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Monica Bleibtreu, a respected stage, film, and television actress, and mother of Moritz Bleibtreu, died yesterday, May 14, in Hamburg. She was 65. Bleibtreu had been battling cancer for a number of years. Born into a theatrical family in Vienna on May 4, 1944, the dark, strong-featured Monica Bleibtreu had been working steadily on German-language television since the late 1960s. Among her TV credits are [...]

2008 Nastri d'Argento National Union of Italian Film Journalists' 2008 Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008 2008 Nastri d'Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category)   Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead   Best Director Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo Daniele LUCHETTI [...]

Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot / Grave Decisions. Photo: Christian Hartmann / Roxy Film The winners of the 2007 Bavarian Film Awards — the most important German film prize after the German Academy's Lolas — were announced yesterday at a gala ceremony in Munich. The Porcelain Pierrot (worth €200,000) for best film — or best production — went to a local effort, Marcus H. [...]

2007 Bavarian Film Awards 2007 Bavarian Film Awards: Prinzregententheater in Munich on January 19, 2007     Best Production:Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot / Grave Decisions, Ursula Woerner, Annie Brunner, and Andreas Richter (directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller) Best Director: Tom Tykwer, Das Parfum – Die Geschichte eines Mörders / Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Best Young Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Wer früher [...]