In a stolen police uniform the drinker Herbert creates unrest at the Oktoberfest in Munich. Read More »
Tag Archives: german
East of War AKA Jenseits des Krieges (1996) Ruth Beckermann
A controversial photography exhibit about atrocities committed by the German army on the Eastern Front Read More »
Girls in Uniform AKA Mädchen in Uniform (1958) Géza von Radványi, Lilli Palmer, Romy Schneider, Therese Giehse
After the death of her parents young girl Manuela von Meinhardis is sent to a boarding school where Prussian drill rules the education. Read More »
The Door with Seven Locks AKA Die Tür mit den 7 Schlössern (1962) Alfred Vohrer, Heinz Drache, Sabine Sesselmann, Eddi Arent
A woman arrives at a lonely mansion and finds herself mixed up with a lunatic who has built his own torture chamber Read More »
Ur-Musig (1993) Cyrill Schläpfer, Rees Gwerder, Jakob Alder, Jakob Duesel
Mainly about people and the music we make, this ethnographic documentary, set in the Swiss Alps Read More »
The Hamburg Syndrome AKA Die Hamburger Krankheit (1979) Peter Fleischmann, Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser
The BRD is haunted by a mysterious, deadly plague. In Hamburg, a group of people head for an odyssey Read More »
Miss Else AKA Fräulein Else (1929) Paul Czinner, Elisabeth Bergner, Albert Bassermann, Albert Steinrück
A young woman reluctantly decides to compromise her values in order to save her family from bankruptcy and disgrace. Read More »
The Ugly Girl AKA Das häßliche Mädchen (1933) Henry Koster, Dolly Haas, Max Hansen, Otto Wallburg
The accounting department of an insurance company is looking for a new secretary. To prevent a repeat of the eternal love affairs between the employees Read More »
Catherine the Last (1936) Katharina, die Letzte
Hans, an idle young man, must find a way to reach her beloved one against her rich father’s firm opposition. Read More »
Katzelmacher (1969) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Lilith Ungerer, Rudolf Waldemar Brem
Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around. Read More »