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Bavaria Film in Munich, Germany is one of Europe's largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries.
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(1981)
(1958)Filmography of Bavaria Film (110 films)
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Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013)
, 1h56Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Michael Caine, Clémence Poésy, Gillian Anderson, Justin Kirk, Jane Alexander, Anne Alvaro
The film centres around a retired, widowed professor (Caine) living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a young French woman (Poésy).
A Year Ago in Winter (2008)
, 2h32Directed by Caroline Link
Genres Drama
Actors Karoline Herfurth, Josef Bierbichler, Corinna Harfouch, Hanns Zischler, Karin Boyd, Jacob Matschenz
The Munich-based interior designer Eliane commissions the painter Max Hollander to portrait her children Alexander and Lilly. Eliane wants it as a memorial of Alexander, who took his life about a year before. She provides pictures and videos of him for the painter. She wants Lilli to sit for a double portrait, but she is disgusted by the idea to have her dead brother on the wall "for decoration". Unlike her mother, she is not disciplined and loses her leading role at the Theatre Academy because of disputes with her teacher. She tries unsuccessfully to find closeness and intimacy in her relationship with the artist Aldo.
Les Nouvelles Stars (2008)
, 1h29Origin German
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Jasmin Schwiers, Volker Bruch, Jürgen Tonkel, Nina-Friederike Gnädig, Sylta Fee Wegmann
Annika est stagiaire depuis longtemps au sein de la maison de disques "GrandMusic", où elle travaille dans les relations avec la presse avec l'odieuse Cora. Elle gonfle son cv en faisant croire qu'elle parle couramment le finlandais. Enfin, elle a une chance d'avoir un CDI. Pour la mettre à l'épreuve, elle doit préparer "Ripili", un boys band finlandais, à un grand concours de talents en Allemagne. Mais à l'aéroport, Annika reçoit "Rypeli", un groupe de death metal très mauvais : elle n'a pas compris l'agent finlandais au téléphone. Annika ne peut et ne veut pas renoncer, car son poste de productrice dépend de la victoire à ce concours. Lors de la première répétition, il devient rapidement évident qu'il sera très difficile de préparer le groupe pour ce concours. Les garçons ont néanmoins aussi leur "bon" côté - Annika comprend ce que l'agent voulait dire par "diamant brut". Cependant elle fait en sorte pour que son patron ne rencontre pas les trois Finlandais. Les membres du groupe apprennent à jouer ensemble. Mais une dispute éclate lorsque Matti, le chanteur du groupe, s'essouffle et ne peut plus chanter. Auparavant il avait déjà perdu un concours. Annika amène Matti chez un médecin qui lui diagnostique de l'asthme. Aussitôt Erkki, le bassiste, est nommé chanteur.
Shadows (2007)
, 2hDirected by Milcho Manchevski
Origin Macedoine
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance
Actors Nataša Petrović
Lazar Perkov or Laki is an orthopaedic specialist at the State Hospital in Skopje. His mother, Dr. Vera Perkova is the Orthopaedic clinic's director.
Caché (2005)
, 1h57Directed by Michael Haneke
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Maurice Bénichou, Annie Girardot, Aïssa Maïga, Daniel Duval
The quiet life of a Paris family is disturbed when they receive a series of surveillance tapes of the exterior of their residence from an anonymous source. Georges Laurent is the successful host of a French literary television program, living with his wife Anne, a book publisher, and their 12-year-old son Pierrot. Unmarked videocassettes arrive on their doorstep, tapes that show extended observation of their home's exterior from a static street camera that is never noticed. At first passive and harmless, but later accompanied by crude, disturbing crayon drawings, the tapes lead to questions about Georges' early life that disrupt both his work and marriage. But because the tapes do not contain an open threat, the police refuse to help the family.
Head-On (2004)
, 2hDirected by Fatih Akın
Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families
Actors Birol Ünel, Sibel Kekilli, Meltem Cumbul, Hermann Lause, Demir Gökgöl, Mehmet Kurtuluş
Cahit Tomruk is a Turkish German in his 40s. He has given up on life after the death of his wife and seeks solace in cocaine and alcohol. One night, he intentionally drives his car head-on into a wall and barely survives. At the psychiatric clinic he is taken to, Sibel Güner, another Turkish German who has tried to commit suicide, approaches him. She asks Cahit to carry out a formal marriage with her so that she can break out of the strict rules of her conservative family. Cahit is initially turned off by the idea, but then he agrees to take part in the plan.
