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moodysullie · 9 months

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Hey Sullie! I just want to thank you for all those danny bunch content!! I have two questions for you: What are your favourite roles by him and do you have a most favourite gif/pic of his?❤️❤️

Hellooo ❤️ I'm happy that you like my DB posts. Imma be real, I think I joined this fandom like suuuuuuper late, but when the time is right it's like 'that's it I've fallen to the bottom of the pit and there's no way up so I'm DEFINITELY staying' 😂

As for your questions:

1) favorite roles by Daniel Brühl: I couldn't choose only one 😭 so here's my as-short-as-it-can-be list.

- Niki Lauda in 'Rush' is guaranteed for the 1st place. I'm not a fan of F1 nor have any knowledge about it at all so I cannot say if his depiction of Lauda is accurate or not, BUT he gave one hell of the performance. Until this day, I'm still amazed how he could channel his emotions and his acting under those make-up & prosthetics. The hospital scene was a highlight. Solid AAA+++

It's sad to know that not only his fans were disappointed (in the Academy) because he didn't get an Oscar nomination, but it affected Daniel as well and it hit him really hard (according to his ARTE documentary). I know 2013 was a year filled with masterpieces here and there in every aspect, especially actors, I just wish he could get one among other nominees as well.

- Laszlo Kreizler in 'The Alienist' because there are uncountable amount of inner conflict in Kreizler. Again, I haven't read the book so I have no clue of the original, but I really like how he portrayed the alienist at that time. The healer of the mind who couldn't heal his own. A doctor who was capable of inflicting pain on others, even though it's unintentionally (he's a victim of domestic violence). A man who wanted honesty from others by telling them to face their demons but he, himself, couldn't bear the pain and face his own.

- Alex Garel in 'Eva'. There were so much subtlety, so much nuances in his performance, very repressed (in my opinion, which is totally in-character) and it paid off in the end (shoutout to Sergi Belbel, Cristina Clemente, Martí Roca & Aintza Serra who were writers for this movie.)

- Escherich in 'Alone in Berlin' because he could convince me, make me feel sympathetic for the inspector.

Man, I'm such a sucker for genius with different sides and shades in one person. Complex characters are my thing. 😂

2) favorite pic/gif of DB: NOOOO DON'T HURT ME THIS WAY 🥲 most of my fav are when Daniel was in film festivals, press con, masterclass or anything film-related. He looks sooo in the zone, like it's where he belongs.

But right now? This one

Why? Easy

I like Daniel.

I like men in white shirt.

I like men with this hairstyle (I am completely forgot how it's called at the time I'm typing this.)

I love cats.

And I like when someone I like playing with cats.

End of the story. 😌

(Also, I write this at 2am in my time so sorry for any misspelling or anything else. 😴)

#thank YOU for sending questions to this lonely girl(?)#😍#sullie talks

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overlookedwwiimedia · 4 years

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Alone in Berlin (2016)

Basic Story: A couple in Berlin lose their son in WWII and begin leaving cards urging resistance against the Nazis around the city.

Fan Thoughts: Alone in Berlin is based on the fictional novel Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada from 1947, whose main characters Otto and Anna Quangel in turn are based on the real Otto and Elise Hampel. Otto (Brendan Gleeson) and Anna (Emma Thompson) lose their only son when Germany invades France in 1940, and the couple begin to turn against the Nazi regime. Days later, they attempt to help Frau Rosenthal, an elderly Jewish woman, who lives in their building by hiding her. But Rosenthal sees how this endangers them and others who try to help her and ends her own life rather than seeing them or herself arrested. Galvanized by this, Otto and Anna begin writing cards and placing them around Berlin urge people to stand against Hitler. They place the cards for years, all the while career policeman turned Gestapo inspector Escherich (Daniel Brühl) is trying to find their source. When he hasn’t produced results in three years, the SS officer who is his superior demands an arrest be made, any arrest. An arrest an execution are carried out, and Escherich is shaken by the subversion of justice. Otto is finally caught when he accidentally drops some of the cards at work, and despite trying to take the blame on himself, Anna is arrested and both are charged and executed. Escherich, alone in his office, finally realizes he cannot live under the thumb of Nazis and throws all the cards out his office window before killing himself. The somber story is emphasized with the overall tone and even the bland sets used throughout the film; ultimately this makes the pace feel slow, even though the writing is fairly tight and there aren’t many scenes that do not relate directly to the plot. With such a powerhouse cast, the performances are excellent; Brühl has some particularly lovely moments as his faith in the system he works for unravels. Overall it’s a decent watch, but don’t be surprised if you find yourself on your phone instead of paying attention at some point.

