(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 »
In flagranti (1944) Hans Schweikart
A rookie detective’s first case is to observe an engineer, but she behaves so clumsily in her job, that she’s mistaken for a thief and con artist. Read More »
Faustrecht der Freiheit / Fox and His Friends (1975) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Peter Chatel, Karlheinz Böhm, Drama, Romance
Working class and middle-upper class worlds come together in this interesting look at class conflict within the gay world from the German director Reiner Werner Fassbinder. Read More »
Attenti arrivano le collegiali (1975) Giorgio Mille, Toni Ucci, Orchidea de Santis, Yvette Monet, Comedy, Erotic
Marina, a student of a private college in Rome, is the daughter of a strange gentleman – called “Commander” – which owns a hotel on the beach in Torvaianica. Read More »
Amphitryon / Happiness from the Clouds (1935) Reinhold Schünzel, Willy Fritsch, Paul Kemp, Käthe Gold, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. Read More »
Die Reise Nach Kafiristan / The Journey to Kafiristan (2001) Donatello Dubini, Fosco Dubini, Jeanette Hain, Nina Petri, Monika Arnó, Drama
In 1939, the author Annemarie Schwarzenbach and the ethnologist Ella Maillart travel together by car to Kabul, but each is in pursuit of her own project. Read More »
Heute abend und morgen früh (1980) Dietmar Hochmuth, Rolf Hoppe, Christine Schorn, Drama
The film features a woman in her mid 30s who drifts through the city on a Friday night and lazes around in the apartment with her husband the next morning. Read More »