Through FILMS 70 Years of European History Through Films Is a Product in Erasmus+ Project „70 Years of European History 1945-2015”

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through FILMS 70 years of European History through films is a product in Erasmus+ project „70 years of European History 1945-2015”. It was prepared by the teachers and students involved in the project – from: Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey. It’ll be a teaching aid and the source of information about the recent European history. A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011)

In the early twentieth century, Zurich-based Carl Jung is a follower in the new theories of psychoanalysis of Vienna-based Sigmund Freud, who states that all psychological problems are rooted in sex. Jung uses those theories for the first time as part of his treatment of Sabina Spielrein, a young Russian woman brought to his care. She is obviously troubled despite her assertions that she is not crazy. Jung is able to uncover the reasons for Sa- bina’s psychological problems, she who is an aspiring physician herself. In this latter role, Jung employs her to work in his own research, which often includes him and his wife Emma as test subjects. Jung is eventually able to meet Freud himself, they, based on their enthusiasm, who develop a friendship driven by their lengthy philosophical discussions on psychoanalysis. Actions by Jung based on his discussions with another patient, a fellow psychoanalyst named Otto Gross, lead to fundamental changes in Jung’s relationships with Freud, Sabina and Emma. Those relationships are also affected by Freud’s unbending views of psychoanalysis and its use, by Sabina’s growing self-awareness of what drives her emotionally, regardless of their negative root causes, and by Emma’s feelings of guilt over not being able to produce a male heir for her husband. AN ORDINARY EXECUTION (2010) Une exécution ordinaire

Director: Marc Dugain Writers: Marc Dugain Stars: André Dussollier, Marina Hands, Edouard Baer Country: France Genres: Drama | History Trailer

Moscow, 1952. Anna is a doctor, Vassilli serves in a local administration. Life is grim but they find solace in unconditional love. One day Anna is taken to the Kremlin where she has to cure Stanlin himself. She needs to keep the secret at all costs and as her relationship with the URSS leader grows, her couple with Vassilli tumbles. APOLLO 13 (1995)

Director: Ron Howard Writers: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger Stars: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon Country: USA Genres: Adventure | Drama | History Trailer

The Apollo 13 mission was not supposed to be historic. Three astronauts, Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert were supposed to go to the moon, a destination that people seemingly were no longer interested in. In fact, their broadcasts from space didn’t even make the news. And then the words came: „Ho- uston...we’ve got a problem.” On Earth, the astronauts’ families wait in horror as the reports continue to flow in. Bad reports. Gene Kranz, the flight director in Houston, works around the clock, hoping, just hoping, that something will actually go right. And Ken Mattingly, who, two days before the launch, was stripped of his chance to go into space due to the measles, attempts to figure out a way to get his friends back home. And suddenly, the news media becomes attentive as the whole world watches, praying for the safe return of three brave astronauts. 205, 000 miles from home, the three astronauts watch as their crippled craft jettisons oxygen into space and carbon dioxi- de levels rise to brain damaging levels. They watch as the tem- perature drops past freezing, icing the windows and numbing their bodies. And they watch as their spaceship gets farther and farther from Earth, realizing that they may never see home again. APRIL CAPTAINS (2000) Capitães de Abril

Renowned actress Maria de Medeiros directs this sweeping historical drama set in Portugal about the heady days leading up to April 25, 1974, when that country was finally freed from 40 years of Fascist rule. The film opens with a series of grisly black and white photographs of Portuguese war atrocities committed against its colonies -- Angola, Mozambique, and Guinea-Bissau. Antonia (de Medeiros) is a teacher who begs her minister-brother to release a couple of her students from the clutches of the secret police. As a result, she herself gets captured, interroga- ted, and tortured. At the same time, a young couple bid a tear- ful adieu at the train station just as the man, Capt. Maia (Stefano Accorsi) is drafted to fight in the colonies. Just before the youth gets shipped off to Africa, he manages to persuade the soldiers of a remote army outpost to rebel. Along with his buddies Lobao (Fele Martinez) and Antonia’s ex-husband Manuel (Frederic Pier- rot), Maia manages to storm a radio station and ultimately be- siege the national guard barracks, which houses the president and military advisors. This film was screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide BEHIND ENEMY LINES (2001)

Director: John Moore Writers: Jim Thomas, David Veloz Stars: Gene Hackman, Owen Wilson, Gabriel Macht Country: USA Genres: Action | War | Drama | Thriller Trailer

A television commercial for a Sega game system that aired during the 1999 MTV Music Video Awards landed debut director John Moore a gig behind the camera of this military action thriller. Fighter navigator Chris Burnett wants out: he was looking for something more than the boring recon missions he’s been flying. He finds himself flying the lone Christmas day mission over war- -torn Bosnia. But when he talks pilot Stackhouse into flying slightly off-course to check out an interesting target, the two get shot down. Burnett is soon alone, trying to outrun a pursuing army, while commanding officer Reigert finds his rescue operation hamstrung by politics, forcing Burnett to run far out of his way. BELVEDERE (2010)

Director: Ahmed Imamovic Writers: Ahmed Imamovic, Aida Pilav Stars: Sadzida Setic, Nermin Tulic, Emina Muftic Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina Genres: Drama Trailer

This film deals with the tragedy of the women survivors of the Srebrenica genocide, or rather, the consequences of the horrors they experienced - it is about women whose sole purpose in life is to locate the bones of their loved ones and give them a decent burial. Fifteen years later, they still want just one simple thing - the truth. As a contrast, the film also deals with trivialities of modern living, including obsession with different reality shows. BILLY ELLIOT (2000)

Director: Stephen Daldry Writer: Lee Hall Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood Country: UK | France Genres: Drama | Music | Romance Trailer

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpec- ted love of dance and the disintegration of his family. 1984: In a northern England mining town, miners are on strike and the atmosphere is tense. Eleven-year old Billy Elliot, whose father and brother are participating in the strike, whose mother has died quite some time ago and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what’s going on, doesn’t like the brutal boxing lessons at school. Instead, he falls for the girls’ ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his, Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, he keeps on training secretly while the work situation as well as the problems at home get worse. Finally, Mrs. Wilkinson manages to get Billy an audition for the Royal Ballet School, but now he also has to open his heart to his family. BLOODY SUNDAY (2002)

Director: Paul Greengrass Writer: Paul Greengrass Stars: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell Country: UK | Ireland Genres: Drama | History | War Trailer

Both sides agree that on Jan. 30, 1972, a civil rights march in Derry, Northern Ireland, ended with a confrontation between some of the marchers and British army paratroopers. At the end of the day, 13 marchers were dead and 14 in the hospital, one of whom later died. No British soldiers were killed. An official inquiry declared that the soldiers had returned the fire of armed marchers. Some of the soldiers involved were later decorated by the crown. Beyond this agreement, there is a disagreement so deep and bitter that 30 years later „Bloody Sunday” is still an open wound in the long, contested history of the British in Northern Ireland. A new inquiry into the events of the day was opened in 1998 and still continues today. Paul Greengrass’ film „Bloody Sunday,” which shared the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival this year, is made in the form of a documentary. It covers about 24 hours, starting on Saturday evening, and its central character is Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt), a civil rights leader in Derry. He was a Protestant MP from the nationalist Social Democratic Labour Par- ty. Most of the 10,000 marchers on that Sunday would be Catho- lic; that a Protestant led them, and stood beside such firebrands as Bernadette Devlin, indicates the division in the north between those who stood in solidarity with their co-religionists, and those of all faiths who simply wanted the British out of Northern Ireland. BRIDGE OF SPIES (2015)

