Margit is a single mother in her mid-thirties with two daughters by different men. Read More »
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Target Frankie AKA Feuer frei auf Frankie (1967) José Antonio de la Loma, Joachim Fuchsberger, Erika Blanc, Rik Battaglia
A secret agent/International playboy who “just happens” to look like a famous scientist Read More »
The Strangers AKA Les étrangers (1969) Jean-Pierre Desagnat, Michel Constantin, Senta Berger, Julián Mateos
Chamoun and May lives in no-mans land. They’re running from the mafia Read More »
Der gebieterische Ruf (1944) Gustav Ucicky, Rudolf Forster, Maria Holst, Paul Hubschmid
A doctor marries a colleague who once loved the patient, a paraplegic, he is operating on. Read More »
Die drei Codonas (1940) Arthur Maria Rabenalt, René Deltgen, Ernst von Klipstein, Josef Sieber
Biography of the life of the circus performer Alfredo Codona. Read More »
Biology AKA Biologie! (1990) Jörg Foth, Stefanie Stappenbeck, Cornelius Schulz, Carl Heinz Choynski
Ulla is a sensitive and principled 10th-grader in a small East German town. Read More »
Mr Zwilling and Mrs Zuckermann AKA Herr Zwilling und Frau Zuckermann (1999) Volker Koepp
Only two Jews who were born in the town of Czernowitz still survive Read More »
Location Hunting AKA Motivsuche (1990) Dietmar Hochmuth, Peter Zimmermann, Lothar Bisky, Arianne Borbach
Rüdiger Stein starts filming Klaus and Manuela, young expectant parents Read More »
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 Hold Up AKA Der Überfall (2000) Florian Flicker, Roland Düringer, Josef Hader, Joachim Bißmeier
Looking around for a suitable place to hold up, Andreas stumbles into a tailor’s shop. Read More »
The Iron Girl (1994) Fabrizio De Angelis, Sarah Brooks, Ray Coleman, Markus Trautman
A good looking young girl named Susan is out roller blading when a biker gang rape her. Read More »
The Dam AKA Der Damm (1965) Petra Nettelbeck, Vlado Kristl, Felix Potisk
In The Dam, although it is an experimental film, Kristl eschews the necessary earnestness in addressing his subject. 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 »
A Hopeless Case AKA Ein hoffnungsloser Fall (1939) Erich Engel, Jenny Jugo, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Hannes Stelzer
A headstrong woman studying medicine ignores the advice of her surgeon Read More »