Teresa Harder Movies
- 2003
A man scarred by tragedy finds that it refuses to leave him, even after he falls in love, in this drama. Paul (Oliver Mommsen) is a sensitive young man from a small town in Germany who was forced to witness the death of his best friend when they were both assigned to peace-keeping duties in Kosovo during a stretch in the Army. Trying to adjust to civilian life, Paul moves to Berlin, where he works for a surveillance firm and, in his spare time, plays the organ at a church. Paul gets to know his pretty but shy next-door neighbor Nele (Laura Tonke), and before long the two loners have fallen in love. Their life together is thrown into disarray when Paul is found to have contracted leukemia; preferring Nele's company to a stay in the hospital, he decides to abandon his treatment and instead joins her for a final vacation in Paris. Junimond was screened as part of the German Cinema series at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Oliver Mommsen, Laura Tonke, (more)
Maria von Heland makes her feature-length directorial debut with the teen drama Grosse Mädchen Weinen Nicht (Big Girls Don't Cry). Set in Berlin, where traditional and poor Kati (Anna Maria Muhe) is best friends with liberal and wealthy Steffi (Karoline Herfurth). When they spot Steffi's father, Hans (Stefan Kurt), kissing another woman (Teresa Harder), the two girls plan a scheme of revenge. They make friends with the other woman's daughter, Tessa (Josefine Domes), only to set her up in a dangerous situation with a pornographer (Dieter Laser). As Steffi begins to experiment with drugs and sex, her friendship with Kati becomes increasingly strained. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, (more)
- 1998
Recalling Czech crowd-pleaser Kolya (1996), German director Christian Diedrichs creates this heartwarming tale about a depressed widower and a mute child. Since his wife died of cancer three years ago, Federmann (Christian Redl) has felt empty and lost. During the days, he drives the No. 18 tram through eastern Berlin, and at nights he drinks at a local pub as Dora (Teresa Harder), a love-struck bargirl, looks on. His life suddenly changes when he thinks that he hit a child with his trolley. Escaping the suspicious eye of a cop, he takes the child from the hospital to his flat. The result breathes life into Federmann. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Christian Redl, Adelheid Arndt, (more)
- 1997
Somewhat based on the real-life experiences of director Alexander Rosler, this drama follows the painful coming of age of a young German-Jewish refugee whose traumatized family is relocated to Norway following WW II. When young Mendel Trotzig learns that he and his parents are moving to Norway, it confuses him. He does not understand that they are survivors of the concentration camps and are considered displaced persons. The family moves into a slum in a small Norwegian town. They are not particularly welcomed by their suspicious neighbors. Once there Mendel becomes increasingly troubled, not only with the puzzling new culture, but also with his family's secretiveness regarding photographs from their recent past. Eventually he is made privy to the horrific photos that were taken while they were in the camps. It is then that he learns a painful secret about his brother's true father. Mendel is tormented by the images and angered by what he considered the passivity of the Jews in allowing themselves to be slaughtered. As a backlash, Mendel becomes a school bully, trying to prove that he is brave and strong. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1990
In this crime action feature, Sturzi (Ruedi Walter) and Bingo (Mathias Gnädinger) are prison buddies. Sturzi is well past the age of retirement, and plans to use his savings when he gets out of prison to go with Bingo to Brazil. Instead, he finds that he has debts that must be paid with the money. Unwilling to relinquish the dream which has sustained them for so long, the two men team up to rob a bank. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ruedi Walter, Mathias Gnädinger, (more)
