A working-class family in Berlin in 1931 where survival is difficult, with massive unemployment in the wake of the Great Depression. Read More »
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The Stranger AKA Die Fremde (2000) Götz Spielmann, Goya Toledo, Hary Prinz, Martin Feifel
The seedy underbelly of Vienna at night. Mercedes is a femme fatale from Mexico Read More »
Spies AKA Spione (1928) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch
Haghi is a criminal mastermind whose ubiquitous spy operation is always several steps ahead of the police and the government’s secret service. Read More »
’38 – Vienna Before the Fall AKA 38 – Auch das war Wien (1986) Wolfgang Glück, Tobias Engel, Sunnyi Melles, Heinz Trixner
In 1938, Austria is about to become a part of the Third Reich. Read More »
Ferien (2016) Bernadette Knoller, Britta Hammelstein, Jerome Hirthammer, Inga Busch
Vivi (Britta Hammelstein) is exhausted. Actually, she is about to become an attorney Read More »
Quick (1932) Robert Siodmak, Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers, Willy Stettner
A woman at a spa keeps sneaking out to see a performer “Quick” (in heavy make-up) do his act. Read More »
Something to Remind Me AKA Toter Mann (2001) Christian Petzold, Nina Hoss, André Hennicke, Sven Pippig
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. Read More »
Boarding School AKA Leidenschaftliche Blümchen (1978) André Farwagi, Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Stefano D’Amato
This film tells the story about a group of girls at an exclusive German girls boarding school. Read More »
The Unpolished (2007) Die Unerzogenen
A 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent Read More »
The Revolt of Job AKA Jób lázadása (1983) Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay, Hédi Temessy, Ferenc Zenthe, Gábor Fehér
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Job and Roza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child Read More »