
The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Read More »
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Boykott (1930) Robert Land, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Lil Dagover, Rolf von Goth

A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term (Ober-Primaner = pupils of the Upper First) Read More »
Der Verlorene Sohn / The Prodigal Son (1934) Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. Read More »
Agnes (2016) Johannes Schmid, Odine Johne, Stephan Kampwirth, Sonja Baum

WALTER (41) is planning on writing a book about German entrepreneurs. On a spring day he meets the physics student AGNES (28). Read More »
Höhenfeuer / Alpine Fire (1985) Fredi M. Murer, Thomas Nock, Johanna Lier, Dorothea Moritz

A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher Read More »
Rhinegold (1978) Rheingold – Niklaus Schilling

Germany, 1977. A mature, rich and bored woman called Elisabeth (Elke Aufderheide) is taking a ride with the “Rheingold” Read More »
Wildwechsel / Jail Bait (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Eva Mattes, Ruth Drexel, Harry Baer

Wildwechsel, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Read More »
Friedliche Tage / Peaceful Days (1984) Richard Blank, Richard Beek, Beppo Brem, Raphael Klachkin

The dramatic arc of Friedliche Tage was developed from images and the people who sustained those images. Read More »
All Is Good (2018) Eva Trobisch, Aenne Schwarz, Andreas Döhler, Hans Löw

Janne’s new boss’s brother-in-law rapes her, but she doesn’t report the incident and continues her way of life as usual. Read More »
The Original Sin (1948) Helmut Käutner, Bobby Todd, Bettina Moissi, Joana Maria Gorvin

Adam happens to be married to someone else when he falls in love with his secretary Eve. Read More »