Acting
Polizeiruf 110 is a long-running German language detective television series. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the German Democratic Republic, and after the dissolution of Fernsehen der DDR the series was picked up by ARD. It was originally created as a counterpart to the West German series Tatort, and quickly became a public favorite.
Ryszard Gaj and Damian Palocion are the pride of the capital’s police precinct, hardened by tough cases and equally challenging romances. No one charges into action like they do, no one backs up their partner so fiercely, and with nerves of steel and well-toned physiques, they use their own investigative methods and signature yo-yo techniques to wage a fierce war on lawlessness and intolerance.
A trip out of town, which is supposed to be cleansing for a couple battered by marital troubles, turns into a dangerous game of characters when they take an eccentric traveler aboard their car.
A poignant professional directing debut of Kobas Laksa, a visual artist, photographer, performer and an experimenter. Larysa and Boris, immigrants from Ukraine, are raising their son Mitia together. They try to balance their private and professional life. Larysa plays the flute and tries to be admitted to the local philharmonic orchestra, while Boris is a street mime. When they seem to have luck on their side, an accident that happens forces them to redefine the vision of the future they have had so far. Very close to man, this kind of cinema is balanced and intimate, with a sparse use of dialogue and great consistency of the form.