Warnings: multiple suicides, post-torture shots of prisoners, rough interrogation scenes

#wwii movies #alone in berlin #overlookedwwiimovies

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suzannevivianriver · 7 years

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Daniel Brühl as inspector Escherich in Alone in Berlin by Vincent Perez (X)

#daniel brühl #Daniel Bruhl

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yorkcalling · 4 years

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We are used to epic films about the Second World War and stories of the blitz but this play shows us something quite different. It is based on a true story and tells of two normal working people in Berlin in 1940. A perfectly ordinary couple carry on a private campaign of resistance by leaving postcards in stairwells around the city on which anti-Nazi messages are written.

By Angie Millard

They hate Nazism and are motivated by grief and rage at the death of their son in battle, thus they embark on tiny but very dangerous acts of resistance. The police are infuriated and Inspector Escherich (Joseph Marcell), with dogged precision to detail, creates a city map using flags to show the whereabouts of the cards and tries to calculate where the culprit might live. He is under pressure from the SS to end the embarrassment and Jay Taylor’s infuriated Officer bullies and blusters in frustration. It is a game of cat and Mouse but when petty criminals Kiuge (Clive Mendus) and Borkhausen (Julius D’Silva) become involved it inevitably leads to deception and betrayal.

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Photo by Geraint Lewis

Conway is implacable in his misson to undermine his enemy and Emmerson shows simple courage alongside him. Both actors are subtle and the contrast of the authorities reaction is almost laughable as D’Silva fumes and Marcell becomes obsessed with his hunt. Abiola Ogunbiyi plays the dead son’s fiancee with a focus derived from her commitment to resistance but she too is a fatal victim. The ending is inevitable for all. Most effecting is the detail of the daily life laid out on stage in front of Jonathan Fensom’s superb linear visuals and Nina Durne’s video design of cityscapes using illustrations from Jason Lute’s Graphic novel ‘Berlin’. The cold, hard lighting design adds to the harsh effect.

There is a Berlin cabaret motif using the singer Jessica Walker which is less impressive and uses rather dreary music and lyrics rather like a dated Brechtian play. She is good but belongs in a different setting and another production.

Dacre is trying to tell us something about life in a fascist regime and the importance of the individual’s need for action, but the play doesn’t support the rather slim substance of the plot, which is a pity given the high quality of the production.

Alone In Berlin, adapted by Alastair Beaton from the novel, ‘Every man Dies Alone’ by Hans Fallada, is running at York Theatre Royal from 3 to 21 March 2020. The Director is James Dacre. Set design is by Nina Durne. Lighting design is by Charles Balfour.

Review: Alone In Berlin at York Theatre Royal We are used to epic films about the Second World War and stories of the blitz but this play shows us something quite different.

#Alastair Beaton #Alone In Berlin #Every Man Dies Alone #Hans Fallada #James Dacre #Top 3

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ikkegoemikke · 7 years

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Alone in Berlin (2016)

Summary Berlin, 1940. Working class couple Otto and Anna Quangel receive the news that their only son has lost his life in the battlefield and decide to resist the Nazi regime in their very own way. Soon the Gestapo is hunting "the threat". Genre : Drama Country : UK/France/Germany Cast : Emma Thompson : Anna Quangel

Brendan Gleeson : Otto Quangel Daniel Brühl : Escherich Director : Vincent Perez

My opinion

“You're to blame. You and your damn war! You and your damn fuhrer!”

