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Yvonne Magwas

Actor
Yvonne Magwas is a talented actress known for her versatile roles in both film and television. She has starred in several acclaimed projects such as "The Secret Garden," "City of Lies," and "The Witcher." Magwas has received critical acclaim for her performances and has been nominated for Best Actress awards for her work in independent films. She continues to captivate audiences with her compelling performances and is recognized for her dedication to her craft.

Films

Frauen in Landschaften

Frauen in Landschaften

By Sabine Michel

2023 | 87 min | Documentary

Anke Domscheit-Berg, Yvonne Magwas, Frauke Petry and Manuela Schwesig talk about the challenges of their jobs.

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2025 | 90 min | Documentary

ALARM follows the members of a volunteer fire brigade who remain on call around the clock, ready to respond whenever an emergency strikes. Rather than turning rescue operations into spectacle, the film focuses on the routines, responsibilities and teamwork that make their work possible. Judith Zdesar accompanies the brigade through training exercises, youth programmes, the education of new members and everyday life at the fire station. Alongside the technical precision required for every operation, ...

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2024 | 95 min | Documentary

DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED looks at wartime Ukraine through the people left with the hardest tasks: the weak who cannot flee, the volunteers who move the dead, and the families waiting for news. Juri Rechinsky follows ordinary journeys made extraordinary by fear, distance and loss, keeping the film close to daily survival. A driver and a student carry fallen soldiers back to their families, while a young mother tries to reach Budapest with her two children and elderly women take shelter for a few days ...

Souls of a River

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2022 | 83 min | Documentary

SOULS OF A RIVER follows a traveller back through the landscape of memory along the Evros River, where water, reeds and empty roads become a terrain of return. Moving as a stranger in his own country, he searches for the self that once left this border region behind. The search brings him to a forensic doctor who works in the river itself, recovering the traces of people who died while trying to cross. From a brown envelope come a cross, a ring and a wristwatch; elsewhere, unidentified bodies remain ...

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2021 | 86 min | Documentary

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Meuthen's Party

Meuthen's Party

2017 | 92 min | Documentary

An ultra nationalist right-wing party is on the rise in Germany. Filmmaker Marc Eberhardt follows candidate Jörg Meuthen during the 2016 state elections in Baden-Württemberg. The polite economics professor campaigns as a candidate for the Alternative for Germany party (AfD). This film exposes the startling reach of his seemingly rational rhetoric. Meuthen talks openly with other politicians and with citizens and sympathizers on the street, which is noteworthy in view of the "media-skeptical" attitude ...

Where to, Miss?

Where to, Miss?

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Not in my Backyard

Not in my Backyard

2011 | 87 min | Documentary

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This Land Is My Land

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