Christoph Marius Ohrt Movies
- 2001
Jacob Eklund returns as hard-bitten cop Johan Falk in this sequel to the thriller Noll Tolerans. After causing a commotion with his last assignment, Falk has been given a desk job, which hardly agrees with his personality, and he ends up accepting an offer from an old friend to buy into a private investigation agency. Another friend of Falk's, Sven (Samuel Froler), purchased a business in Estonia, and when local gangsters attempted to pressure him into paying protection money, Sven retained the services of Nikolaus Lehmann (Christoph M. Ohrt), a burly private eye, to throw them off his trail. However, Lehmann does his job all too well, murdering the racketeers, and then threatening Sven and his family. With no where else to turn, Sven asks Falk to help him deal with the crazed Lehmann; Falk agrees, but soon realizes he's dealing with a more dangerous man than he imagined when Lehmann kidnaps Falk's wife Jeanette (Lia Boysen), and then releases her with a time bomb locked around her neck, demanding that Falk hand over ownership of his detective agency to Lehmann. Livvakterna was one of the first films shot using Sony's Cine Alta digital video system, which records images at 25 frames per second in order to conform with the speed of motion picture film in Europe. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jakob Eklund, Samuel Fröler, (more)
- 1997
Ella drives a cab for a living in Berlin's busy streets. On a day when, ironically, she is broke, some muggers try to rob her and are frustrated by her lack of money. They are about to inflict grievous bodily harm on her when she is rescued by a debonair Russian, Aleksei. Intrigued by his manner as much as by his appearance of having lots of ready cash, Ella arranges to meet him again. He offers her a lot of money to marry him so that he can legally immigrate to Germany. Soon, she finds out that he is involved in a scheme concocted by his brother Yevgeni to sell nuclear weapons-grade materials to Middle East types. When Aleksei steals the money the buyers brought, he and Ella are chased by everybody, and Ella shows that she has an unexpectedly clever turn of mind. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Aimed at mainstream audiences, this German sex comedy centers on Frankfurt police officer Cristoph who gets blind drunk after his girl friend breaks up with him and ends up the next morning in bed with Edgar, a homosexual auto mechanic. Poor Cristoph is beside himself trying to figure out whether or not he and Edgar.... Unfortunately, his bedfellow refuses to tell him. Cristoph returns home confused. Things get worse when a series of mistakes causes him to lose his apartment and move to Edgar's for a while. At work the hapless cop and his team get in big trouble when the arrest the wrong person. It's then he learns Edgar's true vocation. If this weren't enough, his colleague Helen, who could be a lesbian, seems terribly attracted to him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1995
In this unusual German comedy, an arrogant and ultra macho misogynist, Fred, is killed by his wife and finds himself at the gates of hell begging for mercy. He is given one more chance on the condition that he return to earth and teach three disillusioned women that love exists. He has three days. Guided by his late mother, who has been reincarnated as a plucked turkey, Fred is slowly introduced to his assignments. He is next assisted by the terminally shy and frowzy Rita, who is considered to be hopeless in the love department. When Fred explains the situation, Rita agrees to help and soon blossoms into a lovely young woman. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
The biblical story of Jacob explored in this made-for-TV movie starring Matthew Modine as the titular religious figure and Lara Flynn Boyle as his love Rachel. Set against the backdrop of Jacob's many trials from God throughout his life, Turner Pictures' production focuses on the romantic aspect to present what many consider to be the best love story in the Bible. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
- 1992
Back in 1989, Immortal Walter Reinhardt (Christopher Ohrt) was killed during a struggle with Duncan (Adrian Paul). In the three years since, Reinhardt's mortal lover, Rebecca Lord (Vanity), has bitterly vowed to avenge her sweetheart's death. Convinced that Duncan, and Duncan alone, was responsible, Rebecca plots an elaborate demise for our hero -- one that also endangers Tessa (Alexandra Van Der Noot) and Richie (Stan Kirsch). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alexandra Van Der Noot, Stan Kirsch, (more)
- 1988
Made for television, A Father's Revenge stars Brian Dennehy as a high school basketball coach. When terrorists pull off a political kidnapping in West Germany, Dennehy's stewardess wife Joanna Cassidy is among the hostages. Fed up with the apparent foot-dragging of the authorities, Dennehy takes personal action in effecting Joanna's rescue. He hires Ron Silver's band of mercenaries, then heads to Germany to bring back his wife himself. Credibility is stretched to the limit at times, but the three stars are at their peak. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1986
This somber drama finds Norbert (Zacharias Preen) as a bank trainee who takes little pleasure in life except movies from the 1950s. He lives with his mother (Karin Baal) and resents her for ending the relationship with the father he has never met. Depressed and alienated, he wanders the streets of Berlin and imagines that strange men in their late 30s may in fact be his father. Norbert engages in a brief love affair with Gabriele (Barbara Rudnik), a woman on the run who is somewhat older than him. He continues to descend into a tragic morass of mental illness, his life paralleling the bleak themes of the films he loves. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Barbara Rudnik, Karin Baal, (more)
- 1983
First-time director and writer Rolf Silber has skimmed the surface in this comedy about a bank teller who ends up with some money accidentally left behind in a robbery. After loaning some of the cash to his friends, the teller runs away to join a road company because he is in love with one of its actresses. The teller's father is an Elvis Presley fan, and his fellow bank workers are an odd lot, so perhaps the teller cannot be blamed for leaving it all behind him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Christoph Marius Ohrt, Britta Pohland, (more)
