
When Fatima leaves her close-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she finds herself caught between her religious upbringing and the freedom of student life in the city. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Gibbi Westgermany (1980)

Gibbi Westgermany is the name of a former sailor with a Mick Jagger look – leather jacket over the bare chest – who roams the Hamburg neighborhood St. Pauli homeless. Read More »
Vacation Temptations (1972)

Massage parlors are sprouting up like mushrooms all over the world. Even in reputable newspapers, masseuses advertise their ability to loosen even the strongest and stiffest muscles. Read More »
Troublemaker (1988) Andy Bausch

With the American Dream set in their minds, two pathetic gangsters, one Luxembourgish, the other German, go through various trials and tribulation in the South of Luxembourg. Read More »
Summer ’04 (2006) Stefan Krohmer

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 »
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 »