Uwe Bohm Movies

Anthony Perkins, in one of his last roles, is the sole highlight of this mundane, German-made psychological thriller, based on a novel by Ruth Rendell. Perkins plays Arthur, an obsessive-compulsive English bachelor with a history of far more destructive habits -- the worst of which include his reign of terror as the "Kenbourne Killer," who is responsible for the strangulation murders of several prostitutes. Like a certain legendary Perkins character of yore, Arthur has some Oedipal issues that need working out and fixates his mother fixation on the department-store mannequin he keeps in the secluded boarding house where he spends his "retirement." When this decidedly one-sided relationship is disrupted by the sudden loss of the dummy, poor Arthur goes 'round the bend again... but the blame for the new string of murders falls on one of his neighbors instead. Bogged down by pedestrian direction and a romantic subplot that serves little purpose, this attempt at a detailed portrayal of madness is kept aloft (barely) on the basis of Perkins' brooding, restrained performance. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

In this German and Turkish romance, a cocky young man joins a judo class and bets his male classmates that he can get any one of the female students to sleep with him in two days. His main target is a beautiful Turkish girl. Unfortunately, she has other things on her mind and rebuffs him. She is terribly upset with her family because her father will not allow her to pursue a higher education. Things get increasingly tense at home, and she begins seeing her romantic pursuant in a better light. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

This low-budget, thought-provoking drama uses both laughter and a slowly dawning symbolism to nudge social and political issues to the forefront. Christopher and Indian (director Hark Bohm's two adopted sons, Uwe Bohm and Dschingis Bowakow, of Mongolian descent) are both living on the fringes of society. Christopher is an angry young man who vents his frustrations by illegally killing deer and then selling the meat. Indian is the opposite, he would rather preserve life and nature and so he stays away from society. Both are after a mysterious elk that begins to move closer and closer to civilization. As the animal continues his journey, hunters stalk him and they ultimately send Chris into the hospital with a gunshot wound. Later Chris and Indian join forces when they encounter some aggressive born-again Christians. The scope of social commentary widens when a group of leftists, environmental pollution, and trigger-happy police are thrown into the mix. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi