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Tag Archives: Germany
The Man You Loved to Hate (1979) Patrick Montgomery, Edward Binns, Paul Kohner, Marcel Dalio, Documentary
Erich von Stroheim was an director of silent movies, as well as an actor in both silents and talkies. Read More »
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler / Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Read More »
Der Student von Prag / The Student of Prague (1926) Henrik Galeen, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta, Fritz Alberti, Drama, Horror
For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. Read More »
Bloodline (1979) Terence Young, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Sam Roffe, president of a multi-national pharmaceutical corporation, is killed while mountain-climbing. Read More »
Atentat u Sarajevu / The Day That Shook the World (1975) Veljko Bulajic, Christopher Plummer, Florinda Bolkan, Maximilian Schell, Drama, History
Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. Read More »
Land of Mine / Under sandet (2015) Martin Zandvliet, Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Drama, History, War
In the wake of the Second World War, the Danish authorities force thousands of German prisoners of war to defuse the millions of mines buried on Danish beaches.
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Persécution (2009) Patrice Chéreau, Romain Duris, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama
The solitary Daniel and Sonia share an uneasy love/hate relationship. Daniel’s life is disrupted by the appearance of a stranger that proceeds to insinuate himself in his life. Read More »
Schatten der Engel / Shadow of Angels (1976) Daniel Schmid, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Annemarie Düringer, Drama
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. Read More »
Die Puppe / The Doll (1919) Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Comedy, Fantasy
Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Read More »
Le tonnerre de Dieu / The Thunder of God (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Comedy, Drama
Brassac (Jean Gabin) is a drunken veterinarian who can’t resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Read More »
U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien / U-47 Lt. Commander Prien (1958) Harald Reinl, Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Drama, War
In 1939, at the outbreak of WW2, German U-boat captain Günther Prien and his crew receive orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships. Read More »
The Baby of Mâcon (1993) Peter Greenaway, Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Drama, History
A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place.
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Der Student von Prag / The Student of Prague (1913) Paul Wegener, Grete Berger, Lyda Salmonova, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
A poor student rescues a beautiful countess and soon becomes obsessed with her. Read More »
Wolfskinder / Wolf Children (2013) Rick Ostermann, Levin Liam, Helena Phil, Vivien Ciskowski, Drama, History
Based on historical events, Rick Ostermann’s “Wolfskinder” is a handsome drama that follows orphaned German children as they wander the chaotic wilderness of Soviet-occupied East Prussia after Germany’s WWII defeat. Read More »