Nicely done drama on the basis of the Jacobsen novel. Wisbar translates the novels’ mistery and sexual ambiguity entirely Read More »
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Das Bekenntnis der Ina Kahr (1954) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Curd Jürgens, Elisabeth Müller, Albert Lieven
Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Read More »
Stroszek (1977) Werner Herzog, Bruno S., Eva Mattes, Clemens Scheitz
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion Read More »
The Great Sacrifice (1944) Veit Harlan, Carl Raddatz, Kristina Söderbaum, Irene von Meyendorff
Albrecht is a son in a family of wealthy intellectuals that has a seaside estate near Hamburg. Read More »
The Holy Mountain (1926) Arnold Fanck, Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, Ernst Petersen
The dancer, Diotima, meets an engineer and skier, Karl, in his cottage in the mountains where they fall in love and have an affair. Read More »
The Wall (1991) Jürgen Böttcher
A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but instead focuses on visual elements. Read More »
The Fox of Paris (1957) Paul May, Martin Held, Marianne Koch, Hardy Krüger
One of the few WW2 films that indeed had something to tell. And probably it still has to tell something, as it concerns a subject that is not very well publicly known. Read More »
The Doctor of Stalingrad AKA Der Arzt von Stalingrad (1958) Géza von Radványi, O.E. Hasse, Eva Bartok, Hannes Messemer
After Stalingrad battle battalions of German prisoners were taken to concentration camps. Read More »
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) Rosa von Praunheim, Berryt Bohlen, Bernd Feuerhelm, Ernst Kuchling
Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next. Read More »
Drift (2015) Karim Patwa, Scherwin Amini, Miro Caltagirone, Vanessa Comte
Robert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. Read More »