“Sunday Drivers” is an uneasy road comedy in which disgruntled “bourgeois remnants” set out from Leipzig for Berlin, where they plan to sell their cars and cross to the West. Read More »
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Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Henrik Wöhler, Fritz Lang, Documentary, Biography, History
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »
Voodoo Passion / Der Ruf der blonden Göttin (1977) Jess Franco, Nanda Van Bergen, Ada Tauler, Karine Gambier, Crime, Drama, Erotic
Susan arrives in Haiti to live with her husband Jack, who lives with a lesbian housekeeper and Olga, a nymphomaniac platinum blonde, introduced to her as Jack’s sister. Read More »
Der Biberpelz / The Beaver Coat (1937) Jürgen von Alten, Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, Rotraut Richter, Comedy
In a district of a small, German principality, things are going haywire. And this, even though Baron von Wehrhahn, who is loyal to the prince Read More »
Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923) Curt Goetz, Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin, Isabel Heermann, Biography, Comedy, Drama
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself Read More »
Fickende Fische / Do fish do it? (2002) Almut Getto, Tino Mewes, Sophie Rogall, Hans Martin Stier, Drama
16-year old Jan is absent-mindedly strolling through the streets when he’s run over by roller-skating Nina. Read More »
F.P.1 antwortet nicht / F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer (1932) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Crime, Sci-Fi
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1 Read More »
Zur Chronik von Grieshuus (1925) Arthur von Gerlach, Arthur Kraußneck, Paul Hartmann, Rudolf Forster, Drama
Hinrich, the son of a feudal German landowner, falls in love with the beautiful daughter of one of his father’s serfs despite opposition from both families. Read More »
Shameless / Schamlos (1968) Eddy Saller, Thomas Astor, Gino Baldini, Rolf Eden, Crime, Drama
A very dynamic Udo Kier stars as Pohlmann, a teenager setting up a gang to collect protection money, who falls in love with an exotic dancer, who gets murdered. Can Pohlmann revenge her?
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Engel and Joe / Engel + Joe (2001) Vanessa Jopp, Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Lena Sabine Berg, Drama, Romance
Engel, a punk, meets Joe, a runaway, and that adventure called life begins. Read More »