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Carl Schenkel is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director Suisse born on 8 may 1948 at Bern (Suisse)
Carl Schenkel (8 May 1948 in Bern - 1 December 2003) was a Swiss film director.
En 1981, il écrit et réalise son premier vrai film Kalt wie Eis. En 1984, il réalise le thriller Abwärts qui lui vaudra de nombreuses récompenses. En 1989, il réalise son premier film américain The Mighty Quinn. En 1998, il réalise Tarzan et la Cité perdue, suite du film Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan de Hugh Hudson (1984). En 2001, il réalise le téléfilm Le Crime de l'Orient-Express avec Alfred Molina en tant qu'Hercule Poirot.
Il meurt le 1er décembre 2003 à Los Angeles à l'âge de 55 ans d'une crise cardiaque.
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Nationality Suisse
Birth 8 may 1948 at Bern (Suisse)
Death 1 december 2003 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 8 may 1948 at Bern (Suisse)
Death 1 december 2003 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Carl Schenkel (8 May 1948 in Bern - 1 December 2003) was a Swiss film director.
Biography
Carl Schenkel commence à travailler comme journaliste, tout en préparant un diplôme de sociologie. Il réalise et écrit des publicités pour gagner de l'expérience. Il est aussi assistant de direction sur plusieurs films et téléfilms.En 1981, il écrit et réalise son premier vrai film Kalt wie Eis. En 1984, il réalise le thriller Abwärts qui lui vaudra de nombreuses récompenses. En 1989, il réalise son premier film américain The Mighty Quinn. En 1998, il réalise Tarzan et la Cité perdue, suite du film Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan de Hugh Hudson (1984). En 2001, il réalise le téléfilm Le Crime de l'Orient-Express avec Alfred Molina en tant qu'Hercule Poirot.
Il meurt le 1er décembre 2003 à Los Angeles à l'âge de 55 ans d'une crise cardiaque.
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Filmography of Carl Schenkel (11 films)
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Uncle Meat (1987)
, 1h40Directed by Frank Zappa
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Frank Zappa, Ray Collins, Linda Ronstadt, Carl Schenkel, Haskell Wexler
Roles Self
Rating67%
Director
Missing Pieces (2001)
Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Coburn, Lisa Zane, Ken Davitian, Finn Carter, William R. Moses, Julio Oscar Mechoso
Rating58%
A father travels to Mexico to claim the body of his son who has just committed suicide under mysterious circumstances.
Murder on the Orient Express (2001)
, 1h40Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alfred Molina, Meredith Baxter, Leslie Caron, Amira Casar, Tasha de Vasconcelos, David Hunt
Rating51%
Né en Belgique à une date indéterminée, de religion catholique romaine, Hercule Poirot est retraité de la police belge, où il a occupé les fonctions de chef de la Sûreté à Bruxelles. Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, son pays est occupé par les Allemands ; blessé à une jambe, il est évacué avec d'autres réfugiés dans la petite ville anglaise de Styles St Mary, où il résout la première énigme connue du grand public (il en avait résolu d'autres auparavant mais non retranscrites par Agatha Christie) : La Mystérieuse Affaire de Styles. Il s'installe ensuite dans différents appartements à Londres et devient détective privé1.
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
, 1h44Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steven Waddington, Winston Ntshona, Rapulana Seiphemo, Paulo Tocha
Rating40%
À la veille de son mariage avec Jane, Tarzan, doit retourner en Afrique pour lutter contre des mercenaires qui cherchent à violer le secret d'une civilisation perdue.
Knight Moves (1992)
, 1h56Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Jeu, Sports films, Serial killer films, Films about chess
Actors Christophe Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin, Katharine Isabelle, Arthur Brauss
Rating60%
They met only once, but back in 1972 David and Peter had left lasting impressions on one another, for one of them was stabbed continually with a fountain pen, leaving him with everlasting bodily scars. As for the other, his savage attack on his childhood opponent after his public humiliation and defeat was a catalyst that ended his parent's marriage, as his father left forever; his offspring discovered his mother dying, having been slashed with a broken bottle. This boy spent the next twenty years in and out of asylums and foster care. Now it seems he's become one of the youngest, most successful chess grandmasters in history. Brilliant if troubled widower with a precious daughter, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in his casual lover's murder. When more homicides occur Capt. Frank Sedman and his partner Det. Andy Wagner discover that a serial killer is at work on a Pacific Northwest island. With our chessmaster becoming more and more connected to the deaths, shrink Kathy Sheppard is brought in to figure out if this chess prodigy is as innocent as he claims to be.
Silence Like Glass (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bruce Payne, Rip Torn
Rating65%
The main character of the film, Eva, is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with 'concern and compassion' by Dr Burton.
