A group of school friends meet real life in Germany after school is over. From failed love affairs to unpaid bills, growing up means learning that life is not as you imagined it. Read More »
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Zugvögel – … einmal nach Inari / Trains’n’Roses (1998) Peter Lichtefeld, Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Peter Lohmeyer, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). Read More »
Où gît votre sourire enfoui? (2001) Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas, Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Documentary
Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Read More »
Das Stahltier / The Steel Animal (1935) Willy Zielke, Aribert Mog, Sophia Hagen, Documentary, Comedy, Drama, History
In present day Germany, by 6:30 a.m., the railway workers are waiting the opening of the factory’s door to start a new day of hard work. Read More »
Winterschläfer / Winter Sleepers (1997) Tom Tykwer, Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Read More »
Der Fälscher von London / The Forger of London (1961) Harald Reinl, Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Crime, Drama
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may–or may not–have amnesia. Read More »
The Strange Countess (1961) Josef von Báky, Jürgen Roland, Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Lil Dagover, Adventure, Crime
(1961) Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum. A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
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Das Geheimnis der roten Katze / The Secret of the Red Cat (1931) Erich Schönfelder, Rosa Valetti, Hans Junkermann, Margot Landa, Comedy, Crime
“The Red Cat” is a seedy dive. The rich American, Jefferson, who shows up there one day with his family and who recently became the proud owner of the famous Halifax emerald Read More »
Girls who Play Alone / Mädchen ohne Männer (1975) Erwin C. Dietrich, Martina Domingo, Uschi Karnat, Ursula Maria Schaefer, Comedy, Sexploitation, Erotic
Rita (Rita Waldenberg), Elsa (Uschi Karnat) and Ursula (Ursula Maria Schaefer) share a room in an all girls boarding school located in a beautiful villa. Read More »
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) George Roy Hill, Robert Redford, Bo Svenson, Bo Brundin, Adventure, Drama
A biplane pilot who had missed flying in WWI takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory he had missed Read More »