Paul Burian
Actor
Movies9
Movie6.6DramaHaving fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
Woyzeck
1979 · 208 votes
Movie5.2DramaThrillerSensuous Eva keeps quite a few of the villagers on the go and likes to stir up trouble. But what else can she do in such a sleepy village where even her best friend Katharina no longer has any time for her. When Eva is found dead, the whole village is in turmoil. The presumed killer is quickly arrested: Clemens, the sexton of the local community and a peeping-tom. Katharina becomes more and more suspicious when she finds one of Eva's earrings in the church. Does Christoph - her father - have something to do with the murder of her friend?
Lamento
2007 · 4 votes
Movie4.9TV MovieRomanceConcert pianist Lotta's big comeback is imminent - but she feels that her piano playing still lacks the magic that once enchanted people so much. To regain her old inspiration, she travels alone to a small hotel in the Rheingau. Here she seeks peace and quiet. Chef Sebastian, however, believes that creative energy can only be gained through excellent food. Although Lotta initially rejects his culinary creations, he is not deterred and not only gives Lotta back her emotional connection to music, but also slowly wins her heart with his culinary creations.
Der Hochzeitswalzer
2008 · 8 votes
Movie7.2DramaAt the end of the 19th century, an educated white-collar worker finds himself in the employ of an inventor. As he is neither a "worker" nor an "owner," his position in the inventor's household and in the world at large is equivocal. Despite the difficulties he encounters, he tries to hold onto his job in order to support his family, but is eventually fired. This Swiss movie is based on a novel written around 1900 by Robert Walser.
Der Gehülfe
1976 · 4 votes
Movie6.6CrimeDramaA drifting teen slips from petty crime into exploitation on the streets of Hamburg, courted by a self-serving journalist and a predatory pimp, before a doomed romance pushes him toward a desperate armed-robbery scheme he can’t outrun.
Movie8.0DramaAbout the young film critic Gerd, who dream of interviewing actors like Jean Gabin and Jean-Louis Barrault and to one day direct a movie.
MovieDramaIn the winter of 1977 Schaubühne staged texts from Hölderlin's "Hyperion" in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, associating with historical, political events and terrorism of recent times.
Movie7.0HistoryDramaVienna at the turn of the century: The industrialist Friedrich Hofreiter is a vain, self-important man who is used to taking what he wants and who enjoys exercising power. His tender wife Genia increasingly recognizes his deceitfulness. The Russian pianist Alexei Korsakov, a subtle artist, commits suicide because of her. Hofreiter, on the other hand, travels to the Dolomites with his friend and family doctor Dr. Mauer, who is in love with the young Erna. Hofreiter makes her his lover in front of Mauer's eyes. In turn, he provokes Genia's lover into a duel and shoots him. In the end, there is only emptiness. Faithful adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's stage play.
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