Posted on March 20, 2019 |
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Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile (2017)
Documentary
The exiled Austro-German musician and composer Artur Schnabel was a giant of his time, but in Germany today he is nearly forgotten. Pianist and Schnabel devotee Markus Pawlik (in collaboration with baritone Dietrich Henschel and the Szymanowski String Quartet) brings Artur Schnabel's greatest compositions back to Berlin with a filmed commemorative concert. Along the way, Pawlik visits the places, landscapes, and history that shaped Schnabel's life and music. "Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile" rediscovers an essential artist displaced by the catastrophe of the two World Wars and the Holocaust and inspired by the possibilities of modernism.
Starring: Markus Pawlik, Dietrich Henschel, Szymanowski String Quartet, Udo Samel
Director: Matthew Mishory
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Tags: Dietrich Henschel, Markus Pawlik, Matthew Mishory, Szymanowski String Quartet, Udo Samel
Posted on October 24, 2017 |
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The Piano Teacher / La pianiste (2001)
Drama | Music | Romance
A young man romantically pursues his masochistic piano teacher.
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel, Georg Friedrich
Director: Michael Haneke
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Tags: Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel, Georg Friedrich, Isabelle Huppert, Michael Haneke, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel
Posted on January 12, 2014 |
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Der siebente Kontinent / The Seventh Continent (1989)
Drama
Haneke's first theatrical feature is a disturbing and masterfully composed portrait of a family's disintegration and ultimate self-destruction.
Starring: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel, Silvia Fenz
Director: Michael Haneke
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Tags: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Michael Haneke, Silvia Fenz, Udo Samel
Posted on July 11, 2012 |
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My Best Enemy / Mein bester Feind (2011)
Comedy | Drama | War
Vienna in the 1930s. Victor Kaufmann, the son of a wealthy cosmopolitan Jewish couple, works in his father’s art gallery. His best friend whom he has known since childhood and from whom he is inseparable, is Rudi Smekal. Victor’s girlfriend, the attractive and vibrant Lena, is also a friend of Rudi’s. In a moment of exuberance Victor shows his friend a well-kept family secret: a drawing by Michelangelo that was believed lost. It comes as a terrible shock to Victor to learn that Rudi has long been a member of the Nazi party and is hoping that Austria’s annexation to Germany will improve his career chances with the Nazis. Having missed the right moment to flee Austria, the Kaufmanns are now stuck in Vienna. They transfer their estate to Lena in an attempt to protect it from being confiscated. Having bragged about the Michelangelo drawing, Rudi receives an order from Berlin to seize the art work. In order to save his old friends, Rudi suggests a deal: the drawing in exchange for the Kaufmanns’ freedom. But he has overestimated his influence. No sooner does the drawing fall into the hands of the Nazis than the Kaufmann family is sent to a concentration camp…
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss, Marthe Keller, Udo Samel, Uwe Bohm
Director: Wolfgang Murnberger
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Tags: Georg Friedrich, Marthe Keller, Moritz Bleibtreu, Udo Samel, Ursula Strauss, Uwe Bohm, Wolfgang Murnberger
