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The Warrior and the Empress (2000) | User Rating
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Original title: Krieger und die Kaiserin, Der
Release Date
• USA: Jun 22, 2001
• UK: 29 Jun 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 29, 2002
• R2: 28 Jan 2002
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for disturbing images, language and some sexual content.
Running Time
2 hours, 15 minutes
Country Germany
Studio X Filme Creative Pool
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Other Titles
• The Warrior and the Empress (2000)
• Der Krieger und die Kaiserin
• The Princess and the Warrior (2001)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Love, Thieves, Experimental, Mental Illness, Mental Institution, Psychodrama
Tagline: Irgendwo da draußen wartet die Liebe
Plot: From German director Tom Tykwer, whose energetic RUN LOLA RUN wowed audiences in 1998, comes this ethereal modern-day fairy tale. Hypnotizing German actress Franka Potente (RUN LOLA RUN, BLOW) stars opposite deft, volatile newcomer Benno Furmann. Using beautiful visuals involving ice cubes, underwater bubbles, rain, and the well-worn buildings of Wuppertal, Tykwer implements his signature filming style--a roving, curious, rapid camera that examines its subjects in extreme close up, follows letters into mailboxes, and soars over the nighttime city like a bird. The musical score and the impeccable use of sound complete the film's sensory excellence.Bodo (Furmann) and Sissi (Potente) come together under strange circumstances: at the scene of an accident where Bodo saves Sissi's life after she is run over by a truck. Then he disappears. Sissi returns to her little room in the nursing ward of a psychiatric hospital where she works with mentally ill patients, one of whom is her own father. However, she cannot forget the man that saved her and has a powerful feeling that her life is inherently connected with his. Unable to pick up her life where she left it before the accident, she seeks out Bodo, who lives in a dilapidated house with his brother, and quickly establishes an steadfast
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Tom Tykwer
Leben ist eine Baustelle., Das, Run Lola Run, Heaven |
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| Cast |
Franka Potente
The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, Run Lola Run |
 | Benno Fürmann
The Order, Anatomy, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Joachim Król
Run Lola Run, The Turbulent Man, Anne Frank: The Whole Story | | | Ludger Pistor
Run Lola Run, Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem, Werner - Beinhart! | | |
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Paris, je t'aime, Ich Dich auch, Run Lola Run |
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