Peter Knaack

  • Cynthia Beatt – Ein Haus in Berlin AKA A House in Berlin (2014)

    Cynthia Beatt2011-2020ArthouseGermany

    Quote:
    Stella unexpectedly inherits an old house in Berlin from her Jewish great uncle. Due to the dramatic history of this building, which has gone through various changes throughout the 20th century, she will have to fight for the right to claim ownership of her inheritance. Willing to do this, she embarks on a personal journey into the past that turns out to be more complex and ambiguous than she ever could have expected. A conceptual quest full of suspense, depicting a person who gets a chance to find her ‘secret homeland’ as well as rediscover herself.Read More »

  • Rudolf Thome – Das rote Zimmer AKA The Red Room (2010)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaGermanyRudolf Thome

    At the Institute of Biochemistry in Berlin, the kiss researcher Fred Hintermeier is investigating what happens in the human organism during kissing. But he isn’t married, or in a relationship. His wife has recently divorced him. He is magically attracted by the gleaming colours of a tray in an antique store window. He buys it and everything changes in his life. Anything seems possible for Fred. He gets to know Luzie, a young writer. Luzie lives in the countryside with her friend Sibil. The support she is getting from her ex-husband will run out in a year’s time, and so she absolutely has to write a bestseller about “Men’s Souls”. But things don’t go as planned. Fred falls in love with Luzie and Sibil, and they both fall in love with him. Is it possible for them to reinvent love, as Sibil says?Read More »

Back to top button