Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman’s life Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Portrait of an Unknown Woman AKA Bildnis einer Unbekannten (1954) Helmut Käutner, Ruth Leuwerik, O.W. Fischer, Erich Schellow
Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. Read More »
Bells from the Deep AKA Glocken aus der Tiefe – Glaube und Aberglaube in Rußland (1993) Werner Herzog, Anna Hitch, Vissarion
What is faith and religion to Russians after the fall of communism? Read More »
Serenade for Two Spies AKA Serenade für zwei Spione (1965) Michael Pfleghar, Alberto Cardone, Wolfgang Neuss, Hellmut Lange, Barbara Lass
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a German laboratory. Read More »
Love & Rage (1999) Cathal Black, Greta Scacchi, Daniel Craig, Stephen Dillane
Agnes MacDonnell (Greta Scacchi), a strong and self-confident Englishwoman in her forties Read More »
I Am Guilty AKA Falscher Bekenner (2005) Christoph Hochhäusler, Constantin von Jascheroff, Manfred Zapatka, Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Armin Steeb is adrift: just finished with school, living with his middle-class parents, clueless about finding work. Read More »
I Am Nero AKA Soy Nero (2016) Rafi Pitts, Rory Cochrane, Khleo Thomas, Joel McKinnon Miller
Nero, a deported Mexican, returns illegally to the U.S in search of his identity. An intimate portrait of a I9 year old Latino Read More »
Hans Westmar (1933) Franz Wenzler, Emil Lohkamp, Paul Wegener, Heinrich Heilinger
This Nazi propaganda film purports to show the story of a Nazi Storm Trooper Read More »
Suzhou River AKA Su Zhou he (2000) Ye Lou, Xun Zhou, Hongshen Jia, Zhongkai Hua
The river Suzhou that flows through Shanghai is a reservoir of filth, chaos and poverty Read More »