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Das Leben ist zu lang (2010)
Character: Johannes
No crisis is as disastrous, overwhelming and unjust as that of Alfi Seliger. The Jewish filmmaker, hypochondriac and family man is up to his neck in problems: his pubescent children Romy and Alain find him ridiculous, his wife Helena would be happy if she only found him ridiculous, his bank is going bankrupt and his new film project is finding it difficult to meet with approval. Friend becomes foe, hope becomes paranoia and when even his psychiatrist advises him to end his life, Alfi Seliger attempts a theatrical exit. But as befits a born "Nebbich", a lovable loser, even this fails - he survives and only appears to awaken in his old life...
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Der die Tollkirsche ausgräbt (2006)
Character: Vater
The film is set in a country house in Germany on that summer day in 1918 when Germany became a republic and the former emperor left the country. Cecilie, the daughter of parents loyal to the emperor but impoverished, is to be married to the rich Alfred. But on this day, a punk from the future appears, with whom Cecilie immediately falls in love. Communication is difficult, however, as the punk can speak but the other characters are mute and can only be understood through intertitles and exaggerated gestures.
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Wambo (2001)
Character: Siegfried Hühnerberg
A feature film about the life and death of the famous Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr, who was murdered in 1990 and who tried all his life to hide his homosexual tendencies from the public. The life story is told from the perspective of his professional environment and - sometimes in a documentary style - his fellow actors report on him. His sexual preferences in the BDSM area are also discussed.
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Es liegt mir auf der Zunge (2009)
Character: Willi Schmittke
On February 20, 1953, the Nordwestdeutsche Rundfunk broadcast the first cooking show of German post-war television. Clemens Carl Hahn became the TV chef Clemens Wilmenrod. When the "request in ten minutes to table" on the screens flickered, went for the presenter of the show a dream come true: He had designed the cooking show not only the first TV format that was aimed at women, but also a new self invented.
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September (2003)
Character: Philipp Scholz
Couples and families in the days after September 11, 2001. All relationships become complictaed, but only one of the four nested stories surrounding a German who condemns the attack, and her husband, a Muslim who advocates it, offers approximate a discussion approach to the attack. The remaining episodes are poorly staged, construction-looking relationship tragedies.
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Fürchte dich nicht (2007)
Character: Volker Sebald
A soldier runs amok in a school. Military police and SEK take aim at the heavily armed man. Suddenly he is shot dead, but none of the snipers fired the final shot. Inspector Bischof is tasked with finding out who killed the soldier. The soldier was stationed in the very barracks that is under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ralf Bischof, Kathrin's husband. An officer from the Military Counter-Intelligence Service is assigned to assist her in the investigation. Kathrin bites into the case. She finds out that the dead soldier was taking part in a series of scientific experiments testing methods to prevent anxiety. This research project is being led by her sister Ariane, a renowned psychiatrist. Kathrin's investigation puts her in extreme danger.
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Der geheimnisvolle Schatz von Troja (2007)
Character: Oskar Neumann
True story about how famous German businessman and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann located the ruins of the mythical ancient city of Troy in Turkey in 1868.
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Der Tote am Strand (2006)
Character: Achim
After 15 years in the USA, a woman in her mid-30s returns to Germany to reconcile with her father, who had broken off contact with her. Before the discussion can take place, the father is murdered. In the course of the investigation, long suppressed secrets come to light.
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Vineta (2006)
Character: Lutz Born
The secret of a mystery island called Vineta.
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Der grosse Kater (2010)
Character: Magun
The Swiss President, called by all only "big hangover", is in trouble: the election is coming and according to surveys his chances are not very good. From a meeting with the Spanish royal couple, he hopes media attention and a popularity boost. He does not suspect that his closest confidant Pfiff, of all people, is intriguing against him in order to come to power himself. But he does not even shy away from misusing his family for his own purposes. Soon, the president has to fight not only for his political position, but also for his marriage.
