Hannelore Elsner

  • Rudolf Thome – Du hast gesagt, dass Du mich liebst (2006)

    Rudolf Thome2001-2010ArthouseDramaGermany
    Du hast gesagt, dass du mich liebst (2006)
    Du hast gesagt, dass du mich liebst (2006)

    An ageing swimming champion falls for a failed writer after answering an unusual personal ad in director Rudolf Thome’s existential love story. Impulsively responding to an ad placed by an awkward young writer Johannes, middle-aged Johanna Perl falls hopelessly in love. On the surface Johannes is a balding failure, but Johanna sees something in her new lover that inspires her like never before. Soon enough, the unlikely new couple decides to move in together, and even Johanna’s daughter Sophia finds romance with a handsome new beau. While all is well at first, the blissful new living arrangement is soon shattered when Johannes pens a best seller and begins sleeping with his publicist, leaving his older lover to wonder if she has finally lost her mind. …You Told Me, You Love Me ( Du hast gesagt, dass Du mich liebst ).Read More »

  • Rudolf Thome – Frau fährt, Mann schläft AKA Woman Driving, Man Sleeping (2004)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaGermanyRudolf Thome

    Second part of Rudolf Thome’s Zeitreisen trilogy.

    Dentist Sue and the philosophy professor Anton have been leading a seemingly intact life, juggling careers and a family with four children. Until one day, however, when their 18 year-old son Thomas has a breakdown. Thomas’ situation threatens the stability of the family.Read More »

  • Rudolf Thome – Rot und Blau AKA Red and Blue (2003)

    2001-2010ArthouseDramaGermanyRudolf Thome

    First part of Rudolf Thome’s Zeitreisen trilogy.

    Barbara is a successful middle aged woman – a respected architect, a great mother and wife, has good friends; leads the good life in Berlin. Out of nowhere seemingly, but definitely out of her past, Ilke appears – her daughter from a relationship with a Turkish immigrant some 25 years ago. Ilke was raised by her father, who became a wealthy businessman and educated Ilke at Europe’s best schools, but without the benefit of a mother. After the Turk’s death, Ilke comes to Berlin with a great deal of cash. Through a detective with mysterious contacts, one day Ilke walks into Barbara’s life, and family, and is quickly accepted. However, as past details are revealed, Barbara in particular has to face what she had set aside so long ago.Read More »

  • Edgar Reitz – Die Reise nach Wien (1973)

    1971-1980DramaEdgar ReitzGermany

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    During the closing months of the Second World War, two small-town German women discover some money in an attic and decide to spend it on a trip to Vienna.Read More »

  • Edgar Reitz – Der Schneider von Ulm AKA The Tailor From Ulm (1978)

    1971-1980AdventureDramaEdgar ReitzGermany

    “The Tailor from Ulm was the last of Edgar Reitz’ pre-Heimat features and a far cry from Lust for Love in terms of style and setting. It was a biopic of Albrecht Ludwig Berbinger, who had created a flying contraption in the early nineteenth century akin to a hang glider. Handsomely mounted, The Tailor from Ulm recreates both the age and those contraptions exceedingly well; the budget is all up there on the screen. And the film itself is an engaging one, though far more conventional than the works which had preceded it. Nonetheless, audiences weren’t particularly interested and it came close to bankrupting both its director and his production company. As a result he took some time away from filmmaking to research his homeland – his Heimat – eventually returning with his masterpiece six years later. Perhaps Berbinger was the wrong subject for Reitz. In retrospect you’d imagine that his compatriot Werner Herzog would have done much more with this driven figure from their country’s past. “Read More »

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