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Franka Potente
Actress 52 years old

Franka Potente

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Franka Potente is a German film actress and singer. She was born on July 22, 1974 in Münster North Rhine-Westphalia and raised in nearby Dülmen. She first appeared in the comedy After Five in the Forest Primeval (1995) and gained critical recognition in the action thriller... Read full bio →

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Dark Winds

Dark Winds

2022 47m 6.0

Follows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they search for clues in a double murder case.

Taboo

Taboo

2017 1h 9.0

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2

James Wan 2016 2h 14m 6.9

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Hall Pass

Hall Pass

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly 2011 1h 45m 5.4

When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages, they grant the guys a 'hall pass'—one week of freedom to do whatever they want.

Shanghai

Shanghai

Mikael Håfström 2010 1h 45m 6.0

An American man returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months before Pearl Harbor and discovers his friend has been killed. While he unravels the mysteries of the death, he falls in love and discovers a much larger secret that his own government is hiding.

La traque

La traque

Laurent Jaoui 2008 6.0

Based on the true story of the Klarsfelds, a Franco-German couple who devoted themselves to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. Their pursuit of Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon," takes them to South America, where he has found refuge.

Die Brücke

Die Brücke

Wolfgang Panzer 2008 1h 40m 5.0

In this TV remake of the classic German war film, 16-year-old Walter and his friends are recruited to help defend a bridge near their town. What begins as a minor op becomes a life or death battle in which the idealistic young men confronted by the brutal reality of war.

Che: Part Two

Che: Part Two

Steven Soderbergh 2008 2h 15m 7.4

In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Paul Greengrass 2007 1h 55m 7.7

Bourne is once again brought out of hiding by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns.Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

Romulus, My Father

Romulus, My Father

Richard Roxburgh 2007 1h 44m 7.0

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Eichmann

Eichmann

Robert Young 2007 1h 40m 7.0

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.

Elementarteilchen

Elementarteilchen

Oskar Roehler 2006 1h 45m 7.3

The Elementary Particles / Elementarteilichen, is a film based off of the controversial novel by Michel Houellebecq about two very different half brothers; one who finds pleasure in his sexual cravings and the other who’s more interested in molecular biology than women.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish

Peter Greenaway 2005 2h 4m

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe.

A Life in Suitcases

A Life in Suitcases

Peter Greenaway 2005 2h

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe.

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 2: Vaux to the Sea

Peter Greenaway 2004 2h

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of in 1989, Luper’s life is pieced together from the evidence found in 92 suitcases scattered across the globe.

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Paul Greengrass 2004 1h 48m 7.5

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living.

Creep

Creep

Christopher Smith 2004 1h 25m 6.7

Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Peter Greenaway 2003 2h 7m 9.0

The first of three parts, we follow Tulse Luper in three distinct episodes: as a child during the first World War, as an explorer in Mormon Utah, and as a writer in Belgium during the rise of fascism. Packed with stylistic flourishes, it's a dense, comic study of 20th century history, revolving around the contents of one man's suitcases.

I Love Your Work

I Love Your Work

Adam Goldberg 2003 1h 51m

The film follows fictional movie star Gray Evans through the disintegration of his marriage, his gradual mental breakdown, and his increasing obsession with a young film student who reminds Gray of his own life before becoming famous.

Blueprint

Blueprint

Rolf Schübel 2003 1h 48m 8.0

The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned.

Anatomie 2

Anatomie 2

Stefan Ruzowitzky 2003 1h 41m 4.5

The doctor and soccer player in the leisure time Jo Hauser decides to move to Berlin and be an intern in a famous clinic, expecting to increase his knowledge and expertize, and help his handicap brother Willi Hauser. He joins a secret fraternity of doctors, under the leadership of Prof.

Try Seventeen

Try Seventeen

Jeffrey Porter 2002 1h 36m 5.7

Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between two women: a young actress named Lisa and a photographer named Jane.

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity

Doug Liman 2002 1h 59m 7.7

Based very loosely on Robert Ludlum's novel, the Bourne Identity is the story of a man whose wounded body is discovered by fisherman who nurse him back to health. He can remember nothing and whilst trying to rebuild his memory, finds that he is being hunted and goes on a search to find out who he is and why they are after him.

Storytelling

Storytelling

Todd Solondz 2001 1h 27m 7.4

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Blow

Blow

Ted Demme 2001 2h 4m 7.5

Johnny Depp turns in a quietly powerful performance at the heart of this drama as real-life coke smuggler George Jung, who rises from poverty to become one of the biggest drug dealers in America before his eventual downfall. Adapted from the 1993 book "Blow: How a Small-Town Boy Made $100 Million with the Medellin Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All."

Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

Der Krieger und die Kaiserin

Tom Tykwer 2000 2h 15m 8.5

Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident in which he provides first aid, Sissi wonders if he may be the man of her dreams.

Anatomie

Anatomie

Stefan Ruzowitzky 2000 1h 43m 5.3

A cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.

Lola rennt

Lola rennt

Tom Tykwer 1998 1h 20m 7.7

Lola receives a phone call from her boyfriend Manny. He lost 100,000 DM in a subway train that belongs to a very bad guy. She has 20 minutes to raise this amount and meet Manny. Else, he will rob a store to get the money. Three different alternatives may happen depending on some minor event along Lola's run.

Bin ich schön?

Bin ich schön?

Doris Dörrie 1998 1h 57m

Between Munich and Seville, the destinies of sixteen characters intertwine and intersect, missing each other or colliding head-on. They are all, without knowing it, at a pivotal moment in their lives...

Nach Fünf im Urwald

Nach Fünf im Urwald

Hans-Christian Schmid 1995 1h 39m 6.0

Anna, 17 years old, is happy to throw her first big birthday party without her parents, but some of her guests are so stoned that they leave a big chaos and, even worse, destroy the favorite record of Anna's father. After the return of her shocked and angry parents, Anna runs away to Munich with her admirer Simon.

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