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Tod an der Ostsee (2013)
Character: Stefan Hansen
A man goes over a girl and is in a village on the Baltic Sea henceforth as a "murderer" - until he lies dead in his garden. An accident, everyone says. But the autopsy shows that Ralf Kossak was killed. The police consider Stefan Hansen, the father of the dead Lisa, for the murderer, because he has the strongest motive: revenge. But Hansen was not, his wife Meike not. In the village begins a veritable witch hunt on Kossak's widow and her sons. The police discover what a shattering drama is in the Kossak family.
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Todfeinde – Die falsche Entscheidung (1998)
Character: Ernst Kipper
Nico has just shot and killed a man by accident. He and his friend Max cover it up but it soon turns out that the victim was a big fish in the drug world, and that he was on his way to hand over important documents to the federal police. The feds want these papers badly, the drug lord wants them even worse, and only Nico and Max can retrieve them. But with Max recruited by the feds and Nico lured by the Mafia's money, the two friends are forced to cross swords in a hopeless and deadly situation...
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Männerherzen (2009)
Character: Bruce Berger
Follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.
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Lassie - Eine abenteuerliche Reise (2020)
Character: Gerhardt
12-year-old Florian and his beloved dog Lassie live in an idyllic village in the German countryside. When Florian's father loses his job, the family have to move into a small apartment where there are no dogs allowed. Lassie is given away to another family, but Florian and Lassie yearn to be reunited again so Florian sets out on an adventure to find his best friend.
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Frühlings Erwachen (2009)
Character: Herr Stiefel
Young adults growing up in an oppressed society, finding ways to fight back and discovering as individuals who they truly are.
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Timm Thaler oder das verkaufte Lachen (2017)
Character: Baron Lefuet
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how he loses his soul bit by bit with each win.
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Bis zum Ellenbogen (2007)
Character: Sven Hansen
Sven, a private banker, is enjoying his holiday in Switzerland. Not far from his secluded mountain cabin, dodgy businessman Achim collides with Willi, a claimant on income support, whilst riding his mountain bike. The crash is minor, but both need some rest – in Sven’s mountain cabin.
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Hanni & Nanni 3 (2013)
Character: Mister Gordon
The Lindenhof School is expecting a busload of proper young English ladies as exchange students. The shock is great when the students turn out to be teenage boys! But while Mademoiselle Bertoux is delighted to stage “Romeo and Juliet” with real boys, both Hanni and her sister Nanni fall for their “Romeo,” Clyde.
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Frau Müller muss weg! (2015)
Character: Wolf Heider
Because of their children's bad grades, some parents want the teacher Mrs. Müller gone. They meet with Mrs. Müller and try to convince her to leave the class.
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Das Experiment (2001)
Character: Berus
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
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Yoko (2012)
Character: Kellerman
Pia's life, a girl from a small German town, changes when surprisingly, finds in her garden a huge black monster. She soon discovers that the mysterious creature, which is called Yoko, is actually a kind yeti spiritually protecting animals and children worldwide. Its great value calls attention to two hunters who want to take advantage of the yeti.
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Napola - Elite für den Führer (2004)
Character: Heinrich Stein
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
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Blueprint (2003)
Character: Thomas Weber
The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom, in this way, she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being. In fact a blueprint: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment on nothing is as it was before...
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Buddenbrooks (2008)
Character: Bendix Grünlich
Mid-19th-century, Baltic Sea port city of Lubeck, Germany. Follows the fourth generation of the Buddenbrook mercantile family as Tony and Thomas reach the age of marriage. Fatefully impeded every step of the way, the Buddenbrooks struggle as economic hardship and personal defeats weigh down family relations.
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Der Bankraub (2016)
Character: Helmut Draeger
Helmut Draeger, director of a German bank, gives the talented bank employee Martin Kreye the opportunity to speculate in New York in real estate. Martins Career quickly takes a high flight. He soon gets under .
