When Emily (the daughter of Holocaust concentration camp survivors) meets Gitta (a German-raised woman who considers herself removed from the events of the Holocaust), their burgeoning passion for one another is threatened by their markedly different relationships to history and memory. Negotiating, coping with, and transcending the past are the hallmarks of this compelling drama.
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties.
Azam, who is convicted on charges of robbery is finally released after serving a 17-year sentence. With hopes of starting life anew, he hopes to reconcile with his family.
Since weeks it’s cold and wet. It’s already late, Karl Winter is on his way home. Under dark circumstances he accidentally meets a woman of mysterious fascination – Martha… And so begins a love story of fatal dynamics which throws Karl far off the tracks of reason.
The Director reflects upon and seeks to understand the causes and the events that lead to her drug-addicted prostitute daughter being murdered at the age of 26.
