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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 »
Days of Violence AKA I giorni della violenza (1967) Alfonso Brescia, Peter Lee Lawrence, Beba Loncar, Luigi Vannucchi
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe’s brother is unjustly killed by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Read More »
Der Al Capone von der Pfalz (1987) Theo Berger, Peter Fleischmann, Bernhard Kimmel
This is one of the two exceptional documentaries about Bernhard Kimmel, who was in the headline of German newspaper’s Read More »
The Turning Point AKA Der Aufenthalt (1983) Frank Beyer, Sylvester Groth, Fred Düren, Matthias Günther
This story of mistaken identity was taken from the experiences of writer Hermann Kant when he was a 19-year-old soldier in the German Wehrmacht. Read More »