Xavier Koller
Nacimiento : 1944-06-17, Ibach, Switzerland
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Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film Journey of Hope won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990.
After graduating from High School, Koller first went through a four-year apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker and then, after three years of training at the Academy of Drama in Zurich, Switzerland, graduated as an actor/director.
The next several years he spent acting and directing at German and Swiss theatres. He did a number of TV-plays as an actor, directed commercials, acted in movies, and then started to write and direct feature films.
He is currently working on 2011 project Hit TV.
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Un niño debe desafiar a la nieve profunda del invierno para obtener un importante recuerdo familiar. Antes de que pueda siquiera comenzar este difícil viaje, primero debe ayudar a su familia a sobrevivir a la ruina financiera, rescatar a su querida mascota y, con su mejor amigo, burlar a un matón malcriado que parece estar dispuesto a atraparlo en todo momento. ¿Regresará al pueblo a tiempo para celebrar las vacaciones de fin de invierno de Chalandamarz?
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Un niño debe desafiar a la nieve profunda del invierno para obtener un importante recuerdo familiar. Antes de que pueda siquiera comenzar este difícil viaje, primero debe ayudar a su familia a sobrevivir a la ruina financiera, rescatar a su querida mascota y, con su mejor amigo, burlar a un matón malcriado que parece estar dispuesto a atraparlo en todo momento. ¿Regresará al pueblo a tiempo para celebrar las vacaciones de fin de invierno de Chalandamarz?
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En el siglo XIX, en una región rural de Suiza, un buscavidas roba niños y los compra a sus familias para luego venderlos como limpiadores de chimeneas en la ciudad de Milán. Es el destino que le aguarda al pequeño Giorgio, que junto a sus compañeros de esclavismo, con los rostros de hollín y el corazón blanco, comparte la misma miseria pero también el mismo espíritu de rebelión. Juntos forman la asociación secreta de los Hermanos Negros, que bajo juramento de sangre se prometen protegerse entre ellos para sobrellevar sus penurias.
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Kari Tellenbach was born with a cleft palate. His mother takes care of him like a bird that has fallen out of the nest. As a young man Kari decides to become a barber and despite his handicap he wins the heart of Annemarie with his humour, charm and sensitivity. His happiness seems almost complete – but Annemarie’s middle class parents have already made other plans for their daughter.
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Kari Tellenbach was born with a cleft palate. His mother takes care of him like a bird that has fallen out of the nest. As a young man Kari decides to become a barber and despite his handicap he wins the heart of Annemarie with his humour, charm and sensitivity. His happiness seems almost complete – but Annemarie’s middle class parents have already made other plans for their daughter.
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"Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a rodeo clown, and the two use each other to play up their acts. But love may be one thing that tears the brothers apart. When Ely falls for the rodeo's sweetheart (Daryl Hannah), Hank is filled with jealousy and hatred. The brothers try to come to grips with their differences, but the competition gets as fierce as the bulls in the ring.
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Kurt and Lydia are planning a relaxed vacation at the Gripsholm castle in Sweden . What Lydia does not know is that for Kurt, a well-known publicist, the journey is actually a flight from encroaching fascism and a direct threat from the Nazis.
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Un barco de comercio inglés se lleva de regreso del Nuevo Mundo a dos guerreros indios. El propietario del barco utiliza a los guerreros como atracción de feria. Uno de ellos, Squanto, consigue huir y es encontrado por una comunidad de monjes, enfermo y malherido. Pronto se establece entre ellos una simbiosis de culturas y se despierta un gran afecto entre ellos, pero Squanto siente la necesidad de volver a su pueblo para que su corazón no muera.
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Inspirado por las historias de prosperidad de turcos en Suiza, Haydar convence a su mujer para emigrar de forma ilegal a Suiza. Venden sus pertenencias y un pequeño terreno a cambio de un pasaje, y emprenden viaje junto a uno de sus hijos, dejando a los otros seis en Turquía al cuidado de los abuelos. En el transcurso del viaje tendrán que enfrentarse a todo tipo de humillaciones y a la discriminación por su origen.
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Inspirado por las historias de prosperidad de turcos en Suiza, Haydar convence a su mujer para emigrar de forma ilegal a Suiza. Venden sus pertenencias y un pequeño terreno a cambio de un pasaje, y emprenden viaje junto a uno de sus hijos, dejando a los otros seis en Turquía al cuidado de los abuelos. En el transcurso del viaje tendrán que enfrentarse a todo tipo de humillaciones y a la discriminación por su origen.
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During the WW2, a Swiss mountain farmer, refuses to follow the government policy to increase self-sufficiency with produce. In his opinion, the steep mountain pastures are not suited for agriculture. Most of the villagers agree. However some begin to cultivate. Even after all his fellow farmers have given in and have started to plant cops, Tanner continues his opposition and ignores all letters and instructions. This leads to a series of reprimands, for instance, some of his hay is seized and his wife cannot buy at the local grocer's since the family won't comply with the government policy.
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A tramp tries to trick the community into paying for the funeral of his fellow tramp who was found frozen to death.
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The events that lead a man to commit suicide.
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The events that lead a man to commit suicide.
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Directed by Xavier Koller