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Matt Charman, Ethan Coen Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda Country: USA | Germany | India Genres: Drama | History | Thriller Trailer

Viljam Fišer is a Russian spy, who is sending scrambled mes- sages from New York and living there under unreal name. But his origin is revealed by FBI and he is going to court for a sentence to death. But then a lawyer Donovan comes to defend agent at the court and thanks to his speach Fišer is send to prison for 45 years. But some years later is shot down an American plane and his pilot Powers is convicted and send to prison. Because of the fear of CIA Donovan is pulled in to an operation in effort to exchange Russian spy for the pilot. But when he gets to the Berlin he founds out by accident that in the city was also arrested an American student and he decides to not listen to orders and try to save both of them. Movie is based on a true story. BROTHER’S WAR (2009)

Director: Jerry Buteyn Writers: Warren Lewis, Tino Struckmann Stars: Tino Struckmann, Michael Berryman, Olivier Gruner Country: USA Genres: History | War Trailer

The story is set in the latter days of World War 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. Brother’s War is based on real events. The western Allies push into Germany and the Red Army fights its way towards Berlin. Churchill is worried about Russia’s post-war plans for Europe but must not endanger the increasingly threatened alliance between the west and Rus- sia. A British military officer attached to the Red Army discovers a Russian war crime against the Polish government in exile and is seized by Stalin’s feared intelligence service. He finds unexpec- ted help from an enemy and fellow prisoner, a German Captain. They discover a common bond in Freemasonry and are bound by honor, oath and secrets. They are joined by Anna, a beautiful Polish nurse cast adrift on the tides of war. The three are pursued by A ruthless Russian commander through Germany carrying a secret that can change the outcome of the world and the fate of millions. Brother’s War was produced with strict attention to historic accuracy and military detail and portrays the horrors and heroism of desperate battles. The film also opens the door into the ancient order of Freemasons and presents unmatched insight on the real histories of these men, brothers all, who have fought in every war for hundreds of years. BURNING BUSH (2013) Horící ker

Director: Agnieszka Holland Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach Country: Czech Republic Genres: Biography | Drama Trailer

Based on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan’s family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonor Palach’s sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia. CHILDREN OF GLORY (2006) Szabadság, szerelem

Director: Krisztina Goda Writers: Joe Eszterhas, Éva Gárdos Stars: Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyö, Sándor Csányi Country: Hungary Genres: Drama | History | Romance Trailer

„Children of Glory” commemorates Hungary’s Revolution of 1956 and the Blood in the Water match. Taking place in Bu- dapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year, the film takes viewers into the passion and sadness of one of the most dramatic popular revolts of the twentieth century. In the same year Soviet tanks were violently suppressing the Revolution within Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what is sometimes described as the bloodiest water polo match in history. While telling the story of 1956 in part through fictional lead characters, the film-makers simultaneously recreated many of the key public events of the Revolution, including the huge de- monstrations and the fighting in the streets of Budapest. CINEMA PARADISO (1988) Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Director: Giuseppe Tornatore Writers: Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Tornatore Stars: Philippe Noiret, Enzo Cannavale, Antonella Attili Country: Italy | France Genres: Drama | Romance Trailer

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist. A boy who grew up in a native Sicilian Village returns home as a famous director after receiving news about the death of an old friend. Told in a flashback, Salvatore reminiscences about his childhood and his relationship with Alfredo, a projectionist at Cinema Paradiso. Under the fatherly influence of Alfredo, Salva- tore fell in love with film making, with the duo spending many hours discussing about films and Alfredo painstakingly teaching Salvatore the skills that became a stepping stone for the young boy into the world of film making. The film brings the audience through the changes in cinema and the dying trade of traditio- nal film making, editing and screening. It also explores a young boy’s dream of leaving his little town to foray into the world out- side. COSY DENS (1999) Pelísky

Director: Jan Hrebejk Writers: Petr Jarchovský, Petr Sabach Stars: Michael Beran, Miroslav Donutil, Simona Stasová Country: Czech Republic Genres: Comedy | Drama Trailer

This story tells us about the life of families in 1967 to 1968 in Prague. There are parallel stories from different families and people can see the problems through all generations. The main story is narrated from teenage boy which is in love with girl whose boyfriend is the only one whose family is in the USA. The father from the main character is soldier and communist and doesn’t understand his son. Their neighbors have problems too, they hate communism and the mother of family is dying because of can- cer. The lives of this families are mixing together and ending with Prague spring. DIE FRAU VOM CHECKPOINT CHARLIE (2007)

Director: Miguel Alexandre Writer: Annette Hess Stars: Veronica Ferres, Peter Kremer, Filip Peeters Country: Germany Genres: Drama Trailer

Based on a true story, Miguel Alexandre’s two-part drama focuses on a East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sa- bine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germa- ny, she isn’t allowed to go there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ran- somed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world’s attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpo- int Charlie... DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)

Director: David Lean Writers: Boris Pasternak, Robert Bolt Stars: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin Country: USA | Italy | UK Genres: Drama | Romance | War Trailer

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist’s wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution. Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother’s lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can’t compe- te with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago’s half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago. DOWNFALL (2004) Der Untergang

Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Writers: Bernd Eichinger , Joachim Fest Stars: Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ulrich Matthes Country: Germany | Austria | Italy Genres: Biography | Drama | History Trailer

The last days of Adolf Hitler in his Berlin bunker at the end of World War Two, has been discussed many times in books and in documentaries. This movie is the first serious attempt by a Ger- man director to tackle this most sensitive aspect of his country’s history in a dramatized account. ‚Downfall’ is a study of life in the bunker and the surrounding streets as the Russians are closing in. It is not so much about the details of the end of the war, though that of course is covered; rather, this is a story about desperate people in very desperate circumstances, and how they each find their own solution to the question of what to do when defeat becomes inevitable. DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)

Director: Stanley Kubrick Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden Country: USA | UK Genres: Comedy Trailer

U.S. President Merkin Muffley is on the hot line to Moscow with some rather embarrassing news for the Soviet premier: „Hello, Di- mitri....I’m fine....Now then, you know how we’ve always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the bomb.... The bomb, Dimitri. The hydrogen bomb....Well, now, what hap- pened is that, uh, one of our base commanders...he went a little funny in the head....and he went and did a silly thing....He orde- red his planes to attack your country.” A comedy about an ac- cidental nuclear attack? One that ends with total annihilation, thermonuclear apocalypse? Preposterous! Stanley Kubrick thought otherwise. In the end his thinking prevailed. The mad saga revolves around a psychotic Strategic Air Command officer, Gen. Jack D. Ripper, who lets loose his B-52 bomber squadron on the Soviet Union. Ripper takes this unilateral action because of his paranoid belief that Communists are sapping and contami- nating „all our precious bodily fluids” as part of their plan to take over the world. Unbeknownst to Ripper, his attack will trigger the Russian’s ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine, a diaboli- cal retaliatory device set to blow up the planet. EICHMANN (2007)