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Lassie - Ein neues Abenteuer (2023)
Character: Gerhardt
Flo and his trusted Collie pal Lassie spend the summer at Aunt Cosma's, alongside her foster children Kleo and Henry, and her dog Pippa. When local canines start disappearing, including Pippa, Lassie rallies the kids to solve the mystery.
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Vier zauberhafte Schwestern (2020)
Character: Oswald
Based on Sheridan Winn's book series "Sprite Sisters" about the magical adventures of sisters Flame, Sky, Flora and Marina.
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Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen (2010)
Character: Veit Harlan
This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have unexpected costs. Ferdinand's Jewish wife, Anna (Martina Gedeck), is sent to a concentration camp, and as World War II intensifies, he rebels against the Nazis, leading to the destruction of his career.
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Eingeschlossene Gesellschaft (2022)
Character: Klaus Engelhardt
On a Friday afternoon, there was an unexpected knock on the door of the staff room of a city high school. An ambitious father is willing to go to extremes to get his son admitted to high school. The six teachers who are still at school so shortly before the start of the weekend now have to find out the hard way. After some unexpected twists and embarrassing revelations, true abysses open up for everyone involved...
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Eine gute Mutter (2007)
Character: Uwe Storath
Paul is a gifted boy and his parents Gesine and Uwe are proud of him. One day Gesine meets a former neighbor: Kathrin, who, like Gesine, gave birth to a child seven years ago, but lost the baby in a tragic house fire shortly afterwards. Gesine finds Kathrin's behavior strange. And indeed, a short time later Kathrin announces that she recognizes her son Robin in Paul. In her search for proof of her claim, she tyrannizes the wealthy picture-book family, sneaking around the house at night. And nothing and no one can dissuade her from her conviction... The archaic battle of two mothers for a child - a brilliantly acted, gripping psychological thriller full of drama.
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Ludwig II (2012)
Character: Johann von Lutz
A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating monarchs of modern times. From his accession to the throne at the age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political commitment to his obsessive construction of extravagant palaces and to his gradual withdrawal into a lonely dream world, an epic narrative of breathtaking grandeur.
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Woman in Gold (2015)
Character: Dreimann
Maria Altmann, an octogenarian Jewish refugee, takes on the government to recover artwork she believes rightfully belongs to her family.
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Der Untergang (2004)
Character: General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
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Amen. (2002)
Character: Baron von Otter
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
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Freunde (2021)
Character: Patrick Laubenstein
On the day of his wife's funeral, Patrick intends to take his own life. But suddenly Malte shows up at his home, his best friend from his youth, whom he hasn't seen in over 30 years. While Malte apparently wants to seamlessly continue the old friendship, Patrick remains distant at first and reproaches the unexpected visitor for his disappearance from the small town and out of his life at the time. He wonders what Malte wants from him and why he's back now of all times. Over the course of a day and night they spend at Patrick's parents' house, the scene of their youth, it turns out that Malte hasn't turned up again by accident. Things are said that were previously unsaid. The next morning, both men see their lives in a completely new light and nothing is the same anymore.
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Ruhm (2012)
Character: Joachim Ebling
A nameless man receives phone calls intended for someone else and ends up pretending to be that person, while a female character rebels against her author.
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Die Schule der magischen Tiere (2021)
Character: Heribert Siegmann
Ida Kronenberg must transfer to a new school, where she soon realizes the students are unkind to each other. However, that all changes when a new teacher, Miss Cornfield, begins to educate them on the value of friendship and magic.
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Desaster (2015)
Character: Ed
In the German gangster comedy, Jan Josef Liefers and Justus von Dohnányi play two petty criminals who are supposed to do a job on Mallorca, but who can't stand each other.
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Der Spitzname (2024)
Character: René König
Anna and Thomas want to get married in the South Tyrolean Alps. However, Stephan's daughter Antigone and the family clan bring so much chaos to the planned idyll that it's not just the wedding that is on the rocks.
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The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Character: Captain Nikoli
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress from a notorious terrorist. In a race against time that culminates in a dramatic submarine showdown, Bond works to defuse the international power struggle that has the world's oil supply hanging in the balance.
