Acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker Maximillian Schell reconstructs the life and career of the enigmatic film diva. Read More »
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Tattoo (2002) Robert Schwentke, August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadeshda Brennicke
Two police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie Read More »
The Waldheim Waltz (2018) Ruth Beckermann, Kurt Waldheim
A biographical drama film about Kurt Josef Waldheim, former UN Secretary General Read More »
Nightfall (1999) Fred Kelemen, Adolfo Assor, Thomas Baumann, Isa Hochgerner
Not everyone might know the directorial work of Fred Kelemen, though his name may be recognizable Read More »
The Great Ecstasy of the Sculptor Steiner (1974) Werner Herzog, Walter Steiner
A study of the psychology of a champion ski-jumper, whose full-time occupation is carpentry. Read More »
The Brutalisation of Franz Blum (1974) Reinhard Hauff, Jürgen Prochnow, Eike Gallwitz, Burkhard Driest
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. Read More »
Mazurka (1935) Willi Forst, Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, Ingeborg Theek
“Mazurka” was Willi Forst’s third film as a director, made directly after having achieved a major international success with “Maskerade”. Read More »
Soul of Chiba (1977) Tung Man Chan, Yukio Noda, Shin’ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shiomi, Tadashi Yamashita
After his master is brutally murdered by his fellow disciple & vicious Drug dealer Shikimura Read More »
Harbor Drift (1929) Leo Mittler, Lissy Arna, Paul Rehkopf, Fritz Genschow
A pre-Depression slice of proletarian life from Weimar Germany, Harbour Drift is unusually interesting Read More »
A Matter of Minutes (1959) Robert Siodmak, Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar, Alfred Schieske
Dorothea Angermann the daughter of a clergyman is accused of the murder of her husband Read More »