The story begins in a fictional monastery somewhere in northern Germany, of the “Cantorianer” order. Read More »
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Losing Balance AKA Draußen am See (2009) Felix Fuchssteiner, Elisa Schlott, Petra Kleinert, Michael Lott
Jessika, a precocious teenage girl with loving parents and a good-natured older sister Read More »
Phantom (1922) F.W. Murnau, Alfred Abel, Frida Richard, Aud Egede-Nissen
Lorenz Lubota is a city clerk with no direction in life. One day on his way to work he is run over by a woman driving Read More »
Hate Thy Neighbor AKA Odia il prossimo tuo (1968) Ferdinando Baldi, Spiros Focás, George Eastman, Nicoletta Machiavelli
Ken wants justice for his brother Bill, who was killed by a notorious gunman named Stevens for a goldmine map. Read More »
Schatten der Vergangenheit (1936) Werner Hochbaum, Luise Ullrich, Gustav Diessl, Lucie Höflich
The story was an obvious forerunner to A Stolen Life with Bette Davis with Luise Ullrich playing a double role of two twins Read More »
The Woman in the Painting AKA Amici per la pelle (1955) Franco Rossi, Geronimo Meynier, Andrea Sciré, Vera Carmi
Mario and the new kid Franco gradually become the best of friends Read More »
Raid in St. Pauli AKA Razzia in St. Pauli (1932) Werner Hochbaum, Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß, Wolfgang Zilzer
Illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait Read More »
Taxi to the Toilet AKA Taxi zum Klo (1980) Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Orpha Termin
Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he’s a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher Read More »
Marie-Louise (1944) Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller, Josiane Hegg, Germaine Tournier, Heinrich Gretler
Amidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland Read More »
Homecoming AKA Heimkehr (1928) Joe May, Lars Hanson, Dita Parlo, Gustav Fröhlich
Following World War I, after a long imprisonment, two German prisoner-of-war soldiers Read More »
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum AKA Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1975) Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser
Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. Read More »
Slums of Berlin AKA Die Verrufenen (1925) Gerhard Lamprecht, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Bildt, Aud Egede-Nissen
A young engineer lies to protect his fiancée, and is later convicted of perjury Read More »
Brother AKA Brüder (1929) Werner Hochbaum, Gyula Balogh, Erna Schumacher, Ilse Berger
“Brüder”, a film directed by Herr Werner Hochbaum ( who was a remarkable film director in the talkie 30’s ) Read More »
End of an Affair AKA So endete eine Liebe (1934) Karl Hartl, Paula Wessely, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens
The political advisor to the French emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian emperor Franz I Read More »
The Indian Tomb AKA Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »