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Martina Reuter

Director
Martina Reuter is a versatile actor known for her work in both film and theater. She has appeared in acclaimed films such as "The Other Side of Hope" and "All the Sins." Reuter has received critical acclaim for her performances and has won several awards for her acting prowess. Additionally, she has worked with renowned directors and actors, further solidifying her reputation as a talented and respected artist in the industry.

Films

Bunker - Die letzten Tage

Bunker - Die letzten Tage

By Gavin Hodge, Martina Reuter

2003 | 82 min | Documentary

At the end of the Second World War, the German capital was filled with an underground labyrinth of bunkers. These are the stories of the people who stayed there. In 1940 the National Socialists initiated a bunker construction program. This construction program was intended to suggest security and care to the population, because nobody really expected bomb attacks on the city - a fatal arrogance of those in power. Contemporary witnesses such as Waltraud Süßmilch, then a fifteen-year-old schoolgirl, ...

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Come And Play

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2013 | 31 min | Drama

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2003 | 52 min | Documentary

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The Old Gun

The Old Gun

1975 | 98 min | Timeless

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2003 | 117 min | Drama

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An Iron Box

An Iron Box

2018 | 102 min | Biography

The filmmaker Nils Olger suspects that his grandfather was involved in massacres in Italy during WWII. With the help of a few photos, he sets out in search of this family history. Olaf Jürgenssen, Nils Olger's grandfather, served as a medic in the SS at the end of the war. During the withdrawal from northern Italy, his unit committed a series of massacres on the civilian population. But Jürgenssen was also a photographer and he kept his negatives in an iron box. Olger uses the photographic negatives ...

My Two Polish Loves

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2016 | 50 min | Queer

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Evolution of Violence

Evolution of Violence

2011 | 76 min | Documentary

EVOLUTION OF VIOLENCE was nominated for the Austrian Film Award. This documentary examines the omnipresent violence in today's Guatemala, a country more dangerous than Iraq. Guatemala. The war ended long ago. Though people want to forget it, the violence continues, and it has spread throughout the society like cancer. Each day, journalists wait to report on the next murder victim, and a social worker helps the relatives of women who have been killed. The global hunger for cheap resources has been ...

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Demmin Cantos - Part 1

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