Director: Robert Young Writer: Snoo Wilson Stars: Avner W. Less, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity Country: Hungary | UK Genres: Biography | History | War Trailer

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler’s plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence ope- ratives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann (Kret- schmann), the World’s most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must con- front each other in a battle of wills- the result of which will change a nation forever. EXODUS 47 (2015)

Director: Uli Edel Writers: Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek Country: Germany | France | Czech Republic Genres: Action | Biography | Crime Trailer

The Baader Meinhof Complex depicts the early years of the West German terrorist group, the Red Army Faction (RAF). The group was founded in the German student movement of the late 1960s. The name of the film comes from two of the- foun ding members, Andreas Baader (Bleibtreu) and Ulrike Meinhof (Gedeck). The aim of such radical politics was to create a more human society, through inhuman approaches like bombing and murders. Of course, they have to face the German police, led by Chief Horst Herold (Ganz). Following closely to Stefan Aust’s non-fiction book of the same title, the time-span of the film starts from the founding in 1967/8 to the German Autumn in 1977, but the long span does not stop the film containing all the events in a documentary fashion. The film benefits hugely from the terrific acting talents of both Bleibtreu and Gedeck, stars of the famous German films Run Lola Run and The Lives of Others respectively. The prota- gonists are terrorists, putting the audience on the other side of the story which makes the film so fascinating, breathtaking and provocative to watch. The film is demonstrative and the script is cracking FAIR PLAY (2014)

Director: Andrea Sedlácková Writers: Irena Hejdová, Andrea Sedlácková Stars: Anna Geislerová, Vlastina Svátková, Eva Josefíková Country: Czech Republic | Slovakia | Germany Genres: Drama | Sport Trailer

The 1980s in Czechoslovakia. The young talented sprinter Anna (Judit Bárdos) is selected for the national team and starts training to qualify for the Olympic Games. As a part of the pre- paration she is placed in a secret „medical programme” where she’s getting doped with anabolic steroids. Her performance is getting better, but after she collapses at the training, she learns the truth about the drugs. Anna decides to continue in her training without the steroids even though her mother (Anna Ge- islerova) is worried that she won’t be able to keep up with other athletes and might not qualify for the Olympics, which she sees as the only chance for her daughter to escape from behind the Iron Curtain. After Anna finishes the last in the indoor race, her mother informs the coach (Roman Luknar) that Anna is no longer using steroids. They decide to apply the steroids to Anna secretly, pretending it’s nothing but doses of harmless vitamins. FATELESS (2005) Sorstalanság

An Hungarian youth comes of age at Buchenwald during World War II. György Köves is 14, the son of a merchant who’s sent to a forced labor camp. After his father’s departure, Györ- gy gets a job at a brickyard; his bus is stopped and its Jewish occupants sent to camps. There, György find camaraderie, suffering, cruelty, illness, and death. He hears advice on preserving one’s dignity and self-esteem. He discovers hatred. If he does survive and returns to Budapest, what will he find? What is na- tural; what is it to be a Jew? Sepia, black and white, and color alternate to shade the mood. GOODBYE LENIN! (2003)

Director: Wolfgang Becker Writers: Bernd Lichtenberg, Wolfgang Becker Stars: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova Country: Germany Genres: Drama | Romance Trailer

East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suf- fers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. GOOD MORNING, NIGHT (2003) Buongiorno, notte

Director: Marco Bellocchio Writers: Anna Laura Braghetti, Paola Tavella Stars: Maya Sansa, Luigi Lo Cascio, Roberto Herlitzka Country: Italy Genres: Drama | History Trailer

The movie is based on a true story. On 16 March 1978 Aldo Moro, the former Italian Prime Minister was kidnapped in Via Fani by the Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades), a militant Communist Italian group. He was the main supporter of the Compromesso Storico (Hystorical Compromise), which had to lead to the first Italian government supported by both the Christian Democrats and the Communists, in a period of social, economic and political crises. During the attack his five escort agents were all killed. Mo- ro’s corpse was found on 9 May 1978 in a car parked in a street between the headquarters of the Christian Democrat Party and the Communist Party. This movie is inspired by this tragic event which traumatize the whole nation. It focuses mainly on the relationship between the prisoner and his guards through the eyes of Chiara, the young woman whose role is to guard the prisoner. The movie portraits Chiara’s life (her job as a librarian, the ordinary household) on one side and the political IDA (2013)

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Writers: Pawel Pawlikowski, Rebecca Lenkiewicz Stars: Agata Kulesza,Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik Country: Poland | Denmark | France | UK Genres: Drama Trailer

Anna is 18 years old and on her way to become a nun, but she must go to a journey to visit her last living relative – aunt Wanda. After short time reveales a hidden secret, because her aunt used to be a member of communist party and worked as a judge in many of cases with political activists in 50’s. She also reveals origins of her relatives and her real name – Ida. Her family was all jewish and she and her aunt Wanda are now discovering new democratic world and finding their own identity. IDENTITY CARD (2010) Obcanský prukaz

Director: Ondrej Trojan Writers: Petr Jarchovský, Petr Sabach Stars: Libor Kovár, Matous Vrba, Jakub Sárka Country: Czech Republic Genres: Comedy | Drama Trailer

Identity card is story about four teenage boys, from their fifteens to eighteens. We can see their problems, love, funny events, but dramatic ones too. They don’t like the regime and trying to break the rules somehow, but this takes them often to difficult situations. All starts when these friends get the identity card and ends in times when they are trying to avoid going to the army. In the background we can see the life in totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia. IL DIVO (2008) Il divo - La spettacolare vita di Giulio...

Director: Paolo Sorrentino Writer: Paolo Sorrentino Stars: Toni Servillo, Anna Bonaiuto, Giulio Bosetti Country: Italy | France Genres: Biography | Drama Trailer

As the film opens, Giulio Andreotti gives an inner monolo- gue observing how he has managed to survive his tumultuous political career while his various detractors have died. A monta- ge shows the murders of various people connected to Andreotti, including journalist Mino Pecorelli, Carabinieri general Carlo Al- berto Dalla Chiesa, bankers Michele Sindona and Roberto Calvi, and former prime minister Aldo Moro. The story of Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time prime minister of Italy notorious for his alleged ties to the Mafia. The narration spans the period from Andreotti’s seventh election in 1992, to his failed bid for the presidency of the Italian Republic, to the Tan- gentopoli bribe scandal, until his trial in 1995. INGLOURIOUS BASTARDS (2009)

Director: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Writers: Quentin Tarantino Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Country: USA | Germany Genres: Adventure | Drama | War Trailer

During World War II a group of American soldiers are sent into Europe to kill Nazis. They’ve become so good at it that the Germans refer to them as The Basterds. Later, they work with a British officer who was sent to formalize a plan to kill several high ranking German officers at the premiere of a movie depicting the „heroics” of a German soldier. But something goes wrong at the meeting with their contact, a German actress, all of the members of the team who speak German are killed which com- plicates the plans. So the leader Lt. Raine comes up with an alternative. And another complication is the screening is being moved to a small theater because the man depicted in the movie takes a liking to the owner of the theater. And unknown to them, she is a Jew whose entire family was killed by a Nazi officer, who was tasked with rounding up the Jews and is now the security officer of the screening. And also unknown is that she has her own plans. INTERROGATION (1982) Przesłuchanie

