Persona Non Grata in his homeland, protest singer Klaus Drittemann must leave East Berlin Read More »
Tag Archives: 1980s
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator / À gauche en sortant de l’ascenseur (1988) Édouard Molinaro, Pierre Richard, Richard Bohringer, Emmanuelle Béart
Yan is a successful artist. One day he is waiting for his date Florence to turn up at his apartment. Read More »
The Candidate / Der Kandidat (1980) Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge, Wolf Biermann, Karl Carstens, Edmund Stoiber
Documentary about the controversial Bavarian politician Franz Josef Strauss and his unsuccessful attempt to become Chancellor. Read More »
Long Live the Lady! / Lunga vita alla signora! (1987) Ermanno Olmi, Marco Esposito, Simona Brandalise, Stafania Busarello
The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Read More »
Les princes (1983) Tony Gatlif, Gérard Darmon, Muse Dalbray, Céline Militon, Concha Tavora
The earlier “Les Princes” is a savage and angry work about a proud people trying Read More »
Killing Cars (1986) Michael Verhoeven, Jürgen Prochnow, Senta Berger, Agnès Soral
In a complex story of automotive intrigue, oil barons, corporate finance Read More »
Killing ’em Softly (1982) Max Fischer
The girlfriend of a man murdered for a debt falls in love with the killer. Read More »
Palermo or Wolfsburg / Palermo oder Wolfsburg (1980) Werner Schroeter, Nicola Zarbo, Otto Sander, Ida Di Benedetto
An impoverished young man from Sicily travels to Wolfsburg, West Germany to find work. Read More »
Music Box (1989) Costa-Gavras, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest
Hungarian immigrant Mike Laszlo has done well for himself since arriving in the USA Read More »
Man, Woman and Child (1983) Dick Richards, Martin Sheen, Blythe Danner, Craig T. Nelson
A man with a wife and two daughters learns that he has a son. It seems that a few years ago while visiting France Read More »