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Stardust/Ondine (DVD)
Charlie Cox, Henry Cavill, Claire Danes, Sienna Miller, Peter O'Toole, …
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Double bill of film fantasies. 'Stardust' (2007) is an adventure
based on the bestselling graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Charles
Vess. When a young man, Tristan (Charlie Cox), tries to win the
heart of his beautiful but cold object of his desire Victoria
(Sienna Miller) by going on a quest to retrieve a fallen star, his
journey takes him to a mysterious and forbidden land beyond the
walls of his village. On his odyssey, Tristan finds the star, which
has transformed into a striking girl called Yvaine (Claire Danes).
However, Tristan is not the only one seeking the star. A king
(Peter O'Toole)'s four sons - not to mention the ghosts of their
three dead brothers - all need the star as they vie for the throne.
Tristan must also overcome the evil witch, Lamia (Michelle
Pfeiffer), who needs the star to make her young again. As Tristan
battles to survive these threats, encountering a pirate named
Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader named Ferdy
the Fence (Ricky Gervais) along the way, his quest changes. He must
now win the heart of the star for himself as he discovers the
meaning of true love. Neil Jordan directs the Irish drama 'Ondine'
(2009). Syracuse (Colin Farrell) is a poor fisherman whose life is
changed forever when he fishes a beautiful live woman (Alicja
Bachleda) out of the sea. His young daughter, Annie (Alison Barry),
is convinced that the mysterious beauty must be a mermaid. Theories
abound about the girl's origins as she transforms the lives of
Syracuse, Annie and the local townsfolk. Stephen Rea and Dervla
Kirwan co-star.
This book considers the behavior of fluids in a low-gravity
environment (e.g. spacecraft) with special emphasis on application
in PMD (propellant management device) systems. Since PMD designs
are not testable on ground and thus completely rely on analytical
or numerical concepts, this book treats three different flow
problems with analytical, numerical and experimental means. These
problems are linked together by the same set of equations and
boundary conditions.
This book considers the behavior of fluids in a low-gravity
environment (e.g. spacecraft) with special emphasis on application
in PMD (propellant management device) systems. Since PMD designs
are not testable on ground and thus completely rely on analytical
or numerical concepts, this book treats three different flow
problems with analytical, numerical and experimental means. These
problems are linked together by the same set of equations and
boundary conditions.
A reassessment of the journey Germans in East and West have taken
during the past two and a half decades: even today, an open-ended,
unfinished journey. On October 3, 1990, just a year after the
Berlin Wall fell, the German Democratic Republic was absorbed into
the Federal Republic of Germany, officially ceasing to exist. What
was the GDR and how do we remember it? According to the dominant
Western narrative, it was a country that brought neither unity nor
justice nor freedom to its citizens. But if so, why does a virtual
wall still seem to exist in Germany today between the erstwhile
citizens of the GDR and FRG? The GDR very much remains in the
public debate, and while political integration is well on its way,
the cultural integration of the two former states has proven much
more challenging. This volume analyzes the culturaltransformation -
or lack thereof - that has followed political unification. The
contributions are interdisciplinary: essays on history and politics
provide a framework and others on art, film, literature, museums,
music, and education provide specific examples. These case studies
allow us to examine the state of unification beyond statistics,
opinion polls, and glib generalizations. The volume, then, is a
reassessment of the journey Germans in East and West have taken
during the past two and a half decades. Even today, it is an
open-ended, unfinished journey. But such journeys tend to be the
most interesting. Contributors: Kerstin Barndt, Stephen Brockmann,
Michael Dreyer, Andreas Eis, April A. Eisman, Peter Hayes,
Franziska Lys, Charles S. Maier, Andreas Niederberger,
Mary-Elizabeth O'Brien, Daniel Ortuno-Stuhring. Franziska Lys is
Professor of German at Northwestern University. Michael Dreyer is
Professor in the Institute for Political Science at the University
of Jena.
Documentary following the everyday challenges faced by 200 local
musicians of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as they
struggle to maintain their country's only orchestra, despite war,
political unrest and power cuts.
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Kinshasa Symphony (French, DVD)
Stefan Pannen, Holger Preuße, Jan Tilman Schade, Martin Baer, Michael Dreyer; Directed by …
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Discovery Miles 4 840
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Documentary following the everyday challenges faced by 200 local
musicians of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as they
struggle to maintain their country's only orchestra, despite war,
political unrest and power cuts.
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