I don't want to be that idiot anymore who misses out on life." Warner Bros Germany debuted an official trailer for a German movie opening February 2024 titled A Million Minutes, or Eine Million Minuten in German. It's based on the book "One Million Minutes: What My Daughter Taught Me About Time" from Wolf Kper, about his own experiences living a more healthier, sustainable life. The Kper family's life is turned upside down when their daughter Nina is diagnosed with a motor disorder. In search of a better way of life, they spend 694 days in Thailand & Iceland and discover a new world full of time for her and each family member. But social norms and the expectations of family members put their deceleration to the test. "One million minutes, 694 days, almost two years... The Kpers set off in search of a new, different way of life and discover anew every day: we only have every minute once." Starring Karoline Herfurth & Tom Schilling (from A Coffee in Berlin, Before the Fall) as the parents, with Pola Friedrichs and Piet Levi Busch as their kids. For English subtitles, click on '[cc]" in the player and auto translate them into English.
Everyone knows it: the really important things are not on the stupid to-do lists. But why not? - From the outside, Vera (Karoline Herfurth) & Wolf Kper (Tom Schilling) lead a dream life with their two children Nina (Pola Friedrichs) and her one-year-old brother Simon (Piet Levi Busch): a nice apartment in Berlin, he has a career as a biodiversity researcher at the UN, she works as a construction engineer specializing in sustainability alongside the household & children. But on closer inspection, things look very different: the marriage is in crisis and, like most couples, both are in the unfortunate dilemma of juggling everyday life with the feeling that they can no longer do life justice. When Nina is diagnosed with developmental delay, Wolf and Vera realize that something has to change fundamentally. One night at bedtime, Nina suddenly says: "Oh, Dad, I wish we had a million minutes. Just for the really nice things, you know?" The wish hits Wolf right in the heart and he suddenly realizes that it's much more important how Nina, Vera and Simon are doing and that every minute they spend together is more valuable than a brilliant career.
A Million Minutes, also known as Eine Million Minuten in German, is directed by the German producer / filmmaker Christopher Doll (aka Chris Doll), making his feature directorial debut after producing many films, including Traumfrauen, Text for You, Vier gegen die Bank, Sweethearts, Wunderschn, and Einfach mal was Schnes most recently. The screenplay is by Tim Hebborn, Malte Welding, and Ulla Ziemann. Produced by Lothar Hellinger, Christopher Doll, Magdalena Prosteder. Adapted from the novel of the same name written by Wolf Kper. Doll's Eine Million Minuten opens first in Germany starting on February 1st, 2024 early next year. No other international release dates are set yet - stay tuned for updates. Look good?
"Something's coming to us. Nobody must know." Netflix has unveiled the full official trailer for a German space mystery series titled The Signal, arriving for streaming in early March. (We also recommend the US indie film The Signal from 2014.) When an astronaut mysteriously vanishes during a mission, her husband goes to investigate while navigating life as a single parent to their daughter. The exciting mystery drama is a 4-part limited series from Netflix. Florian David Fitz stars as Sven, with Yuna Bennett as his daughter Charlie, and Peri Baumeister as his missing wife Paula, plus Hadi Khanjanpour, Sheeba Chadha, Katharina Schttler, Nilam Farooq, Meret Becker, and guest star Katharina Thalbach. So what's going on here? She arrived back from Earth but never came back home... Where did she go? Paula was on the ISS. And up there, in the darkness of space, she discovered something. Or didn't she? "There are things that are bigger than us." There's plenty of mystery here, I just hope she really did discover something and the twist isn't "there's nothing but she's politically dangerous" or whatever. Bring on some aliens! Hopefully.
The Earth has Paula (Peri Baumeister) again. After months in orbit, she is back on Earth. Now a short flight across the pond and she will be back with her family. But Paula never arrives home. Sven (Florian David Fitz) and his daughter Charlie wait at the gate. The plane seems to have been swallowed by the Earth. As Sven tries to protect his daughter from the terrible realization, he grasps at every straw that comes his way. And suddenly, it seems, he finds what he is looking for: Paula has left him a riddle, a common thread that Sven now follows. The more he pulls on it, the more his life collapses, the greater the mystery and threat becomes for him and Charlie and ultimately for the entire world. Because Paula was on the International Space Station. And up there, in the dark of space, she made an incredible discovery...
