KINO (english)
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KINO (english)
Little Big Man - The Characters of Axel Prahl He is the face of the so-called "little man" in German cinema and prefers playing the ordinary guy. Axel Prahl - KINO with a profile on this extraordinary character actor. First Steps Awards – Germany's Best Film Students The entire Germany industry will gather in the Berlinale Palast August 28 for the First Steps Awards, Germany’s most important prize for first-time film makers. Student films are awarded prizes in the short film, feature film, documentary and commercials categories. The winners are selected from 217 submitted films. KINO joins the party and takes a look at the winning entries. Little Big Man – The Characters of Axel Prahl Axel Prahl is the face of the so-called "little man" in German cinema. Prahl came to Berlin as a theatre actor in the 1990s. Director Andreas Dresen discovered him, casting him in the supporting role of a policeman in his hit film «Night Shapes». German TV viewers know him for playing another policeman – an unkempt and unorthodox cop in the well-known TV series Tatort. But Prahl prefers playing the ordinary guy, as he has in prize-winning films such as «Grill Point» (Berlinale Silver Bear, 2002) and as he does again in the new production «You Are Not Alone». KINO with a profile on this extraordinary character actor. SHORTCUTS 60th Locarno Film Festival – German cinema is again in competition in Locarno with Martin Gypken's «Nichts als Gespenster» Sister Heart – A drama about two sisters who first really get to know each other when they take a trip together. Starring Heike Makatsch and Anna Maria Mühe Sweet Smell of Success – «Perfume: The Story of a Murderer» from German director Tom Tykwer is nominated for the European Film Prize Germany's Oldest Movie House – Berlin’s Moviemento Turns 100 When Alfred Topp opened the Moviemento theatre in 1907 in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, he could hardly have known he would be making film history. Director Tom Tykwer was a projectionist here for 7 years. Dani Levy’s debut, «Du mich auch» ran for 170 weeks. Personalities as diverse as director Wim Wenders, punk rocker Nina Hagen and producers Manfred Salzgeber, Claus Boje and Wieland Speck were all influenced by the little independent theatres. KINO takes a tour of today’s Moviemento and looks back on its long and turbulent history.
DW-World | August 31, 2007
