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Marie-Louise (1944) Leopold Lindtberg, Hermann Haller, Josiane Hegg, Germaine Tournier, Heinrich Gretler

Amidst the Nazi invasion of France in 1942, a young girl is evacuated to Switzerland Read More »
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum / Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (1975) Volker Schlöndorff, Margarethe von Trotta, Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser

Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall in love at once. Read More »
Slums of Berlin / Die Verrufenen (1925) Gerhard Lamprecht, Bernhard Goetzke, Paul Bildt, Aud Egede-Nissen

A young engineer lies to protect his fiancée, and is later convicted of perjury Read More »
Brother / Brüder (1929) Werner Hochbaum, Gyula Balogh, Erna Schumacher, Ilse Berger

“Brüder”, a film directed by Herr Werner Hochbaum ( who was a remarkable film director in the talkie 30’s ) Read More »
End of an Affair / So endete eine Liebe (1934) Karl Hartl, Paula Wessely, Willi Forst, Gustaf Gründgens

The political advisor to the French emperor Napoleon, and the Austrian emperor Franz I Read More »
The Indian Tomb / Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer

Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »
Black Flowers / Flores negras (2009) David Carreras, Héctor Colomé, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Marta Etura

Michael leaves his job as a spy after failing a mission and takes with him Helena Read More »
Everyone Dies Alone / Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1976) Alfred Vohrer, Hildegard Knef, Carl Raddatz, Sylvia Manas

When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government’s policies Read More »
Endorphine (2015) André Turpin, Sophie Nélisse, Mylène MacKay, Lise Roy, Guy Thauvette

Complex time shifting drama revolving about a violent senseless murder and young witness. Read More »