- published: 19 Feb 2010
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Peter Berg (born March 11, 1962) is an American actor, film director, producer, and writer. He is known for directing films such as the black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003), the sports drama Friday Night Lights (2004), the action thriller The Kingdom (2007), the superhero comedy-drama Hancock (2008), the military science fiction war film Battleship (2012), and the war film Lone Survivor (2013). He also developed the television series Friday Night Lights, which was adapted from the film he directed. As an actor he is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope.
Berg was born in New York City, New York, the son of Sally (Winkler) and Laurence "Larry" G. Berg. His father was Jewish, as was his maternal grandfather. Berg is a second cousin of writer H. G. Bissinger, whose book Friday Night Lights provided the basis for Berg's film and TV series of the same name. His mother co-founded a youth group named Catalog for Giving and worked at a psychiatric hospital when Berg was growing up. He has a younger sister, Mary. After graduating from The Taft School in 1980, Berg attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he majored in theater arts and theater history. He graduated in 1984, and in 1985 moved to Los Angeles to pursue his film career.
Actors: Andreas Grusinski (actor), Holger Kunze (producer), Sina-Valeska Jung (actress), Christian Grosse (director), Madita Wackernagel (actress), Lara Mareen Wille (actress), M. Chris Kerstan (composer), Matthias Füg (editor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Kirsten Block (actress), Margarita Broich (actress), Carmen-Maja Antoni (actress), Martin Brambach (actor), Burghart Klaußner (actor), Ralph Fiennes (actor), Jürgen Tarrach (actor), Fritz Roth (actor), Bruno Ganz (actor), Sylvester Groth (actor), Joachim Tomaschewsky (actor), Matthias Habich (actor), Fabian Busch (actor), Jeanette Hain (actress), Marie Gruber (actress),
Plot: THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.
Keywords: 15-year-old, 16-year-old, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, absolution, adolescent, age-differenceActors: Jørgen Kiil (actor), Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen (actress), Axel Strøbye (actor), Judy Gringer (actress), Sven Gyldmark (composer), Karl Stegger (actor), Lizzi Weischenfeldt (editor), Dirch Passer (actor), Preben Mahrt (actor), Annelise Reenberg (director), Annelise Reenberg (writer), William Rosenberg (actor), Jeanne Darville (actress), Horst-Werner Loos (actor), Niels Hinrichsen (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Peter Bonke (actor), Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt (actor), Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen (actress), Dirch Passer (actor), Karl Stegger (actor), Sven Gyldmark (composer), Bjørn Puggaard-Müller (actor), Ove Sprogøe (actor), Ole Monty (actor), Palle Huld (actor), Maj Soya (editor), Bertel Lauring (actor), Poul Glargaard (actor), Knud Hallest (actor), Miskow Makwarth (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy,