Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Di

Rosel Zech was a German theater and film actress. Born on July 7, 1940, in Berlin, Germany, she is known for her association with the "Autorenkino" movement, wh

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War

Dagmar Regine Hager (born June 16, 1943) is a German film actress best known for her work in European cinema during the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Prague, Czechos

Mario Adorf was an Italian-German film and stage actor born in Zürich, Switzerland, on September 8, 1930. He was the son of a married Italian surgeon and a Germ

Ulli Lommel was a German actor. He was born on December 21, 1944, and died on December 2, 2017, at the age of 72. Lommel was known for his collaborations with R

Barbara Rütting was a German actress, politician, and author born in Berlin, Germany on November 21, 1927. She passed away on March 28, 2020 at the age of 92. A

Lilita Ozoliņa (born 19 November 1947 in Riga) is an actress of Latvian theater and cinema. Before the war, Lilita's mother, Albertina, worked as a director's

Juan Calvo was a Spanish actor born on May 22, 1892, in Onteniente, Valencia, Spain. He began his career in cinema in 1934 with a small part in the sound versio

Lavrentis Dianellos was a Greek actor born in Agios Lavrentios Magnesia in 1911. He studied at the Drama School of the Art Theater of Karolos Koun and made his

Vadim Glowna (26 September 1941 – 24 January 2012) was a German actor and film director. Born in Eutin, Germany, he began his screen career in 1964 and went on

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has rece

F. W. Murnau was a German film director, producer, and screenwriter. He was born on December 28, 1888, in Bielefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Murnau was

Margarethe von Trotta is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress who was born on February 21, 1942, in Berlin. She has been referred to as a leading f

Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, was a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germ

Tilman Valentin "Til" Schweiger (born December 19, 1963) is a German actor, director, and producer. He is one of Germany’s most successful filmmakers. Since 196

Veronica Maria Cäcilia Ferres (born 10 June 1965) is a German actress who gained fame as Pierre Richard's co-star in the French TV-movie Sans famille and as the

Franz Muxeneder (October 19, 1920 – January 3, 1988) was a German character and folk actor of Austrian origin, best known for his warm, comedic screen presence.

Gary Weeks is a film and television actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He was born on June 4, 1972, in Wiesbaden, Germany, at an American military base in

Ingeborg Schöner (born July 2, 1935, Wiesbaden) is a German actress, Zen teacher, and author. She began her film career in the mid-1950s and became a familiar

Hark Bohm (18 May 1939 – 14 November 2025) was a German actor, screenwriter, film director, playwright and former professor for cinema studies. He was born in H

Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück was born on November 19, 1896, in Wien, Austria, and died on August 9, 1967, at the age of 70. He was an Austrian actor who settle

Günter Meisner was a German television and film character actor who was born on April 18, 1926, in Bremen, Germany, and died on December 5, 1994, at the age of

Karin Anselm is a German film and theater actress. She was born on January 22, 1940, in Hamburg, Germany, under the birth name Karin Jesper. Active in the enter