A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann. Read More »
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Ein Zug fährt ab (1942) Johannes Meyer, Leny Marenbach, Ferdinand Marian, Lucie Englisch
The story is the usual addition of mix-ups. Leny Marenbach decides to save Read More »
Uncle Kruger (1941) Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Read More »
Silvesternacht am Alexanderplatz (1939) Richard Schneider-Edenkoben, Hannes Stelzer, Carl Raddatz, Jutta Freybe
Young and old couples, elated, lonely and jealous hearts, hope and despair Read More »
International Prostitution: Brigade criminelle (1980) Sergio Gobbi, Laura Gemser, Jean-Louis Broust, Gabriele Tinti
A woman is involved in a prostitution ring and is pursued by a French police inspector. Read More »
The Deserter / Wilder Urlaub (1943) Franz Schnyder, Robert Trösch, Adolf Manz, Sylva Denzler
A young soldier in an army camp near a small Swiss village gets into an argument with his sergeant, which winds up in a fight. Read More »
Elder Blossom / Holunderblüte (2007) Volker Koepp, Fritzi Haberlandt
Holunderblüte tells the stories of 10 children in Kaliningrad, a Russian territory located Read More »
Whom the Gods Wish to Destroy / Die Nibelungen, Teil 1 – Siegfried (1966) Harald Reinl, Uwe Beyer, Rolf Henniger, Siegfried Wischnewski
Volker von Alzey, the royal bard of the Burgunds (far greater then modern Burgundy) Read More »
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses / Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Lang, Thomas Elsaesser
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. Read More »
The Nanny (1965) Seth Holt, Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett
Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed Read More »