At the height of the Cold War, an East German refugee slips aboard an American military Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Woman’s Lake AKA Frauensee (2012) Zoltan Paul, Nele Rosetz, Therese Hämer, Lea Draeger
WOMAN’S LAKE takes places in the magical and largely undiscovered landscapes of Brandenburg Read More »
In the Soup (1992) Alexandre Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals
A neurotic nebbish lives in 2 worlds: the fantasy of winning his dream-girl via a hit movie Read More »
Circus of Fear (1966) Werner Jacobs, John Llewellyn Moxey, Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands
A perfectly executed heist leads to murder and mayhem at a traveling circus. Read More »
Heli (2013) Amat Escalante, Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González
Heli, a factory worker in rural Mexico must try and protect his young family Read More »
Die Wirtin zum Weißen Röß’l (1943) Karl Anton, Leny Marenbach, Dorit Kreysler, Karl Schönböck
Up till now, Eri Bel and Heinz Marius were a happy couple only on the movie screen. Read More »
Our Last Tango AKA Un tango más (2015) German Kral, María Nieves Rego, Juan Carlos Copes, Melina Brutman
“Our Last Tango” is a story of love between the two most famous dancers in tango’s history. Read More »
Death and the Maiden AKA Fährmann Maria (1936) Frank Wisbar, Sybille Schmitz, Aribert Mog, Carl de Vogt
Maria, an enigmatic young drifter, takes over the job of piloting a tiny ferry in a small Read More »
Death Is My Trade AKA Aus einem deutschen Leben (1977) Theodor Kotulla, Götz George, Elisabeth Schwarz, Kurt Hübner
Franz Lang (Götz George) was one of the commandants of the Auschwitz concentration camps. Read More »
Wherever You Are… (1988) Krzysztof Zanussi, Julian Sands, Renée Soutendijk, Maciej Robakiewicz
An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland Read More »
Is This Fate? AKA Von wegen ‘Schicksal’ (1979) Helga Reidemeister
This documentary chronicles the ups and downs of a German family in the 1970s Read More »
War and Love in Kabul AKA Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz – Eine Liebe in Kabul (2009) Helga Reidemeister, Hossein, Shaima
Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. Read More »
Germany Year Zero AKA Germania anno zero (1948) Roberto Rossellini, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze
Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War Read More »
Cross of Iron (1977) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
With too much action to be lumped with “antiwar” films, and too little pro-war sentiment Read More »
Among the Cinders (1984) Rolf Hädrich, Paul O’Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »