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Gerhard ( /ˈdʒɛrəd/ or US /dʒəˈrɑrd/; French: [ʒeʁɑʁ]) is a male forename of Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this case, those constituents are gari > ger- (meaning 'spear') and -hard (meaning 'hard/strong/brave').
Common forms of the name are Gerard (English, Scottish, Irish, Dutch, Polish and Catalan); Gerardo (Italian and Spanish); Gherardi (Gallo‒Italic, now only a surname); Gérard (Girard and Guérard, now only surnames, French); Gearóid (Irish); Gerhardt and Gerhart/Gerhard/Gerhardus (Afrikaans Dutch, and German); Gellért (Hungarian); Gerardas (Lithuanian) and Gerards (Latvian). A few abbreviated forms are Gerry and Jerry (English); Gert and Gerd (Afrikaans, Dutch and German); Gerrit (Afrikaans and Dutch); Gertjie (Afrikaans), and Geert (Dutch).
The surname Ge(e)rdes is a patronymic form, ie. "the son of Ger(har)d", that originated in Frisia around 1800.
Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932) is a German visual artist. Richter has simultaneously produced abstract and photorealistic painted works, as well as photographs and glass pieces, thus undermining the concept of the artist’s obligation to maintain a single cohesive style.[citation needed] Richter is regarded as the Top-Selling Living Artist. In 2011, Richter's works achieved prices higher than any other living artist. His works sold for more than $200 million, topping auction result totals for Claude Monet, Alberto Giacometti, and Mark Rothko combined.
The son of a schoolteacher, Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden, Saxony, and grew up in Reichenau, Lower Silesia, and in Waltersdorf (Zittauer Gebirge) in the Upper Lusatian countryside. He left school after 10th grade and apprenticed as an advertising and stage-set painter, before studying at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1948 he terminated the higher professional school in Zittau, and, between 1949 and 1951, was trained there in writing as well as in stage and advertising painting.[citation needed] In 1950 his application for membership in the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (Dresden University of Visual Arts, founded in 1764) was rejected.[citation needed] He finally began his study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in 1951. His teachers were Karl von Appen, Ulrich Lohmar and Will Grohmann.
Actors: Rick Cordeiro (actor), Jennifer Polansky (actress), Andrew Stevenson (producer), Corey Lof (actor), Lari Teräs (producer), Lari Teräs (director), Lari Teräs (writer), Lari Teräs (writer), Bob Legare (actor), Caitlynne Medrek (actress), Lesli Brownlee (actress), Jonathan Lewis (actor), Kyle Chappell (producer), James Crowe (producer), Iain Robinson (actor),
Plot: Blood Riders is a blood soaked adventure comedy about 4 young friends who stumble upon a body after stealing a car. That discovery pushes the friends on a road trip around town during which they try get rid of the increasing amount of corpses. Along their wild ride the kids encounter neo-Nazis, punk artists, devil worshipers and a plan to resurrect Hitler.
Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Horror,Actors: Kirsten Block (actress), Bettina Böhler (editor), Harun Farocki (writer), Caroline von Senden (producer), Andreas Schreitmüller (producer), Thomas Neumann (actor), Michael Weber (producer), Irene Rindje (actress), Peter Benedict (actor), Claudia Geisler (actress), Rainer Bock (actor), Christian Petzold (writer), Christian Petzold (director), Michael Foertsch (miscellaneous crew), Rosa Enskat (actress),
Plot: In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre. Instead, Barbara snatches moments with her lover as she secretly prepares to defect one day. Despite her plans, Barbara learns more about her life that puts her desires and the people around her in a new light. With her changing perspective, Barbara finds herself facing a painful moral dilemma that forces her to choose what she values.
Keywords: 1980s, anal-exam, baltic-sea, beach, bicycle, border-crossing, brain-surgery, cavity-search, character-name-in-title, cigarette-smokingActors: Dominic Ottersbach (producer), Steak House (producer), Todd Slater (producer), Deon Taylor (director), Deon Taylor (writer), Mustafa A. Eck (miscellaneous crew), Yonatan K. Mallinger (producer), Vince Morella (producer), Darrel Cherney (actor), Tobias Deml (writer), Roxanne Avent (producer), Tobias Deml (writer), Tobias Deml (producer), Tobias Deml (director), Tobias Deml (editor),
Plot: A film revolving around the firing of Gerhard - half of the film is happening in backwards motion though. After we see him getting fired, time starts going forward and everything happens over again - but destiny takes a different course this time, which tragically reunites him with his Ex-boss through outstanding humanity and forgiveness.