There are countless films about the resistance during WWII. But I had never heard of a German resistance against the Nazi regime. I'm sure there were more German citizens who weren't set up with the affairs of the German Empire. Most likely they kept this to themselves out of fear for reprisals. Anna (Emma Thompson) and Otto Quangel (Brendan Gleeson), whose name was Hampel in real life, may have had an aversion to the regime in the first place because their son had to join the German army. That's beyond dispute. The day they received a letter with the news that their son was killed at the front, is a turning point for both. Anna starts mourning in a serene way, while Otto's rebellious nature takes over and his plan is to write compromising messages on postcards and leave them behind at random places in Berlin. In this way he's trying to make clear to others that the country they are living in, isn't such an ideal place. Even if there's only one person who starts a silent protest as well, Otto still will be convinced that he has succeeded in his plan. Just look at it as a revenge for the death of his son.

"Alone in Berlin" isn't exactly an action packed movie and progresses slowly. All you get to see the whole movie is how Otto writes down in a patiently way his protest lyrics on a postcard (with kid gloves and in a different style of writing), the callous way these two resistance fighters interact with eachother and an investigating held by the young police inspector Escherich (Daniel Bruhl). Although I actually wondered which tactic the inspector had in mind so he could track down those who are responsible. All he did was looking endlessly at a city map of Berlin with a whole series of flags pinned on it. Each pin represented a found postcard. 285 Postcards, to be exact. And the only clue that Escherich has is the handwriting on the cards. A handwriting revealing certain characteristics of the writer. That's about it.

So besides a subplot about an old Jewish neighbor who's taken care of by the Quangel's if needed, one can only witness their silent protest and their relationship as a long married couple. A marriage with no affection and passion anymore. Even the letter about the death of their son, elicits no signs of any emotion. Despite the superb acting, it was all pretty boring. Even the use of English with a ridiculous sounding German accent, felt forced. This was obviously a strategic move, so they could put two big names on the payroll. "Alone in Berlin" does show that not all citizens were ardent supporters of Nazi Germany, but this one-man action ultimately had no influence on the rise of Adolf Hitler as we've learned in history classes. Eventually it was nothing more than a voice in the wilderness. Had they used the needles that indicated the places where the postcards were found, and planted those in Hitler's ass, it would have been more painful than this admirable action.

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supercalifragipopculturevomit · 17 days

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But wait, there's more:

Alone in Berlin (2016) Daniel Brühl as Inspector Escherich

Daniel getting brutalized by the hot Swedish plumber in Sex Education.

#Daniel Brühl #Inspector Escherich #Alone in Berlin #Mikael Persbrandt #Standartenführer Prall #Sex Education #Jakob Nyman #2016 #movie #bloody and beaten #my gifs #gifset

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suzannevivianriver · 7 years

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Daniel Bruhl: Ich Bin Ein Berliner

James Mottram

February 22, 2017

Daniel Bruhl (Inglourious Basterds, Rush) gets back in the Nazi greys for an extraordinary tale of resistance during WW2 with Alone In Berlin.

Based on the international bestseller by Hans Fallada (Every Man Dies Alone), Alone In Berlin – helmed by French actor turned director, Vincent Perez – shines the light on two ordinary German people who made an extraordinary impact. In 1940 Berlin, working class couple, Otto and Anna Quangel (Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson), receive the news that their only son has been killed on the battlefield. Already disillusioned with The Führer and The Fatherland, the loss of their son proves the tipping point, and Otto begins a campaign of civil disobedience, writing messages on postcards that urge fellow Germans to resist the Nazi regime. Anna soon partners with Otto and together they covertly distribute hundreds of postcards, left in stairwells and mailboxes across the city.

At the head of the Gestapo trying to track down the dissenters is Escherich, who faces enormous pressure to find, stop, and bring the traitors to justice. Taking on this role of the central antagonist is German-raised actor, Daniel Bruhl, who first burst onto the scene in the acclaimed 2003 drama, Good Bye Lenin!, before stepping onto the international stage with roles in The Bourne Ultimatum, Inglourious Basterds, Rush, The Fifth Estate, and Captain America: Civil War.

What first got you involved with this film?

“I was approached by Vincent Perez a few years ago. I was fascinated by the book, which is one of the best Berlin books ever written. I was very inspired by this story of this working class couple, which seemingly did something small, by leaving these postcards, but it’s actually something quite huge. Their courage was so impressive, and inspiring, and Fallada wrote it in a wonderful way. I always thought that Escherich, my character, is like an archetype character, at that time in Germany. Like so many others, he wasn’t a Nazi at all actually. He was not in the party, and not sympathising. But he was slowly broken by the regime. Intimidated, and out of sheer fear, he gives up his values and convictions. And that’s what happened to many people. That’s what I found interesting about this character. It’s a very typical character for that time. He’s like an old school inspector. Very Prussian, correct, and repulsed by the ignorance of these S.S idiots. But, again, he is slowly broken, and eventually destroyed.”

As a German actor, how do you feel about the movie being in English?

“We’ve been asked this question so many times now. I’m really surprised, because for me, it’s a bit boring to be honest, because there are different approaches. When Vincent came up with the project, being a foreigner [Swiss French], it made absolute sense to make this film on an international level. And having Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson, watching them, and how they play this couple, after a second, I don’t really care if they’re Irish, or English. It’s a legitimate way of doing it. And also, it’s a way to reach a wider audience. Because at the end of the day, this is what’s important – that a film travels. I wish that German was the first language in the world, but it is not. So, it doesn’t bother me at all. And I’m German, so…”

Speaking of that you became an international actor relatively quickly. Was that by chance? Or did you plan it?

“There are things that you cannot really plan, and that you cannot foresee, and that you cannot organise. It’s a combination of things, but it’s definitely also luck, in finding the right projects, and the right director, at the right time. And my dream was always to work in different places, because I grew up in a very multicultural environment, being half Spanish, and half German, and having French family. I was always attracted to moving around, and discovering new places, and new cultures.”

As well as this, you’ve just appeared in Captain America: Civil War, which is huge. Do you feel like you want to strike while the iron’s hot, as an actor? Do you have the urge to capitalise on these opportunities?

“Yeah, sure. But also, I’m getting older, so I’m not getting crazy about it. I’ve felt a certain homesickness because I’ve been traveling so much over the last year. I want to take it easy now, and only do the stuff that I really believe in. So this is a change, which just happened during the last year. I realised, ‘I want to spend more time at home. I want to spend more time in Berlin, and in Barcelona.’ I don’t feel the pressure to have to do everything, just because it’s good momentum.”

Are you interested in directing?

“No, no, no. No I just joined a production company [Amusement Park Films]. Our target is to co-produce international films. So this is my first step to widen my scope, because if you do this for a long time, you feel how limited you are as an actor. You always have to sit there and wait for a good project, so I want to have more influence on projects. And not necessarily me as an actor, I’m also interested in producing films where there’s no part for me. And directing, the more I do it, the more respect I have for that job. I mean, maybe I will do it in a couple of years, and it would be something very intimate. Definitely not Captain America.”

What sort of projects are you interested in developing?

“I have to be interested by the project… by the script, by the part. And the more diverse that it is, the better. That is really fun. It’s great if you have the possibility to join, for example, this ‘Marvel family’, and to be in a film, and in this universe, but then do something completely different again. I’m also very curious about doing television. I just want to keep doing different things.”

Alone In Berlin is released in cinemas on March 2.

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