The films in competition.

With Tom Tykwer's banking thriller "The International" is the 59th Berlinale an opening film, which is typical for the times of financial crisis. The documentary "Germany 09" to the life-like episode in the country represent. The competition films at a glance.

 

The films at the Berlinale 2009

"All others"
  Director: Maren Ade (Germany), Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner and Nicole Marischka

 

"Storm"
  Director: Hans-Christian Schmid (Germany), Kerry Fox and Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillan and Rolf Lassgård

"Rage"
  Director: Sally Potter (UK), with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi and Simon Abkarian

"Cheri"
  Director: Stephen Frears (UK), with Michelle Pfeiffer and Kathy Bates

'Katalin Varga'
  Director: Peter Strickland (Great Britain), with Hilda and Norbert Péter Tanko

"My One And Only"
  Director: Richard Loncraine (Great Britain), with Renée Zellweger

"The Messenger"
  Director: Oren Moverman (USA), with Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton

"Happy Tears"
  Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein (USA), with Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn and Ellen Barkin

"Ricky"
  Director: François Ozon (France), with Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Melusine Mayance and Arthur Peyret

"In the Electric Mist"
  Director: Bertrand Tavernier (France), with Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman and Peter Sarsgaard

"London River"
  Director: Rachid Bouchareb (France), with Brenda Blethyn and Sotigui Kouyaté

"Mammoth"
  Director: Lukas Moodysson (Sweden), with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide and Tom McCarthy

"Lille Soldat" (Little Soldier)
  Director: Annette K. Olesen (Denmark), with Trine Dyrholm, Finn Nielsen and Lorna Brown

"Tatarak" (Sweet Rush)
  Director: Andrzej Wajda (Poland), with Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda and Jan Englert

"Gigante"
  Directed by: Adrián Biniez (Uruguay), with Horacio Camandulle and Leonor Svarcas

"Darbareye Elly" (About Elly)
  Director: Asghar Farhadi (Iran), with Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidousti and Mani Haghighi

"Mei Lanfang" (Forever Enthralled)
  Director: Chen Kaige (China), with Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei and Chen Hong

"La Teta Asustada" (The Milk of Sorrow)
  Director: Claudia Llosa (Peru), with Magaly solos, Susi Sánchez and Efraín Solis

Out of competition

"The International"
  Director: Tom Tykwer (Germany), with Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and Armin Mueller-Stahl, opening film

"Germany 09"
  Director: Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Dani Levy, Wolfgang Becker, Dominik Graf, Nicolette Krebitz, Sylke Enders Others (Germany)

"The Private Lives of Pippa Lee"
  Director: Rebecca Miller (USA), with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore and Winona Ryder

"The reader" (The Reader)
  Director: Stephen Daldry (USA), with Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross and Alexandra Maria Lara

"Pink Panther II"
  Director: Harald Zwart (USA), with Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer and Andy Garcia

"Notorious"
  Director: George Tillman Jr. (USA), with Angela Bassett, Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke and Anthony Mackie

"The Dust of Time"
  Directed by Theo Angelopoulos (Greece), with Irène Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe and Bruno Ganz

"Eden à l'ouest" (Eden is West)
  Director: Costa-Gavras (Greece), with Riccardo Scamarcio, Juliane Kohler and Ulrich Tukur