The Fifties in Luxembourg 2013
The nostalgic retrospective of the time from a very candid perspective, over five chapters.
The nostalgic retrospective of the time from a very candid perspective, over five chapters.
In Differdange, in the South of Luxembourg, six unemployed men decide to create the "Dole Club", whose rules forbid its members to work, even in the very unlikely event that they are offered a job. Geronimo, Théid, Frunnes, Sonny Boy, Abbes and Petz all agree to abide by the strict regulations of the club. In accordance with them, they manage to survive. But they can do it only on petty theft and other swindles, which is bound to end badly...
In a small village, xenophobic sentiment spreads against an innocent family after the village mascot, a wild dog, is beaten to death.
The title of the film, set in Luxembourg in 1942, during the Nazi occupation, amalgamates the words Schacko (helmet) and chapeau claque (opera hat). The village, in which it is set, has not yet been feeling the effects of the war at this point.
In February 1945, Jules Ternes returns to Luxembourg. To escape conscription, he fled the country and joined the resistance movement in France. Back in his hometown, Jules hopes to find peace of mind and put the war behind him. But he returns to a country devastated by the Battle of the Bulge and deeply divided from four years of occupation. His sister Mathilde is now engaged to Armand, the leader of the local resistance and his girlfriend Leonie has another man in her life. Jules nevertheless resumes a relationship with her and accepts a post as an auxiliary policeman. When Leonie is assassinated along with the German farmers she works for, the life Jules was struggling to rebuild collapses. The ensuing investigation will reveal grey areas of the Occupation along with the efforts made in high places to cover them up.
In order to save tiny Luxembourg from a cosmic catastrophe, a civil servant in a midlife crisis has to find back his lost superpowers and face his biggest fear: his family.
An inheritance does not necessarily mean the end of all worries. Definitely not for two elderly friends, both in their early 60s, who inherited the “LITTLE DUKE” after the death of their adoptive father. The Irish pub in the idyllic lower town of the rich metropolis of Luxembourg has long since passed its heyday, is now heavily in debt and in need of renovation, but fits perfectly into the loot scheme of the building speculators who want to redevelop the entire district. What to do? Do you want to start again when you retire, revitalize the pub or give in to pressure from speculators? The difficult but wise journey of two old men, one a realist and one an incorrigible optimist, through the world of the rich and powerful.
The hopes and disillusions of four lusophone immigrants collide over a period of three years in a chimeric land of plenty called Luxembourg.
Former bank robber Linda (82) longs for her turbulent past. When one day her former partner-in-crime Tony (80) reappears, she is faced with a choice: to do one last job or to send him to hell.
“Entrée d’Artistes” is an astonishing documentary about jazz, swing and dance music in Luxembourg between the Twenties and the Sixties. The first orchestras performed at the fair, at the Alpha, at the International,… ; jazz, considered “negro” music and banned during the Nazi occupation, was prerogative of cabaret,… “Entrée d’Artistes” retraces that fine period using archive images, interviews and reconstructions but also by having the musicians of that era rediscover it (Tommy Dallimore, Andy Felten, Johnny Glesener, Jean Roderes, Camille Back, and others).
A man begs his mother for money after their family's fortune falls apart.
Luxembourg in the 60s. Youngsters from France come over to a small south Luxembourg village Dudelange to party there. And looking for girls. And then starts the fighting. Teenager love and rock 'n roll.
Paul, a solitary record dealer attempts to approach a woman he's fascinated by. This situation will soon make him lose control.
Luxembourg, 2004. An immigrant mother tries to do everything within her power to buy her child a piano for Christmas, navigating the socioeconomic challenges of their everyday life.
The untold story of a Royal "propagandist in pearls" whose wartime friendship with President Roosevelt became a vital catalyst to win back freedom for her tiny occupied country.
After her father passes away, Emma visits a therapist for the very first time. When, during the session, a pigeon flies straight into the window, Emma finds herself taking on the all too familiar role of good samaritan.
Luxembourg, October 1830. Unrest spreads in the region in the wake of the Belgian Revolution. Fed up with the domination of the Dutch, most of the people want to become Belgian. Those who want an independent Luxembourg are few. Among them a town clerk obstinately refuses to accept the Belgian nationality. Considered as a traitor, he is forced to go into exile. A few years later, in 1839, Luxembourg finally becomes independent.
Professor Hagen (Claude Peiffer) wants to investigate this question together with his assistants Victor (Claude Hansen), Dan (Daniel Paulus), and Lena (Tania Mangen) and their paranormal research. One day, an anonymous tip leads them to a mysterious, previously unknown videotape that may provide revolutionary proof of the existence of ghosts. To find out if the tape is real, the four decide to embark on an expedition, enlisting the help of a dubious ghost hunter, Mr. Montana (Pierre Heinen). But who is this mysterious Montana, and what does he really want?
Luxembourg, beginning of the 20th century . A judge and a brigadier investigate difficult crimes which will lead them to explore the margins of a society in full transformation where victims and executioners merge.
In the near future, the poor and the underprivileged will come together to form roving road gangs. They form hordes that increasingly worry the state. In order to thwart the small group, a police officer declared dead infiltrates the hordes ...
Almost microscopic in size, there exists a world hidden within our own; the Meadowlands is a delicate world of flowers as large as redwoods, and insects the size of dragons, where peaceful fairies take wing and comical trolls haunt the lowland swamps and inhabit dark, hidden caves. Without warning, a shroud of evil is creeping across the land... deep in the Dark Wood at the edge of the Meadowlands, the Elves have built their citadel in a gnarled ancient tree. Their malevolent leader, Lord Kann, lusts after control of the entire fairy empire and has vowed to conquer every corner of this magical realm.
National music competition to select Luxembourg's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Klaus and Mish, two tiny apple-sized aliens, are dispatched to Earth to prepare an invasion. What can be more impressive to tiny space creatures than rich historical, cultural or natural places in order to establish their headquarters?
Flitze Feuerzahn is a German television series.