Director: Ryszard Bugajski Writers: Ryszard Bugajski, Janusz Dymek Stars: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos Country: Poland Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller Trailer

Interrogation (Polish: Przesłuchanie) is a 1982 Polish film about false imprisonment under the Stalinist pro-Soviet Polish regime in the early 1950s. An ordinary, apolitical woman refuses to co- operate with the abusive system and its officials, who are trying to force her to incriminate a former incidental lover, now an ac- cused political prisoner. It was directed by Ryszard Bugajski. Due to its anti-communist themes, the Polish communist government banned the film from public viewing for over seven years, until the 1989 dissolution of the Eastern Bloc allowed it to see the light of day. Tonia (Krystyna Janda) is a cabaret singer in post-World War II Poland towards the end of the life of Soviet leader Joseph Sta- lin. After she performs for soldiers, she is arrested without being told why, and placed in a political military prison to be interroga- ted. Over a course of some years, she is humiliated and tortured by prison officials into confessing to crimes she did not commit. After failing to sign a document detailing a false confession, she is taken to the prison shower block and locked into a small cage between the floors. The water is turned on and the room is slowly flooded. She is released at the last moment and... IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER (1993)

Director: Jim Sheridan Writers: Gerry Conlon, Terry George Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie Country: Ireland | UK | USA Genres: Biography | Drama | History Trailer

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 Irish-British-American bio- graphical courtroom drama film co-written and directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the 1974 IRA’s Guildford pub bombings, which killed four off-duty British soldiers and a civilian. [2] The screenplay was adapted by Terry George and Jim Sheri- dan from the autobiography Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon. A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. Bullied by the British police, he and four of his friends are coerced into confessing their guilt. Gerry’s father and other relatives in London are also implicated in the crime. He spends 15 years in prison with his father trying to prove his in- nocence with the help of a British attorney, Gareth Peirce. Based on a true story. INTO THE STORM (2009)

Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan Writer: Hugh Whitemore Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Clive Mantle, Adrian Scarborough Country: UK | USA Genres: Biography | Drama | History | War Trailer

The Second World War has recently ended in Europe, and the people of the United Kingdom are awaiting the results of the 1945 general elections. During this time, Winston Churchill goes to France for a holiday with his wife Clemmie. Through a series of flashbacks, Churchill recalls some of his most glorious moments during the war, and the effect it had on their marriage. Into the Storm or Churchill at War (alternative title) continues on from the “The Gathering Storm” (a 2002 film, directed by Richard Loncraine). It is set against the backdrop of World War II, and looks at how Churchill’s success as a great wartime leader ultimately undermined his political career and threatened his marriage to „Clemmie” -Clementine Hozier. Into the Storm was nominated for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards. Brendan Gleeson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie JACK STRONG (2014)

Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski Writer: Wladyslaw Pasikowski Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Maja Ostaszewska, Patrick Wilson Country: Poland Genres: Action | Biography | Crime Trailer

This gripping spy thriller tells the true story of a man who dares to challenge the Soviet empire. While planning the maneuvers of the Warsaw Pact forces, Polish army colonel Ryszard Kuklinski has access to top secrets. He gets to know that the American nuclear counterattack against Soviet forces is planned to be executed on Polish territory. Thanks to his determination, he starts a long, lonely and psychologically exhausting cooperation with CIA. From that very moment the life of his family and his own is in constant danger as one careless move may lead to tragedy. JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)

Director: Stanley Kramer Writers: Abby Mann, Abby Mann Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark Country: USA Genres: Drama | War Trailer

Judge Dan Haywood (Spencer Tracy) arrives in Nuremberg in 1948 to preside over the trial of four Nazi judges, each charged with having abused the court system to help cleanse Germany of the politically and socially undesirable, allegedly guilty of war crimes. The opening statement of the prosecuting attorney (Ri- chard Widmark) is a vicious one, depicting the defendants as having been willing, evil, accomplices in Nazi atrocities, but Jud- ge Haywood wonders if it is really that simple. Confounded at how one defendant, a renowned German champion of justice named Ernst Janning (Burt Lancaster), ap- pears to have played the greatest role in molding Germany’s Ministry of Justice into a destructive instrument of Nazism, Judge Haywood resolves to gain some perspective on the period in which the German legal system strayed from a course of entirely objective justice. K-19: THE WINDOWMAKER (2002)

This film is an inspiring story of courage and heroism as the K-19 officers and crew display their sacrificial commitment to duty as Russian Navy men. It is also a story of the political courage required to avoid warfare. Captain Polenin shows a deep concern for the morale and safety of the crew, but his stern replacement, Captain Vostrikov, eventually displays his own commitment to their well-being. Crew members experience a number of injuries, including severe radiation burns. Some pretty realistic scenes of injuries and burned skin on radiation victims are graphic and gruesome. But the most amazing phenomenon in this film is the complete lack of foul language. Only one slightly suggestive comment is made by a crew member. However, in a humorous incident, the Russian crew “moons” an American heli- copter crew. With a warning about the graphic injuries and bare posterior scene, “K-19: The Widowmaker” is a very acceptable and fascinating film for teenagers and adults. KOLA (1996) Kolja

Director: Jan Sverák Writers: Pavel Taussig, Zdenek Sverák Stars: Zdenek Sverák, Andrey Khalimon, Libuse Safránková Country: Czech Republic | UK | France Genres: Comedy | Drama | Music Trailer

Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Cze- choslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at funerals and painting tombstones. But he has run up a large debt, and when his friend, the grave-digger Mr. Broz, suggests a scheme for making a lot of money by marrying a Rus- sian woman so that she can get her Czech papers, he reluc- tantly agrees. She takes advantage of the situation to emigrate to West Germany, to her lover; and leaves her five-year-old son with his grandmother; when the grandmother dies, Kolya must come and live with his stepfather - Louka. LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (1997) La vita è bella

Director: Roberto Benigni Writers: Vincenzo Cerami, Roberto Benigni Stars: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini Country: Italy Genres: Comedy | Drama | War Trailer

In 1939, Jewish-Italian Guido Orefice comes into Arezzo, Italy, ultimately to open a book store. In the meantime, he will work as a waiter at the hotel restaurant where his Uncle Eliseo is the maître d’. In town, he meets a school teacher named Dora, who he calls Princess and who comes from a wealthy Italian family. For him, it’s love at first sight. Despite she already being in a relationship with another man, Guido ultimately sweeps her off her feet. They get married and have a son they name Giosué. On Giosué’s fifth birthday, World War II is in full force. Since they are Jewish, the Germans take away Guido, Eliseo and Giosué to a labor camp. Wanting to be with her family, Dora insists she be taken too, but she is housed in the women’s side of the camp. To protect Giosué from the horror of what is happening to them, Guido tells him that they are playing a game, certain actions which garner points, other actions which take points away or disqualify one from the game. The first to reach 1,000 points wins the prize of a real tank. Guido’s primary goal is to keep Giosué safe at all cost, while he tries to figure out a way to get his family out of the camp and keep the Germans at bay from learning what he is doing with Giosué. MUNICH (2005)

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Eric Roth Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze Country: France | Canada | USA Genres: Drama | Thriller Trailer