Time of the Wolf (2003)
, 1h53Directed by Michael Haneke
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Théâtre, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on plays, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Maurice Bénichou, Béatrice Dalle, Brigitte Roüan, Patrice Chéreau, Daniel Duval
A disaster of some type has occurred, of which the audience only knows that uncontaminated water is scarce and livestock have to be burned. Fleeing the city, the Laurent family arrive at their country home, hoping to find refuge and security, only to discover that it is already occupied by strangers.
The Piano Teacher (2001)
, 2h10Directed by Michael Haneke
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Piano, Erotic thriller films
Actors Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Magimel, Annie Girardot, Susanne Lothar, Anna Sigalevitch, Eva Green
Erika Kohut is a piano professor at a Vienna music conservatory. Although already in her forties, she still lives in an apartment with her domineering mother; her father is a long-standing resident in a psychiatric asylum.
Mostly Martha (2001)
, 1h49Directed by Sandra Nettelbeck
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Cooking films
Actors Martina Gedeck, Sergio Castellitto, Ulrich Thomsen, Sibylle Canonica
Martha Klein (Martina Gedeck) is a chef at Lido, a gourmet restaurant in Hamburg, Germany. A perfectionist who lives only for her work, Martha has difficulty relating to the world other than through food. Her single-minded obsession with her culinary craft occasionally leads to unpleasant confrontations with customers. Consequently, the restaurant owner, Frida (Sibylle Canonica), requires her to see a therapist (August Zirner) to work out her poor interpersonal skills. Martha's therapy sessions, however, turn into monologues on food, and her approach to stress management usually involves briefly retreating to the restaurant's walk-in refrigerator.
, 5h12Origin German
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Monica Bleibtreu, Veronica Ferres, Sebastien Koch, Sophie Rois, Stefanie Stappenbeck
Le film en trois parties est un docufiction sur la famille Mann. Au centre de l'histoire, il y a les frères écrivains Heinrich Mann et Thomas Mann et leurs familles. Les scènes fictives s'enchaînent avec les séquences documentaires, basées principalement sur des entretiens d'Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, la dernière personne vivante de la famille. Breloer mène les entretiens et amène la vieille dame sur les lieux du récit.
, 1h29Directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger
Origin Austria
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Corinne Cléry
La famille Prantner semble souffrir de malchance. Le chef de famille Friedrich se débat dans son nouveau studio d'enregistrement à la table de mixage avec son programme. Ses clients semblent des voyous. L’épouse Nina confectionne une robe pour une Kammersängerin dans un salon de mode, mais elle éclate à cause d’une grave erreur devant la caméra lors de son apparition au gala. En raison de son désespoir, elle détruit également le studio d'enregistrement de Friedrich avec juste "la pression d'un bouton". Les deux sont maintenant sans travail.
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
, 2h1Directed by Bille August
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Loggia
In 1859, a meteorite streaks across the sky and crashes into the Gela Alta glacier in western Greenland, causing a massive explosion that kills an Inuit fisherman.
Bandits (1997)
, 1h50Directed by Katja von Garnier
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Action, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Katja Riemann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz, Jutta Hoffmann, Hannes Jaenicke, Andrea Sawatzki
As part of socio-professional reintegration in a German prison, four women form a band named Bandits. Drummer Emma Moor, a former member of a Jazz group, was abused by the bandleader and shot him. Angelika Angel Kleinschmidt is imprisoned for marriage fraud, she plays the bass. Singer and guitarist Ludmilla Luna Nabiba was arrested for aggravated robbery. Marie Irrgang poisoned her husband, is schizoid and suicidal, she plays the piano.
Stalingrad (1993)
, 1h55Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Thomas Kretschmann, Dominique Horwitz, Martin Benrath, Sylvester Groth, Sebastian Rudolph, Jophi Ries
In August 1942, a group of German soldiers enjoy leave in Cervo, Liguria, Italy after fighting in North Africa. An awards ceremony is held for several soldiers in the unit, where one platoon's new commander, Leutnant (Lieutenant) Hans von Witzland (Thomas Kretschmann) is introduced. When Unteroffizier (Sergeant) Manfred "Rollo" Rohleder (Jochen Nickel) refuses to button up his collar, his Assault Badge is revoked. Following the assembly, Rohleder, Obergefreiter (Corporal) Fritz Reiser (Dominique Horwitz) and the rest are sent to the Eastern Front to fight for Stalingrad.
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
, 1h42Directed by Uli Edel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Jerry Orbach, Stephen Baldwin
A group of prostitutes, union workers, and drag queens all lead difficult lives within an existence of drugs, crime and violence in a working class Brooklyn neighborhood.