Berlin International Film Festival 2018

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Pasolini Pasolini
Pasolini and Shadow Of The Vampire
Antichrist (Antychryst) (Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland; Year: 2009; Director: Lars von Trier; Writer: Lars von Trier; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg), Official Site, Trailer
A couple whose child has died retreat into the woods and discover very dark things.
Auto Focus (Country: US; Year: 2002; Director: Paul Schrader; Writer: Michael Gerbosi; Stars: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman, Bruce Solomon, Michael E Rodgers, Kurt Fuller)
Biopic of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane.
The Hunter (Country: Australia; Year: 2011; Director: Daniel Nettheim; Writer: Wain Fimeri, based on the novel by Julia Leigh.; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Frances O'Connor, Finn Woodlock, Morgana Davies, Sullivan Stapleton, Callan Mulvey)
A biotech company hires a hunter to track down the last Tasmanian tiger.
The Last Temptation Of Christ (Year: 1988; Director: Martin Scorsese; Stars: Willem Dafoe)
Portrayal of a Christ haunted by doubts.
The Life Aquatic (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) (Country: US; Year: 2004; Director: Wes Anderson; Writer: Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach; Stars: Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia)
An ageing oceanographer gathers a crew to hunt a shark that killed his partner.
Antichrist Antichrist
Antichrist and Auto Focus
Mississippi Burning (Year: 1988; Director: Alan Parker; Writer: Chris Gerolmo; Stars: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe)
An unlikely duo of FBI operatives investigate the disappearance of civil rights activists in the Deep South.
Pasolini (Country: France, Italy, Belgium; Year: 2014; Director: Abel Ferrara; Writer: Abel Ferrara, Maurizio Braucci, Nicola Tranquillino; Stars: Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio, Giada Colagrande, Salvatore Ruocco, Adriana Asti, Valerio Mastandrea, Roberto Zibetti, Tatiana Luter, Guillaume Rumiel Braun, Diego Pagotto)
A look at the final day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.
Shadow Of The Vampire (Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: E Elias Merhige; Writer: Steven Katz; Stars: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard, Aden Gillett, Nicholas Elliott, Ronan Vibert, Sophie Langevin, Myriam Muller)
Gothic comedy that revises the story of the making of silent film classic Nosferatu.
To Live And Die in LA (Director: William Friedkin; Stars: William L. Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer, John Turturro)
Secret Service agents trying to convict a counterfeiter resort to illegal methods. An action-packed thriller with Willem Dafoe countering the machismo of the federal agents with sardonic charm.
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