City Without Baseball 2008

City Without Baseball 2008

City Without Baseball 2008
Mou ye chi sing (original title)
1h 40min | Drama, Sport | 19 June 2008 (Hong Kong)

Storyline:

The actual members of the Hong Kong Baseball Team all prove themselves to be natural actors by playing themselves in this fictional youth drama set in 2004. In a city where baseball culture is non-existent, these baseball players are a minority by choice. The experience teaches them to be free-thinkers in dealing with love, friendship and their own sexuality. It also enables them to find the will to live in the face of death and the strength to conquer losing in a spectatorless sport.

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Die heiden von kummerow und ihre lustigen streiche 1967

Die heiden von kummerow und ihre lustigen streiche 1967

Die heiden von kummerow und ihre lustigen streiche 1967

Die heiden von kummerow und ihre lustigen streiche 1967
1h 34min | Comedy, Family | 21 December 1967 (West Germany)

Plot:

Kummerow, a village in North East Germany, around 1900: Mean-spirited miller Düker wants to drive cowherd Krischan out of the village. Being popular with the local children, Krischan can rely on the help of schoolboys Martin and Johannes and their friends, who try to prevent the miller’s plans by playing pranks on him.

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Chlapi prece neplacou 1981

Chlapi prece neplacou 1981

Chlapi prece neplacou 1981
Family,Drama | 10 April 1981 (East Germany)

Storyline:

The holidays began and Pepík Janousek is playing with his friend Hadraba, whose nickname is Sun. Sun has to baby-sit his small brother in a pram and envies Pepík his nice adoptive parents because his own father beats him often. Pepík is happy – he will have soon the same surname Marek as his father and mother. Pepík is shocked when Sun tells him that Mrs Marková is pregnant. He falls from a height and ends up in hospital. Despite of all expressed love and care Pepík is afraid that the Mareks will no longer want him.

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Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3

Der Laden 1998 - Teil 3

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 3
4h 33min | Drama, War | TV Mini-Series (1998– )

Plot:

The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919 the Esaus family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom, where the parents bought a bakery shop. This was done with great financial support from the grandfather, who also lives in the house with his wife. Neither father Heinrich nor mother Lenchen, however, have commercial skill and therefore must always borrow money from the grandfather without being able to repay it.

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Der Laden 1998 – Teil 2

Der Laden 1998 - Teil 2

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 2
4h 33min | Drama, War | Episode aired 1998

Storyline:

The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919, the Esaus family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom, where the parents bought a bakery shop. This was done with great financial support from his grandfather, who also lives with his wife in the house. Neither father Heinrich nor mother Lenchen, however, have commercial skill and therefore must always borrow money from the grandfather without being able to repay it.
In the second part Esau is 16 years old. He lives in Spremberg near his mother’s youth friend and goes to the secondary school. For the first time he is seriously in love, in Ilonka Spadi. She seems to respond to her feelings, but she also flirts with Esau’s classmate and a teacher with a Nazi-mindedness. Esau leaves the school from disappointment.

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Shtorm na sushe 1976

Shtorm na sushe 1976

Shtorm na sushe 1976
1h 17min | Family | November 1976 (Soviet Union)

Plot:

Based on Boris Zhitkova stories. The seaside town of Russia, 1913. Mitka Hryapov with suburban kids dreaming of distant countries and travel. With envy, thinking of the harbor, where they still are not allowed to visit, they spent whole days on the beach and Mitka patiently teaches friends uncomplicated cases, without which there is a large swimming. Painting “The Storm on the overland” Sergei Gerasimov named the best film for children.

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Der Laden 1998 – Teil 1

Der Laden 1998 - Teil 1

Der Laden 1998 – Teil 1
4h 33min | Drama, War | TV Mini-Series (1998– )

Stroyline:

The main figure is the beginning of nine-year-old Esau Matt, who leads the story as a narrator. In the summer of 1919, the Esau family moved from Grausteen to Bossdom, where the parents bought a bakery shop. This was done with great financial support from his grandfather, who also lives with his wife in the house. Neither father Heinrich nor mother Lenchen, however, have commercial skill and therefore must always borrow money from the grandfather without being able to repay it.
The father has an affair with the child girl Hanka, in which Esau is also in love. But Lenchen, too, a little left-back brother, Phile, who comes back late from the war, has cast an eye on Hanka.
After the conservative village teacher Rumposch was replaced by a more progressive and committed teacher, he discovered that Esau had talent to write. He suggests that Esau will go to the High School in Spremberg in the future. (google translated)

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