Regula Grauwiller Movies
- 2001
Two funnymen find themselves confronting tragedy just as they're poised to enjoy a career triumph in this comedy-drama. Paul (Steffan Wink) and Alex (Frank Giering) are two friends who are struggling stand-up comics; Paul was born with a surplus of confidence and a deficiency in self-control (especially when it comes to women), while Alex is the archetypal nice guy who finishes last. A nationwide competition for young comics is announced, and both Paul and Alex make it into the finals; one of Paul's greatest dreams is to work with comedy legend Rob Patterson (Simon Prescott), and winning would make it a reality. When Alex discovers he's contracted cancer and has only a short time to live, he puts his own ambitions on hold to help Paul win, but it takes Paul a while to realize just what Alex's sacrifice truly means. Der Himmel Kann Warten received its American premiere at the 2001 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Frank Giering, Steffen Wink, (more)
- 2000
Mark, who is 19, coping with the recent death of his parents, and paralyzed from the waist down, is sent to a center for the mentally handicapped. Placed there because no space is available at a more appropriate clinic, the former athlete is on the verge of suicide when Lisa, a new therapist, intervenes and promises to find a way to get Mark to the summit of one of the Alps he used to climb. Organizing a motley crew of climbers that includes Mark, herself, two mentally handicapped patients, and three juvenile delinquents, Lisa struggles to make it to the top with her difficult charges. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Regula Grauwiller, Gregor Torzs, (more)
- 1998
"Cascadeur" is the French term for a film action coordinator, which actor-producer Hardy Martins did on German films for a decade, also training for 24 months at the Los Angeles International Stunt Association, before directing this $4 million German action-adventure in the Indiana Jones tradition. In Caracas, art-history student Christin (Regula Grauwiller) tracks a dying Nazi, acquires a unique key that leads to the Amber Room and a $150 million treasure stolen from Leningrad by the Nazis during WWII. Captured by a German intelligence Colonel (Heiner Lauterbach) during a Caracas chase, Christin is sent on a plane to Bavaria but escapes in a parachute, landing near former stuntman Vincent (Hardy Martins). Tracked by the Colonel's men, Vincent and Christin set out across Bavaria to find the Amber Room. Shown at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Hardy Martins, Regula Grauwiller, (more)
- 1998
German-born Turk Faith Akin directed this German crime drama about three friends in Hamburg. Released from prison, Turk Gabriel (Mehmet Kurtulus) is ready for a new start on life. Greek Costa (Adam Bousdoukos) goes with Gabriel's sister Ceyda (Idil Uner). Serb Bobby (Aleksandar Jovanovic) annoys his girlfriend Alice (Regula Grauwiller) by doing jobs for crazed Albanian mobster Muhamer (Ralph Herforth), so Alice turns to Gabriel for comfort. Gabriel hopes to retire to Turkey and open a seaside restaurant. When Costa also joins Muhamer's gang, Gabriel intervenes to save his friends, an action which puts his own future at risk. Shown in competition at the 1998 Locarno Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mehmet Kurtulus, Aleksandar Jovanovic, (more)
- 1996
- NR
The entangled love affairs between a group of Germans in their twenties provides the basis for this sudsy drama. During the course of the story, the friends attempt to cope with their feelings about commitment and to sort out their feelings about each other. Radio host Robert is living with Sara whom he plans to marry if they can ever leave their busy work schedules long enough to plan it. Nick, a budding actor has just returned from New York after getting tossed out by his latest girl friend. He begins courting Sara and his old flame Katherine, Sara's boss, simultaneously. Nina, a waitress copes with a female cab driver and poor Felix, brother of Nick, is too dumpy and goofy to have a girl friend. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Regula Grauwiller, Jasmin Tabatabai, (more)
- 1994
One of the most difficult tasks a high school teacher faces is to generate interest amongst bored students. This is the initial focus of this German drama. Herr Pilgrim, a language skills, teacher, is trying to fire up his students. But his students are not so easily roused. The class is divided itself into two distinct camps, based on styles of rock-n-roll groups. The first group rallies around the skin-head metal band The Smashers. Their leader is Thommy, a boy from the wealthiest family in town. The second group favors Fresh Familee, a multicultural band comprised of Turkish-German rap singers. When Mamba, a young man with affectations of James Dean, transfers into the class he must decide which group to join. That he is attracted to Thommy's ex-girlfriend Nadja, does not help matters. Herr Pilgrim wants to bring the two sides together and so decides to have them stage Romeo and Juliet because it is such an obvious metaphor for the class behavior. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Benno Formann, Uwe Ochsenknecht, (more)
