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Tag Archives: Germany
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Nikolay Nikiforovitch Siniaev, Gennady Soloviev

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. Read More »
Hanussen (1988) István Szabó, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Erland Josephson, Ildikó Bánsági

A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Read More »
Hanussen (1955) O.W. Fischer, Georg Marischka, Liselotte Pulver, Erni Mangold

In Germany during World War II, a well-known psychic decides to collaborate with the Nazis. Read More »
Voyage to Cythera (1984) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Manos Katrakis, Mairi Hronopoulou, Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

An old communist returns to Greece after 32 years in the Soviet Union. However, things aren’t the way he had hoped for. Read More »
Joy of Learning (1969) Jean-Luc Godard, Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud

How do we learn? What do we know? Night after night, not long before dawn, two young adults, Patricia and Emile Read More »
08/15 at Home (1955) Paul May, O.E. Hasse, Hannes Schiel, Gustav Knuth

In the spring of 1945, the German troops are practically defeated Read More »
08/15 (1954) Paul May, Joachim Fuchsberger, Helen Vita, Paul Bösiger

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II: Private Asch and gunner Vierbein belong to the same unit but could not be more contrary. Read More »
Age and Beauty (2009) Michael Klier, Henry Hübchen, Burghart Klaußner, Armin Rohde

Friends brought together by tragic circumstances discover how sad their own lives have become in this bittersweet comedy-drama from German filmmaker Michael Klier. Read More »
Carnival in Flanders (1935) Jacques Feyder, Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat

When the village of Boom, in Flanders, learns a Spanish Duke and his troops plan to pass the night Read More »