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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈvɔlfɡaŋ fɔn ˈɡøːtə] ( listen), 28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called one of the greatest dramatic works of modern European literature. His other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; this movement coincides with Enlightenment, Sentimentalism (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours, his influential ideas on plant and animal morphology and homology were extended and developed by 19th century naturalists including Charles Darwin. He also served at length as the Privy Councilor of the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
Actors: Adrian Johnston (composer), John Lynch (actor), Ned Dennehy (actor), Paul Hillier (miscellaneous crew), Laurence Brown (miscellaneous crew), Laurence Brown (producer), Craig Conway (actor), Dylan Barnes (actor), Adam Fogerty (actor), Lionel Hicks (producer), Ivan Francis Clements (producer), Beth Winslet (actress), Rob Green (writer), Billy O'Brien (director), Billy O'Brien (writer),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Kad Merad (actor), Olivia Bruynoghe (miscellaneous crew), Agnès Soral (actress), Lucien Jean-Baptiste (actor), Malik Zidi (actor), Marie-Josée Croze (actress), Nelly Quettier (editor), Pascal Judelewicz (producer), Laurentine Milebo (actress), Christopher Simon (producer), Nick Bartlett (actor), Sara Martins (actress), Dermot Keaney (actor), Emmanuelle Balestrieri (miscellaneous crew), Bass Dhem (actor),
Plot: Shad and Otho, two friends from the Ivory Coast, embark on a European adventure. They dream of returning home as benefactors or heroes. Otho is deported and returns to his country empty-handed. He becomes an outcast. Shad pursues his dream with Tango, a slightly strange white woman he meets in a supermarket. Their brotherly friendship gives them both wings. Otho tries to resist his fall, while Shad fights to keep going. A final dual brings the two friends together again: there's neither a winner nor a loser.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Fabian Busch (actor), Teresa Harder (actress), Rüdiger Vogler (actor), Bernd Stegemann (actor), Anna Brüggemann (actress), Katharina Wackernagel (actress), Michael Mendl (actor), Ulrich Anschütz (actor), Katharina M. Trebitsch (producer), Florentine Bruck (editor), Benjamin Benedict (producer), Gordian Maugg (director), Gordian Maugg (writer), Olaf Rauschenbach (actor), Robert Lohr (actor),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Thomas Frickel (writer), Thomas Frickel (editor), Udo Lindenberg (actor), Thomas Frickel (director), Cornelia Niemann (actress), Dietmar Staskowiak (composer), Erich Schaffner (actor), Konrad Kujau (actor), Christo Aprilov (actor), Bernhard Vogel (actor),
Plot: In 1999, the "Year of Goethe", a Hessian couple picks up a Bulgarian asylum seeker that looks like the poet. They found an event agency and market him as Goethe lookalike for fairs, vernissages and political convention. Unfortunately, the double can't even speak German.
Genres: Comedy, Documentary,Actors: Egon Günther (director), Egon Günther (writer), Egon Günther (actor), Robert Freitag (actor), Jürgen von Alten (actor), Rolf Illig (actor), Michael Gempart (actor), Manfred Günther (actor), Jessica Kosmalla (actress), Johanna Elbauer (actress), Julia Biedermann (actress), Werner Juhrke (costume designer), Ulla Blattner (editor), Peter Brugger (producer), Susanne Stoll (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Hannes Stelzer (actor), Fred Delmare (actor), Wilhelm Gröhl (actor), Dieter Mann (actor), Jochen Diestelmann (actor), Rolf Ludwig (actor), Walter Lendrich (actor), Norbert Christian (actor), Paul Arenkens (actor), Klaus Manchen (actor), Victor Deiß (actor), Hilmar Baumann (actor), Wolfgang Greese (actor), Thomas Thieme (actor), Friedrich Teitge (actor),
Plot: Based on the novel by Thomas Mann. Charlotte Kestner, the love of Goethe's youth, became famous because she was the real-life Lotte represented in his renowned The Sorrows of Young Werther. At forty-four years of age she travels to Weimar to see Goethe again. The posturing of high society and Goethe's personal history lead her to an unexpected conclusion. Dramaturge (later Studio Director) Walter Janka was befriended by the Thomas Mann family, making this adaptation possible.
Keywords: based-on-novel, love, place-name-in-titleActors: Sunnyi Melles (actress), Nada Pinter (miscellaneous crew), Pierre Clémenti (actor), Helmut Förnbacher (actor), Eduard Linkers (actor), Charles Regnier (actor), Dominique Sanda (actress), Max von Sydow (actor), Alfred Baillou (actor), Irving Lerner (editor), Silvia Reize (actress), Carla Romanelli (actress), Roy Bosier (miscellaneous crew), Roy Bosier (actor), George Gruntz (composer),
Plot: In the bourgeois circles of Europe after the Great War, can anything save the modern man? Harry Haller, a solitary intellectual, has all his life feared his dual nature of being human and being a beast. He's decided to die on his 50th birthday, which is soon. He's rescued from his solipsism by the mysterious Hermine, who takes him dancing, introduces him to jazz and to the beautiful and whimsical Maria, and guides him into the hallucinations of the Magic Theater, which seem to take him into Hell. Can humor, sin, and derision lead to salvation?
Keywords: based-on-book, based-on-novel, classical-music, dance-lesson, dancing, death, female-nudity, independent-film, jazz-musician, kissActors: Lisa Helwig (actress), Karl Lieffen (actor), Hans Reiser (actor), Fritz Odemar (actor), Paul Klinger (actor), Paul Dahlke (actor), Johann Wolfgang Goethe (writer), Heidemarie Hatheyer (actress), Herbert Gernot (actor), Hans Pössenbacher (actor), Harald Mannl (actor), Rudolf Reiff (actor), Friedrich Siemers (actor), Klaus Behrendt (actor), Karl-Heinz Stroux (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Curt Goetz (producer), Paul Bildt (actor), Wilhelm Diegelmann (actor), Curt Goetz (director), Rudolf Klein-Rhoden (actor), Robert Leffler (actor), Ernst Legal (actor), Theodor Loos (actor), Philipp Manning (actor), Curt Goetz (writer), Hermann Vallentin (actor), Josefine Dora (actress), Ilka Grüning (actress), Erich Walter (actor), Leopold Verch (costume designer),
Genres: Biography, Comedy, Drama,Actors: Bror Berger (actor), K.E. Ståhlberg (producer), K.E. Ståhlberg (director), Hjalmar Procopé (actor), Apollon Vahtimestari (actor), Herra Bengelsdorf (actor), Kola Noschis (actor),
Genres: ,Will you try to justify the meaning, of the note you sent
this evening, to my door your not deceiving me
I'd of thought that you'd have known me better, sending
round an unsigned letter, facing you would be much better
now.
Is it just that you can't face the future with me, can't
you tell me to my face
You just took the cowards way to say good-bye, how would
you feel here in my place?
If at last I think I'm glad, to rid myself of you I'm
sad, to think about the time I let you go
Then I turn and walk away, so please don't beg for me to
stay, cause I know just what I
will say to you
Is it just that you can't face the future with me, can't
you tell me to my face
You just took the cowards way to say good-bye, how would
you feel here in my place?
Tell me to my face your leaving now