Ulrich Tukur Articles

The White Ribbon (Films du Losange / Sony Pictures Classics) (top); Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca in Storm (Zentropa) (bottom) Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon is one of the nominees for the German Film Critics Association's best picture award. Set in a small German town prior to the outbreak of World War I, Haneke's stark drama received four nominations: best picture, actor (Burghardt Klaussner), screenplay, and [...]

Whether or not it gets a best picture Academy Award or BAFTA nomination, Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning The White Ribbon may end up as the best-reviewed film of 2009. At least in the United Kingdom. "It is typical of Haneke, though, that he makes such strong suggestions so indirectly and purely through the sheer brilliant, precise power of his characterisations and superb conjuring up of [...]

Martin Provost Interview: Part I What was it like working with Yolande Moreau? What was needed to make her really get into the skin of a historical character? For a year we got to know one another. I believe I did my best to guide her toward her own best, to something she already had within herself. And toward Séraphine as well. It's not easy [...]

Inspired by real-life events, the World War II drama John Rabe won the 2009 German Film Academy's Lola for best film. Directed by Florian Gallenberger, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman (best actor winner Ulrich Tukur) credited with saving more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing (then Nanking) massacre of 1937-38. Additionally, John Rabe, which has been a box-office disappointment in Germany, [...]