Doris Dörrie’s camera greets Edward Espe Brown when he arrives in Australia to give a class on cooking, Zen, and meditation. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Where the Money Is (2000) Marek Kanievska, Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney
Carol Ann MacKay is a fine, popular nurse at a retirement home Read More »
The White Sound AKA Das weiße Rauschen (2001) Hans Weingartner, Tobias Amann, Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig
Driving through the countryside, Kati, Jochen and Lukas take some magic mushrooms. Read More »
The Man Who Committed the Murder AKA Der Mann, der den Mord beging (1931) Curtis Bernhardt, Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo, Heinrich George
The story is about Conrad Veidt as military attache in Turkey where he learns to know an English consul (Heinrich George) and his attractive wife who is treated badly. Read More »
Chinese Puzzle for Judoka AKA Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka (1967) Maurice Labro, Marc Briand, Marilù Tolo, Heinz Drache
Marc Saint-Clair wins a medal at a Kendo tournament in Tokyo, Japan. Read More »
Beer Chase AKA Bierkampf (1977) Herbert Achternbusch, Annamirl Bierbichler, Josef Bierbichler
In a stolen police uniform the drinker Herbert creates unrest at the Oktoberfest in Munich. Read More »
The Wide Blue Road AKA La grande strada azzurra (1957) Gillo Pontecorvo, Maleno Malenotti, Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Read More »
The Oyster Princess AKA Die Austernprinzessin (1919) Ernst Lubitsch, Victor Janson, Ossi Oswalda, Harry Liedtke
Oyster-king Quaker cannot be impressed anymore. He is so rich that he even has a special butler holding his cigar while he is smoking. Read More »
So Much Water AKA Tanta agua (2013) Ana Guevara, Néstor Guzzini, Malú Chouza, Joaquín Castiglioni
Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Read More »
Girls in Uniform AKA Mädchen in Uniform (1958) Géza von Radványi, Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse
After the death of her parents young girl Manuela von Meinhardis is sent to a boarding school where Prussian drill rules the education. Read More »
The Door with Seven Locks AKA Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern (1962) Alfred Vohrer, Heinz Drache, Sabine Sesselmann, Eddi Arent
A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber Read More »
Screams in the Night AKA Schreie in der Nacht (1969) Antonio Margheriti, Joachim Fuchsberger, Marianne Koch, Helga Anders
The characters engage in a séance at a mansion while a storm rages outside. Read More »
Kristin Lavransdatter (1995) Liv Ullmann, Linus Aaberg, Gisken Armand, Berard Arnø
Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. Read More »
The Hamburg Syndrome AKA Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979) Peter Fleischmann, Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser
The BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey Read More »
Miss Else AKA Fräulein Else (1929) Paul Czinner, Elisabeth Bergner, Albert Bassermann, Albert Steinrück
A young woman reluctantly decides to compromise her values in order to save her family from bankruptcy and disgrace. Read More »