Hans-Christian Schmid

  • Hans-Christian Schmid – Crazy (2000)

    Hans-Christian Schmid1991-2000ArthouseDramaGermany
    Crazy (2000)
    Crazy (2000)

    On his fifth attempt at boarding school, young Benni has one last
    chance to prove to his parents he can function in the academic world, and, most importantly, pass math. But Benni has other concerns; he is partially paralyzed and struggling with typical teenage issues – making friends, falling in love and having sex. When his mother decides to move him to yet another school, Benni must decide whether to make a stand for what truly matters to him. Based on an autobiographical novel by Benjamin Lebert, Crazy has earned Schmid great praise for its honest portrait of teenage life.
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  • Hans-Christian Schmid – 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint AKA 23: Nothing Is What It Seems (1998)

    Drama1991-2000GermanyHans-Christian SchmidThriller

    Quote:
    The movie’s plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his inheritance in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson’s “Illuminatus”, but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl’s rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking – he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.Read More »

  • Hans-Christian Schmid – Lichter AKA Distant Lights (2003)

    2001-2010DramaGermanyHans-Christian Schmid

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    This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a communion dress, and so on.Read More »

  • Hans-Christian Schmid – Crazy (2000)

    1991-2000ArthouseDramaGermanyHans-Christian Schmid

    On his fifth attempt at boarding school, young Benni has one last
    chance to prove to his parents he can function in the academic world, and, most importantly, pass math. But Benni has other concerns; he is partially paralyzed and struggling with typical teenage issues – making friends, falling in love and having sex. When his mother decides to move him to yet another school, Benni must decide whether to make a stand for what truly matters to him. Based on an autobiographical novel by Benjamin Lebert, Crazy has earned Schmid great praise for its honest portrait of teenage life.Read More »

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