The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. Read More »
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Searching for Ingmar Bergman AKA Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018) Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Ruben Östlund
Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman’s life Read More »
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Michael (2011) Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits, Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. Read More »
Portrait of an Unknown Woman AKA Bildnis einer Unbekannten (1954) Helmut Käutner, Ruth Leuwerik, O.W. Fischer, Erich Schellow
Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. Read More »
Bells from the Deep AKA Glocken aus der Tiefe – Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993) Werner Herzog, Anna Hitch, Vissarion
What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? Read More »
Serenade for Two Spies AKA Serenade für zwei Spione (1965) Michael Pfleghar, Alberto Cardone, Wolfgang Neuss, Hellmut Lange, Barbara Lass
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a German laboratory. Read More »
I Am Guilty AKA Falscher Bekenner (2005) Christoph Hochhäusler, Constantin von Jascheroff, Manfred Zapatka, Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. Read More »
Hans Westmar (1933) Franz Wenzler, Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger
This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper Read More »
Wolff Von Amerongen: Did He Commit Bankruptcy Offences? AKA Hat Wolff von Amerongen Konkursdelikte begangen? (2004) Gerhard Benedikt Friedl
Germany’s predominant economic figures and their place in the socioeconomic systems of Europe are examined. Read More »
Silent Light AKA Stellet Licht (2007) Carlos Reygadas, Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz
Johan is the head of a family in a Mennonite community in northern Mexico. However, he goes against the law of both God Read More »
Tatort: Kurzschluß (1975) Wolfgang Petersen, Günter Lamprecht, Dieter Laser, Klaus Schwarzkopf
A bankruptcy has consequences. The perpetrator, Kallweit, takes the trading agent Höllbrock as hostage and curse car driver on the flight. Read More »
The North Calotte AKA Die Nordkalotte (1991) Peter Nestler
In “Die Nordkalotte”, Peter Nestler shows the transition of space in Lapland after Chernobyl nuclear accident Read More »
Warchild AKA Stille Sehnsucht – Warchild (2006) Christian Wagner, Labina Mitevska, Senad Basic, Katrin Saß
A young mother, Senada, loses her child in the Bosnian war. Many years later, today, she learns that her child is still alive: with adopted parents in Germany. Read More »
Fellowship of the Frog AKA Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) Harald Reinl, Joachim Fuchsberger, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Jochen Brockmann
Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. Read More »