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Tag Archives: Germany
The Chambermaid on the Titanic AKA La femme de chambre du Titanic (1997) Bigas Luna, Olivier Martinez, Romane Bohringer, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Horty, a French foundry worker, wins a contest and is sent to see the sailing of the Titanic. Read More »
September (2013) Penny Panagiotopoulou, Kora Karvouni, Maria Skoula, Nikos Diamandis
Anna lives with her dog Manu. She thinks they will live together forever. Read More »
Escape from Taiga AKA Liebesnächte in der Taiga (1967) Harald Philipp, Thomas Hunter, Marie Versini, Stanislav Ledinek
Enemies square off in a battle of life and death, surrounded by nothing but the dangers of a forest. Read More »
Tykho Moon (1996) Enki Bilal, Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli
The McBee family has erected a government over a future ‘colony’, that looks like a run-down Paris Read More »
November Days AKA Novembertage (1991) Marcel Ophüls, Anne Blaurock, Bärbel Bohley, Barbara Brecht-Schall
Marcel Ophüls interviews various important Eastern European figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism. Read More »
Tough Enough AKA Knallhart (2006) Detlev Buck, David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre
When Miriam splits up with her wealthy lover, she and her 15-year-old son Michael have to move from posh Zehlendorf to run-down Berlin-Neukölln. Read More »
Kill Cruise AKA Der Skipper (1990) Peter Keglevic, Jürgen Prochnow, Patsy Kensit, Elizabeth Hurley
A washed-out German sailor, in a drunken state, agrees to take two British women from Gibraltar to the West Indies in his sail boat. Read More »
Mostly Martha AKA Bella Martha (2001) Sandra Nettelbeck, Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto
In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff Read More »
Four Times that Night AKA Quante volte… quella notte (1972) Mario Bava, Daniela Giordano, Brett Halsey, Dick Randall
While walking in the park with her dog in Castel Fusano, Tina flirts with Gianni, a playboy in a fancy sport car. Read More »
Night Shapes AKA Nachtgestalten (1999) Andreas Dresen, Myriam Abbas, Dominique Horwitz, Oliver Breite
The Pope is in town and the night of his visit is anything but heavenly for some of Berlin’s inhabitants. Read More »
The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye (2011) Marie Losier, Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye Breyer P’Orridge, Big Boy Breyer P’Orridge
An intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist Read More »
Underground (1995) Emir Kusturica, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Black marketeers Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) manufacture Read More »
In the Presence of a Clown AKA Larmar och gör sig till (1997) Ingmar Bergman, Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert – and a patient in the psychiatric ward Read More »
In a Year with 13 Moons AKA In einem Jahr mit 13 Monden (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John
This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Read More »