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Tag Archives: Germany
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920) Paul Wegener, Carl Boese, Albert Steinrück, Ernst Deutsch

In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem – a giant creature made of clay. Read More »
Beauty / Skoonheid (2011) Oliver Hermanus, Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan, Michelle Scott

Portrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated Read More »
Despair (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch

Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis’ rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. Read More »
The Taste of Violence / Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf

This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
The Glass Cell / Die gläserne Zelle (1978) Hans W. Geissendörfer, Brigitte Fossey, Helmut Griem, Dieter Laser

The architect Phillip Braun is framed by his former employer Lasky that embezzled the money Read More »
Mache alles mit (1971) Kurt Nachmann, Marion Forster, Astrid Boner, Harry Kalenberg

Sex drama of a 15 year old girl who answers an advertisement for a “playmate” to a young couple. Read More »
Aurora (2010) Cristi Puiu, Afrodita Andone, Geo Aur, Andrei Barbu

An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed Read More »
Storms of Passion (1932) Robert Siodmak, Emil Jannings, Anna Sten, Trude Hesterberg

After a petty crook is freed, he gets right back into trouble, first by stealing Read More »
Traitor’s Gate / Das Verrätertor (1964) Freddie Francis, Albert Lieven, Gary Raymond, Margot Trooger

A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Read More »