Produced and directed by seven Munich Film School students, Honolulu takes place not in Hawaii, but inside of a rural town just outside of Munich, Germany. Read More »
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Fontane Effi Briest (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. Read More »
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler / Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922) Fritz Lang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede-Nissen, Gertrude Welcker, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange. Read More »
Der Student von Prag / The Student of Prague (1926) Henrik Galeen, Conrad Veidt, Elizza La Porta, Fritz Alberti, Drama, Horror
For Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. Read More »
Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears / Los amigos (1973) Paolo Cavara, Franco Nero, Anthony Quinn, Pamela Tiffin, Western
Set in 1830’s Texas just after the Republic won its independence from Mexico. The Republic’s future is in doubt, with various factions and foreign powers hoping to sway matters to their own advantage. Read More »
Land of Mine / Under sandet (2015) Martin Zandvliet, Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Drama, History, War
In the wake of the Second World War, the Danish authorities force thousands of German prisoners of war to defuse the millions of mines buried on Danish beaches.
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The Indian Fighter (1955) André De Toth, Kirk Douglas, Elsa Martinelli, Walter Matthau, Western
Johnny Hawks, a former Indian fighter, returns to the West after the Civil War. Read More »
Schatten der Engel / Shadow of Angels (1976) Daniel Schmid, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Annemarie Düringer, Drama
Beautiful, detached, laconic, consumptive Lily Brest is a streetwalker with few clients. Read More »
Die Puppe / The Doll (1919) Ernst Lubitsch, Ossi Oswalda, Hermann Thimig, Victor Janson, Comedy, Fantasy
Because the Baron of Chanterelle wants to preserve his family line, he forces his timid nephew Lancelot to choose one of the village maidens to wed. Read More »
U47 – Kapitänleutnant Prien / U-47 Lt. Commander Prien (1958) Harald Reinl, Dieter Eppler, Sabine Sesselmann, Joachim Fuchsberger, Drama, War
In 1939, at the outbreak of WW2, German U-boat captain Günther Prien and his crew receive orders to infiltrate the British Royal Navy base at Scapa Flow and sink British warships. Read More »