A thrilling post-MTV roller-coaster ride, RUN LOLA RUN is the internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out for Lola (Franka Potente). She's just received a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who's lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. Set to a throbbing techno score, Lola's like a human stun gunĀ (Peter Rainer, New York Magazine).
It's difficult to create a film that's fast paced, exciting and aesthetically appealing without diluting its dialogue. Run Lola Run, directed and written by Tom Tykwer, is an enchanting balance of pace and narrative, creating a universal parable that leaps over cultural barriers. This is the story of young Lola (Franka Potente) and her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu). In the space of 20 minutes, they must come up with 100,000 deutsche marks to pay back a seedy gangster, who will be less than forgiving when he finds out that Manni incompetently lost his cash to an opportunistic vagrant. Lola, confronted with one obstacle after another, rides an emotional roller coaster in her high-speed efforts to help the hapless Manni--attempting to extract the cash first from her double-dealing father (appropriately a bank manager), and then by any means necessary. From this point nothing goes right for either protagonist, but just when you think you've figured out the movie, the director introduces a series of brilliant existential twists that boggle the mind. Tykwer uses rapid camera movements and innovative pauses to explore the theme of cause and effect. Accompanied by a pulse-pounding soundtrack, we follow Lola through every turn and every heartbreak as she and Manni rush forward on a collision course with fate. There were a variety of original and intelligent films released in 1999, but perhaps none were as witty and clever as this little gem--one of the best foreign films of the year. --Jeremy Storey, Amazon.com
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu) who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100 000 marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate he calls his girlfriend Lola (Franka Potente) the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life altering Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur. One story told from three different perspectives Run Lola Run is a veritable maze of intriguing plot twists and heart-stopping suspense in a high-octane thrill ride about one woman's desperate attempt to save her lover.
Based on Michel Houellebecq's controversial novel, this movie focuses on Michael and Bruno, two very different half-brothers and their disturbed sexuality.
Istvan Szabo's film Taking Sides - based on true events - recreates the suspenseful post-World War II interrogation of Dr Wilhelm Furtwangler (Stellan Skarsgard) the brilliant conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic who is considered by some to have been the most brilliant conductor of the 20th century. In the course of his de-Nazification by the Allies Furtwangler is forced by a tough-talking American Major (Harvey Keitel) to re-examine his role during the Third Reich in the most u
Set in Italy in the 1970s, and based on the true story of the Italian underworld's most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age nine, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country's most notorious mobster before the age of 27. While Vallanzasca lived by his own professional code of honour - he claimed that he never 'shot anyone in the back' - he and his gang took out their enemies and wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders.
From the writer and producer of the critically acclaimed, international box office sensation "Downfall" comes the intense dramatisation of one the most astonishing episodes in German twentieth century history.
Set in 1944, "Female Agents" follows a five strong all-female commando unit that parachutes into occupied France on a dangerous mission.
Inspired by a famous 1971 psychological experiment, Oliver Hirschbiegel's German-language movie Das Experiment finds a group of 20 volunteers randomly divided into 12 prisoners and eight guards and asked to play out their roles for a fortnight while scientists study their reactions. A conflict arises between undercover reporter Fahd (Moritz Bleibtreu), a con with a hidden agenda and the apparently mild-mannered Berus (Justus von Dohnanyi), a guard with a megalomaniac streak. The film begins as a psychological drama as ordinary people settle into the game, with joking displays of resistance by the "prisoners" greeted with increasing brutality from the "guards", but detours into suspense and horror as Fahd, who needs the experiment to get out of hand in order to make his story more saleable, deliberately ratchets up the tension between the factions only to see the situation spiral nightmarishly out of control as various test subjects in both camps edge closer to snapping. With a terrific display of ensemble acting and unforced use of the currently popular claustrophobic semi-documentary look, Hirschbiegel's movie takes its time to get underway, with apparently irrelevant cutaways to Fahd's outside girlfriend (Maren Eggert), but works up to a powerful second half that delivers a sustained symphony of psychological and physical anguish. On the DVD: Das Experiment on disc has an excellent-looking anamorphic widescreen transfer with English subtitles. The only extra feature is the trailer. --Kim Newman
In 1976 an eighteen year old girl (Jordana Brewster) travels to Europe to find out the truth about her elder sister's (Cameron Diaz) mysterious death six years earlier.
Hot-shot young editor, Paul Jensen, needs a fresh start. So, when Onegin - an old friend of his deceased father's - invites him to shake up the society pages of top Russian magazine 'Moscow Match', Paul leaves behind the relative comforts of Berlin for fame in the Russian capital, quickly making friends and perhaps finding love in the shape of the mysterious and beautiful Katya. But everything changes when Paul witnesses the murder of a fellow journalist and makes the mistake of running a sto...
Poland 1943: An unlikely pair - a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler's notorious SS - free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. The two appear to be strangely familiar with each other and the extent of their extraordinary relationship is thrillingly revealed.
The Experiment is based on the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment conducted in 1971. A makeshift prison is set up in a research lab complete with cells bars and surveillance cameras. For two weeks 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards. The 'prisoners' are locked up and have to follow seemingly mild rules and the 'guards' are told simply to retain order without using physical violence. Everybody is free to quit at any time thereby forfeiting payment. In the beginning the mood between both groups is insecure and rather emphatic. But soon quarrels arise and the wardens employ ever more drastic sanctions to confirm their authority.
Paul Jensen has taken a job as society-pages editor of Moscow Match. Whilst Investigating a story, Paul witnesses the murder of a respected reporter critical of the Russian regime - and when the magazine kills his colleagues story on the suspicious circumstances surrounding the journalist's death, Paul suggests that the piece run as part of his celebrity coverage never suspecting this will land him in the middle of a terrorist plot.
Set in Italy in the 1970s, and based on the true story of the Italian underworld's most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age nine, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country's most notorious mobster before the age of 27. While Vallanzasca lived by his own professional code of honour - he claimed that he never 'shot anyone in the back' - he and his gang took out their enemies and wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders.
"Chiko" is the story of one man's dangerous rise to the top in the suburban ghettos of Hamburg as he strives for money, power and respect.
Das Experiment: It began as a game in the name of science. Twenty men (eight 'guards' and twelve 'prisoners') in an intense two week investigation into aggressive behaviour in a simulated prison environment. It soon became a quest to survive... Based on a real life psychological experiment Oliver Hirschbiegel's debut feature is a resonant hard-hitting look at the abuse of power and the corruption of authority. Masterfully shot with the use of hidden cameras the film builds to a bloody and thrilling climax. Nominated as the German contender for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Das Experiment features a no holds barred performance by Moritz Bleibtreu as Tarek a heroic undercover journalist who stands up against the brutalities inflicted by the would-be guards. (Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel German 2001) Pusher: To deal or not to deal: that is the question. Pusher is the story of Frank a small time drug pusher playing with the big boys. He loves the job the life and most of all the money. When a deal goes wrong Frank has 18 hours to come up with the cash or go on the run in fear of his life. (Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn Danish 1996) Evil: All evil needs is for good men to do nothing. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Winner of six international film awards including Best Film Best Actor and Best Cinematography. From celebrated director Mikael Hafstrom comes the haunting intense and powerfully performed Evil. Erik is expelled for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the younger ones.Erik finds a friend in Pierre his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone to graduate but he doesn't listen to what the seniors have to say and they don't like it.... (Dir. Mikael Hafstrom Swedish 2003)
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