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Franziska Petri

Franziska Petri

From 1992 to 1995, Franziska Petri studied at the renowned „Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Art“ in Berlin. Her cinema debut was a part in „The Big Mambo“ („Das Mambospiel“) by Michael Gwisdek in 1997, which opened the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. With her first leading role in in the award-winning „Forget America“ („Vergiss Amerika“) she attracted both critics' and audiences' attention. After leading roles in the most diverse cinema productions like the historic drama „Leo & Claire“ by Joseph Vilsmaier, the quirky comedy „Max & Moritz Reloaded“ by Thomas Frydetzki, the gloomy thriller „The Heart Is a Dark Forest“ („Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald“) by Nicolette Krebitz, the political drama „Long Shadows“ („Schattenwelt“) by Connie Walther or the psychological drama „Memory“ („Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf“) by Matthias Luthardt, she appeared in the psychothriller „For Miriam“ („Für Miriam“) by Lars Gunnar Lotz. For her outstanding performance in „For Miriam“ she was awarded

Best Actress at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival 2009 (Perspektive Deutsches Kino),

Best Actress at La Cabina. Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes de Valencia, Spain 2010

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Movies Starring Franziska Petri (31)

Come Closer (2021)

The focus is on a relationship between a couple, played by the directing duo, and Daniel, with whom they end up in bed one after the other. It's an open-hearted game of love, fascinating to look at, and at the same time it's true, it questions everything. ...

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Off Season (2019)

Describes the state of a couple in the off season, shortly before the birth of their child. Gregor surprises his girlfriend Judith with a wellness holiday in Sicily, but Judith would rather go to work than lie on the beach. Her boyfriend's expectations wit ...

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Hotel Auschwitz (2019)

The director of a theatre play about the holocaust takes some of his actors to Auschwitzt to get in the right mood... ...

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Midsummer Night's Murder (2016)

The dead body of a tourist is found in the mountains of Tyrol. The murder investigation focuses on the residents of a seemingly quiet village. ...

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Dolores (2016)

A mystery thriller directed by Michael Rösel. ...

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The Duelist (2016)

Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, the dashing Yakovlev, a retired army officer, makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind h ...

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Betrayal (2012)

While examining one of her patients, a doctor reveals that her husband is cheating with the patient's wife. ...

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Für Miriam (2009)

Karen, a maths teacher, finds herself involved in a traffic accident for which she is not to blame. The accident causes the death of a girl on a scooter. Although innocent, the young woman is distraught, more so when she discovers that the dead girl – Mi ...

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Long Shadows (2008)

After two decades in prison Widmer, a former German RAF-terrorist, is released. He meets Valerie, his next door neighbour. The young woman tries to get her life back on track after she lost child custody for her little son. She shows some interest in Widme ...

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Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf (2008)

Nina and Boris were a couple for 10 years. Then Boris dies in a tragic accident, and Nina's world is shaken - not only by the loss of her partner, but above all by the realization that she apparently hardly knew the person she thought she was so close to: ...

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The Heart Is a Dark Forest (2007)

A woman's life is destroyed when she discovers that her husband has another family. ...

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Der Kronzeuge (2007)

Edeltraud Rabitzer's movie deals with a man, whose life is completely turned upside down due to a mysterious woman. Achim Weber, a happy husband and father, and his partner Sven get to know Denise, an attractive young woman, during a business trip. After t ...

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Porno!Melo!Drama! (2007)

Over one wild Cologne night, three women in search of the perfect partner and perfect life discover that a little bit of magic changes everything... ...

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Wen die Liebe trifft (2005)

The attractive young Franka runs the traditional porcelain manufactory Rhomberg with her father. In contrast to her fun-loving sister Joe, the sensible Franka has no time for men. That changes when she meets the sensitive, good-looking Luca - who unfortuna ...

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Max and Moritz Reloaded (2005)

Max and Moritz are two young brothers living an adventurous life of petty crime in Hamburg, Germany. After the two boys steal a car and get into an accident, with the adolescent daughter of a Hamburg Senator sitting in the passenger seat, the two scoundrel ...

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Tage des Sturms (2003)

On June 17, 1953, there was an outrageous action between the Elbe and the Oder: the people in the GDR refused obedience to their political leadership. The story takes place in Bitterfeld and tells the story of a family involved in the political events arou ...

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Leo & Claire (2002)

In 1933 Nuremberg, successful Jewish businessman Leo Katzenberger owns an apartment building and runs a shoe store. A devoted family man, he has a good relationship with his loving wife Claire. As the climate in Germany grows increasingly dangerous, bombsh ...

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Forget America (2000)

Two friends fall in love with the same girl and end up in a situation that can only make everyone unhappy. In Forget America, it is also reinforced by the setting, a small East German town. Life in Aschleben is difficult enough in itself for David, who wou ...

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Die Nachtschwester (2000)

Brandenburg, near the Polish border; it all started with a toothache. Then the boss called to say he was needed. Extra Duty - to guard a gangster for the night in an emergency ward. Konzak was sorry he ever became a cop. Besides, the prisoner was a moody b ...

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The Volcano (1999)

A singer flees from Nazi Germany, travels to Paris and befriends a young writer, his lover and a professor. ...

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Midsommar Stories (1999)

Tells the stories of a few people who are driven by different dreams, needs, and fears. At some point or another in their lives, IKEA plays a fateful role - in a comical or tragic way. ...

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The Big Mambo (1998)

The actors Martin and Maria have not been a couple for a long time, but they didn't get very far without each other. While he spends his time with alcohol, numerous affairs and reveries about his own film, she is bored with her young lover. When Maria surp ...

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Operation Medusa (1995)

After a friend kills himself, a young woman tries to infiltrate the psycho sect of which he was a member. ...

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