Sisi und der Anarchist

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It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows rapidly to involve several gangs from Gothenburg underworld. GSI switched to try to identify a new thread which proves to be both larger and better armed than any other. The only clue is a tattoo on one of the killed gang members.

A small town in Spain, October 1955. Isabel, a 35-year-old dreamer who feels like a failure because she is not married yet, becomes the new target of a group of soulless pranksters.

Catch the spark after dark at Disneyland Park. And say farewell to one of the Magic Kingdom's most celebrated traditions - The Main Street Electrical Parade. Where else, but in The Main Street Electrical Parade, could you see an illuminated 40-foot-long fire-breathing dragon? And hear the energy of its legendary melody one last time? It's unforgettable after-dark magic that will glow in your heart long after the last float has disappeared.

Jura is 23 years old - and Lena is 23. They live in Budennovsk, play computer games, walk and learn. They live in a city where Shamil Basayev entered 23 years ago with militants, and know almost nothing about the events of that time.

Street vendors in Korea are almost like a national institution, they are so widespread and relied upon. In Little Pond in Main Street a group of vendors band together to create a community radio station but come into conflict with other groups, as well as the government trying to shut them down.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

"Maine-Ocean" is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi, another traveler and also a lawyer, helps her. The four of them will meet together later and live a few shifted adventures with a strange-speaking sailor (Mimi's client).

A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.

A project spanning three years of production and research, Lion is a collection of 7 short films exploring the Chernobyl disaster, the nature of radiation, memory, and personal history. Conceptually arranged in to a film “album”, Lion’s seven works navigate atomic fallout and a girl’s adolescence, a dream before death, radiation as a cause and cure for cancer, masculine bravado, feminine obsession, a trip to Chernobyl amongst the death of a matriarch, and the destruction of memory. Composed of seven works, Lion is a series of films created on 16mm and hand processed with darkroom techniques that mimic the effects of radiation on film. Researched in Chernobyl, the series is a product of memories, history, pop culture and technical experiments to create visual representations of invisible forces.

Once known for his intellectual prowess, a retired professor (Anupam Kher) begins experiencing memory gaps and periods of forgetfulness. But while he tries to laugh it off, it soon becomes clear that the symptoms are a sign of a more serious illness, prompting his grown daughter (Urmila Matondkar) to move in as his caretaker. Meanwhile, as his mind regresses, he recalls a traumatic childhood memory involving the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

This Ivete Sangalo concert at Rio de Janeiro's legendary Maracanã Stadium, and the subsequent DVD/CD releases, constituted the year's main event in Brazilian pop music. Sangalo rose to fame with the axé band Banda Eva, and since 1999 has embarked on an unstoppable solo career, making her the undisputed queen of pop in Brazil in terms of sales and popularity, as well as gathering countless industry and society awards. Accordingly, Sangalo put on a show at the Maracanã that should leave no one envious of the megaconcerts offered in Rio by Madonna, Michael Jackson, and the Rolling Stones. Alternating some of her many hits with new songs or new versions of old material, Sangalo burns through the set with her characteristic enthusiasm and infectious star magnetism, incessantly cheered on by an adoring audience of 55,000. The album has sold over 800,000 copies in Brazil (being certified Diamond), and features the single "Deixo". Recorded on December 16, 2006.

Ein Vorort einer kleinen belgischen Stadt. Rosetta lebt mit ihrer alkoholabhängigen Mutter in einer Wohnwagensiedlung. Nichts will sie mehr, als einer geregelten Arbeit nachzugehen. Sei es als Fabrikarbeiterin, als Verkäuferin, egal was. Aber nichts ist schwerer als das. Ein Job, eine Arbeit, das ist Rosettas einzige Perspektive, um aus dem trostlosen Leben mit ihrer alkoholkranken Mutter, eingepfercht in einen Wohnwagen, zu entfliehen.

A documentary about the legendary and influential comedian, actor and writer, who went out from the BBC to conquer Hollywood, but sadly the system quickly withdrew its support when they couldn't contain his talents. This portrait is spiked with many comments from people who knew Feldman privately or had dealt with him professionally. His early death sadly rendered him all but forgotten by the public. The compilation consists of interviews, some film clips and photos as well as various audio clips from him.

Spencer und Bru brechen in sein Hauptquartier ein und nehmen den berüchtigten Drogenboss Manuel Santiago von einem DEA-Agenten fest. Santiagos verärgerter Assistent, Mason Lee, nimmt als Vergeltung für Santiagos Festnahme die Schule als Geisel, in der Kelly unterrichtet und Jessica eine der anwesenden Schülerinnen ist. Alison, die einen Weg hinein kennt, schließt sich Spencer und Bru bei der Rettung an.

A vengeful mother-in-law locks horns with her daughter-in-law in a twisted tale laced with dark comedy, political intrigue, and chilling thrills.

Dr. Samir ist ein absoluter Charmeur, wenn es um Frauen geht, doch um sie auf Distanz zu halten, gibt er sich als verheirateter Mann aus. Die Liebe wird für ihn zum Zirkus, nachdem er sich in seinem Lügennetz mit seiner Freundin Sonia und seiner Scheinfrau Naina verstrickt.

Brent Weinbach is weird. In this show, Brent attempts to adjust his quirky personality so that he can fit in with the world around him, which would be valuable to his career as a comedian and entertainer. Through an absurd and abstract discourse, Brent explores the ways in which he can appeal to a broader, mainstream audience, so that ultimately, he can become successful in show business.

Ein Dokumentarfilm über die politische Idee der Anarchie und ihre konkrete Umsetzung in sehr unterschiedlichen Projekten: Auf einer spannenden Reise durch Europa besuchen die Dokumentarfilmer Marcel Seehuber & Moritz Springer u.a. das „Internationale Anarchistische Treffen“ in St. Imier in der Schweiz (mit 3000 Teilnehmern), die Anti-Atom-Aktivistin Hanna Poddig, die anarchosyndikalistische Gewerkschaft „Confederación General del Trabajo“ in Barcelona, den besetzten und zum öffentlichen Park umfunktionierten Parkplatz „Parko Narvarinou“ in Athen und das in München sehr erfolgreiche „Kartoffelkombinat“. Protagonisten einer sehr vielfältigen, anarchistisch inspirierten Szene kommen zu Wort. Der Dokumentarfilm zeichnet ein Bild von Anarchie jenseits der Klischees vom Chaos stiftenden, Steine werfenden Punk. Vielmehr geht es den Anarchisten in dieser Dokumentation um eine konstruktive, weitestgehend vom Staat emanzipierte Weiterentwicklung gesellschaftlichen Miteinanders.

11. September 1898: der kaiserliche Leibarzt Hermann Widerhofer erfährt, dass Kaiserin Sisi einen Tag zuvor in Genf ermordet wurde. Er erinnert sich an das Leben der egozentrischen Monarchin. In Rückblenden werden die Stationen im Leben der Kaiserin teils mit neu gedrehten Szenen illustriert. Für die frühen Jahre greift Regisseur Mario Vinci auf die alten “Sissi”-Filme mit Romy Schneider zurück, die aufwendig in 3D konvertiert wurden. Diese Spiel-Doku spürt den dunklen Seiten in Sisis Persönlichkeit nach. Erzählt wird von geheimen Schönheitsrezepturen und Haarkult, Krankheiten und Drogenabhängigkeit, Sportbesessenheit und Hungerkuren, Depressionen und Spiritismus - und einem Skandal um ein angebliches Nacktfoto.