Complex time shifting drama revolving about a violent senseless murder and young witness. Read More »
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The Girl with the Cat Eyes AKA Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958) Eugen York, Vera Tschechowa, Joachim Fuchsberger, Wolfgang Preiss
Police Commissioner Norbert Wilms investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an inspector. Read More »
Ticket of No Return AKA Bildnis einer Trinkerin (1979) Ulrike Ottinger, Tabea Blumenschein, Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma
A woman given to us as a “trinkerin” is having a special tour in Berlin Read More »
Heimat Fragments: The Women AKA Heimat-Fragmente: Die Frauen (2006) Edgar Reitz, Nicola Schössler, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer
Lulu, the daughter of musician Hermann Simon, is looking for something she feels is missing from her life. Read More »
The Punch Bowl AKA Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944) Helmut Weiss, Heinz Rühmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak
Hans Pfeiffer and some of his friends are drinking “Feuerzangenbowle”. Talking about their school-time they discover that Hans Read More »
Epilogue AKA Epilog: Das Geheimnis der Orplid (1950) Helmut Käutner, Horst Caspar, Bettina Moissi, O.E. Hasse
The journalist Peter Zabel stumbles upon the sinking of the luxury yacht Orplid in Hamburg on August 14, 1949. Read More »
Stammheim: The Trial of the Baader-Meinhof Group AKA Stammheim – Die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht (1986) Reinhard Hauff, Ulrich Tukur, Hans Kremer, Therese Affolter
Stammheim Prison in Stuttgart, West Germany, as the five defendants–Andreas Baader Read More »
Herzsprung (1992) Helke Misselwitz, Memdu Aki, Jaleh Amini, Cesare Basile
In the little town of Herzsprung almost nothing has changed since German unification – except a rise in unemployment. Read More »
Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980) Rudolf Thome, Hanns Zischler, Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Kinder
An architect falls in love with a student who engages actively against Read More »
Utopia (1983) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Manfred Zapatka, Imke Barnstedt, Gundula Petrovska
A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws Read More »
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
The Rabbit Is Me AKA Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965) Kurt Maetzig, Angelika Waller, Alfred Müller, Ilse Voigt
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. Read More »
Searching for Ingmar Bergman AKA Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018) Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Ruben Östlund
Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman’s life Read More »
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Michael (2011) Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits, Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. Read More »