22 movies

December 25, 2001

Kate lebt mit ihrem Bruder Charlie zusammen im heutigen New York. Während sie sich um einen beruflichen Aufstieg in der Werbebranche bemüht, findet ihr Ex-Freund Stuart eine Art Zeitportal bei der Brooklyn Bridge, das er ausnützt, um in den 70er Jahren des 19.Jahrhunderts Fotos zu schießen. Doch dort fällt er dem jungen Leopold Mountbatten wegen seiner kleinen Kamera auf, der ihm ins heutige New York folgt. Als Stuart wegen eines Unfalls im Krankenhaus landet, freundet sich Charlie mit dem intelligenten Fremden an, den er für einen Schauspieler hält. Doch Leopold lernt schnell und bemüht sich, als wahrer Gentlemen in unserer heutigen Zeit zurechtzukommen. Das hat auch Einfluss auf die ehrgeizige Kate …

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.

Tage war Reedersgattin Jordan mit einem Festmahl beschäftigt, zu dem blaublütige Gäste geladen sind. Doch Lady und Lord Ferncliffe ziehen einen Abstecher nach Florida vor. Schadenfroh frotzelt Aktrice Carlotta über die Absage und schüttet ihren Hohn ebenso über andere Gäste aus. Doch an der ausgekochten Kitty beißt sie sich die Zähne aus. Nur Hausherr Larry scheint es gründlich die Petersilie verhagelt zu haben…

March 15, 2019

A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.

Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy, is involved, due to his ability to mimic dialects of Italy, in a scam concocted by Lallo against a rich cloth-merchant.

February 13, 2020

Vor 30 Jahren wurde die Schweiz von einem längst vergessen scheinenden Skandal erschüttert: Mehr als 900'000 Menschen wurden wegen ihrer politischen Überzeugung überwacht. Vor dem Hintergrund dieses "Geheimakten-Skandals" setzt Micha Lewinsky seinen Film an. Der gewissenhafte Polizist Viktor Schuler wird von seinem Vorgesetzten beauftragt, das Schauspielhaus, ein renommiertes Zürcher Theater, zu infiltrieren, um die linke Szene im Auge zu behalten. Doch Viktor ist vom Leben der Künstlerin ganz angetan und verliebt sich in die subversive Schauspielerin Odile Lehmann.

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

April 21, 2018

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job. But while gathering material for a segment on the show, Steve stumbled onto a few vintage record albums that would change his life forever.

March 12, 2019

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist who transcended racial and social barriers with his honest, irreverent and biting humor.

July 30, 2021

Based on true events, The Ladder follows the spiritual journey of Andrei, a sensitive, socially awkward young man who turns to acting in his search for true happiness. After the fall of communism, he is blinded by the illusion of freedom and democracy and faces a series of brutal events that have deeply marked Romania's recent history. Finding comfort in playing the part of Aliosa in a stage adaptation of The Karamazov Brothers, he becomes closer and closer to his character, gradually discovering the way to understanding divinity.

Lars Eidinger ist mit seiner Liebe zur Improvisation und seiner intensiven, körperbetonten Spielweise einer der talentiertesten und vielseitigsten Schauspieler Deutschlands. In LARS EIDINGER – SEIN ODER NICHT SEIN zeigt Reiner Holzemer zum allerersten Mal Eidinger intensive Arbeitsweise und gibt damit einen spannenden Einblick in den Beruf des Schauspielers sowie in die Welt des Theaters und Filmemachens.

October 16, 1971

A newly blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend and hatches a plot to murder her and frame his friend for it.

May 1, 2004

Everyone's worst travel nightmare - being stuck next to an obnoxious dork on a flight where there are no spare seats.

October 24, 2021

Henry Irving is dead. Join Irving’s restless spirit as he tells the story of how he transformed himself from a stuttering, spindly country boy into the most formidable actor of the nineteenth century. It is a story of a man who petrified London with his Gothic portrayals of mad monarchs, guilt-stricken murderers and the devil himself. A story of a man who could never escape his monsters – even in death. A filmed version of the live one-man stage play by James Swanton.

A gentle portrait of the mythical Spanish actor Arturo Fernández (1929-2019) in the hour of his passing, in his own words, through his latest interviews, not previously broadcast, and the words of those who knew him thorough decades of charming and good performance on stage, his true home, as well as in cinema and television.

An excerpt about the troubled, passionate and intriguing relationship of an actor with his own life.

March 31, 1975

Fanny Hobichler, eine junge vielversprechende Schauspielerin, zieht in den 1920ern nach Wien, um den großen Durchbruch zu schaffen. Sie erhofft sich Hilfe von ihrem Vorbild, dem beliebten Bühnenschauspieler Albert Kortz, welcher einst aus der gleichen Provinzstadt kam wie sie und ein enger Freund ihres Vaters war. Kortz jedoch träumt davon sich zur Ruhe zu setzen, da er seinen Ruhm und die Auseinandersetzung mit dem aufbrausenden Theaterdirektor Jason leid ist. Zusammen versuchen sie Jason auszutricksen.

October 30, 2008

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of horror, star of Argentinean theater, cinema and television for decades.

September 19, 2017

The life of Paco Martínez Soria (1902-1982), one of the most famous and beloved Spanish actors, both on stage and screen; a comedian, a theatrical producer, an idol for the masses. A celebration of the uncommon gift of making people laugh.

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