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Anatomy of Fall (2013)

Actors: Antonio Tibaldi (producer), Sarah Kim (writer), Sarah Kim (director), Anni Bergman (actress),

Genres: Biography, Documentary, Drama, Family, Short,

Der Sündenfall (1996)

Actors: Georg Einerdinger (actor), Bernhard Helfrich (actor), Egon Biscan (director), Markus Neumaier (actor), Christian Kreß (actor), Susi Brantl (actress), Gabriele Preuß (actress), Sepp Faltermeier (writer), Evi Voigt (actress),

Genres: Comedy,

El perquè de tot plegat (1995)

Actors: Ventura Pons (producer), Ventura Pons (writer), Rossy de Palma (actress), Pere Ponce (actor), Àlex Brendemühl (actor), Silvia Munt (actress), Joan Crosas (actor), Jordi Dauder (actor), Abel Folk (actor), Àlex Casanovas (actor), Lluís Homar (actor), Jordi Bosch (actor), Francesc Orella (actor), Ventura Pons (director), Carles Cases (composer),

Plot: "How shall I go about establishing contact?" The question is asked by the main character in the film's prologue, where a man is trying to teach a stone to speak. "You can if you want to, it is not difficult, make an effort!", he hisses to the stubborn stone which remains silent. Barcelona is the setting for this Mediterranean comedy. It consists of a number of separate episodes. Each episode has a title - Will-power, Wisdom, Honesty, Sincerity, Submission, Competition, Passion, Consensus, Egocentricism, Spite, Desire, Jealousy, Love, Trust and Doubt - each illustrated by an story where content and form go hand in hand.

Keywords: 15-stories, anthology, based-on-book, breaking-the-fourth-wall, chapter-headings, competition, consensus, desire, doubt, egocentrism
Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Sau sticht (1995)

Actors: Andreas Borcherding (actor), Gerald Alexander Held (actor), August Schmölzer (actor), Monika Baumgartner (actress), Christiane Blumhoff (actress), Maria Singer (actress), Jörg Hube (actor), Gilbert von Sohlern (actor), Werner Rom (actor), Herbert Knopp (producer), Heidi Kranz (director), Michael Rüggeberg (composer), Michael Stippel (actor), Oliver Grober (actor), Christian Polito (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Uimataidoton (1988)

Actors: Santeri Kinnunen (actor), Samuli Edelmann (actor), Aku Louhimies (editor), Aleksi Mäkelä (producer), Aleksi Mäkelä (writer), Aleksi Mäkelä (director), Aleksi Mäkelä (editor), Aleksi Mäkelä (actor), Niko Saarela (actor), Liisa Kuoppamäki (actress), Kalle Chydenius (actor), Rinna Paatso (actress), Jari Innanen (editor), Ville Saikkonen (composer), Ville Saikkonen (writer),

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A Friendship in Vienna (1988)

Actors: Arthur Allan Seidelman (director), Lee Holdridge (composer), Christopher Morgan (producer), Jean Simmons (actress), Péter Kertész (actor), Ildikó Pécsi (actress), Jane Alexander (actress), Edward Asner (actor), Stephen Macht (actor), Zoltán Gera (actor), Ferdy Mayne (actor), John Cameron Mitchell (actor), László Dózsa (actor), Zsuzsa Mányai (actress), Sheldon Pinchuk (producer),

Plot: Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade Austria in 1938, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise.

Keywords: 13-year-old, 1930s, amusement-park, anti-semitism, austria, baptism, based-on-book, beating, best-friend, blood-sisters
Genres: Drama, History,

Quotes:

Inge Dournenvald: There is a moment every winter when I remember that childhood winter. The winter of the Anschluss. The winter that Hitler invaded our country and took away all that my family and I held dear.

Inge Dournenvald: I'm proud of being Jewish.

Lise Mueller: I am holding something in my hand, Countess Zora. Does it penetrate your mind?::Inge Dournenvald: Um... it is a... rather dirty hair pin!

