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Under the Bridges / Unter den Brücken (1945) Helmut Käutner, Hannelore Schroth, Carl Raddatz, Gustav Knuth
“Under the Bridges”, made in the last year of the Third Reich, proves that artistic Read More »
Henri 4 / Henry of Navarre (2010) Jo Baier, Julien Boisselier, Joachim Król, Andreas Schmidt
A wide-ranging, energetic period piece tracing the rise of the Protestant Henry of Navarre Read More »
The Farewell / Abschied – Brechts letzter Sommer (2000) Jan Schütte, Josef Bierbichler, Monica Bleibtreu, Jeanette Hain
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Read More »
The Fair / Kirmes (1960) Wolfgang Staudte, Juliette Mayniel, Götz George, Hans Mahnke
At the end of WWII a soldier who had often been ordered to execute women Read More »
Berlin Around the Corner / Berlin um die Ecke (1965) Gerhard Klein, Dieter Mann, Monika Gabriel, Erwin Geschonneck
Berlin in the 1960s. Olaf (Dieter Mann) and Horst (Kaspar Eichel) are two young metalworkers Read More »
Trilogie : Wohin und Zurück / Welcome in Vienna (1982-1986) Axel Corti, Gabriel Barylli, Nicolas Brieger, Claudia Messner
Wien 1945. Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist zu Ende. Freddy Wolff und Georges Adler, österreichischer und deutscher Herkunft Read More »
Women Are Better Diplomats / Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1941) Georg Jacoby, Marika Rökk, Willy Fritsch, Aribert Wäscher
A seductive dancer (Marika Rökk) helps her uncle to fight against the closing of his casino. Read More »
WiNWiN (2016) Daniel Hoesl, Heinz Arthur Boltuch, Aurelia Burckhardt, Stephanie Cumming
American investment fund buys Austrian companies, but also takes over politics in Vienna. Read More »
I Was Nineteen / Ich war neunzehn (1968) Konrad Wolf, Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Aleksey Eybozhenko
April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin Read More »