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Requiem for a Romantic Woman / Requiem für eine romantische Frau (1999) Dagmar Knöpfel, Sylvester Groth, Janina Sachau, Jeanette Hain
Frankfurt, Germany, 1807. Clemens Bretano, a writer, meets Auguste Bußman Read More »
The Fan / Der Fan (1982) Eckhart Schmidt, Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until Read More »
Moses and Aaron / Moses und Aron (1975) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Günter Reich, Louis Devos, Eva Csapo
A feature length follow-up to Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet’s short film Read More »
Gilgi: One of Us / Eine von uns (1932) Johannes Meyer, Brigitte Helm, Gustav Diessl, Jessie Vihrog
A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married. Read More »
Pingpong (2006) Matthias Luthardt, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Marion Mitterhammer, Clemens Berg
Paul, 16 years old, arrives to live at his aunt’s house, after his father’s death. Read More »
Operation Caviar / Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein (1961) Géza von Radványi, Helmut Käutner, Georg Marischka, O.W. Fischer, Eva Bartok, Senta Berger
Bank accountant Thomas Lieven is forced to work as a triple agent Read More »
U-Boat, Course West! (1941) U-Boote westwärts!
This Nazi propaganda film follows the exploits of a German submarine as it prowls the North Atlantic. Read More »
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003) Michael Schorr, Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Karl-Fred Müller
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. Read More »
Sylvie (1973) Klaus Lemke, Sylvie Winter, Paul Lys, Del Negro
Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. Read More »