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Tag Archives: Germany
Imaginary Heroes (2004) Dan Harris, Sigourney Weaver, Jeff Daniels, Emile Hirsch
The Travis family façade is destroyed by an event incomprehensible to them Read More »
King of Thieves AKA König der Diebe (2004) Ivan Fíla, Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma Read More »
Love’s Debris AKA Poussières d’amour – Abfallprodukte der Liebe (1996) Werner Schroeter, Anita Cerquetti, Martha Mödl, Rita Gorr
German director Werner Schroeter invited his favourite opera singers to a 13th century abbey near Paris. Read More »
The Italian Connection AKA La Mala Ordina (1972) Fernando Di Leo, Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Read More »
Indoctrination AKA Die Schulung (1987) Harun Farocki
This film is about a five-day seminar designed to teach executives how to “sell themselves” better. Read More »
Berlin-Stettin (2009) Volker Koepp
The director revisits places of his own past. Born in 1944 in Stettin (now the Polish city of Szczecin) Read More »
Anywhere Else AKA Anderswo (2014) Ester Amrami, Neta Riskin, Golo Euler, Hana Laszlo
You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. Read More »
Morituri (1948) Eugen York, Lotte Koch, Hilde Körber, Winnie Markus
As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing Read More »
Tropical Malady AKA Sud pralad (2004) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom
A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around Read More »
Saraband (2003) Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt
Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly Read More »
Borsalino and Co. (1974) Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths… “A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man.” Read More »
The Terrible People AKA Die Bande des Schreckens (1960) Harald Reinl, Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor, Fritz Rasp
A creepy German-made Wallace thriller about the ghost of a hanged man Read More »
Journey Into the Beyond AKA Reise ins Jenseits – Die Welt des Übernatürlichen (1975) Rolf Olsen, John Carradine, Paul Ross
A “journey” into the world of the supernatural. Read More »
Eolomea (1972) Herrmann Zschoche, Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Rolf Hoppe
Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. Read More »