Igor Luther

Slovakia's entry for the 87th Academy awards.

In 1889, mounted on a small gray horse named Serko, Dimitri leaves his garrison on the Asian borders of the Russian Empire on the banks of the Amur River. After extraordinary adventures, they both arrive in St. Petersburg, at the court of the Tsar. Having covered more than 9000 kilometers in less than 200 days, this young rider has achieved the most fantastic equestrian feat of all time.

Taking a cue from Franz Kafka's "Letter to My Father," this highly personal film follows Czech director Jan Nemec as he attempts to engage in a dialogue with his deceased mother. While alive, Nemec's mother had a troubled relationship with her son; this rumination seems to be Nemec's public platform for coming to terms with unresolved familial issues. The director embellishes his film by linking personal events with 20th century history.

Film épico que se convirtió en el mayor éxito de cine tailandés de todos los tiempos, superando en su día incluso a "Titanic".

In the summer of 1807, Clemens Brentano stumbles into the most extreme love affair of his life. The woman, who, aged barely 17-years-old, throws herself at him with such terrifying brutality, is called Auguste Bussmann.

A troubled detective befriends a single woman and her daughter with the intention of using them as bait for a serial killer.

A comedy directed by Otto W. Retzer.

An archery contest results in the murder of the rich family head by someone with an arrow. Of course, the roving competitor trying to win the money becomes the chief suspect, despite everyone else there also being archery experts and many of the others being heirs in the dead man's will.

Ute Lemper sings a collection of art songs by Michael Nyman based on texts by Paul Celan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, William Shakespeare and Arthur Rimbaud. It was filmed at the Musikhalle, Hamburg, 4 February 1992.

On June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was shot to death in Sarajewo. His assassination caused a chain of events that brought about World War I and the downfall of old Europe. Who is the assassin? Who is GAVRE PRINCIP, a man that fate brought into the center of world attention. The subject of the film is not the historical background but rather the psychological makeup of PRINCIP at the age of seventeen.

En un futuro no muy lejano sólo unas pocas mujeres pueden tener hijos. Éstas, llamadas "doncellas", sólo pueden tener relaciones sexuales con el fin de procrear y deben cubrir su cuerpo, manos y rostro con una túnica roja que las identifica e impide que otros hombres puedan verlas. Kate —que tras ser entregada al Comandante Fred recibe el nombre Defred para identificar a quien pertenece— trata de escapar de esa fascistoide sociedad enfermiza, religiosamente fundamentalista y tiránica, aunque sabe que cualquier transgresión está penada con la muerte, como le recuerdan constantemente los cadáveres colgados en las alambradas que rodean el estado de Gilead.

En mayo de 1983, un hombre de 49 años, acompañado de su hijo, viaja al pueblo de su infancia, en Baden. Su deseo es descubrir qué le sucedió en realidad a su madre. Sus recuerdos son muy borrosos y, además, por aquel entonces era demasiado pequeño para comprender lo que ocurría a su alrededor.

En septiembre de 1793, el Comité de Salud Pública, instigado por Robespierre, instaura el "Terror". El hambre reaparece y con ella la revuelta: las cabezas ruedan. Danton regresa a París para oponerse a Robespierre: es el choque entre dos políticos irreconciliables, entre dos fuertes personalidades. La película narra los últimos días de Georges-Jacques Danton: su proceso y su ejecución en la guillotina, junto a sus amigos, por orden del autoritario y dogmático Robespierre.

The third episodical film, after Deutschland im Herbst and Der Kandidat, in which notable German film makers reflect on the state of their country.

A psychological interpretation of the opera mixing in references to the history of Germany, Wagner's life, German literature and philosophy. The action is centered around Wagner's death mask. Kundry is the main character - one might read the film as the story of her redemption rather than that of Amfortas.

Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.

In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.

Made with an eye to the autumn of 1980 when the German parliamentary elections took place, The Candidate examines Germany’s history past and present and Franz Josef Strauß, the man who, as the CDU/CSU candidate, aspires to be elected to the most important political office in the land.

