In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. Read More »
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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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The Indian Fighter (1955) André De Toth, Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Western
Johnny Hawks, a former Indian fighter, returns to the West after the Civil War. 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 »
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 »
Hot Dogs auf Ibiza (1979) Max Pécas, Marco Perrin, Sylvain Chamarande, Andréa Schmidt, Comedy, Erotic
Bored with life in Paris, Christian takes off for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to sunny Ibiza. Read More »
Sonntagsfahrer / Sunday Drivers (1963) Gerhard Klein, Angelica Domröse, Erika Dunkelmann, Gerd Ehlers, Comedy, Drama
“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 »
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 »