The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Skirt Power AKA Taafé Fanga (1997) Adama Drabo, Fanta Berete, Dumu Berté, Yamadou Cissé
A group of woman in an African village finds a mystical mask. Using the mask, they reverse gender roles, women act like men, and men act like women. Read More »
Traitor’s Gate AKA Das Verrätertor (1964) Freddie Francis, Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Read More »
Nuit d’or AKA Golden Night (1976) Serge Moati, Bernard Blier, Klaus Kinski, Marie Dubois
After his family tries to kill him and he has been pronounced dead, Michel returns from the dead and sets about getting revenge on his family members. Read More »
Boykott (1930) Robert Land, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Lil Dagover, Rolf von Goth
A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term (Ober-Primaner = pupils of the Upper First) Read More »
Der Verlorene Sohn AKA The Prodigal Son (1934) Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes
Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. Read More »
Agnes (2016) Johannes Schmid, Odine Johne, Stephan Kampwirth, Sonja Baum
WALTER (41) is planning on writing a book about German entrepreneurs. On a spring day he meets the physics student AGNES (28). Read More »
Taxandria (1994) Raoul Servais, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt
A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Read More »
Här kommer Pippi Långstrump AKA Pippi Goes on Board (1969) Olle Hellbom, Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg
The further adventures of super-strong girl Pippi Longstocking Read More »
Sátántangó AKA Satan’s Tango (1994) Béla Tarr, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy
In a small, dilapidated village in 1990s Hungary, life has come to a virtual stand-still. Read More »
Rheingold AKA Rhinegold (1978) Niklaus Schilling, Elke Haltaufderheide, Rüdiger Kirschstein, Gunther Malzacher, Alice Treff
Germany, 1977. A mature, rich and bored woman called Elisabeth (Elke Aufderheide) is taking a ride with the “Rheingold” Read More »
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) Don Sharp, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Joachim Fuchsberger
Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu Read More »
Wildwechsel AKA Jail Bait (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Eva Mattes, Ruth Drexel, Harry Baer
Wildwechsel, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Read More »
Friedliche Tage AKA Peaceful Days (1984) Richard Blank, Richard Beek, Beppo Brem, Raphael Klachkin
The dramatic arc of Friedliche Tage was developed from images and the people who sustained those images. Read More »
Decision Before Dawn (1951) Anatole Litvak, Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. Read More »