The aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 AKA Die Nibelungen 2. Teil – Kriemhilds Rache (1967) Harald Reinl, Rolf Henniger, Siegfried Wischnewski, Maria Marlow
Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen Read More »
Kriegsgericht (1959) Kurt Meisel, Karlheinz Böhm, Christian Wolff, Klaus Kammer
Three Navy sailors are picked up by a submarine after their cruiser Read More »
A Throw of Dice AKA Prapancha Pash (1929) Franz Osten, Seeta Devi, Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy
With King Ranjit visiting him, King Sohat sees an opportunity to kill his young cousin and take over his kingdom. Read More »
I’m an Elephant, Madame AKA Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame (1969) Peter Zadek, Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann
Rull (Wolfgang Schneider) is in his last year at a classical German state school. Read More »
Diary of a Lover AKA Tagebuch eines Liebenden (1977) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Klaus Salge, Ingeborg Ziemendorf, Robert Dietl
A lonely 30 year old man works as a butcher at a supermarket. His ability to communicate is limited. Read More »
Beloved Clara AKA Geliebte Clara (2008) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi
A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann. Read More »
Legion of the Dead (2001) Olaf Ittenbach, Michael Carr, Russell Friedenberg, Kimberly Liebe
Two guys, handsome William and his side kick Luke have just started their trip Read More »
The Good Heart (2009) Dagur Kári, Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Bill Buell
After a suicide attempt, Lucas, a young homeless man in New York City, is taken in by Jacques Read More »
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 »