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Apr 1, 2020 · German director Johannes Naber delivers an exaggerated and seldom funny satire of the bungled intelligence reports used to justify the 2003 bombing of Iraq. By Peter Debruge.
Director Johannes Naber and screenwriter Oliver Keidel have researched precisely and tell their story as a black comedy with witty dialogues and some bizarre moments. Sebastian Blomberg and Thorsten Merten shine as "Wolf" and "Schatz" in the leading roles.
Johannes Naber was born in 1971 in Baden-Baden. He studied Philosophy and Indian Philology at the Freie Universität Berlin and Film at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. His screenplay for "Nordwand" ("North Face") was awarded the 2009 Prize of German Film Critics.
Interview with Johannes Naber (Director) How did you come with the idea for this film? I felt the need to tell a story of an "illegal immigrant" in Germany. Our society is full of prejudices about foreign people without papers. It's time to remind them about their human responsibility. What massage did you want to put across with The Albanian?
Operation Curveball: Directed by Johannes Naber. With Sebastian Blomberg, Dar Salim, Virginia Kull, Thorsten Merten. The grotesque, at times even surreal, true story of how the Iraq war was started based on nothing but fake intelligence and the involvement of the German government and the German secret service.
The Albanian (German: Der Albaner, Albanian: Shqiptari) is a 2010 German-Albanian drama film directed by Johannes Naber and starring the Albanian actor Nik Xhelilaj. Plot. For the sake of love and the situations imposed by the life in his country, Arben emigrates to Germany.
Johannes Naber ist ein deutscher Filmkünstler, der vor allem für seine Dokumentar- und Spielfilme bekannt ist. Er wurde mehrfach ausgezeichnet, unter anderem für "Nordwand", "Der Albaner" und "Zeit der Kannibalen".
