Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this...
2) The tourist
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011.
Language
English
Description
During an impromptu trip to Europe to mend a broken heart, Frank unexpectedly finds himself in a flirtatious encounter with Elise, an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path. Against the breathtaking backdrop of Paris and Venice, their whirlwind romance quickly evolves as they find themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Description
German art student Kurt, newly escaped from the GDR, falls in love with fellow student Ellie, but Ellie's father Dr. Seeband is dismayed at his daughter's choice of boyfriend and vows to destroy the relationship; what no one knows is that Kurt and Ellie are already connected through a terrible crime Seeband committed decades ago.
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 430 AD, in the besieged city of Hippo, seventy year-old bishop Augustine recalls his reckless youth, his days as a renowned but dissolute orator, and how after converting to the guilt-free tenets of Manichaeism, he was called to the imperial court in Milan to serve as opponent to the Christian bishop Ambrose, but was finally converted to Christianity through the patience and devotion of his mother Monica.