A doctor goes to meet a beautiful girl at a park bench near a wooded area. Read More »
Tag Archives: german
The Forest for the Trees AKA Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen (2003) Maren Ade, Eva Löbau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann
As an awkward idealistic high school teacher begins her first job in the city Read More »
Brillanten (1937) Eduard von Borsody, Hansi Knoteck, Viktor Staal, Hilde Körber
The famous dancer Viktor Lamont apparently has no luck when he gambles: in fact Read More »
City Butterfly AKA Großstadtschmetterling (1929) Richard Eichberg, Anna May Wong, Alexander Granach, Nien Soen Ling
Made at the height of Anna May Wong’s fame in Europe, Pavement Butterfly Read More »
The Student of Prague AKA Der Student von Prag (1935) Arthur Robison, Anton Walbrook, Theodor Loos, Dorothea Wieck
Prague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town Read More »
Blue Movie AKA Fuck (1969) Andy Warhol, Viva, Louis Waldon
Producer/director/cinematographer Andy Warhol presents an afternoon in a Manhattan Read More »
The Countess of Monte-Christo AKA Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo (1932) Karl Hartl, Brigitte Helm, Rudolf Forster, Lucie Englisch
This is one of the few comedies that starred Brigitte Helm. Unlike most of his other films Read More »
Farland (2004) Michael Klier, Laura Tonke, Richy Müller, Daniel Brühl
Axel and Karla are an ill-matched couple in a borderline situation. Read More »
Slow Summer AKA Langsamer Sommer (1976) Michael Pilz, Helmut Boselmann, John Cook, Marieli Froehlich
“To live in Vienna, you either have to be cynical or stupid,” says the director’s Read More »
Afternoon AKA Nachmittag (2007) Angela Schanelec, Jirka Zett, Miriam Horwitz
The first shot is a static image: a view from the stage of a theatre onto the auditorium. Read More »
Seven Women AKA Sieben Frauen (1989) Rudolf Thome, Johannes Herrschmann, Adriana Altaras, Elisabeth Zündel
Johanes Herrschmann, a young self-made millionaire, gives up all his money Read More »
The Nameless Day AKA Der namenlose Tag (2017) Volker Schlöndorff, Thomas Thieme, Devid Striesow, Ursina Lardi
The retired Chief superintendent Jakob Franck who often had to inform Read More »
The Unintentional Kidnapping of Mrs. Elfriede Ott AKA Die unabsichtliche Entführung der Frau Elfriede Ott (2010) Andreas Prochaska, Elfriede Ott, Michael Ostrowski, Andreas Kiendl
Horst receives the monthly pension from his grandmother. Read More »
My Sister’s Good Fortune AKA Das Glück meiner Schwester (1995) Angela Schanelec, Anna Bolk, Katharina Linder, Michael Maertens
A young photographer has fallen in love with his girlfriend’s sister. Nobody knows quite what to do. Read More »
The Marquise of O AKA Die Marquise von O… (1976) Éric Rohmer, Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Edda Seippel
During the attack on an Italian town by Russian forces, the Marquise of O. Read More »