Inge Dournenvald: What's that song?::Lise Mueller: I don't know. My brother taught it to me.::Inge Dournenvald: I like it.

Lise Mueller: I stood in front of your building all day, waiting for you to go in or out.::Inge Dournenvald: I'm sorry. I didn't know.::Lise Mueller: I know.::Inge Dournenvald: We were at the hospital all day.::Teacher: Ladies, we are supposed to be exercising our bodies, not our mouths.::Lise Mueller: [to the teacher] Thanks for the clarification. [to Inge] Exercising doesn't seem to be doing her body much good.

Opah Oskar Reikman: We are cleaning God's earth. There is no shame in that.

Lise Mueller: Stay away from my brother, Lise. He's wicked and he's cruel.

Hannah Dournenvald: Then Lise's brother Heinz is the boy who tried to kill your mother but succeeded only in breaking my leg.

Lise Mueller: But it doesn't change the way I feel inside.::Inge Dournenvald: Well, it changes the way I feel inside!

Tommi Lowberg: They dehumanize us. They debase us. And they're not going to stop because of a plebescite.

Olga (1978)

Actors: Aapo Vilhunen (actor), Martti Kuisma (actor), Sylva Rossi (actress), Katriina Rinne (actress), Asta Backman (actress), Uolevi Vahteristo (actor), Hannu Huuska (actor), Martti Kuningas (actor), Markku Onttonen (director), Elis Sella (actor), Tom Lindholm (actor), Kaija Salaspuro (costume designer), Simo Mahlberg (miscellaneous crew), Tauno Lahtinen (miscellaneous crew), Aila Svedberg (actress),

Genres: Drama,

Gladiaator (1969)

Actors: Vija Artmane (actress), Vytautas Tomkus (actor), Leonhard Merzin (actor), Hilda Kruusi (costume designer), Veljo Käsper (director), Juris Lejaskalns (actor), Aleksandr Borshchagovskiy (writer), Veera Parvel (editor), Jaan Rääts (composer), Lisl Lindau (actress), Grigori Skulski (miscellaneous crew), Virve Lunt (producer), Aadu Hint (writer), Aadu Hint (writer), Arnold Sikkel (actor),

Genres: Drama,

Der Kongreß amüsiert sich (1966)

Actors: Melanie Horeschowsky (actress), Walter Slezak (actor), Françoise Arnoul (actress), Wolfgang Kieling (actor), Lukas Ammann (actor), Curd Jürgens (actor), Herbert Fux (actor), Kurt Meisel (actor), Hannes Messemer (actor), Paul Meurisse (actor), Franz Muxeneder (actor), Gustav Knuth (actor), Raoul Retzer (actor), Brett Halsey (actor), Lilli Palmer (actress),

Plot: Vienna 1965. While visiting the Wax Museum a group of tourists stop in front of the figure of Prince Metternich. All of a sudden they find themselves brought back 150 years earlier during the Vienna Congress of 1814-1815. Before their eyes wide open, history is in the making. Gathered around the Tsar of Russia, Alexander I, the Kings of Bavaria, Würtemberg, Prussia and Denmark, are persuaded they are building the future Europe whereas they are being manipulated by foxy Chancellor Metternich, he himself under the thumb of cynical Count Talleyrand, the French representative. All those considerations come second though to partying and social life, which is all these aristocrats really want out of this congress...

Genres: Comedy,

Autobus Nr. 2 (1929)

Actors: Georg Alexander (actor), Ernst Pröckl (actor), Jakob Tiedtke (actor), Sophie Pagay (actress), Lee Parry (actress), Alfred Schirokauer (writer), Artur Guttmann (composer), Max Mack (director), Fritz Kampers (actor), Sylvia Torf (actress), Elza Temary (actress), Ernst Senesch (actor), Wolfgang Hoffmann-Harnisch (actor), Emilio Cargher (actor), Marion Mirimanian (actress),

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