
A film about the pupils of a posh Berlin gymnasium in their final term (Ober-Primaner = pupils of the Upper First) Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Der Verlorene Sohn / The Prodigal Son (1934) Luis Trenker, Maria Andergast, Bertl Schultes

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression. Read More »
Agnes (2016) Johannes Schmid, Odine Johne, Stephan Kampwirth, Sonja Baum

WALTER (41) is planning on writing a book about German entrepreneurs. On a spring day he meets the physics student AGNES (28). Read More »
Taxandria (1994) Raoul Servais, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elliott Spiers, Katja Studt

A young prince is taken for tuition at a seaside hotel but there quickly bores and wanders off to visit a nearby lighthouse. Read More »
Här kommer Pippi Långstrump / Pippi Goes on Board (1969) Olle Hellbom, Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg

The further adventures of super-strong girl Pippi Longstocking Read More »
Sátántangó / Satan’s Tango (1994) Béla Tarr, Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy

In a small, dilapidated village in 1990s Hungary, life has come to a virtual stand-still. Read More »
Rhinegold (1978) Rheingold – Niklaus Schilling

Germany, 1977. A mature, rich and bored woman called Elisabeth (Elke Aufderheide) is taking a ride with the “Rheingold” Read More »
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) Don Sharp, Christopher Lee, Nigel Green, Joachim Fuchsberger

Grisly strangulations in London alert Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard to the possibility that fiendish Fu Manchu Read More »
Wildwechsel / Jail Bait (1973) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Eva Mattes, Ruth Drexel, Harry Baer

Wildwechsel, is a bleak story of teenage angst, set in industrial northern Germany during the 1950s. Read More »
Friedliche Tage / Peaceful Days (1984) Richard Blank, Richard Beek, Beppo Brem, Raphael Klachkin

The dramatic arc of Friedliche Tage was developed from images and the people who sustained those images. Read More »