King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? AKA Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959) Frank Wisbar, Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss
1942. First lieutenant Wisse, young and still idealistic, is sent to the Eastern front where a renewed German offensive is in full swing. Read More »
Hitler: A Film from Germany AKA Hitler, ein Film aus Deutschland (1977) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Heinz Schubert, Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange
Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich Read More »
Europa (1991) Lars von Trier, Barbara Sukowa, Jean-Marc Barr, Udo Kier
An American of German descent arrives in post-war Germany 1945. His uncle gets him a job on the Zentropa train line as a sleeping car conductor. Read More »
The Name of the Rose AKA Der Name der Rose (1986) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger
14. century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several Read More »
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967) Jeremy Summers, Christopher Lee, Tony Ferrer, Tsai Chin
In his remote Asian hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival Read More »
Night Train to Lisbon (2013) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who Read More »
About Endlessness / Om det oändliga (2019) Roy Andersson, Bengt Bergius, Anja Broms, Marie Burman
ABOUT ENDLESSNESS is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. Read More »
The House of Exorcism (1975) Mario Bava, Alfredo Leone, Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina
Tourist Lisa Reiner faints on the street and is taken to hospital. Read More »
Lisa and the Devil AKA Lisa et le Diable (1973) Mario Bava, Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina
In this chiller from Italian director Mario Bava, Elke Sommer stars as Lisa, a young tourist who keeps running into Read More »