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Uncle Kruger AKA Ohm Krüger (1941) Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Read More »
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz (1939) Richard Schneider-Edenkoben, Hannes Stelzer, Carl Raddatz, Jutta Freybe
Young and old couples, elated, lonely and jealous hearts, hope and despair Read More »
International Prostitution: Brigade criminelle (1980) Sergio Gobbi, Laura Gemser, Jean-Louis Broust, Gabriele Tinti
A woman is involved in a prostitution ring and is pursued by a French police inspector. Read More »
The Deserter AKA Wilder Urlaub (1943) Franz Schnyder, Robert Trösch, Adolf Manz, Sylva Denzler
A young soldier in an army camp near a small Swiss village gets into an argument with his sergeant, which winds up in a fight. Read More »
Elder Blossom AKA Holunderblüte (2007) Volker Koepp, Fritzi Haberlandt
Holunderblüte tells the stories of 10 children in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory located Read More »
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy AKA Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 – Siegfried (1966) Harald Reinl, Uwe Beyer, Rolf Henniger, Siegfried Wischnewski
Volker von Alzey, the royal bard of the Burgunds (far greater then modern Burgundy) Read More »
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses AKA Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Lang, Thomas Elsaesser
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. Read More »
Arms and the Man AKA Helden (1958) Franz Peter Wirth, O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. Read More »
The Nanny (1965) Seth Holt, Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed Read More »
The Man with the Glass Eye AKA Der Mann mit dem Glasauge (1969) Alfred Vohrer, Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck
A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still stuck in the victim’s chest Read More »
Bismarck (1940) Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia Read More »
All My Girls AKA Alle meine Mädchen (1980) Iris Gusner, Andrzej Pieczynski, Lissy Tempelhof, Fritz Marquardt
Film student Ralf is assigned to make a documentary on a team of six women Read More »
The Bartered Bride AKA Die verkaufte Braut (1932) Max Ophüls, Max Nadler, Jarmila Novotna, Otto Wernicke
Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor’s daughter Marie Read More »
Violet of Potsdam Square AKA Das Veilchen vom Potsdamer Platz (1936) J.A. Hübler-Kahla, Rotraut Richter, Paul W. Krüger, Margarete Kupfer
In a poor Berlin neighborhood, a horse used in the WWI cavalry Read More »