Die Macht der Träume

I caught this on DVD after a friend of mine who'd seen it, told me to watch this film. It looked from the beginning and the topic of this film very good, so I started watching. It's based on real events, I guess Christopher Reeves horse riding acident and some biographical infos of Stephan Taubert himself. All I an say is that I looked after Stephan Taubert and his other works and I am very much impressed. This is really his best film he made so far and I give him a lot of respect for this great work, the great movie and everything that is attached to it. Maybe there were some minor scenes I'd have done in a different way, but it's still great.

(9/10)

When I saw this movie, recently on DVD again, I realized once again what a great performance Stephan Taubert and his team did here. For the fact that he has very little money for his films and always tries to make the best out of it, he has succeeded with "Die Macht der Träume" his best film so far! Certainly not all pf them are trained actors like Marie Spinka in the lead role and Stephan has a lot of experience, but you can see clearly how much they are in the story and bring their characters to life.

Based on the true events of the actor Christopher Reeve, it is about a young man who has a serious riding accident at the peak of his career and then remains paraplegic. For budget reasons, of course, something had to be changed in the story, but the principle is the same. From then on, the young man, Phillip Herzog, with the help of his wife Katharina (Marie Rothe) and his daughter Lea (Ivette Große), struggles to be able to walk again when the young Emilia (Marie Spinka) enters her life and to get some things moving that no one had previously anticipated.

Of all the films that Stephan has filmed so far, this is his best work, great actors, lovingly and strongly staged. It is a pity that his films are not better known.

A friend of mine told me to bye a DVD from this film, as he saw it in a local screening and was very impressed. Stephan Tauberts film "Die Macht der Träume" (The Power of Dreams) is based on real events, such as Christopher Reeves horse riding accident and his fight to walk again, mixed with some touching - but made up - events, which make this film very touching.

I won't go much into detail, as I don't want to spoil anything. The actors are well chosen, Marie Spinka is brilliant as Emilia and Stephan Taubert gives a very good performance as Phillip Herzog and in directing the whole movie. You can really see how he brought his characters to live and how much love he spend into this film. Ivette Große and Marie Rothe play his wife and estranged daughter, also very good. Uwe Choroba plays the bad guy, very realistic acting. They have some very romantic and touching, and thrilling scenes.

For all the low budget movies out there, this is one of the best.

9/10

I used to be and still am a huge Christopher Reeve fan and when I saw this Stephan Taubert film I was moved to tears. As a freelance filmmaker without a large budget, one certainly cannot expect Hollywood cinema from Stephan, which he certainly knows, but what distinguishes him from most others is not only that he attaches great importance to the best possible quality with the few resources he has but also always finds a good story that is very touching, as in the case of *The Power of Dreams*, and is based on true events. Other filmmakers deliver nothing but junk, bloodthirsty blunt horror that says nothing and nobody really cares, but story is what matters most here. Christopher Reeve was not only Superman in the cinema, but also a Superman in real life after his riding accident and Stephan had to adapt the story a bit to his possibilities, but with his great direction, his great acting and the great cast (Marie & Paul Spinka , Marie Rothe, Reinhardt Großmann, Ivette Große, and others) he created a really, really good film that shouldn't be missed. I wish so much for him to have more success with it and get back to filmmaking because I think he still has good stories to tell. But this film is his best work, as an actor and director! You can see how much love and passion is behind it! 10/10.

I watched it with a friend who bought a DVD of Stephan Tauberts movie "Die Macht der Träume" and I just loved it. Is a movie made with heart and love and I am very impressed by it. I know its hard work to make such a movie without a bigger budget, but it's done very very well. Hope this will get more famous.