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Kinostart: 1985

Studio: United Artists

Genre: Drama

Länge: 91

Zusammenfassung: Rocky Balboa, heavyweight champion of the world, is the trainer for Apollo Creed in an exhibition match against Ivan Drago, a "superman" boxer from the Soviet Union. When Apollo is killed in the ring by the brutal Drago, Balboa blames himself and promises to avenge his friend's death in the ring.

Kinostart: 1990

Studio: Star Partners III Ltd.

Genre: Drama

Länge: 104

Zusammenfassung: Rocky Balboa is forced to retire after having permanent damage inflicted on him in the ring by the Russian boxer Ivan Drago. Returning home after the Drago bout, Balboa discovers that the fortune that he had acquired as heavyweight champ has been stolen and lost on the stockmarket by his accountant. His boxing days over, Rocky begins to coach an up-and-coming fighter named Tommy Gunn. Rocky cannot compete, however, with the high salaraies and glittering prizes being offered to Gunn by other managers in town.

Kinostart: 2006

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre: Drama

Länge: 102

Zusammenfassung: When he loses a highly publicized virtual boxing match to ex-champ Rocky Balboa, reigning heavyweight titleholder Mason Dixon retaliates by challenging the Itallian Stallion to a nationally televised, 10-round exhibition bout. To the surprise of his son and friends, Rocky agrees to come out of retirement and face an opponent who's faster, stronger and thirty years his junior. With the odds stacked firmly against him, Rocky takes on Dixon in what will become the greatest fight in boxing history, a hard-hitting, action-packed battle of the ages.

Kinostart: 2013

Studio: Exclusive Media Group

Genre: Drama

Länge: 123

Zusammenfassung: Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.

Kinostart: 2013

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Genre: Drama

Länge: 125

Zusammenfassung: When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins (1964), he made them a promise - one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers ...

Kinostart: 1995

Studio: B.A. Filmproduktion

Genre: Drama

Länge: 127

Zusammenfassung: In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers and discovers his love to music, especially to playing the organ at the local church. After experiencing an "acoustic wonder", his eye color changes and he can hear even the most subtle sounds. Elias falls in platonic love with Elsbeth, the sister of Peter, a neighbor's son, who has loving feelings towards Elias ever since. After Elsbeth marries someone else, Elias (aged 22) decides to end his life by not sleeping anymore.

Kinostart: 1978

Studio: T&C Film AG

Genre: Drama

Länge: 107

Zusammenfassung: Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task - especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the possible danger they represent to the orderliness and cleanliness of the country. Bodmer gets a new assistant to help him corner unsuitable applicants. Very soon, a couple of conformist German physicians, a pretty Eastern European dancer, and the inevitable (and politically troublesome) Italian immigrant and his family start shooting themselves in the foot in their attempts to get the red passport with a white cross.

Kinostart: 1996

Studio: Playhouse International Pictures

Genre: Drama

Länge: 103

Zusammenfassung: Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot him. This is Valerie's story.

Kinostart: 2004

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Genre: Drama

Länge: 126

Zusammenfassung: Miles is a failed writer living a meager existence in San Diego as an English teacher. With his career seemingly fading and the fate of a book hinging on a publisher's decision, Miles is depressed with himself and what he hasn't achieved. Jack is a television actor whom some recognize but not many do, as if he were a minor actor who got a taste of success. With his best friend Miles, the two embark on a road trip through California's wine country. Miles wants to give his friend a nice sendoff before married life, while Jack simply wants to have a fling beforehand. As they're both nearing middle age with not much to show for it, the two will explore the vineyards while ultimately searching for their identities.

Kinostart: 1996

Studio: Astoria Films

Genre: Drama

Länge: 147

Zusammenfassung: Vier Jungen, die Mitte der 60er Jahre auf den Straßen von Hell’s Kitchen aufwuchsen, lebten in Unschuld unter der allgegenwärtigen Korruption. Im berüchtigten New Yorker Stadtteil, der sich von der 34. Straße bis zur 56. Straße im Norden und von der 8. Aveneue bis zum Hudson River im Westen erstreckt, herrschten Priester ebenso wie Gangster. Die Kinder hatten hier viel Spaß miteinander, hielten sich aber strikt an einen Ehrenkodex: Verbrechen gegen Nachbarn waren verboten. Auf Verstoße folgten strenge Strafen. Doch die vier Freunde begingen einen Fehler, der ihr Leben für immer verändern sollte…