Tag Archives: german

Based on Johann Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus, the actions of ‘The Merry Jail’ occur over the course of a single eventful day and night. Read More »

The story of the rise to power of King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) Read More »

Set in the historical context of anti-Nazi resistance, this love story explores the moral issues of the period. Read More »

Two young characters in this story of rebellious youth are named after two Germans, brother Read More »

A few months after Tchernobyl’s disaster, some inhabitants of a small village in Switzerland are told by the radio Read More »

On a trip to Paris in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart visited Madame Weber and falls in love with her daughter, the singer Aloysia. Read More »

An idealistic young architect moves from the big city to a small town intended to become an industrial center. Read More »

East German fairy tale adaption of the Brothers Grimm story “Bearskin” in which a soldier Read More »

About the violent captain Gaustad on a ship of rape, mutiny and shipwreck, in the icy waters of Sweden. Read More »

A young, impoverished German woman named Hanna (Maria von Tasnady) gives her infant up for adoption and emigrates to American to live with her husband. Read More »