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Udo Jürgens – The Man with the Bassoon

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

In the second day of Christmas I was so lucky to experience Udo Jürgens in MDR, as he directed a Christmas show called, »There shall be light.« Jürgens guided us into the winterworld of Arlberg, where without pretense he and the children sang »The little Drummer Boy« a favorite of my mother. He meets ski-legend Karl […]

Zu Gast im Filmkunst 66: Fabian

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Tanja Ziegler und Regina Ziegler laden sehr herzlich ein. 80 Jahre nach dem Erscheinungsdatum von Erich Kästners Fabian wurde in Anwesenheit des Hauptdarstellers Hans Peter Hallwachs und des Regisseurs Wolf Gremm in Berlin im Filmkunst 66 der Spielfilm Fabian wieder aufgeführt (Kamera: Jürgen Wagner). Es war ein schönes Erlebnis. Natürlich kannte ich den Film und hatte […]

Gabriela Dumitrescu On Choreographing Roland Emmerich’s Anonymous

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

Gabriela Dumitrescu holds a BA in dance from the London Contemporary Dance School in London After graduating from LCDS, Gabriela worked as a dancer, very soon beginning to choreograph her first pieces. She moved to Berlin and began working as assistant director for a number of theater and opera directors at the Staatsoper Unter den […]

Weissensee – Hymne an eine außergewöhnliche TV-Serie

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Das habe ich ganz selten erlebt: Ein Film, nicht übliches Format, eine ARD-Miniserie in 6 Folgen, daher auch viele Darsteller, und alle bis hin zu kleinsten Rolle (Schauspielersprech: “Es gibt keine kleinen Rollen, es gibt nur kleine Talente!”) fabelhaft besetzt! Bravo! Eine Seltenheit! Weissensee, eine Familienserie, die in der DDR spielt. Es sind die 80er […]

11th German Films Previews in Hamburg

Friday, July 15th, 2011

75 international buyers from 33 countries attended the 11th edition of the German Films Previews which was held in Hamburg from July 10-13. The four-day event, which is organised by the promotion agency German Films and is supported by the regional film fund Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Studio Hamburg and Hamburg Marketing, presented market screenings at […]

Stopped on Track by Andreas Dresen – Cannes 64 Un Certain Regard Prize Winner

Monday, May 30th, 2011

Note to oneselves in the face of death: When there is no father in heaven, is family the lender of last resort? Scene from “Stopped on Track” with Steffi Kühnert (Simone), Milan Peschel (Frank), Talisa Lilli Lemke (daughter) and Mika Nilson Seidel (son). Courtesy Festival de Cannes The heavyweight Festival de Cannes is not the […]

Berlinale 61

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Ein Auftakt mit politischem Gewicht: Bevor die Internationale Jury vorgestellt wurde, brachte Dieter Kosslick einen leeren Stuhl auf die Bühne mit einem Schild auf dem der Name Jafar Panahi stand. Der iranische Filmemacher, sein Offside wurde 2006 auf der Berlinale mit einem Silbernen Bären ausgezeichnet, ein Mitglied der Jury, durfte sein Land nicht verlassen. Der […]

Wim Wenders und Pina

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Known in film-buff circles as “a filmmakers filmmaker,” Wim Wenders never fails in his films to appear to a critic’s own cinematic sensibilities. His knowledge of film history, particularly American filmhistory, is profound and extensive – indeed, his movies give you definite readings of movies he himself likes. And most of them are in the […]

BERLINALE 2011 — Golden Bear goes to Iran for first time, German films among the winners

Monday, February 21st, 2011

The Berlinale’s Golden Bear went this year for the first time in the festival’s history to Iran with the International Jury’s choice of Asghar Farhadi’s Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (Nader And Simin: A Separation). The family drama had been a hot favourite for the top honours from the moment of its international premiere in the […]

Bernd Eichinger – In Memoriam

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

KINO – German Film was saddened to hear the news this week of the sudden and unexpected death of Germany’s leading film producer Bernd Eichinger at the age of 61 during a meal with family and friends in Los Angeles on January 24. Eichinger, who had received the German Film Academy’s Honorary Award in April 2010, […]