show movies
Sunday, 11 / 05 / 2006:
12:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Argentina Beat
. Director: Hern?n Gaffet Director is present .
120 Min. . 
Authentic, straightforward, and disturbing, ?Argentina Beat? tells the story of Argentine rock music based on the experiences of one band that resisted the oppression of the military regime in the 1960?s.
12:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12
How many Roads
. Director: Jos de Putter Director is present . 72 Min. .
Bob Dylan fans will love this film, which connects Dylan?s lyrics to real life events. Based on the lives of eleven ordinary people who have nothing in common besides a love for Dylan, ?How Many Roads? illustrates how a single line in a well-crafted song can change a person?s life forever.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Danielson: A Family Movie
. Director: JL Aronson Director is present . 105 Min. .
Quirky and entertaining, this documentary full of contrasts follows the Danielson family from Christian music roots to indie-rock semi-stardom.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Mein Freund der M?rder
. Director: Peter Fleischmann Director is present . 90 Min. .
Based on a true story, ?My friend the murderer? is an astounding and astute meditation on guilt, punishment and friendship. Bernhard Kimmel, the ?German Al Capone?, spent most of his life in prison, living between reality and the legend of the ?gentleman bandit? he helped to create.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11 Dennis Hopper
The Grapes of Wrath (Fr?chte des Zorns)
. Director: John Ford . 128 Min. .
Trekking the migration of an Okie family in the 1930?s, John Ford?s masterpiece ?The Grapes of Wrath? takes a sympathetic look at the fate of dispossessed farmers who fled the Dust Bowl for a brighter future in California. A cinematic obeisance to the unfaltering will of people to survive.
03:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 Kurzfilmprogramm 1
Tradition
. Director: Peter Ladkani . 9 Min. .
Tradition? is a gripping nine-minute film about courage and convention. During a festival, an apathetic young boy is honored, while his sister chooses love in defiance of her family. But then both siblings receive a gift that bears sinister consequences for the rest of their lives?
The Angelmakers
. Director: Astrid Bussink . 33 Min. .
?The Angelmakers? is the nearly forgotten story of a sleepy small town in Hungary and the group of local women who murdered their husbands there in 1929 spun against the background of timeless themes like life, death and the eternal battle of the sexes.
Interdom
. Director: Nasir Al-Jezairi Director is present . 52 Min. .
?Interdom? reflects the effect of global political events from a very personal perspective. Fourteen years after the fall of Soviet communism, former students of an elite academy meet at a reunion and discover how the collapse of communism altered the direction of their once predetermined fates
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Prinzessin
. Director: Birgit Grosskopf Director is present . 80 Min. .
During the doldrums between Christmas and New Year?s Eve, a clique of teenage girls roams the streets. Between dull apartment blocks, cheap motels and discount stores, the girls are waiting for something ? but it?s not the New Year.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Room
. Director: Kyle Henry . 83 Min. .
Julia is trying desperately to earn enough money to support her daughters. In the process, she suppresses all of her own hopes and desires. But soon she is plagued by horrible migraine attacks and visions leading her on a pilgrimage that changes her life.
05:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12
The Art of Football
. Director: Hermann Vaske Director is present . 113 Min. .
?The Art of Football? delves into the wonderful world of the ?world?s game.? Narrated by the legendary John Cleese, the film takes us on an irreverent rollercoaster ride through the crazy, creative and sometimes profound world of football.
05:30 PM
MAL SEH'N KINO, CINEMA 1 Nelly Kaplan Retrospektive
Papa, les petits bateaux
. Director: Nelly Kaplan . 102 Min. .
Doesn't trendy Cookie- daughter of a millionaire and an intelligent brat deserve more that just being kidnapped? All she needed were two absolute beginners. Her shrewdness and her underhandedness are so much more worthy than all of her father's money. An extremely grotesque comedy based on the scheming crime classic ?Bande de rapt?s? by Jean Laborde.
06:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Sofie's Schwester
. Director: Hanna Laura Klar Director is present . 52 Min. .
Elisabeth Hartnagel is the last surviving sister of Hans and Sofie Scholl, the German teenagers executed by the Nazis for openly defying the regime. For the first time, she speaks about her family, and it becomes clear how strongly the actions of her brother and sister were motivated by their family context.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
El Destino (Destiny)
. Director: Miguel Pereira . 102 Min. .
An adaptation of the novel by H?ctor Tiz?n, ?The Man Who Came to a Village? (?El hombre que lleg? a un pueblo?), El Destino is the story young man dressed as a priest whose plane lands in the abjectly poor border region between Bolivia and Argentina, where he must help a group of local villagers choose between maintaining their traditions or having a better life.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Juventude em Marcha (Colossal Youth)
. Director: Pedro Costa . 154 Min. .
After 34 years of living on the outskirts of Lisbon, Ventura moves to a new low-rent housing complex. Abandoned by his wife, and feeling completely alone, Ventura finds a new family among the poor, young souls who inhabit the quarter.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Dans Paris
. Director: Christophe Honor Director is present . 92 Min. .
Based on the adventurous life of two brothers ?Dans Paris? tells the story of a family is whose members perfected ignoring the sadness and unhappiness of their loved ones.
08:00 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 In Kooperation mit UNICEF
Born into Brothels
. Director: Ross Kauffman, Zana Briski . 85 Min. .
Devoid of sentimentality, ?Born into Brothels? defies the typical tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly and provides a new and sensitive approach to the children of Calcutta?s prostitutes.
08:00 PM
MAL SEH'N KINO, CINEMA 1 Reisen Vor und Zur?ck
Rewind & Replay
. Director: Nathalie el-Jorr . 40 Min. .
Pure contemporary history, this film follows three women from Hessen, Germany, on their journey to Lebanon where they discover remarkable people who are amazingly close to their own generation.
Die Schwestern Kokollari
. Director: Angela Freiberg, Ralph Mann . 40 Min. .
This forty-minute documentary deals with the thoughts and feelings of teenage Albanian girls who live and go to school in Offenbach, Germany, but regularly return to their homeland, Kosovo, during vacations. The film masterfully illustrates the conflicts between maintaining cultural roots and the pressures of the modern world.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 8
Odgrobadogroba (Gravehopping)
. Director: Jan Cvitkovic Director is present . 103 Min. .
Pero?s job is to write and give eulogies at town funerals. His words paint an intricate and subtle picture of the lives of a small community and the search for love and security.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 10
Chats Perch?s (The Case of the Grinning Cat)
. Director: Chris Marker . 58 Min. .
Shortly after the shock of September 11th 2001, grinning cats appear on the roofs of Paris to spread badly needed good news throughout the city.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 11
Zhmurki (Dead Man's Bluff)
. Director: Alexey Balabanov . 107 Min. .
Two young mobsters get hold of a case full of heroin belonging to the well-established, respected local gangster Nikita Mikhalkov, and try to cheat him out of the proceeds. ?Zhmurki? is an exceptionally entertaining portrait of the Russian Mafia of the 1990?s.
10:30 PM
CINESTAR METROPOLIS, CINEMA 12 Lech Kowalski Retrospektive
DOA
. Director: Lech Kowalski . 90 Min. .
A documentation of the Sex Pistols? American Tour in 1978 with Sid Vicious, The Clash and many more on the big screen.
10:30 PM
MAL SEH'N KINO, CINEMA 1
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
. Director: Sophie Fiennes . 150 Min. .
Director Sophie Fiennes and Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Zizek take the viewer on an exhilarating ride through some of the greatest movies ever made in what The Times calls ?an extraordinary reassessment of cinema.? Charged with passion, intellect, and unfailing sense of humor, ?The Pervert's Guide to Cinema? is a must see film about film.