Benno Fürmann
13 titles
Filmography
13 results

North Face
(2008)The true story of a photographer and two reluctant mountaineers who, forced by Nazi propagandists, attempt a death-defying ascent up an alpine peak.

Jerichow
(2009)The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. That’s when Thomas meets Laura, his boss’s young and attractive wife. A classic love triangle is born.

The Green Planet
(2012)Take a spectacular journey to one of Earth's most beautiful and diverse natural habitats, the forest, through the seasons and in microscopic detail.

Intrigo: Death of an Author
(2018)A solitary author navigates turbulent seas off the Dutch coast, haunted by his plot to murder his wife, whose body is missing and feared still alive.
Und tschüss! In Amerika
(1996)
Joyeux Noel
(2005)One Christmas Eve in World War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish come together to bury their dead and play football during an unofficial truce.

In Darkness
(2011)From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland, In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as these men, women and children all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever increasing and intense danger.

Radical Evil
(2014)Torn from the pages of Nazi death squad members’ personal diaries, this film attempts to understand how regular people can become mass murderers.

Striving for Freedom
(2013)Based on actual historical events, a young maid and a wealthy aristocrat find themselves entangled in the midst of a bloody conflict.

The Order
(2003)A young Catholic priest adheres to a rare form of the faith. When he learns of the strange death of his mentor, he travels to Rome with a fellow priest and a woman - who once tried to kill him during an exorcism - to investigate the mystery. What he finds is the truth behind the myth of the Sin Eater, an immortal figure who takes on the sins of the damned to ensure their passage into Heaven.

Bright Night
(2015)It's set out to be an idyllic weekend. Anna and Stefan, Bernd and Marc - two couples spending a few days in the countryside. The expanding open-cast coal mining operation which will soon be swallowing town, woods and meadows, brings them back to their hometown. The place is almost deserted. Nevertheless, the four protagonists are enjoying their visit to the moribund village...art

Mutant Chronicles
(2008)As war rages between corporations over Earth’s dwindling resources, a 28th century soldier leads a fight to save humanity from an army of mutants.

Speed Racer
(2008)The Wachowskis bring a classic anime to the big screen. Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver, but when he discovers that powerful moguls are fixing the races to boost profits, Speed attempts to beat them at their own game.