After a suicide attempt, Lucas, a young homeless man in New York City, is taken in by Jacques Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Man on the Train AKA L’Homme du Train (2002) Patrice Leconte, Jean Rochefort, Johnny Hallyday, Jean-François Stévenin
One evening, a stranger, Milan, arrives in a small French town and enters a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. Read More »
Noi the Albino AKA Nói albinói (2003) Dagur Kári, Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life Read More »
Ein Zug fährt ab (1942) Johannes Meyer, Leny Marenbach, Ferdinand Marian, Lucie Englisch
The story is the usual addition of mix-ups. Leny Marenbach decides to save Read More »
Andersen. Life Without Love AKA Andersen. Zhizn bez lyubvi (2006) Eldar Ryazanov, Liya Akhedzhakova, Evgeniy Alyokhin, Alyona Babenko
Follows the life of famous literary figure Hans Christian Andersen. Read More »
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 »
Il capitano (1991) Jan Troell, Antti Reini, Maria Heiskanen, Berto Marklund
Triple murders are rare enough in Sweden that they qualify as headline-grabbing national news for prolonged periods of time. Read More »
Narcotics AKA Stupéfiants (1932) Kurt Gerron, Roger Le Bon, Jean Murat, Danièle Parola, Jean Worms
When an up-and-coming singer’s career is jeopardized by morphine addiction Read More »
To Skin a Spy AKA Avec la peau des autres (1966) Jacques Deray, Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Marilù Tolo
A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna 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 »
Dossier 51 AKA Le dossier 51 (1978) Michel Deville, François Marthouret, Claude Marcault, Philippe Rouleau
French diplomat Dominique Auphal is put under surveillance by an unnamed secret service. Read More »
A Chef in Love AKA Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti (1996) Nana Dzhordzhadze, Nino Kirtadze, Pierre Richard, Micheline Presle
The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant Read More »
Les Milles (1995) Sébastien Grall, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Ticky Holgado, Rüdiger Vogler
A World War II drama where people, many of whom opposed to Nazism 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 »