Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Vladimir and Rosa AKA Vladimir et Rosa (1971) Groupe Dziga Vertov, Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Afonso, Juliet Berto, Jean-Luc Godard
In Godard and Gorin’s free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler Read More »
The Assassination AKA L’attentat (1972) Yves Boisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg
Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Read More »
The Cold Light of Day (1996) Rudolf van den Berg, Richard E. Grant, Lynsey Baxter, Perdita Weeks
In the countryside of an Eastern Europe country, three little girls are murdered in the wood by a pedophile and found naked with one precise cut on the throat. Read More »
Pirates of the Mississippi AKA Die Flußpiraten vom Mississippi (1963) Jürgen Roland, Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Sinjen, Horst Frank
European produced Western based on the novel by Friedrich Gerstäcker, set in the 19th century in a town on the banks of the Mississippi River. Read More »
The Taste of Violence AKA Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf
This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
Lola (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
Ten years after the war, West Germany’s market economy is booming. Read More »
Taxi for Tobruk AKA Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) Denys de La Patellière, Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
People on Sunday AKA Menschen am Sonntag (1930) Robert Siodmak, Edgar G. Ulmer, Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert, Wolfgang von Waltershausen
Edwin, a taxi driver, lives with Annie, a neurasthenic model. They plan to spend Sunday at the Nikolassee beach with Wolfgang Read More »
Beware of a Holy Whore AKA Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm
On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director. Read More »
Rebus (1969) Nino Zanchin, Laurence Harvey, Ann-Margret, José Calvo
When an international casino crime ring is planning a big score at a fixed roulette game Read More »
A Blast AKA I Ekrixi (2014) Syllas Tzoumerkas, Angeliki Papoulia, Vassilis Doganis, Maria Filini
Running away on the highway, Maria is alone in her roaring SUV. Read More »
Sharks and Small Fish AKA Haie und kleine Fische (1957) Frank Wisbar, Hansjörg Felmy, Sabine Bethmann, Wolfgang Preiss
Four young German naval cadets begin their military service in 1940; only one of them will survive. Read More »
The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times AKA La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972) Emilio Miraglia, Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti
When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired woman Read More »
Cold Light AKA Kaldaljós (2004) Hilmar Oddsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdottir
A 40-year-old is hiding in a self-made prison of mundane life. Read More »