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Justus von Dohnányi has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
2012
Drama · Comedy
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in an artificial prison situation. A journalist senses a story behind the ad and smuggles himself in among the test subjects. They are randomly divided into prisoners and guards. What seems like a game at the beginning soon turns into bloody seriousness.
Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel · With Moritz Bleibtreu, Christian Berkel, Justus von Dohnányi
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.
Dir. Jan Ole Gerster · With Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter
The family dinner at Stephan and Elisabeth could have been wonderful. But when Thomas announces that he and his pregnant girlfriend Anna are going to call their son Adolf, the hosts and the family friend René are stuck in the throat.
Dir. Sönke Wortmann · With Christoph Maria Herbst, Florian David Fitz, Caroline Peters
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column, Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Dir. Dennis Gansel · With Max Riemelt, Tom Schilling, Devid Striesow
In 1933 in Berlin. Anna is only nine years old when her life changes from the ground up. To escape the Nazis, her father Arthur Kemper, a well-known Jewish journalist, has to flee to Zurich. His family, Anna, her twelve-year-old brother Max and her mother Dorothea, follow him shortly thereafter. Anna has to leave everything behind, including her beloved pink rabbit, and to face a new life full of challenges and privations abroad.
Dir. Caroline Link · With Riva Krymalowski, Oliver Masucci, Carla Juri
An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.
Dir. Sebastian Grobler · With Daniel Brühl, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme
12-year-old Florian and his beloved dog Lassie live in an idyllic village in the German countryside. When Florian's father loses his job, the family have to move into a small apartment where there are no dogs allowed. Lassie is given away to another family, but Florian and Lassie yearn to be reunited again so Florian sets out on an adventure to find his best friend.
Dir. Hanno Olderdissen · With Nico Marischka, Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Maria Mühe
A mysterious woman's escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.
Dir. Isabel Kleefeld, Julian Pörksen · With Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein
Follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.
Dir. Simon Verhoeven · With Christian Ulmen, Nadja Uhl, Til Schweiger
as Heribert Siegmann
Ida Kronenberg must transfer to a new school, where she soon realizes the students are unkind to each other. However, that all changes when a new teacher, Miss Cornfield, begins to educate them on the value of friendship and magic.
Dir. Gregor Schnitzler · With Emilia Maier, Leonard Artur Conrads, Loris Sichrovsky
