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Rainer Erler

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Rainer Erler was a German writer, director and film producer. Erler was considered a major maker of German science fiction films and of science fiction on television, as well as the founder of the science thriller subgenre (explosive social, political and scientific themes are presented in a suspenseful way). Erler's films often dealt with controversial social issues such as nuclear energy, nuclear waste, ethics in scientific research, genetic manipulation or organ trafficking. Many films provoked controversial reactions when they were broadcast.

26-08-1933

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Virgo

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Munich, Germany

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12 Works

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78 Works

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25 Works

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News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future

News Report on a Journey to a Bright Future

The wife of a reporter, who turned up missing while investigating reports of illegal toxic dumping, teams up with a photographer to find her husband.
3.5

Year:

1986

Das schöne Ende dieser Welt

Das schöne Ende dieser Welt

Chemist Michael Brandt travels to Western Australia on behalf of a great German company. Pretending to be a private investor he purchases industrial real estate for a pesticide factory - chemicals which have long been on the forbidden list in Europe and in the U.S. but make huge profit on sales in Third World Countries.
0.0

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1984

Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere

Der Spot oder Fast eine Karriere

This bizarre comedy demonstrates - as a convincing example - how TV-commercials may be produced, sacrificing extensive amounts of money, bottomless creativity and even human life without any respect right to the finish.
0.0

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1981

Spare Parts

Spare Parts

Honeymooning couple Monica and Mike check into a motel in New Mexico. All seems normal until an ambulance pulls up and abducts Mike. Monica narrowly escapes and, with the help of truck driver Bill, discovers the awful secret of the motel and the ambulance service.
6.2

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1979

Die Quelle

Die Quelle

9.0

Year:

1979

Plutonium

Plutonium

Camouflaged as a political suspense documentary, Plutonium demonstrates the theft of highly enriched nuclear material from a Third World Country nuclear power plant - enough for five bombs of the Hiroshima type. Is this material now in the hands of terrorists – or in the possession of a brutal and inhuman dictatorship?
7.0

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1978

Operation Ganymed

Operation Ganymed

A spaceship returns to Earth after several years of space exploration and finds it desolate. Landing in what they believe is Mexico, the crew decides to travel north, and try to find out what happened to Earth during the years they were gone.
4.5

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1977

The Last Holidays

The Last Holidays

A young woman is going on holiday with her parents. She narrowly escapes when her holiday fling tries to kill her, only to find out that this nasty encounter was not quite as accidental as it first seemed.
1.0

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1975

Die Halde

Die Halde

0.0

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1975

Sieben Tage

Sieben Tage

0.0

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1973

The Delegation

The Delegation

Journalist Will Roczinsky is dead. He was investigating UFO sightings. A TV broadcast summarizes the events up to his death. When broadcast at the time, viewers believed to be watching a documentary instead of a teleplay.
5.9

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1970