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Mein Kampf (2009) Urs Odermatt, Götz George, Tom Schilling, Anna Unterberger
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. Read More »
Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke (1964) Rudolf Zehetgruber, Brad Harris, Olga Schoberová, Paul Dahlke
Several oil companies are trying to get hold of Prof. Wilkens Read More »
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny
This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Read More »
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer — arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. Read More »
Obszön – Der Fall Peter Herzl (1981) Hans-Christof Stenzel, Volker Spengler, Lydia Kreibohm, Karina Fallenstein
Peter Herzl, social worker and Left sympathizer from Wuppertal, West Germany, is assaulted and robbed on the way back from Yugoslavia to his home country. Read More »
Lulu (1962) Rolf Thiele, Nadja Tiller, O.E. Hasse, Hildegard Knef
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor’s pocket. Read More »
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) Luciano Ercoli, Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu
A triangle of friendship, love, sex, and, perhaps, murder. Minou is newly married to Peter Read More »
Lili Marleen (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. Read More »
The Affairs of Julie (1957) Helmut Käutner, Liselotte Pulver, Paul Hubschmid, Bernhard Wicki
Juliane Thomas is an ambitious but unemployed young writer. After breaking up with her lover she works at a dentist friend to make ends meet. Read More »