In the little town of Herzsprung almost nothing has changed since German unification – except a rise in unemployment. Read More »
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Berlin Chamissoplatz (1980) Rudolf Thome, Hanns Zischler, Sabine Bach, Wolfgang Kinder
An architect falls in love with a student who engages actively against Read More »
Utopia (1983) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Manfred Zapatka, Imke Barnstedt, Gundula Petrovska
A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws Read More »
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
The Rabbit Is Me / Das Kaninchen bin ich (1965) Kurt Maetzig, Angelika Waller, Alfred Müller, Ilse Voigt
The Rabbit Is Me was made in 1965 to encourage discussion of the democratization of East German society. Read More »
Searching for Ingmar Bergman AKA Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018) Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Ruben Östlund
Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman’s life Read More »
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Michael (2011) Markus Schleinzer, Kathrin Resetarits, Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain
Five months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. Read More »
Portrait of an Unknown Woman AKA Bildnis einer Unbekannten (1954) Helmut Käutner, Ruth Leuwerik, O.W. Fischer, Erich Schellow
Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. Read More »
Bells from the Deep AKA Glocken aus der Tiefe – Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993) Werner Herzog, Anna Hitch, Vissarion
What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? Read More »