Alive

A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Liev Schreiber

Cast

Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast

Maria Simon, Alice Dwyer, Devid Striesow

The film tells the story of Russian emigree and the only survivor from ship crash Yanko Goorall and servant Amy Foster in the end of 19th century. When Yanko enters a farm sick and hungry after the shipwreck, everyone is afraid of him, except for Amy, who is very kind and helps him. Soon he becomes like a son for Dr. James Kennedy and ...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Beeban Kidron

Cast

Rachel Weisz, Vincent Perez, Ian McKellen

A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginning, an existence, struggling to believe in themselves, to find a meaning in life...

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Ulrich Seidl

Cast

Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas

Valeri Sikorski knows from his doctors that his days are numbered because of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. He wants to make a last adventure in his life and goes to England, but first he stops in Berlin to pick up his best friend Victor. But Victor has disappeared. Now Valeri's journey turns into a search for his old friend Victor.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Achim von Borries

Cast

Ivan Shvedoff, Merab Ninidze, Anna Geislerová