Jan Josef Liefers
1) The Tower
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A searing look at Communist East Germany in its final decade, The Tower reveals the intimate realities of life behind the Berlin Wall.
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Swedish
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"In the years leading up to World War II, two families who seemingly could't be more different find that they have more in common than they could have imagined. Simon is a bookish dreamer from a working-class family in rural Sweden; Isak is the son of wealthy Jewish immigrants fleeing religious persecution in Berlin. While Simon yearns for the music, literature and art that are part of Isak's daily life, Isak finds comfort and security in Simon's...
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Der hochkarätige Klassiker - tolldreist und neu interpretiert Münchhausen - das ist vor allem der berühmte Ritt auf der Kanonenkugel und das Pferd, mit dem er sich "am eigenen Haarzopfe" aus dem Morast zieht. Seine Geschichten sind so herrlich unwahrscheinlich und doch arbeiten sie mit allgemeinen Vorstellungen und Urängsten des Menschen, die auch heute noch gültig sind. Viele gesellschaftspolitische Anspielungen, kritische Bemerkungen und Querverweise...
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Based on the acclaimed novel, it is a searing look at Communist East Germany in its final decade; It reveals the intimate realities of life behind the Berlin Wall as seen through the eyes of the Hoffmann family and their community of privileged intellectuals in suburban Dresden.