El día de su tercer cumpleaños es una fecha determinante en la vida de Oskar. No sólo es el día en que toma la decisión de dejar de crecer, sino que recibe su primer tambor de hojalata, objeto que habrá de convertirse en compañero inseparable para el resto de sus días... Basada en la más famosa novela del escritor y premio Nobel de literatura Günter Grass.

Rückkehr (Return) consists of two short films inspired by the director's youth: "Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn" (The return of trhe old lord) is a nostalgic dive into the memories of an old man who entrusts his grandson with stories of his youth. "Mein seliger Onkel" (My blessed uncle) then tells the story of the boy and his adventurous uncle. Both stories take place in a picturesque small town.

While on an automobile tour of Italy with his mother, the German publisher in this story has an accident which results in her death. He decides to stay and look for work in Italy, rather than return to his responsibilities, and takes a job working on a construction site. His co-workers are similarly displaced men: one is a Greek exile, the other a Basque terrorist. The elaborate house they are working on is to be the home of a wealthy local man.

Elisabeth, a forty year old woman, visits her old father in the outskirts of Klagenfurt. There, she reflects about her childhood and her romantic life.

Latvia, 1919: final de la guerra civil rusa. Una joven aristócrata se enamora de un oficial prusiano sexualmente reprimido. Al ser rechazada, la joven se hunde en la depresión, la promiscuidad y la colaboración revolucionaria. (FILMAFFINITY)

Mischa Gallé's first film was made in 1971, but not picked up and shown until 1975.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

August Strindberg in Paris divorced from his wife, children and friends. In the company of Parisian artists and writers, including Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, but often he feel they ridicule and persecute him. Isolated Strindberg venture successfully in alchemical experiments.

A psychological and existential study of a prisoner charged with guarding an isolated lighthouse. If he makes it through two years, the remainder of his sentence for manslaughter in a bar brawl will be pardoned. Nobody before managed to cope with the solitude. One day, a rat makes its way to the island. The sea and the island, the man and the rat, friendship and vendetta.

The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.

A group of gamblers travels through Europe.

Igor tiene un buen empleo como gerente de publicidad, una buena casa, una esposa y una amante. Todo va bien hasta que un día la esposa de Igor vuelve de compras cuando lo encuentra con su amante.

Cuatro soldados estadounidenses secuestran, violan y asesinan a una niña vietnamita, y sus actos son vistos por otro soldado.

Un grupo de estudiantes universitarios mata el tiempo en un café (que parece un laberinto soñado por Mondrian) representando enigmaticos rituales. Una noche llega un extraño. Se suma a los juegos, les relata historias exóticas de países africanos. Una de las estudiantes, fascinada, decide encontrarse de noche con él en una fábrica abandonada. Una vez allí, la fábrica resulta ser un nuevo laberinto poblado de seres amenazadores: sus propios compañeros...

In the aftermath of war, two men and a woman begin acting more like children than adults, leading to tragedy.

En una pequeña ciudad de una región montañosa, aún vibrante de recuerdos de la guerra de la Resistencia, un hombre joven y elegante, Boris, llega y se mezcla en la conversación de los bebedores de una taberna. Estos evocan la desaparición de un llamado Jean en el transcurso de una misión peligrosa. Boris pregunta por la casa de Jean, donde viven juntos sin contacto con el mundo exterior su mujer, su hermana y criada quien solamente sale para las compras indispensables. Las tres mujeres, que la soledad las vuelve neuróticas, se dedican a juegos extraños…

Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock in his life, realizing that his days pass without purpose. He lives a carefree life. But now he has to choose between two women, between the city and the country, and between creative work and craftsmanship. He has a passion for art but he also has to make a living. Through his relationships with close people, he grows aware of his position and this knowledge helps him to live a more fulfilling and better life.

A tram pasted with posters travels through Prague. The mounted loudspeakers invite passers-by to a series of concerts of Giuseppe Verdi's masterpieces. On the tram a party of young people is getting drunk.

A story about a man in a caravan who checks the suitability and abundance of water wells. A suggestive, sometimes ironic, but always biased portrait of modern Robinson. The film shows the flip side of the modern myth of returning to the bosom of nature.