Writer
After his return from World War I, there is no more work for Fidelis in his parents' butcher shop in Swabia, Germany. To make a better life for himself and Eva, the former fiancée of a friend who fell in battle, he emigrates to Argus, a town in North Dakota, in the United States. The artist Delphine, in whom Eva will find a friend, also moves there. To relieve Eva's homesickness, Fidelis founds a singing club.
Associate Producer
Após um romance que terminou mal, Marie, uma jovem alemã, pousa em Fukushima, determinada a mudar o rumo de sua vida. Mas não será nada fácil: Marie sofre para se adaptar não apenas à vida japonesa, mas ainda mais à vida em uma cidade traumatizada. Ela acaba encontrando refúgio ao se aproximar de Satomi, a última gueixa viva da cidade. Marie chega até mesmo a acompanhar Satomi à casa em que esta nasceu, mesmo a casa estando dentro da zona proibida. A relação entre as duas mulheres é tudo, menos fácil, dadas as diferenças culturais e geracionais existentes ali. Mas, pouco a pouco, a amizade verdadeira se desenvolve entre elas.
Associate Producer
When a salon refuses to hire her because of her plump figure, irrepressible hair stylist Kathi plots revenge by opening her own beauty parlor next door. But when she faces a cash-flow problem, Kathi resorts to some creative means of raising capital.
Assistant Director
Trudi é informada que seu marido Rudi tem uma doença terminal, e sugere que visitem seus filhos em Berlim - mas sem contar a verdade sobre seu estado de saúde a ninguém. Ao chegar, seus filhos, em meio aos afazeres, os tratam com indiferença. Quando seguem sua viagem, o inesperado acontece e Trudi morre. Rudi só então descobre que o grande sonho de Trudi sempre foi ir ao Japão, e decide então fazer a viagem em homenagem à esposa. O filme, além de tudo, é uma homenagem ao grande diretor japonês Yazujiro Ozu, tendo sido baseado em algumas de suas obras (Filho Único, Pai e Filha, e outros). Um olhar poético sobre o Japão, o Kabuki e o Hanami é o formador da atmosfera deste filme.
Unit Production Manager
A shared love of fish leads to a variety of romantic predicaments in this offbeat comedy from writer and director Doris Dörrie. Otto (Christian Ulmen) and Leo (Simon Verhoeven) are two men from Germany who have launched a successful business in which they import koi, the beautiful Japanese fish, for collectors in their native land. While on a business trip to Japan, Otto and Leo meet Ida (Alexandra Maria Lara), a German tourist who is studying fashion design. Ida begins traveling with the two men, and surprisingly develops an infatuation with the rumpled Otto instead of the handsome Leo. When Ida discovers she's pregnant with Otto's child, the two marry, and upon their return to Germany, Ida attempts to join in the business by creating a line of scarves decorated with koi patterns. However, the honeymoon proves short-lived, and Ida's presence creates a rift between Otto and Leo, as the latter sets up his own concern, raising koi with his new bride, Yoko (Young-Shin Kim).
Screenplay
German people having trouble with love and identity.
Continuity
Viktor and Angelika are a straight couple. He is a professor of veterinary science and she has studied art history. Both are more interested in their hobbies and professions than in each other; also, Viktor isn't terribly interested in satisfying his wife anymore. Their upright relationship changes dramatically when Viktor gets to know Lotte, a former school friend of Angelika's. Back in school, Lotte would have done anything for Angelika.
