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Being Maria
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.
The Treasures of Saxony: How August III Built His Collection
Year 1763, the Seven Years' War is about to end. August III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, has died, leaving empty the royal treasury and an extraordinary collection of paintings, sculptures, jewelry and goldsmith masterpieces, which he considered a symbol of his greatness, and that of Dresden, one of the European capitals of Baroque art.
Top Billed Cast
Peter Weiß Self - Narrator (voice)
Virginie Spenlé Self - Art Historian
Dirk Syndram Self - Art Historian
Alexander Röstel Self - Museum Curator
Massimo Baucia Self - Librarian
Sebastian Herrmann Carl Heinrich von Heineken (uncredited)
Robert Herrmanns Von Heineken's Secretary (uncredited)
Roland Heinze Giovanni Bianconi (uncredited)
Sidney Passkönig Potential Buyer (uncredited)
Jesus Pena Lopez Jeweler (uncredited)
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