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To Commit a Murder (1967) Édouard Molinaro, Louis Jourdan, Senta Berger, Edmond O’Brien
Charles Beaulieu, who served as an Army officer during the Algerian War, has become a novelist. Read More »
The Brutalisation of Franz Blum (1974) Reinhard Hauff, Jürgen Prochnow, Eike Gallwitz, Burkhard Driest
Born into a well-off family, Franz Blum had led a carefree youth until, some time after graduating from high school, he was arrested by the police. Read More »
The Crossing of the Rhine (1960) André Cayatte, Charles Aznavour, Nicole Courcel, Georges Rivière
Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers. Read More »
Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997) Bille August, Julia Ormond, Ona Fletcher, Agga Olsen
Based on Peter Hoeg’s bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Read More »
Mazurka (1935) Willi Forst, Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, Ingeborg Theek
“Mazurka” was Willi Forst’s third film as a director, made directly after having achieved a major international success with “Maskerade”. Read More »
Whale Rider (2002) Niki Caro, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back Read More »
Harbor Drift (1929) Leo Mittler, Lissy Arna, Paul Rehkopf, Fritz Genschow
A pre-Depression slice of proletarian life from Weimar Germany, Harbour Drift is unusually interesting Read More »
A Matter of Minutes (1959) Robert Siodmak, Ruth Leuwerik, Bert Sotlar, Alfred Schieske
Dorothea Angermann the daughter of a clergyman is accused of the murder of her husband Read More »
Mephisto (1981) István Szabó, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance Read More »