The title Dal polo all’equatore was first used by the pioneering documentary maker, Luca Comerio, for a compilation film of 1925 Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) Marc Rothemund, Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held
The Final Days is the true story of Germany’s most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Read More »
Nico Icon (1995) Susanne Ofteringer, Nico, Tina Aumont, Christian Päffgen
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels Read More »
A Fistful Of Dollars (1964) Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volontè, Marianne Koch
An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo’s. Read More »
Pilotinnen (1995) Christian Petzold, Eleonore Weisgerber, Nadeshda Brennicke, Udo Schenk
Karin’s world is the suburbs. It sells low-cost cosmetics in the large area of Leverkusen. Read More »
Die Beischlafdiebin (1998) Christian Petzold, Constanze Engelbrecht, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Richy Müller, Drama
Petra professionally works as a thief abroad to finance the studies of her younger sister Franziska in Germany. Read More »
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995) Claude Sautet, Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities. Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »
It Happened on July 20th (1955) Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Bernhard Wicki, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Carl Wery, Drama, History, Thriller, War
A dramatic reconstruction of the July 1944 attempt by German Army Officers to assassinate Hitler with a bomb and end the war before Germany was totally destroyed. Read More »
Tartuffe (1925) F.W. Murnau, Hermann Picha, Rosa Valetti, André Mattoni, Drama
Young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière’s Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man’s hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance. Read More »