Josef Sommer — Actor (36)
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Iceman (1984)
Iceman
Fred Schepisi actor: Timothy Hutton / Lindsay Crouse …
other title: L'uomo dei ghiacci / Rückkehr aus einer anderen Welt …
A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.
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Hidden in America (1996)
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Martin Bell actor: Beau Bridges / Bruce Davison …
other title: L'orgoglio di un padre / Zwischen den Welten …
Story of a man whose pride in being the head of his family won't let him accept help from his sick daughters doctor. He has to prove to his kids that even with the death of his wife and the loss of his job that they can and will survive. After hitting brick wall after brick wall comes a glimmer of hope.
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Independence Day (1983)
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Robert Mandel actor: Kathleen Quinlan / David Keith …
other title: Ihre letzte Chance / El día de la independencia …
Mary Ann Taylor loves the comforts of her hometown in Mercury, Texas. She has a steady job as a waitress in her father's diner, yet she can't help but feel unfulfilled by a life of pouring coffee and grilling hamburgers. Mary Ann's real passion is photography, but pursuing her dream of becoming a photographer means leaving Mercury behind.
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Absence of Malice (1981)
Absence of Malice
Sydney Pollack actor: Sally Field / Paul Newman …
other title: Diritto di cronaca / I god tro …
Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
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Still of the Night (1982)
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Robert Benton actor: Roy Scheider / Meryl Streep …
other title: Una lama nel buio / In der Stille der Nacht …
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information. He's then visited by the patient's mistress, Brooke Reynolds, whom he quickly falls for despite her being a likely murder suspect. As the police pressure on him intensifies, Rice decides to attempt solving the case on his own and soon discovers that someone is trying to kill him as well.
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Target (1985)
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Arthur Penn actor: Gene Hackman / Matt Dillon …
other title: Target - Scuola omicidi / Target - Zielscheibe …
A Texan with a secret past searches Europe with his son after the KGB kidnaps his wife.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
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Howard Brookner actor: Matt Dillon / Jennifer Grey …
other title: Bluthunde am Broadway / Il était une fois Broadway …
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Doctor Franken (1980)
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Marvin J. Chomsky / Jeff Lieberman actor: Robert Vaughn / Robert Perault …
This variation of the Frankenstein legend, set in a brownstone in present-day Manhattan, has Robert Vaughn as a determined New York surgeon bringing "parts" home from work -- the hospital where he does experimental research -- to painstakingly rebuild the shattered body of an anonymous patient with organs from various donors.
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Man on a Swing (1974)
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Frank Perry actor: Cliff Robertson / Joel Grey …
other title: L'uomo sull'altalena / Enquête dans l'impossible …
When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.
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The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope (1972)
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Dennis Azzarella actor: Alek Primrose / Roman Makarenko …
A bizarre series of events focused on young women in the village of Salem causes paranoia in the late 1600s. It ends with the lynching of the accused and subsequent releases from jail. Dark and gritty, but not frightening.
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D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)
D.A.R.Y.L.
Simon Wincer actor: Barret Oliver / Mary Beth Hurt …
other title: D.A.R.Y.L. - Der Außergewöhnliche / D.A.R.Y.L. – Der Außergewöhnliche
Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
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The Chamber (1996)
The Chamber
James Foley actor: Chris O'Donnell / Gene Hackman …
other title: L'ultimo appello / Dødskammeret …
Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
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Silkwood (1983)
Silkwood
Mike Nichols actor: Meryl Streep / Kurt Russell …
other title: Silkwood - O Retrato de uma Coragem / Le Mystère Silkwood
Like most of the people in her town, Karen Silkwood works at the local nuclear plant producing highly radioactive plutonium. Exposed one day to a lethal dose of radiation, Karen faces the blank walls of corporate indifference and denial. As her illness increases, her protest grows louder and she becomes an obvious danger to the powers that be.
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The Mighty Ducks (1992)
The Mighty Ducks
Stephen Herek actor: Emilio Estevez / Joss Ackland …
other title: Stoffa da campioni / The Mighty Ducks: Champions …
After reckless young lawyer Gordon Bombay gets arrested for drunk driving, he must coach a kids hockey team for his community service. Gordon has experience on the ice, but isn't eager to return to hockey, a point hit home by his tense dealings with his own former coach, Jack Reilly. The reluctant Gordon eventually grows to appreciate his team, which includes promising young Charlie Conway, and leads them to take on Reilly's tough players.