
A character study of a family on vacation. The emotional abyss and problems are behind the seemingly nice facade of an intact family as they experience guilt, love, and jealousy. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Captain James Cook (1987)

During Captain James Cook’s first voyage, in 1770, he discovered the east coast of Australia. He later recommended Australia as a future British colony. Read More »
Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)

Shows Emma’s and Böbe’s fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. Read More »
The Odyssey (1997) Andrei Konchalovsky

Warrior Odysseus leaves his idyllic life in the kingdom of Ithaca to fight in the Trojan War. Read More »
1001 Nights (1990) Philippe de Broca

Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade’s escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist. Read More »
The Red Baron (2008) Der Rote Baron

German biopic loosely based on the World War I fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, nicknamed the Red Baron by friend and foe alike. Read More »
An heiligen Wassern (1932) Sacred Waters

For centuries, the water supply of a mountain village has depended on an endangered, wooden water pipe. The young engineer Josi blows a channel in the rock. Read More »
Young Törless (1966) Volker Schlöndorff

In a boarding school, a student observes in passive disgust as his two friends manipulate, humiliate and torture a fellow student, justifying their every act. Read More »
The Captain from Cologne (1956)

Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Read More »
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978)

Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Read More »