Over the span of ten years, between 2004 and 2014, Nikolaus Geyrhalter portrays the workers Read More »
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Palermo or Wolfsburg AKA 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 »
Grand Hotel AKA Menschen im Hotel (1959) Gottfried Reinhardt, O.W. Fischer, Michèle Morgan, Heinz Rühmann
People staying at or working in a luxurious hotel undergo a variety of crises in their personal lives. Read More »
Eine kleine Sommermelodie (1944) Volker von Collande, Irene von Meyendorff, Curd Jürgens, John Pauls-Harding
A composing soldier on leave (Curd Jürgens) meets a young woman Read More »
Faust (1960) Peter Gorski, Gustaf Gründgens, Will Quadflieg, Ella Büchi
The aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. Read More »
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy 2 AKA Die Nibelungen 2. Teil – Kriemhilds Rache (1967) Harald Reinl, Rolf Henniger, Siegfried Wischnewski, Maria Marlow
Now Brunhild knows by which treason she was won for king Gunther of Burgund by Siegfried of Xanthen Read More »
Kriegsgericht (1959) Kurt Meisel, Karlheinz Böhm, Christian Wolff, Klaus Kammer
Three Navy sailors are picked up by a submarine after their cruiser Read More »
I’m an Elephant, Madame AKA Ich bin ein Elefant, Madame (1969) Peter Zadek, Heinz Baumann, Wolfgang Schneider, Guido Baumann
Rull (Wolfgang Schneider) is in his last year at a classical German state school. Read More »
Diary of a Lover AKA Tagebuch eines Liebenden (1977) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Klaus Salge, Ingeborg Ziemendorf, Robert Dietl
A lonely 30 year old man works as a butcher at a supermarket. His ability to communicate is limited. Read More »
Beloved Clara AKA Geliebte Clara (2008) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Martina Gedeck, Pascal Greggory, Malik Zidi
A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann. Read More »
Ein Zug fährt ab (1942) Johannes Meyer, Leny Marenbach, Ferdinand Marian, Lucie Englisch
The story is the usual addition of mix-ups. Leny Marenbach decides to save Read More »
Uncle Kruger AKA Ohm Krüger (1941) Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Read More »
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz (1939) Richard Schneider-Edenkoben, Hannes Stelzer, Carl Raddatz, Jutta Freybe
Young and old couples, elated, lonely and jealous hearts, hope and despair Read More »
International Prostitution: Brigade criminelle (1980) Sergio Gobbi, Laura Gemser, Jean-Louis Broust, Gabriele Tinti
A woman is involved in a prostitution ring and is pursued by a French police inspector. Read More »
The Deserter AKA Wilder Urlaub (1943) Franz Schnyder, Robert Trösch, Adolf Manz, Sylva Denzler
A young soldier in an army camp near a small Swiss village gets into an argument with his sergeant, which winds up in a fight. Read More »