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack. Shot in Malta, Budapest, Paris and New York City, Munich was a critical success but is also one of Spielberg’s lowest-grossing films. It garnered positive reviews and five Academy Awards no- minations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing and Best Original Score. NO MAN’S LAND (2001)

The grim futility of the war between Bosnia and Serbia is re- duced to its essence as two enemy soldiers are forced to share a wary trust for one another in this drama. A group of Bosnian soldiers are advancing upon Serbian territory during a misty night when the fog lifts at daybreak, making them plainly visible to their enemy. Serb forces open fire upon them, and soon only Chiki (Brancko Djuric) is still alive, after diving into a trench in no man’s land. Two Serbian soldiers scouting the area set up a land mine using the body of a Bosnian soldier as „bait;” if moved, the mine will jump into the air and explode. Chiki watches as the soldiers set the trap, and furious at the disrespect to his fallen com- rades, he kills one of the Serbs, and takes the other, Nino (Rene Bitorajac), hostage. With both soldiers alone and equally armed, they find themselves at a stalemate, and begin trying to attract help from either side. Eventually, the two men are found by a squadron of French soldiers attached to a U.N. peacekeeping unit; now held by supposedly neutral forces, Chiki and Nino are with the French troops when it’s discovered that the dead Bo- snian soldier isn’t dead after all, though no one is sure how to disarm the mine without killing him in the process. No Man’s Land was the debut feature from Bosnian writer and director Danis Ta- novic. OMAGH (2004)

Director: Pete Travis Writers: Paul Greengrass, Guy Hibbert Stars: Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker Country: Ireland | UK Genres: Drama Trailer

An examination of the aftermath of the 1998 Real IRA bombing that killed 29 people in Omagh, Northern Ireland. 15 August 1998: the Real IRA exploded a bomb on a crowded street in Omagh, just into Northern Ireland, to halt the Good Friday accords and peace process; 29 people died. Fa- milies formed the Omagh Support Group to press the police in their inquiries. The film focuses on the Gallagher family, who lose their son Aiden. His father, Michael, a mechanic, becomes chair of the support group. The press for answers strains his relationship with his wife. High-ranking police speak in bromides. Shadowy figures offer intelligence that calls into question the integrity before and after the bombing of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and its Special Branch. Will the murders remain unsolved? ONE, TWO, THREE (1961)

Director: Billy Wilder Writers: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond Stars: James Cagney Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin Country: USA Genres: Comedy Trailer

Berlin, after the Second World War: C.R. MacNamara presi- des over the Coca-Cola branch of Germany. He is working hard and trying his very best to impress the Atlanta headquarters, since he has heard that the European headquarters in London will soon be looking for a new head. Now, Coca-Cola boss Mr. Ha- zeltine asks MacNamara to take care of his daughter Scarlett, who is going to take a trip to Europe. Scarlett, however, does not behave the way a young respectable girl of her age should: Instead of sightseeing, she goes out until the early morning and has lots of fun. Finally, she falls in love with Otto Piffl, a young man from East Berlin and a flaming Communist, and marries him sur- prisingly. When MacNamara hears of this, he intrigues quite a bit with the help of his assistant Schlemmer to get Piffl into an East German prison, but when he also gets note of his Boss and wife coming over to visit their daughter in Berlin, he needs to get Piffl out again, convert him to Capitalism and present him as a fine young and noble husband in order to get his London post, and all of that very quick! OPERATION OGRE (1979) Ogro

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Writers: Giorgio Arlorio, Ugo Pirro, Gillo Pontecorvo Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Ángela Molina, Saverio Marconi Country: Italy | Spain Genres: Drama | Thriller Trailer

As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. The caudillo is aging, though, and the continuity of the régime is in question. One man has the trust of Franco, enough authority and experience to assume the leadership, and an im- peccable track record as to dealing with enemies of the State: admiral Carrero Blanco. For the embattled clandestine Basque organization ETA, Carrero Blanco must be brought down. Daring plans are made, requiring a meticulous execution... PORTRAIT OF THE FIGHTER AS A YOUNG MAN (2010) Portretul luptatorului la tinerete

Director: Constantin Popescu Writer: Constantin Popescu Stars: Constantin Dita, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ionut Caras Country: Romania Genres: Action | Drama | History Trailer

In 1947 the anticommunist partisan groups retreated into the mountains. Enemies of the system, hunted by authorities and loved by ordinary Romanians, the partisans have a transcendent destiny. The events in Constantin Popescu’s film are inspired by real action taking place during an entire decade. PORTRAIT OF WALLY (2012)

Director: Andrew Shea Writers: David D’Arcy, Andrew Shea Country: U.S.A, Austria Genres: Documentary | History Trailer

„Portrait of Wally”,Egon Schiele’s tender picture of his mi- stress, Walburga (Wally) Neuzil, is the pride of the Leopold Mu- seum in Vienna. But for 13 years the painting was locked up in New York, caught in a legal battle between the Austrian museum and the Jewish family from whom the Nazis seized the painting in 1939. The documentary PORTRAIT OF WALLY, traces the history of this iconic image from Schiele’s gesture of affection toward his young lover, to the theft of the painting from Lea Bondi, a Jewish art dealer fleeing Vienna for her life, to the post-war confusion and subterfuge that evoke THE THIRD MAN, to the surprise resur- facing of „Wally” on loan to the Museum of Modern Art in Man- hattan in 1997. The “Wally” case brought the story of Nazi art loot into the open, eventually forcing museums in Europe and the U.S. to se- arch their own collections for suspect objects. Many museums ended up returning art to Jewish families who had abandoned hope until “Wally” showed that institutions could be held acco- untable for holding property stolen during the Holocaust. The case was resolved in dramatic fashion in the summer of 2010, but only after the history of Schiele’s extraordinary painting was unearthed to revisit the crimes of the Holocaust and to witness the reluctance of major institutions in Europe and New York to send the “last prisoners of war” back to their families. ROMANZO CRIMINALE (2011)

Director: Michele Placido Writers: Giancarlo De Cataldo, Stefano Rulli Stars: Kim Rossi Stuart, Anna Mouglalis, Pierfrancesco Favino Country: Italy | France | UK Genres: Crime | Drama Trailer

Michele Placido’s film “Romanzo Criminale” begins with a group of boys stealing a car and going on a joyride that leaves one of them dead and the rest in prison. They begin a life of crime, determined to conquer the Roman underworld and, for a while at least, they succeed. The story, which is based on a novel by Giancarlo de Ca- taldo, takes its characters through the turbulent 1970’s and into the eighties, and as the boys seek to increase their power - and through that, their independence - they only become more en- tangled with powers which will always be greater than themselves; the mafia, corrupt politicians. They are also pursued over the years by Commissioner Scialoja, played by the popular Ita- lian actor Stefano Accorsi. The story is fairly complex, and involves the characters with many real-life historical events such as the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro (which also formed the basis for “Buongiorno Notte”) and the Bologna massacre of 1980, when a bomb left in a crowded train station left 85 people dead. The book was a long one, at over 600 pages, and the story barely fits into the film’s 154 minute running time. As a result some events are sped through perhaps a little too quickly, and Romanzo Criminale could easily have been a much longer film, or perhaps even a television series. Timing aside, it’s well directed by Placido and fe- atures some wonderful use of Roman scenery, including some dramatic death scenes that take place on the Spanish Steps and in the piazza in front of Santa Maria in Trastevere. SCHINDLER’S LIST (1993)

Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Thomas Keneally, Steven Zaillian Stars: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley Country: Country: USA Genres: Biography | Drama | History Trailer

Schindler’s List is Steven Spielberg’s award-winning film which illustrates the profoundly nightmarish Holocaust. It re-cre- ates a dark, frightening period during World War II, when Na- zi-occupied Krakow first dispossessed Jews of their businesses and homes, then placed in ghettos and forced labor camps in Plaszow, and finally resettled in concentration camps for execution. Oskar Schindler, a German businessman and an opportu- nist member of the Nazi party acquires a factory for the production of mess kits and cooking paraphernalia. Not knowing much about how to properly run such an enterprise, he gains a contact, Itzhak Stern, who has links with the underground Jewish bu- siness community in the ghetto. They loan him the money for the factory in return for a small share of products produced for trade in the black market. Schindler witnesses the horrifying visions of the Holocaust and the toll it takes on the Jewish people. Schin- dler’s motivations switch from profit to human sympathy and by lavishly bribing the SS officials, he is able to save over 1,100 Jews from death in the gas chambers. TAKING SIDES (2001)

A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coin- cided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacu- lar and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler’s reputation rivaled that of Toscanini’s. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies’ de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-o- ut Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order--and justice--to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. To- ugh and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing. Orchestra members vouch for Furtwangler’s morality--he did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra. To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod; to Major Ar- nold, he is just a lying, weak-willed Nazi. TANGERINES (2013) Mandariinid

Director: Zaza Urushadze Writer: Zaza Urushadze Stars: Lembit Ulfsak, Elmo Nüganen, Giorgi Nakashidze Country: Estonia | Georgia Genres: Drama | War Trailer

War in Georgia, Apkhazeti region 1992: local Apkhazians are fighting to break free from Georgia. Estonian village between the mountains has become empty, almost everyone has returned to their homeland, only 2 men have stayed: Ivo and Margus. But Margus will leave as soon as he has harvested his crops of tangerines. In a bloody conflict in their miniature village wounded men are left behind, and Ivo is forced to take them in. But they are from opposite sides of the war. This is touching anti-war story about Estonians who find themselves in the middle of someone else’s war. How do they handle it? How do the enemies act under third-party roof? TAURUS (2001)

Director: Aleksandr Sokurov Writer: Yuriy Arabov Stars: Leonid Mozgovoy, Mariya Kuznetsova, Sergey Razhuk Country: Russia Genres: Drama Trailer

Joseph Stalin (Sergei Razhuk) visits ailing Russian leader Vla- dimir Lenin (Leonid Mozgovoy) in 1923. TIED RED THREAD (2011) Demeni kokkini klosti

Director: Kostas Haralambous Writer: Kostas Haralambous Stars: Thanos Samaras, Tasos Nousias, Efi Gousi Country: Greece Genres: Drama | War Trailer

This political drama takes us back in time, to a different political period in a small mountainous Greek village of 1945. Shor- tly after Varkiza’s Agreement, armed parastatals led by Micha cause terror, murders and other horrible acts against the leftists who have not declared obedience and allegiance. The movie’s scenes and the whole story is cruel yet realistic. The armed parastatals invade homes- raping, beating and thre- atening even the children. They demand money in order not to escalate the violence, forcing people to sell their small fortunes, their animals and their homes. Their action supports the Gendar- merie station, which entrusts them with crimes that others are usually not willing to commit. This story depicts the differences between extreme leftists and right- wing fascism that too often results in violence. It is a close look into the civil war, focused primarily on the actions of the fascists. It is a story that will make us wonder about the forms and effects of the unfortunate rise of fascism. THE BADDER - MEINHOF COMPLEX (2009) Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Director: Uli Edel Writers: Bernd Eichinger, Uli Edel Stars: Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek Country: Germany | France | Czech Republic Genres: Action | Biography | Crime Trailer

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo Writers: Franco Solinas Stars: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi Country: Italy | Algeria Genres: Drama | War Trailer

1954. France, after the independence of the nations com- prising Indochina, turns its attention to incidents in French Alge- ria, which they have ruled for approximately one hundred thirty years. The National Liberation Front (FLN) is leading the resistan- ce in Algeria against their colonial rulers, the FLN who the French authorities believe, or want to believe, comprise only a small mi- nority of the Muslim Algerian population in wanting Algerian independence. Specific incidents in this battle in Algiers between 1954 and the time of independence in 1962 are presented. The FLN began their campaign in shooting military police in the Cas- bah, the predominantly Muslim quarter of the city, as they were able to blend back into the scene with the support of the po- pulace. These initial one by one attacks escalated on both sides to mass killings, where collateral damage was seen as being acceptable. Both sides also worked toward the United Nations discussion on the issue, each wanting global support for their cause. The events largely focus on two people, one on each side. The first is Ali La Pointe, a lifelong petty criminal and illiterate who the FLN recruited after being politicized while in prison. The second is French paratrooper Colonel Mathieu, a lead French strategist whose main goal is to dismantle the FLN activities by „cutting off the head of the tapeworm”. THE BEGINNING OF THE TRUTH (1993) Oglinda

Director: Sergiu Nicolaescu Writers: Ioan Grigorescu, Sergiu Nicolaescu Stars: Ion Siminie, Adrian Vâlcu, Gheorghe Dinica Country: Romania Genres: Drama | History Trailer

It is a Romanian film from 1994, directed by Sergiu Nicola- escu. It presents events from the Romanian history which happe- ned during the 2nd World War and the following years, focusing on the coup that ousted authoritarian regime of Marshal Ion An- tonescu. The film also covers the tumultuous period of the legionna- ire rebellion and King Michael’s abdication, the rise of the arrest and execution of Marshal Antonescu, glory and fall of King Mi- hai, imposition of Petru Groza as prime minister by Vasinski, Ma- niu’s death and Patrascanu’s execution. THE CRYING GAME (1992)

Director: Neil Jordan Writers: Neil Jordan Stars: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker Country: UK | Japan Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller Trailer

An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped Bri- tish soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jody’s lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name „Jimmy” and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus’ IRA background. But there are some thin- gs about Dil that Fergus doesn’t know, either... THE DEBT (2010)

Director: John Madden Writers: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson Country: USA | UK | Hungary | Israel Genres: Drama | Thriller Trailer

The espionage thriller begins in 1997, as shocking news reaches retired Mossad secret agents Rachel (Helen Mirren) and Stefan (Tom Wilkinson) about their former colleague David (Ciarán Hinds). All three have been venerated for decades by their country because of the mission that they undertook back in 1965, when the trio (portrayed, respectively, by Jessica Cha- stain, Marton Csokas, and Sam Worthington) tracked down Nazi war criminal Vogel (Jesper Christensen) in East Berlin. At great risk, and at considerable personal cost, the team’s mission was accomplished - or was it? The suspense builds in and across two different time periods, with startling action and surprising revela- tions. THE DEVIL’S OWN (1997)

Director: Alan J. Pakula Writers: Kevin Jarre, David A. Cohen Stars: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Margaret Colin Country: USA Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller Trailer

