Julia Stemberger Movies
- 2001
Politically enforced racial prejudice is parodied in this dark comedy from Austria. Stefan (Karl Markovics) is a bureaucrat with the Austrian government who supervises immigration issues; Stefan's politics lean rather strongly to the right and he has little use for people from abroad. Stefan and his wife Marion (Julia Stemberger) are expecting a baby, and when Marion goes into labor, she arrives at the hospital's maternity ward at the same time as Emine (Meltem Cumbul) and her husband Emre (Ahmet Ugurlu), a couple of Turkish birth who are also about to have a child. Marion and Emine end up sharing a room, leading to an argument between Stefan and Emre. Emre's quarrel with Stefan turns out to be an omen of things to come; though he and his wife have been living in Austria for close to ten years, a mix-up with the immigration department forces the couple and their young child to return to Turkey. However, a nurse at the hospital informs Marion of a terrible mistake -- she was accidentally given Emine's baby, and vice versa, and so Stefan and Marion travel to Turkey, hoping to track down the recently deported couple and exchange their children. Geboren in Absurdistan was directed by Allahyari Houchang, who began his career in Iran before relocating to Vienna in the wake of the Islamic revolution. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Karl Markovics, Julia Stemberger, (more)
- 1996
In this German language comedy, Barbara (Veronica Ferres) discovers that her husband (Kai Wiesinger) is having sex with his secretary, and runs to the apartment of her friends Christine (Julia Stemberger) and Linda (Anica Dobra) for comfort. There she discovers that all of them have recently suffered too much from their alliances with men. Christine, can't find a man who can fulfill her romantic vision, and Linda is jaded after bedding many. The three of them agree to swear off men. As soon as they do this, suitable men appear in the lives of Christine and Linda, and Barbara's husband is contrite. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1994
Directed by Axel Corti and based on the German novel by Joseph Roth, Radetzkymarsch was a television miniseries originally broadcast in France. Taking place in Vienna, Austria, the story concerns the an aristocratic family right before the outbreak of WWI. Baron Franz Von Trotta (Max Von Sydow) is the son of a war hero who saved the Emperor's life. He was raised in royalty under the Emperor's care and not allowed to join the army himself, so he pressures his son, Carl Joseph (Tilman Günther), to join the military. Carl Joseph is weak and wants no part of the armed forces, but soon WWI breaks out and lessens his chance for escape. Also starring Gert Voss as Chojnicki, Claude Rich as Dr. Demant, and Charlotte Rampling as Valerie von Taussig. Features a score by Poland's leading contemporary film composer, Zbigniew Preisner. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Starring:
- Max von Sydow, Tilman Gunther, (more)
- 1994
This nostalgic Austrian romantic drama, filmed in black and white, tells the story of two people from different walks of life who meet before the start of World War I. Tonino, an Italian fisherman, still copes with death of his wife and baby after a flu outbreak. He lives on an island and dreams of opening a spaghetti factory in America. Toinette is a blue-blooded woman who married a mean old manufacturer of munitions. They have a son whom Toinette adores. She meets Tonino while she spends the summer in Italy with her aunt the countess. Every day Robby is scheduled to visit Tonino's island. The two adults fall in love and Toinette will not go back to her husband. Instead she, he, and Robby end up in America where Tonino's dream comes true. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Julia Stemberger
- 1993
Grace Candel (Julia Stemberger) is a good Immortal, working tirelessly for the betterment of mankind. Alas, Grace's former lover Carlo Sendaro (Georges Corraface) is the embodiment of evil -- and insanely jealous in the bargain. Murdering Grace's mortal sweetheart, Carlo frames her for the crime. But never fear: Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul) is not about to let Grace suffer for someone else's perfidy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Adrian Paul, Alexandra Van Der Noot, (more)
In 1939 Hamburg, Germany, a group of teenagers express their rebellion against Adolph Hitler's Nazi regime through their affection for American swing music, British fashion, and Harlem slang. American and British big-band jazz records are among those banned by the Fuhrer, but the young men secretly get together with their friends to listen and dance to the music. As their escapades become increasingly bold, they each get into trouble with the authorities. Robert Sean Leonard stars as Peter, who ends up being forced -- by a prank -- into having to join the Hitler Youth with his friend Thomas (Christian Bale). They are both engineering students at the university, where Thomas' father was taken away for defending his Jewish colleagues. With Arvid (Frank Whaley), they pretend to be Nazi supporters by day while rebelling with the swing music by night. Kenneth Branagh, in an uncredited appearance, is a glib Nazi Gestapo chief who makes matters more difficult. Each of the boys must choose among family, safety, friendship, and freedom as politics impinges on their youthful exuberance, and the Nazis set them against one another. The movie was shot in Prague, directed by Thomas Carter from a script by Jonathan Marc Feldman, and released by Disney. Barbara Hershey appears as Peter's mother. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, (more)
- 1985
In a run-of-the-mill teen film, David (Nikolas Vogel) is a young kid from a low-income family whose life has been a series of hard knocks, and Susanne (Julia Stemberger) is a rich teen whose life has been easy, even though her father is in politics. The two fall in love and become sexually active, often -- leaving Susanne pregnant and creating a dilemma for the two of them. As they struggle with this life-changing nouvelle, David is forced into a boxing match with an arch-rival, adding more stress when he least needs it.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Julia Stemberger
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