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Hardcover (2008)
Character: Chico
Christoph, 31, a good-looking but frustrated single man and proud owner of a Renault Twingo, dreams of a grandiose career as a writer. But so far he hasn't managed to write more than a few penny dreadful novels for the publishing house "Kemper und Bergmann", which publishes the crime series about the hero Nick Sturm. And since there's not enough money to go around, he has to hire a car from the car rental...
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Die Schule der magischen Tiere 3 (2024)
Character: School Principal Siegmann
Ida wants to perform with her class at the annual Forest Day to campaign for the protection of the local forest. Even Helene is there, as she hopes to use the footage of the performance to build up her influencer channel. What nobody knows is that Helene's family is on the verge of bankruptcy and Helene urgently needs followers to avert the threat of bankruptcy. Helene is also under pressure from the high expectations of her magical animal, Karajan the cat from Paris, who imagines a life of pure luxury.
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Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft (2015)
Character: School councilor Henning
Already having a hard time adjusting at his new school, things take a turn for the bizarre for eleven year old Felix when he accidentally shrinks his strict principal to only fifteen centimetres in height!
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Das Pubertier - Der Film (2017)
Character: Ulrich Dattelmann
She was sweet, she was cute. But just before her 14th birthday, Daddy’s little princess mutates into a petulant pubescent nightmare. Journalist Hannes Wenger decides to take a time-out from work to guide his daughter Carla through this difficult phase in her life and, above all, to keep her away from alcohol, boys and other temptations. This is easier said than done, however, and when his wife Sara goes back to work, Hannes proves himself entirely inept at raising a teenager. Whether it’s Carla’s birthday party, her mobile phone contract or her first time, Hannes makes one awkward blunder after another. The fact that other teens have embarrassing fathers provides only faint consolation; Hannes’ best friend is a war reporter named Holger who prefers to be shot at in war zones rather than stay at home and be driven crazy by his own teenage nightmare.
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2 Freunde (2023)
Character: Patrick Laubenstein
Once again, a few years have passed when old friends Patrick and Maltemeet again. Patrick shows up completely unexpectedly at Malte's mobile home, which is parked on a cliff on the Baltic Sea, in the middle of a deserted restricted area.
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Irgendwas bleibt immer (2019)
Character: Andreas Krömer
Doctor Nina falls in love with the charismatic architect Mark, who was imprisoned for manslaughter. Her neighbor Melanie, unlike her husband, is thrilled with Mark. But one day Melanie disappeared without a trace.
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Der Nachname (2022)
Character: René
The Berger and Böttcher families come to Dorothea's finca on Lanzarote for a weekend trip. The mood is tense and escalates as various mysteries are revealed.
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Als Hitler das rosa Kaninchen stahl (2019)
Character: Onkel Julius
In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis, her father Arthur Kemper, a well-known Jewish journalist, has to flee to Zurich. His family, Anna, her twelve-year-old brother Max and her mother Dorothea, follow him shortly thereafter. Anna has to leave everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and to face a new life full of challenges and privations abroad.
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Jakob the Liar (1999)
Character: Preuss
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.
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The Sunlit Night (2020)
Character: Ian
An aspiring painter meets eccentric locals and a fellow New Yorker while working on a barn in Norway.
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Transit (2018)
Character: Conductor
In an attempt to flee Nazi-occupied France, Georg assumes the identity of a dead author but soon finds himself stuck in Marseilles, where he falls in love with Maria, a young woman searching for her missing husband.
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Die Schule der magischen Tiere 2 (2022)
Character: Heribert Siegmann
The students of the School of Magical Animals want to perform a musical for the school's anniversary. Will rehearsals end in chaos or will the class pull together? And what's up with the strange holes on the school grounds?
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Wir sind dann wohl die Angehörigen (2022)
Character: Johann Schwenn
On March 25, 1996, the publicist Jan Philipp Reemtsma is kidnapped. His son Johann and his wife Ann Kathrin witness how their home is transformed overnight into a police control center. Two police officers, the family’s lawyer and a close friend form a community of fate, united by their common goal of bringing Johann’s father home as quickly and unharmed as possible.
