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Karl May (1974) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. Read More »
Slow Attack / Endstation Freiheit (1980) Reinhard Hauff, Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé

Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind Read More »
And Your Love Too / …und deine Liebe auch (1962) Frank Vogel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Kati Székely, Ulrich Thein

On August 13th, 1961-the night that the Berlin Wall goes up-three people must make Read More »
Five from the Jazzband / Fünf von der Jazzband (1932) Erich Engel, Jenny Jugo, Rolf von Goth, Fritz Klippel

A dizzy young lady with no musical talent suddenly finds herself the star attraction of a jazz band. Read More »
How I Became a Negro / Wie ich ein Neger wurde (1970) Roland Gall, Gerd Baltus, Walter Ladengast, Wolf Euba

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a teacher tries to teach his students tolerance for others. Read More »
Bürgschaft für ein Jahr (1981) Herrmann Zschoche, Katrin Sass, Cornelia Förder, Enrico Robert

Nina Kern is a divorced woman in her late twenties who will soon be fully deprived Read More »
The Lost Angel / Der verlorene Engel (1971) Ralf Kirsten, Fred Düren, Erika Pelikowsky, Erik S. Klein

August 24, 1937: a day in the life of expressionist sculptor and author Ernst Barlach. Read More »
Malerei heute (2005) Stefan Hayn, Anja-Christin Remmert, Sandro Gemmingen

Stefan Hayn and Anja-Christin Remmert are trying to make sense of the bleak political Read More »
Egon Schiele – Exzesse / Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment (1981) Herbert Vesely, Mathieu Carrière, Jane Birkin, Christine Kaufmann

The life of cursed painter Egon Shiele, specialized in nudes, and on his late conflicting love for two women. Read More »