August 24, 1937: a day in the life of expressionist sculptor and author Ernst Barlach. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Question 7 (1961) Stuart Rosenberg, Michael Gwynn, Christian De Bresson, Almut Eggert
Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to stand up for what he believes. Read More »
Mother Krause’s Journey to Happiness AKA Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück (1929) Phil Jutzi, Alexandra Schmitt, Holmes Zimmermann, Ilse Trautschold
Mutter Krause and her children live in the poorer section of Berlin’s Wedding district. Read More »
The Long Summer of Theory AKA Der lange Sommer der Theorie (2017) Irene von Alberti, Julia Zange, Katja Weilandt, Martina Schöne-Radunski
Berlin, summer 2016. In the last house in the no-man’s-land behind the new main station Read More »
The Cold Heart AKA Das kalte Herz (1950) Paul Verhoeven, Lutz Moik, Hanna Rucker, Paul Bildt
Peter Munk, a poor charcoal burner, lives with his mother in The Black Forest. Read More »
Mystery of the Red Jungle AKA Weiße Fracht für Hongkong (1964) Helmuth Ashley, Giorgio Stegani, Maria Perschy, Horst Frank, Dietmar Schönherr
Interpol in Hong Kong suspects that drug trafficking is being carried out through Chinese junks Read More »
27 Missing Kisses (2000) Nana Dzhordzhadze, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili
The summerly adventures of teen Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father Read More »
Wild Flower AKA Fiorile (1993) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan
While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story Read More »
Martha (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Valentin
A single woman in her early thirties, Martha (Margit Carstensen) is on vacation Read More »
Little Senegal (2000) Rachid Bouchareb, Sotigui Kouyaté, Sharon Hope, Roschdy Zem
After many years of having worked as a tour guide at the Senegalese slave museum Read More »
Driving Me Crazy (1988) Nick Broomfield, André Heller, Graciela Daniele, Mercedes Ellington
Both uproaringly funny and unerringly cautionary, Broomfield’s behind-the-scenes document Read More »
Zeros and Ones (2021) Abel Ferrara, Ethan Hawke, Cristina Chiriac, Phil Neilson
JJ is a soldier who’s been tasked with preventing an imminent terrorist threat to the Vatican. Read More »
She Walks by Night AKA Die Wahrheit über Rosemarie (1959) Rudolf Jugert, Hugo Grimaldi, Belinda Lee, Walter Rilla, Karl Lieffen
Inspired by the life and death of Rosemarie Nitribitt, a famous German call girl whose death caused a large scandal in the press. Read More »
Decoder (1984) Muscha, FM Einheit, William Rice, Christiane Felscherinow
F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns Read More »
Street Acquaintances AKA Straßenbekanntschaft (1948) Peter Pewas, Gisela Trowe, Alice Treff, Ursula Voß
Erika is 20 lives with her strict parents in a post-war apartment Read More »