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
, 1h38Directed by Carl Schenkel
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Robert Townsend
Rating60%
Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington) is the chief of police on a small, unnamed Caribbean island (the novel was set on the fictional island of St. Caro). When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee (Robert Townsend), a petty crook who also happens to be Quinn's best friend. Quinn doesn't believe it and clashes with the local bureaucracy: Thomas Elgin (James Fox), an arrogant political fixer, and the island's underqualified governor (Norman Beaton). Quinn's worries over the murder exacerbate his troubles at home; he is estranged from his wife, Lola (Sheryl Lee Ralph), and rarely has time to see his son.
Out of Order (1984)
, 1h30Directed by Carl Schenkel
Genres Thriller
Actors Götz George, Hannes Jaenicke, Wolfgang Kieling, Renée Soutendijk, Ralf Richter, Kurt Raab
Rating67%
Gössmann, a bookkeeper who has just robbed his employer of a large sum of money gets stuck in an elevator of an office tower together with Jörg, his lover Marion and the young Pit. Because it is Friday evening and an engineer working on the elevators made a mistake, the alarm system is not working and nobody can hear them call for help.
The Fruit Is Ripe (1977)
, 1h35Directed by Sigi Rothemund, Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Erotic, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Olivia Pascal, Rut Rex, Thomas Fritsch
Rating54%
Patricia est une fille audacieuse et sans complexes qui visite la Grèce. Ses parents lui donnent un billet d'avion pour retourner à Munich où elle doit continuer ses études. Mais elle le jette et reste. Elle rencontre beaucoup d'hommes et de femmes avec qui elle joue des tours et vit des aventures érotiques. Elle rencontre dans un port Tom, un navigateur, avec qui elle fait le tour de la mer Égée, apprend à uriner debout et à aimer Tom. Elle raconte ses expériences sur une cassette. Tom la quitte après une dispute mais revient vite vivre avec elle.
Scriptwriter
Silence Like Glass (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bruce Payne, Rip Torn
Roles Writer
Rating65%
The main character of the film, Eva, is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with 'concern and compassion' by Dr Burton.
Out of Order (1984)
, 1h30Directed by Carl Schenkel
Genres Thriller
Actors Götz George, Hannes Jaenicke, Wolfgang Kieling, Renée Soutendijk, Ralf Richter, Kurt Raab
Rating67%
Gössmann, a bookkeeper who has just robbed his employer of a large sum of money gets stuck in an elevator of an office tower together with Jörg, his lover Marion and the young Pit. Because it is Friday evening and an engineer working on the elevators made a mistake, the alarm system is not working and nobody can hear them call for help.
Producer
Silence Like Glass (1989)
, 1h43Directed by Carl Schenkel
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Jami Gertz, Martha Plimpton, George Peppard, Gayle Hunnicutt, Bruce Payne, Rip Torn
Roles Producer
Rating65%
The main character of the film, Eva, is a wealthy, snobbish ballerina who is diagnosed with cancer. She is admitted into the youth cancer ward at a hospital where she is forced into humility by her disease. She rooms with fellow cancer patient Claudia (Martha Plimpton), and the majority of the film revolves around their interactions together in their hospital room. She is treated with 'concern and compassion' by Dr Burton.
200 Motels (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Frank Zappa, Tony Palmer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Theodore Bikel, Ringo Starr, Frank Zappa, Pamela Des Barres, Howard Kaylan
Roles Producer
Rating55%
In 200 Motels, the film attempts to portray the craziness of life on the road as a rock musician, and as such consists of a series of unconnected nonsense vignettes interspersed with concert footage of the Mothers of Invention. Ostensibly, while on tour The Mothers of Invention go crazy in the small fictional town of Centerville ("a real nice place to raise your kids up"), wander around, and get beaten up in "Redneck Eats", a cowboy bar. In a long cartoon interlude bassist "Jeff", tired of playing what he refers to as "Zappa's comedy music", is persuaded by his bad conscience to quit the group, as did his real-life counterpart Jeff Simmons, who was fired for insubordination before the film began shooting. Simmons was replaced by Martin Lickert (who was Ringo's chauffeur) for the film. Almost every scene is drenched with video special effects (double and triple exposures, solarisation, false color, speed changes, etc.) which were innovative in 1971. The film has been dubbed a "surrealistic documentary".
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She's 19 and Ready (1979)
, 1h29Directed by Franz Josef Gottlieb
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Ekkehardt Belle, Orestes Ojeda, Ike Lozada
Roles Assistant Director
Rating42%
The story centers on a rather uninhibited young woman named Eva (Sabine Wollin) and her two boyfriends - Stefan (Ekkehardt Belle) and Claus (Claus Obalski). Eva needs to decide which of the two is to be her "steady". While pondering that question, Eva inherits some overseas properties from a rich uncle. The three of them embark on a world tour to exotic places, meeting up with Eva's cousin Britta (Gina Janssen) along the way. At the film's conclusion, Eva's "choice" is to keep both young men as beaus.