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Tag Archives: Germany
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 »
Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) Uli Edel, Benno Fürmann, Kristanna Loken, Alicia Witt
Young blacksmith Siegfried, not knowing that he is heir to a conquered kingdom Read More »
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses AKA Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Lang, Thomas Elsaesser
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. Read More »
Arms and the Man AKA Helden (1958) Franz Peter Wirth, O.W. Fischer, Liselotte Pulver, Ellen Schwiers
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. Read More »
The Man with the Glass Eye AKA Der Mann mit dem Glasauge (1969) Alfred Vohrer, Horst Tappert, Karin Hübner, Hubert von Meyerinck
A man is found dead in a London hotel. The knife is still stuck in the victim’s chest Read More »
Bismarck (1940) Wolfgang Liebeneiner, Paul Hartmann, Friedrich Kayßler, Lil Dagover
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia Read More »
All My Girls AKA Alle meine Mädchen (1980) Iris Gusner, Andrzej Pieczynski, Lissy Tempelhof, Fritz Marquardt
Film student Ralf is assigned to make a documentary on a team of six women Read More »
Eyes Wide Open AKA Einaym Pkuhot (2009) Haim Tabakman, Zohar Shtrauss, Ran Danker, Tinkerbell
Aaron (Zohar Shtrauss), a respected butcher and a family man in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Read More »