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Tag Archives: german
Horror Vacui (1984) Rosa von Praunheim, Lotti Huber, Joaquin La Habana, Folkert Milster

The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin. One is studying art and the other medicine. Read More »
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 »