Keywords: art-film, downtown-los-angeles, existential-optimism, firing, forgiveness, one-word-titleActors: Sven Nordin (actor), Torleif Hauge (producer), Lars Arentz-Hansen (actor), Hassan Brijany (actor), Rune Temte (actor), Anders Dahlberg (actor), Ulla Marie Broch (actress), Tommy Bardal (miscellaneous crew), Marcelino Martin Valiente (writer), Marcelino Martin Valiente (director), Anders Bigelow Ingvaldsen (miscellaneous crew), Marius Andre Jacobsen (miscellaneous crew), Morten Thomte (writer), Jacob Huldtgren (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Walter Koenig (writer), Walter Koenig (producer), Walter Koenig (actor), Jeff Rector (actor), Richard Herd (actor), Marina Sirtis (actress), Richard Hatch (actor), Justin R. Durban (actor), Jay Acovone (actor), Gary Graham (actor), Erick Avari (actor), George Anton (actor), Alan Ruck (actor), Justin R. Durban (composer), Vitaliy Versace (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Gabriel Spahiu (actor), Hinnerk Schönemann (actor), Horatiu Malaele (actor), Ulrich Mühe (actor), Angus MacInnes (actor), Michael Mendl (actor), Mathieu Kassovitz (actor), Andrei Boncea (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Rodrig Andrisan (actor), Michel Duchaussoy (actor), Günther Maria Halmer (actor), Sebastian Koch (actor), Ulrich Tukur (actor), Valentin Teodosiu (actor),
Plot: In World War II, the sanitation engineer and family man Kurt Gerstein is assigned by SS to be the Head of the Institute for Hygiene to purify the water for the German Army in the front. Later, he is invited to participate in termination of plagues in the concentration camps and he develops the lethal gas Zyklon-B. When he witnesses that the SS is killing Jews instead, he decides to denounce the genocide to the Pope to expose to the world and save the Jewish families. The idealist Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana from an influent Italian family gives his best efforts being the liaison of Gerstein and the leaders of the Vatican.
Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, acid, air-raid, air-raid-shelter, ambassador, american, anti-semitism, arrest, aryanActors: Michal Lorenc (composer), Marek Tomasz Pawlowski (writer), Marek Tomasz Pawlowski (director), Marek Tomasz Pawlowski (producer), Marek Krzysztofowicz (editor), Maria Adamus (actress), Masepa Stuck (producer), Kuba Czyczylo (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Frank Jansen (producer), Füsun Demirel (actress), Paula van der Oest (writer), Gys Zevenbergen (editor), Jeroen Goeijers (composer), Marga Visser (producer), Marga Visser (producer), Ria Marks (actress), Nurettin Sen (actor), Tom Burghard (producer), Sarah Jonker (actress), Vefa Ocal (actor), Meral Uslu (director), P.P. Everts (miscellaneous crew), Brigitte Baake (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Roos and Rana are two friends, who both have a difficult relationship with their parents. Roos' mother is single and when she goes to work, she expects her time after time to look after her twin brothers when she is working. Rana is of Turkish origin. Especially her mother, a devoted muslima, doesn't like her associating with Roos, who she sees as a despicable person. When things get out of hand, both girls decide to secretly run away to Turkey.
Keywords: adultery, conservatism, diary, friendship, islam, lesbian-kiss, male-frontal-nudity, missing, mother-daughter-relationship, muslimActors: Udo Samel (actor), Wolfgang Murnberger (writer), Karl Markovics (actor), Nina Proll (actress), Wolfgang Murnberger (director), Niki List (producer), Wolfram Berger (actor), Martina List (costume designer), Konstantin Seitz (miscellaneous crew), Andreas Lust (actor), Beatrice Frey (actress), Serge Falck (actor), Alexander Waechter (actor), Irene Iversen (miscellaneous crew), Michael Walde-Berger (actor),
Plot: Leo Strobl, called "Turbo-Leo", is the fastest photographer around. When a tragedy takes place, he is the first one on his way to cover it. Then a young photographer shows up and a deadly race between the two commences.
Genres: ,Actors: Dee Carroll (actress), Jill Clayburgh (actress), James Sikking (actor), Nicholas Worth (actor), Victor Argo (actor), Jason Wingreen (actor), George Segal (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), Richard Dysart (actor), Ian Wolfe (actor), Jim Antonio (actor), Robert Ito (actor), Matt Clark (actor), Donald Moffat (actor), Michael Crichton (writer),
Plot: As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Keywords: based-on-novel, brain-damage, brain-implant, brain-surgery, doctor, epilepsy, frankenstein, helicopter, medical, mirror