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De Slag om de Schelde (2021)
Character: Oberst Berghof
During WWII's crucial Battle of the Scheldt, the lives of a glider pilot, a Nazi soldier and a reluctant Resistance recruit tragically intersect.
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Heute stirbt hier Kainer (2021)
Character: Decker
"Kainer dies here today" tells an exciting and bizarre way about the last days of a man who seeks the loneliness to die, but first has to face the absurdity of life.
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Home Sweet Home - Wo das Böse wohnt (2024)
Character: Wilhelm
When pregnant Maria starts readying her fiancé’s family estate for bed and breakfast guests, something isn’t right; the power seems to be on the blink and strange noises become all too common. Determined to find the truth, Maria soon begins to realise that darker secrets than she could imagine are lurking in this house, and her soon-to-be-family’s past.
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Dr. Hope - Eine Frau gibt nicht auf (2009)
Character: Otto Walther
Historical Bio-Pic, based on the life of Hope Bridges Adams-Lehmann, being the first female physician and member of womens-lib movement in Germany at the end of 19th century.
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The Monuments Men (2014)
Character: Viktor Stahl
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on seven over-the-hill, out-of-shape museum directors, artists, architects, curators, and art historians who went to the front lines of WWII to rescue the world’s artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their rightful owners. With the art hidden behind enemy lines, how could these guys hope to succeed?
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Safari: Match Me If You Can (2018)
Character: Harry
Munich, the city of singles and unfulfilled desire. Whoever feels like having a one-night stand can just use Safari, a new dating app. But is it also possible to find love via the app? Harry at least meets Lara through Safari, even though he’s married to Aurelie.
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Ein spätes Mädchen (2007)
Character: Dr. Oelschläger
Henriette lives alone in a luxurious old apartment in Wiesbaden, which she inherited from her parents. Her everyday life is as quiet and orderly as the large rooms around her. She works as a teacher at a nearby ballet school. She regularly writes letters to a composer whom she admires but has never met in person and spends her evenings with friends who are actually her parents' friends. A chance encounter jolts Henriette out of her quiet life: she observes Felix, who is deaf and mute, stealing money in a café that was meant for the waiter. When she speaks to him on the train shortly afterwards, it is the beginning of an unusual relationship full of contrasts and unspoken passion.
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Der Hund begraben (2016)
Character: Hans
Sometimes you just have to know where the dog is buried! A lesson that family man Hans Waldmann will learn in this snappy black comedy. Because Hans's life is in crisis. Not only is he quickly being replaced by a Finn in the paper mill, his family is also more interested in a dog than his worries. For wife Yvonne and daughter Laura, the dog becomes indispensable in no time. All the more hopeless Hans's situation, after he has run over the four-legged rival in an inattentive moment. When then the supposed friend Mike offers his help, ...
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Oh Boy (2012)
Character: Karl Speckenbach
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.
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Die Schule der magischen Tiere 4 (2025)
Character: Schuldirektor Siegmann
Ida's friend Miriam visits the school for three months, but a secret threatens to tear them apart. Miriam is entrusted with the tarsier Fitzgeraldo, while Max, deeply in love, is given the owl Muriel. Meanwhile, the sale of the school is imminent, and the future of the magical community is in peril.
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Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace (2000)
Character: Eberhard Bethge
The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. The Nazis hanged him on April 9, 1945, less than a month before the end of the war. Bonhoeffer's last years, his participation in the German resistance and his moral struggle are dramatized in this film. More than just a biographical portrait, Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace sheds light on the little-known efforts of the German resistance. It brings to a wide audience the heroic rebellion of Bonhoeffer, a highly regarded Lutheran minister who could have kept his peace and saved his life on several occasions but instead paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
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Der Vorname (2018)
Character: René
The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to call their son Adolf, the hosts and the family friend René are stuck in the throat.
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