A documentary about the lives of italian workers in the after-WW2 Switzerland. Read More »
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The Black Spider AKA Die schwarze Spinne (1983) Mark M. Rissi, Beatrice Kessler, Walo Lüönd, Peter Ehrlich
This film about a black spider that symbolizes evil works well when focusing Read More »
Paradise: Love AKA Paradies: Liebe (2012) Ulrich Seidl, Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux
On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as “Sugar Mamas” — European women who seek out African boys Read More »
The Passengers AKA Les passagers (1999) Jean-Claude Guiguet, Fabienne Babe, Philippe Garziano, Bruno Putzulu
A tramcar in the suburbs of Paris, a woman commenting on its passengers who are as different as a young man with flowers Read More »
The Public Enemy (1931) William A. Wellman, James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods
Tom Powers and Matt Doyle are best friends and fellow gangsters, their lives frowned upon by Tom’s straight laced brother Read More »
Surire (2015) Iván Osnovikoff, Bettina Perut
The Surire Salt Flat is placed at an altitude of 4300 m in the Chilean High Plateau Read More »
The Stone Flower AKA Kamennyy tsvetok (1946) Aleksandr Ptushko, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Yekaterina Derevshchikova, Tamara Makarova
Aging master gemcutter Prokopych is forced to take up a young apprentice against his will. Read More »
Great Freedom No. 7 AKA Grosse Freiheit Nr. 7 (1944) Helmut Käutner, Hans Albers, Ilse Werner, Hans Söhnker
The film tells the story of the blond “singing sailor” Hannes Kröger who works Read More »
Corsage (2022) Marie Kreutzer, Vicky Krieps, Colin Morgan, Tamás Lengyel
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. Read More »
Sara Learns Manners AKA Sara lär sig folkvett (1937) Gustaf Molander, Tutta Rolf, Emma Meissner, Aino Taube
The rich Haller family have lost nearly all their money after investing in the stock market. Read More »
Herr von Bohlen privat (2015) André Schäfer, Arnd Klawitter, Arne Gottschling, Christian Birko-Flemming
Who was Arndt von Bohlen? A weird jetsetter in postwar German high society? Read More »
The Night AKA Al-lail (1992) Mohamed Malas, Nezar Abohajar, Sabah Al Jazaery, Fares Al-Helou
The Night is set in the village of Quneytra, which borders on the Golan Read More »
The Devil’s General AKA Des Teufels General (1955) Helmut Käutner, Curd Jürgens, Marianne Koch, Viktor de Kowa
1941, the Third Reich seems to be winning the war. Luftwaffe (air force) general Read More »
Paris Frills AKA Falbalas (1945) Jacques Becker, Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier
A philandering young dress designer plays fast and loose with the hearts Read More »
Rosa Luxemburg (1986) Margarethe von Trotta, Barbara Sukowa, Daniel Olbrychski, Otto Sander
Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Read More »