The Signal, also known as Das Signal in German, is a limited series written by Florian David Fitz, Nadine Gottmann, and Kim Zimmermann. Based on an idea by Nadine Gottmann and Sebastian Hilger. Featuring episodes directed by Sebastian Hilger (Ayuda, Wir sind die Flut, Familienfeste - Die Taufe) and Philipp Leinemann (The King's Surrender, Die Informantin, "Tempel", Blame Game). It's produced by Christian Springer, Amir Hamz, Fahri Yardim, Johannes Jancke; made by Bon Voyage Films GmbH. Netflix will debut The Signal series streaming on Netflix worldwide starting March 7th, 2024 coming soon. Who's curious?
Balloon (German: Ballon) is a German thriller drama film directed by Michael Herbig that was released in German cinemas on 27 September 2018. The film depicts the crossing of the Inner German border by the Strelzyk and Wetzel families from the GDR to West Germany with a self-made hot-air balloon in 1979. The two families, including four children, successfully floated across the sky from Pneck, Thuringia to Naila, Bavaria, then situated 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the Iron Curtain. They reached a height of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the homemade balloon.[2]
Before making the film, Herbig was allowed to inspect the thousands of pages thick file about the balloon flight belonging to the Stasi, the former secret service of the GDR.[3] However, the film is generally seen as a thrilling action film and, according to some reviewers, lacks historical depth. Another film about the successful escape was released by Disney in 1982, during the Cold War, under the title Night Crossing.
The film is set in Pneck, Thuringia, in the summer of 1979. The Strelzyk and Wetzel families develop a daring plan to flee the GDR to West Germany in a self-made hot air balloon. About to attempt an escape in perfect wind conditions, Gnter Wetzel decides it is too dangerous. He thinks the balloon is too small for eight people, and his wife Petra is afraid for their two young children. Therefore, they stop trying to escape for a short time. Doris and Peter Strelzyk now want to dare to escape alone with their two sons. Their teenage son Frank has fallen in love with Klara Baumann, the daughter of his neighbour Erik, who works for the Stasi, and writes her a farewell letter.
The same night, the Strelzyk family packs the balloon and other accessories in their trailer, drives into the forest, and takes off. Hidden in the clouds, they cannot be seen by the border guards. However, the balloon goes down with Doris, Peter, and their two sons Frank and Andreas (called "Fitscher") in the gondola shortly before the border because the pipes from the gas bottles to the burner freeze up and become clogged. None of the four are injured, they get back to their car and destroy all evidence. Frank just manages to retrieve the letter to Klara. The Stasi finds the abandoned balloon and discovers the attempted escape, and under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel Seidel, begins a large investigation. He interrogates the border guards who were on duty at the time of the attempt to escape and accuses them of not taking their task seriously enough. The investigators narrow down the radius in which the balloon must have started, and thus also the circle of suspects.
For the next few weeks, both families live in constant fear that the Stasi might link them to the attempted escape. Doris in particular is worried because she lost her medication in the forest, which gave the Stasi important information in the form of personalised pills. Peter wants to try again. Before that, however, they travel to East Berlin, where they hope to be able to get out of the country with the help of the East Berlin US Embassy, but this attempt fails. Peter can convince Gnter to make another balloon attempt to escape. Since they must be careful in obtaining the materials to avoid raising suspicion, the family members only buy small quantities of suitable fabric in different cities. Gnter sits at the sewing machine every night to join the pieces of fabric. Meanwhile, Seidel is fast putting together all the clues tying the family to the escape. He must prevent the GDR from being embarrassed by a successful escape attempt at all costs.
Just as Doris feared, the investigators trace their medication back to the local pharmacy, where all recipients of the tablets are now being identified and checked. The Stasi published photos in the press of objects that the Strelzyks had to leave behind at the landing site of their first attempt. Gnter has to move the sewing work to the Strelzyks' cellar because his neighbours have become aware of the constant running noise of the sewing machine. When Frank realises that Klara's father Erik has to go to the pharmacy because someone is wanted and that the wind is blowing to the south, the prerequisite for their escape, they want to make the second attempt that same night. When the Stasi employees work out their identities and break into their houses, the families are already on their way to the starting point. The start is not as perfect this time as on their first attempt and when the gas runs out they have to land in a forest after half an hour's flight. At first, it is not clear whether they have successfully crossed the border. Peter and Gnter then explore the area and meet a police patrol car. When the police tell them that they are in Upper Franconia, the families react joyfully. Lieutenant Colonel Seidel and his superior must explain themselves to Stasi chief Erich Mielke, and Erik Baumann is interrogated by the Stasi.
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