A thriller about an IRA gunman who draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. Frankie McGuire is one of the IRA’s deadliest assassins. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O’Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie’s real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom’s growing suspicions, force Frankie to choose between the promise of peace or a lifetime of murder. THE IRON LADY (2011)

Director: Phyllida Lloyd Writer: Abi Morgan (screenplay) Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant Country: UK | France Genres: Biography | Drama Trailer

London, 2008: In her well-appointed apartment, the elderly former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepares breakfast for her husband Denis, as she has every morning of their married life. It’s not until Margaret’s personal aide bustles in that we see that Margaret sits at the table alone. Denis is alive only in her imagi- nation. THE IRON LADY is the story of a woman who came from no- where to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. It is a film about power and the price that is paid for power, a story that is both unique and universal. THE IRON LADY stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as her husband, Denis. THE LAND OF MY DREAMS (2006) Grbavica

Director: Jasmila Zbanic Writer: Jasmila Zbanic Stars: Mirjana Karanovic, Luna Zimic Mijovic, Leon Lucev Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Austria | Germany Genres: Drama Trailer

In Grbavica, Sarajevo, Esma Halilovic raises her teenage daughter Sara alone with many difficulties and working in double-shift. Every now and then Esma participates in a group the- rapy with other traumatized Bosnian women that have survived to the Balkan War. Esma needs two hundred Euros for the school trip of Sara and is working hard to raise the amount. When Sara is informed by her teacher that the martyr certificate of her father would grant her to travel for free, she presses her mother to give the document. But Esma borrows the money and pays the full price and Sara forces her mother to disclose the truth about her father. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2006) Das Leben der Anderen

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch Country: Drama | Thriller Genres: Germany Trailer

The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi, the GDR’s secret police. It stars Ulrich Mühe (who died within a year of the film’s release) as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler, Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz, Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Drey- man, and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman’s lover, a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland. Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is considered by many to be the ultimate example of the loyal citizen. Wiesler has a gut feeling that Dreyman can’t be as ideal as he seems and believes surve- illance is called for. The Minister of Culture agrees but only later does Wiesler learn that the Minister sees Dreyman as a rival and lusts after his partner Christa-Maria. The more time he spends li- stening in on them, the more he comes to care about them. The once rigid Stasi officer begins to intervene in their lives, in a positive way, protecting them whenever possible. Eventually, Wiesler activities catch up to him and while there is no proof of wrongdoing, he finds himself in menial jobs - until the unbelieva- ble happens. THE NAZIS: A WARNING FROM HISTORY (1997)

Director: Laurence Rees Writers: Laurence Rees Stars: Fritz Arlt, Rudi Bamber, Gerda Bernhardt Country: UK Genres: Documentary | History | War Trailer

This 6-part series from The History Channel explores the history of the Third Reich, using recently discovered documents and archival footage from former Soviet-Bloc nations. 1. Helped into Power A detailed and sober account of German history from the aftermath of the First World War to Hitler’s elevation to the post of Chancellor in 1933. 2. Chaos and Consent Episode 2 begins in 1933 with the Nazi ascent to power and conc- ludes on the eve of the Second World War. 3. The Wrong War It’s a story of creeping militarization and expansion, with a detailed breakdown of the events that led to Nazi Germany provo- king The Wrong War. 4. The Wild East This episode reveals the atrocities that became part of everyday life as western Poland was absorbed into the German Reich. 5. The Road to Treblinka In 1940, there was still no plan to exterminate the Jews--merely to resettle them, but with the 1941 Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the complete clearing up of the Jews question was in sight. 6. Fighting to the End This final episode of the series explores the reasons why Germany fought on long after any chance of winning the war was gone. THE READER (2008)

Director: Stephen Daldry Writers: David Hare, Bernhard Schlink Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz Country: Drama | Romance Genres: USA | Germany Trailer

The Reader is a 2008 German-American romantic drama film based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Ber- nhard Schlink. The film was written by David Hare and directed by Stephen Daldry. Ralph Fiennes and Kate Winslet star along with the young actor David Kross. It was the last film for produ- cers Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack, both of whom had died before it was released. Production began in Germany in September 2007, and the film opened in limited release on De- cember 10, 2008. It tells the story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who as a mid-teenager in 1958 had an affair with an older woman, Hanna Schmitz, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a guard at a Nazi concentration camp. Michael reali- zes that Hanna is keeping a personal secret she believes is worse than her Nazi past – a secret which, if revealed, could help her at the trial. THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (1965)

Director: Martin Ritt Writers: John le Carré, Paul Dehn Stars: Richard Burton, Oskar Werner, Claire Bloom Country: UK Genres: Drama | Thriller Trailer

Based on the novel by John Le Carre, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold stars Richard Burton as a dispirited, end-of-tether British secret agent. He comes in from „the cold” (meaning he is pulled out of field operations) to act as a undercover man behind the Iron Curtain. To make his staged defection seem genuine, Burton goes on an alcoholic toot and is imprisoned and public- ly humiliated. Once he has been accepted into East German espionage circles, Burton discovers that what he thought was his mission was a mere subterfuge--and that he’s been set up as a pawn for an entirely different operation. Though Ireland and En- gland „stand in” for East Berlin, Spy Who Came In From the Cold has the air of authenticity throughout, thanks in great part to the bleak black and white photography by Oswald Morris. The film was condemned as incomprehensible by those filmgoers accu- stomed to the simplistic melodramatics of James Bond; seen today, the double-crosses and double-double crosses seem all too clear and credible. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (2014)

Director: James Marsh Writers: Anthony McCarten, Jane Hawking Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Tom Prior Country: UK Genres: Biography | Drama | Romance Trailer

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Ste- phen Hawking and his wife. The Theory of Everything is the story of the most brilliant and celebrated physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, and Jane Wilde the arts student he fell in love with whilst studying at Cam- bridge in the 1960s. Little was expected from Stephen Hawking, a bright but shiftless student of cosmology, given just two years to live following the diagnosis of a fatal illness at 21 years of age. He became galvanized, however, by the love of fellow Cambridge student, Jane Wilde, and he went on to be called the successor to Einstein, as well as a husband and father to their three children. Over the course of their marriage as Stephen’s body collap- sed and his academic renown soared, fault lines were exposed that tested the lineaments of their relationship and dramatically altered the course of both of their lives. THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES (2003)

Director: Peter Greenaway Writer: Peter Greenaway Stars: Enrique Alcides, Raymond J. Barry, Michèle Bernier Country: Italy | Spain | Luxembourg | Germany Genres: Drama | History Trailer

Three films: The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Sto- ry, The Tulse Luper Suitcases,Part 2: Vaux to the Sea, The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 3: From Sark to the Finish were released in 2003, although they were shown out of order, with Part 1 shown in 2003, Part 3 in early 2004 and Part 2 in summer 2004. Part 1 was entered into the 2003 Cannes Film Festival The project has been described by Greenaway as „a personal history of uranium” and the „autobiography of a professional prisoner”. It is structured around 92 suitcases allegedly belonging to Luper, 92 being the atomic number of uranium as well as a number used by Greenaway in the formal structure of his earlier work. Each suitcase contains an object „to represent the world”, which advances or comments upon the story in some way, although in many cases the contents are more metaphorical than real. THE TUNNEL (2001) Der Tunnel

Director: Roland Suso Richter Writer: Johannes W. Betz Stars: Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch Country: Germany Genres: Drama | History | Thriller Trailer

