the code of conduct but reality will force him to break the rules.
Director:
Emiliano Serra
Stars:
Germán Da Silva,
Iván Masliah,
Tomas Raimondi
I kinda like this movie. Don't blame me. Give it a shot.