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Fickende Fische / Do fish do it? (2002) Almut Getto, Tino Mewes, Sophie Rogall, Hans Martin Stier, Drama
16-year old Jan is absent-mindedly strolling through the streets when he’s run over by roller-skating Nina. Read More »
F.P.1 antwortet nicht / F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer (1932) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Crime, Sci-Fi
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1 Read More »
Schlußakkord / Final Accord (1936) Douglas Sirk, Willy Birgel, Lil Dagover, Mária Tasnádi Fekete, Music, Drama
A young, impoverished German woman named Hanna (Maria von Tasnady) gives her infant up for adoption and emigrates to American to live with her husband. Read More »
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925) Arthur von Gerlach, Arthur Kraußneck, Paul Hartmann, Rudolf Forster, Drama
Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father’s serfs despite opposition from both families. Read More »
Shameless / Schamlos (1968) Eddy Saller, Thomas Astor, Gino Baldini, Rolf Eden, Crime, Drama
A very dynamic Udo Kier stars as Pohlmann, a teenager setting up a gang to collect protection money, who falls in love with an exotic dancer, who gets murdered. Can Pohlmann revenge her?
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Engel and Joe / Engel + Joe (2001) Vanessa Jopp, Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Lena Sabine Berg, Drama, Romance
Engel, a punk, meets Joe, a runaway, and that adventure called life begins. Read More »
Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985) Agnieszka Holland, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. Read More »
But Not for Me (1959) Walter Lang, Clark Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli Palmer, Comedy, Romance
Russ Ward, after 30 years of producing Broadway plays, is ready to quit. His secretary, Ellie Brown, on being given notice, tells him she loves him. Read More »
Wir / We (2003) Martin Gypkens, Jannek Petri, Knut Berger, Karina Plachetka, Drama
A group of school friends meet real life in Germany after school is over. From failed love affairs to unpaid bills, growing up means learning that life is not as you imagined it. Read More »
Zugvögel – … einmal nach Inari / Trains’n’Roses (1998) Peter Lichtefeld, Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Peter Lohmeyer, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). Read More »
Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001) Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Documentary
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Read More »
Das Stahltier / The Steel Animal (1935) Willy Zielke, Aribert Mog, Sophia Hagen, Documentary, Comedy, Drama, History
In present day Germany, by 6:30 a.m., the railway workers are waiting the opening of the factory’s door to start a new day of hard work. Read More »
Winterschläfer / Winter Sleepers (1997) Tom Tykwer, Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Read More »
Der Fälscher von London / The Forger of London (1961) Harald Reinl, Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Crime, Drama
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may–or may not–have amnesia. Read More »