Europa
1991 | 108 min | Drama
EUROPA turns postwar disillusionment into a noir-inflected drama about an idealist trapped between duty, corruption, and a ruined Europe.
Udo Kier
ActorBorn in Cologne in 1944, actor Udo Kier has established himself internationally through a career spanning more than five decades. His filmography demonstrates enormous versatility and includes collaborations with influential filmmakers such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gus Van Sant, and especially Lars von Trier. Among his most famous roles are appearances in cult films like *Flesh for Frankenstein* (1973) and *Blood for Dracula* (1974), as well as in blockbusters like *Blade* (1998). For his sensitive lead role in the drama *Swan Song* (2021), he was nominated for numerous awards, including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. With well over 200 film and television roles, he is one of Germany's most prolific actors.
Films
Manderlay
2005 | 133 min | Drama
MANDERLAY takes us to a plantation where slavery still persists — and turns liberation into a bitter experiment in power and morality.
100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
1989 | 55 min | Comedy
Reality TV from the Führer's bunker, not as a historically accurate documentary, but as an obscene performance: only a few minutes left until the end.
Schlingensief – A Voice That Shook the Silence
2020 | 124 min | Biography
A feverish Schlingensief documentary by renowned editor Bettina Böhler, portraying this exceptional artist in his full range - with Tilda Swinton.
The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990 | 60 min | Timeless
Christoph Schlingensief's interpretation of German reunification resembles a cannibalistic slaughter house.
Zero
By Gyula Nemes
2015 | 82 min | Independent
The honey producer and industrial magnate N. becomes an ecoterrorist after a reawakening experience.
Gate to Heaven
By Veit Helmer
2003 | 88 min | Comedy
German romantic Bollywood comedy: Nisha is a janitor at the Frankfurt Airport but of dreams of becoming a flight attendant.
Sudden and Unexpected - A Déjà-Revue (Plötzlich und unerwartet )
1993 | 30 min | Icons & Media Art
Udo Kier walks a black-humored, fine line between avant-garde and trash, which is tantamount to an act of unleashing.
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