Based on a true story a group of East Berliners escaping to the West. Harry Melchior was a champion East German swimmer at odds with the system under which he has already been imprisoned. On his own escape, he is determined the arrange the escape to the West of his sister and her family. The idea of the tunnel is born, but the project does not run smoothly. The partici- pants struggle not only with the massive logistics of their task, but betrayal from friends in the East. And always the East German police are close to discovering the plot. THE WALL (1983) Duvar

Director: Yilmaz Güney Writer: Yilmaz Güney Stars: Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi Country: Turkey | France Genres: Drama Trailer

Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions. Made by dying Yilmaz Guney in France, after he escaped from a Turkish prison, enabling him to accept his award at Cannes for Yol (The Road). When the Turkish superstar leading man turned human rights activist, Guney was convicted for pro- -Kurdish political activity and murder, by the Turkish military regime. Director/writer Guney’s last film, Duvar (The Wall), was banned in Turkey for 17 years. The incarcerated teens organize and fight back, brutalize each other, exult over the smallest triumph, while joking, suffering and learning from the inhumanity they wal- low in. The prison also separately houses men and women, many played by other Turkish expatriates. THE WOLF (2004) El Lobo

Director: Miguel Courtois Writer: Antonio Onetti Stars: Eduardo Noriega, José Coronado, Mélanie Doutey Country: Spain Genres: Thriller Trailer

Based on a true story. In the 70’s, during the last stages of Franco’s dictatorship, Txema, a basque construction worker, is arrested because of his connection to some terrorists who have just committed a murder. The secret service see in him an ideal candidate to infiltrate the terrorist band ETA and become a mole, so they try to offer him a deal if he will do so. At first he’s not too interested, but his financial problems (probably caused by the secret service itself) finally force him to take their money and accept the mission. He adopts the undercover name of „Lobo” (Wolf) and becomes an active member of the band, making all the right connections until he reaches the top and acquires the trust of its leaders. In the process, he discovers that the group has deep internal divisions between those who want to abandon the armed fight and become just a political party, and those who want to keep the terrorist activity until they can proclaim the independence of the Basque country. These divisions and power struggles are often resolved bloodily. After the band car- ries out their most daring and shocking crime yet, killing the prime minister Carrero Blanco, the military heads in Madrid become impatient and wish to launch an immediate attack on ETA and the basque country. Ricardo, the chief of the secret service, convinces them to wait until Lobo can complete his mission and enable them to dismantle the band. But when the Barcelona police manage to catch the leader of the band ... TO Kill A PRIEST (1988)

Director: Agnieszka Holland Writers: Michael Cooper, Agnieszka Holland Stars: Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland Country: France | USA Genres: Drama | History | Thriller Trailer

One of the first films by Polish director Agnieszka Holland to gain international acclaim, this drama is a joint French-American production based loosely on the real-life story of the dissident Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko. In the early 1980s, as the demo- cracy and labor movement known as Solidarity was challenging Soviet authority in Poland, an outspoken priest, Father Alek (Chri- stopher Lambert), defies martial law and continues to rally follo- wers around the cause of Solidarity. The Soviet-controlled Polish government enlists a police official, Stefan (Ed Harris), to stop the priest. Stefan, a devoted party follower, finds that the only way he can silence Father Alek is to have him killed. Along the way, however, the priest has a profound influence on Stefan. UNDERGROUND (1995)

Director: Emir Kusturica Writers: Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica Stars: Predrag ‚Miki’ Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic Country: YU | FR| DE | BG | CZ | HU Genres: Comedy | Drama | War Trailer

Underground is Emir Kusturica’s wildly ambitious, relentlessly energetic, tragicomic allegory for the history of his native Yu- goslavia from the Nazi invasion of World War II up to the disintegration of the unified country in the bloodshed and genocide of the Balkan wars. Two friends build a massive underground weapons making complex to protect their town from the German invasion in WWII while they join the communist guerilla fighters. Both fall for the same woman — an actress who helps the Germans and also has a bungling/comical German lover. Eventually, one friend is inju- red and remains underground while the other rises up through the ranks of the Tito regime (and adapts an elaborate system to convince those still hidden underground that WWII is still being waged). I best not spoil the rest! WALESA MAN OF HOPE (2013) Wałęsa. Człowiek z nadziei

Director: Andrzej Wajda Writers: Janusz Glowacki Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska Country: Poland Genres: Biography | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy Trailer

The depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and fo- under of Poland’s Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution. A film about Lech Wałęsa – a husband, a father and a simple worker, but most of all a great leader. A controversial man, who released the hidden dreams of freedom in the hearts of millions. The story of the struggle against communism in Poland and Europe is also the story of his family, which was meant to lead an ordinary life but found itself in the midst of historic events. WOLFSKINDER (2013)

Director: Rick Ostermann Writer: Rick Ostermann Stars: Levin Liam, Helena Phil, Vivien Ciskowski Country: Germany Genres: Drama | History Trailer

Wolf Children period drama is inspired by the true story of German troop orphaned children, who between 1946 and 1947 roamed the Soviets occupied areas of the former East Prussia, trying to get to friendly to families in Lithuania. Wolf Children period drama is set in 1946 and follows a group of war orphans who are struggling to survive in the ruins of post-war Europe. The plot focuses on fourteen Hans who after the death of their mother decides to go with his younger brother Charles to Lithuania. The brothers, however, are on their way compelled to flee before So- viet troops and unplanned splits. Hans, driven by the seemingly hopeless desire to find his brother, joins the group of orphans nick- named wolf children to the territory of a foreign country waged unequal struggle with hunger, weather and disease. After losing a war in the former Prussian region fell to the Soviet Union find themselves in the position of game two brothers - the older Hans (Levin Liam) and younger Fritzen (Patrick Lórencz). Mother them on his deathbed advice to escape befriended family in Lithu- ania. On a painful journey, which feature length debut director Rick Ostermann conceives as naturalistically hungry wandering savage and cruel captivating summer landscape, meet other German orphaned children who fight for their own lives prema- turely forced to grow up. Children’s mission is to rescue another contribution to the progressively growing line of images repre- senting the German hero as victims of WW2. Z (1969)

Director: Costa-Gavras Writers: Vasilis Vasilikos, Jorge Semprún Stars: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant Country: France | Algeria Genres: Crime | Drama | History | Thriller Trailer

In a mid-sized metropolis (population 500,000) in a right- -wing military led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military, nuclear disarmament rally. The organization’s charismatic leader - the deputy - is scheduled to arrive in the town from the capital the day of the rally. Beyond the problems arranging the rally due to the probable incitement of violence at such a rally, the organization learns of an unconfirmed report that there will be an attempt on the deputy’s life. The rally does happen, after which a three-wheeled kamikaze runs over the deputy, who eventually passes away from his injuries. The official report is that the incident was a drunken accident. In reality, the deputy’s death was murder orchestrated by the secret police, the general for who likens the pacifist organization to mildew killing off agricultural crops. A magistrate is assigned to the case. Although he does have political views, he is more interested in finding out the truth, and as such has to wade through the political rhetoric and politically motivated testimony he hears. Thrown into the mix is a photojournalist who too is looking for the truth, as it, he believes, will make a great front page story. „The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein”