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Tag Archives: Germany
Golem, the Spirit of the Exile AKA Golem, l’esprit de l’exil (1992) Amos Gitai, Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Ophrah Shemesh
An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement Read More »
The Flight of the Eagle AKA Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982) Jan Troell, Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz
Based on the novel by Per Olaf Sundman, Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (Flight of the Eagle) Read More »
The Farewell AKA Abschied – Brechts letzter Sommer (2000) Jan Schütte, Josef Bierbichler, Monica Bleibtreu, Jeanette Hain
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Read More »
The Country Teacher AKA Venkovský ucitel (2008) Bohdan Sláma, Pavel Liska, Zuzana Bydzovská, Ladislav Sedivý
Petr, youthful, quiet, and sensitive, comes from Prague to teach natural science in a country town. Read More »
The Fair AKA Kirmes (1960) Wolfgang Staudte, Juliette Mayniel, Götz George, Hans Mahnke
At the end of WWII a soldier who had often been ordered to execute women Read More »
Berlin Around the Corner AKA Berlin um die Ecke (1965) Gerhard Klein, Dieter Mann, Monika Gabriel, Erwin Geschonneck
Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf (Dieter Mann) and Horst (Kaspar Eichel) are two young metalworkers Read More »
Seven Hours of Gunfire AKA Aventuras del Oeste (1965) Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, Rik Van Nutter, Adrian Hoven, Gloria Milland
When he was 12 years old, Bill Cody, later knew as Buffalo Bill Read More »
Strange M. Victor AKA L’étrange Monsieur Victor (1938) Jean Grémillon, Raimu, Pierre Blanchar, Madeleine Renaud
A merchant from Toulon (Raimu) of honorable appearance is in fact a receiver for a band of criminals. Read More »
Trilogie : Wohin und Zurück AKA Welcome in Vienna (1982-1986) Axel Corti, Gabriel Barylli, Nicolas Brieger, Claudia Messner
Wien 1945. Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist zu Ende. Freddy Wolff und Georges Adler, österreichischer und deutscher Herkunft Read More »
Women Are Better Diplomats AKA Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1941) Georg Jacoby, Marika Rökk, Willy Fritsch, Aribert Wäscher
A seductive dancer (Marika Rökk) helps her uncle to fight against the closing of his casino. Read More »
Calendar (1993) Atom Egoyan, Arsinée Khanjian, Ashot Adamyan
A photographer and his wife take photographs of Armenian churches for use in a calendar. Read More »
The White Countess (2005) James Ivory, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave
Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world. Into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia Read More »
I Was Nineteen AKA Ich war neunzehn (1968) Konrad Wolf, Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Aleksey Eybozhenko
April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin Read More »
Her Third AKA Der Dritte (1972) Egon Günther, Jutta Hoffmann, Barbara Dittus, Rolf Ludwig
Margit is a single mother in her mid-thirties with two daughters by different men. Read More »