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A love letter to Berlin and the Gen Y experience, this slacker dramedy paints a day in the life of Niko, a 20-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives an aimless life, oblivious to his growing status as an outsider, until one fateful day when he finally has to engage with life.
2) The house
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Set in the Second World War, two German soldiers are escorting a Norwegian soldier and prisoner of war, but the Scandinavian winter takes quite a toll on them. Nearly frozen, Nazi officer Kreiner and German soldier Fleiss discover an empty house near the forest where they finally can get some rest. However, what seems to be a warm and welcoming shelter turns much more sinister and deadly.
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"Frankfurt, 1946. David Bermann (Moritz Bleibtreu) and his Jewish friends have escaped the Nazi regime and are now dreaming of leaving for America. But how will they get the money in these tough post-war times? The smooth-talking businessman focuses on what the Germans now need most: fine bed linens nicely wrapped in amusing stories! The six talented entertainers go from home to home, praising housewives with ashy chutzpah until the flattered ladies...
4) In the fade
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Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
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"When soft-spoken Christian takes a job working the night shift at a grocery warehouse, his new manager in Beverages, Bruno gives him the lay of the land, detailing departmental rivalries and the nuances of operating a forklift. Christian quickly becomes enamored with his charming and mysterious co-worker across the aisle in Sweet Goods, Marion, with whom he begins a mutual flirtation over brewkroom coffee and conversation. An affecting and bewitching...
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"Forget water, oil and rare minerals--there is a new resource everyone wants: out time. Time Thieves reveals how companies monetize our time without our knowledge and how the social networks have, in their own words, become 'the new clockmaker.' Time Thieves is an eye-opening investigation into how our time became a currency and why 'time poverty' is on the rise. Who hasn't come across the situation where an airline has us printing our own boarding...
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"Lola managers her personal life the same ruthless efficiency she uses to succeed in the business world. She keeps the relationship with her boss Elise secret, as well as the existence of her older sister Conny, who has a long history of mental illness. But when she receives the news that Conny has attempted suicide, Lola's secrets begin to unravel into the workplace. As she tries to do what's best for her sister without jeopardizing all she's...
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This filme "tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches." --container
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The troubled mayor of a small German town faces pressure from all sides. A village so deep in the Bavarian backwoods, its nightlife is dominated by a truck stop and a beer hall, its soccer team aspires to qualify for the ninth division next season, and its biggest employer is a faux-organic slaughterhouse. Mayor Alfons Zischl Jr. has his problems; he's neck-deep in debt, his Mercedes has been seized, he has a bad drug habit, he's been kidnapped and...
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Vienna, 1930. Count von Kozsnom has lost his thirst for life, and his marriage cooled centuries ago. Fortunately, Sigmund Freud is accepting new patients the good doctor suggests the Count appease his vain wife by commissioning a portrait of her by his assistant, Viktor. But it's Viktor's headstrong girlfriend Lucy who most intrigues the Count, convinced she's the reincarnation of his one true love. Soon, the whole crowd is a hilarious mess of mistaken...
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Based on the life of 20th Century Austrian artist, Egon Schiele, one of the most provocative artists in Vienna. His life and work are driven by beautiful women and an era that is coming to an end. Two women will have a lasting impact on him -- his sister and first muse Gerti, and 17 year old Wally, arguably Schiele's one true love, immortalized in his famous painting 'Death and the Maiden'. Schiele's radical paintings scandalize Viennese society while...
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Ratz Kramer receives an unexpected phone call from an acquaintance named Mimi. She lives in New York, and wants him to come and help her renovate a basement apartment which serves as a harboring place for her grandfather, Lucas, a Lithuanian war criminal in refuge. The journey to New York turns into an emotional cyclone for Ratz as he realizes the impact of his negative energy on those around him, and how hard it is to reverse hatred.
14) Land of mine
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In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own landmines from the coast of Denmark.
15) Crescendo
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"When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems. Having grown up in a state of war, suppression or the constant risk of terrorist attacks, the young musicians from both sides are far from able to form a team. Lined up behind the two best violinists--the emancipated Palestinian Layla and the handsome Israeli Ron--they form...
17) Frau Stern
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Frau Stern is 90 years old and still going strong. Her health is excellent, her granddaughter dotes on her, her hairdresser supplies her with recreational drugs, and she is surrounded by friends who are less than a third of her age. Despite all this, the Holocaust survivor has had enough! Frau Stern wants to die, but with each failed attempt to leave this world, life brings even more surprises along the way." --container
18) The chambermaid
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Lynn is the most thorough chambermaid at the hotel where she works, leaving no shelf undusted, no sheet untucked. Fascinated by the lives of the guests she cleans up after and crippled by her own shyness, she rummages through their belongings and even hides under their beds, vicariously experiencing their conversations, meals and discreet interludes. When she finds herself present during a guest's S&M session with the call girl Chiara, Lynn can't...
19) Remembrance
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"Inspired by actual events, Remembrance depicts a remarkable love story that blossomed amidst the terror of a German concentration camp in Poland 1944. In a daring escape Tomasz, a young Polish political prisoner, rescues his Jewish fianceé Hannah, whom he meets while imprisoned. With the Nazis in pursuit and determined to deter future escapes, Hannah and Tomasz survive the intial chase and overcome all odds to make their way into hiding. Chaos...
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"A delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda, a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef, the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa, along with...
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