It's the story of an obsession and a directorial debut: Actress Maria Schrader's Liebesleben. Three heroic detectives finally make it to More
It's the story of an obsession and a directorial debut: Actress Maria Schrader's Liebesleben. Three heroic detectives finally make it to the big screen: The Three Investigators premier at last! «Love Life» -- A Story Of Obsession In Israel What happens when a young, happily married woman falls madly in love with her husband's old school chum? «Love Life» is an adaptation of the best-selling novel from Israeli author Zeruya Shalev and the directorial debut of German actress Maria Schrader. She shot the film in Israel to show how the Mid East conflict inextricably affects the lives of people living there. KINO with a very unique film project. Ordinary Life In Close Up -- - The 50th Leipzig Documentary Film Festival For half a century, the Leipzig documentary film festival has been a forum for non fiction. In the old East Germany the festival, despite official censorship, was a «window to the world». German director Thomas Heise takes KINO on a trip back through time -- back to when the Berlin Wall still split Germany into East and West and Leipzig was a bastion of critically-acclaimed cinema. He also gives us a sneak peek at his latest film -- the story of a down-and-out family in present-day eastern Germany. KINO also spoke with a young Palestinian director whose politically-tinged documentary screened at Leipzig.SHORTCUTS * Kazakhstan Cure -- «Ulzhan», the new film from German Volker Schlöndorff is the story of a man whose life is transformed by a chance encounter in the steppes of Kazakhstan. A comeback for Schlöndorff, who is inspired by the raw landscape to produce his best film in years. * Short And Sharp -- KINO brings you the winners of this year's German Short Film Prize in Potsdam. * Back To The Roots -- Rosa von Praunheim is German cinema's enfant terrible, a director who has made it his mission to break every taboo he could find. His new film shows a different side to his flamboyant public persona. It tells of his search for his birth mother in Lithuania. «For The Unknown Dog» -- - The Reding Twins Return To The Screen With «Oi! Warning» twin brothers Dominik and Benjamin Reding crashed the international film scene like two soccer rowdies at a cocktail party. A homosexual love story between a German skin head and a punk rocker, it won awards at festivals around the world. The Reding brothers' sophomore effort, «For The Unknown Dog» is another look at people outside the mainstream. It follows two young apprentices who follow the centuries-old German tradition of criss-crossing the country on foot, learning their craft on the way. They are joined by a day labourer with a dark secret.«The Three Investigators -- - The Secret Of Skeleton Island» Justus, Peter and Bob are the heroes of generations of German kids. American journalist and author Robert Arthur began the adventures of the three detectives 43 years ago. Other writers took over after Arthur's death and there are currently some 134 «The Three Investigators» novels in print. They have sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, the majority in Germany. Director Florian Baxmeyer fulfilled a childhood dream by bringing the young detectives to the screen. The film is an adventure tale, a pre-teen mix of James Bond and Indiana Jones. KINO went to the German premiere. Hide
