Following the defeat of France by Germany during WWII, two French soldiers are taken to a German farm as forced laborers. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
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 »
Liam (2000) Stephen Frears, Anthony Borrows, Ian Hart, Claire Hackett
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. Read More »
Mein Kampf (2009) Urs Odermatt, Götz George, Tom Schilling, Anna Unterberger
The young, despotic and untalented artist Adolf Hitler comes to Vienna to study art. Read More »
The Nina B. Affair (1961) Robert Siodmak, Nadja Tiller, Pierre Brasseur, Walter Giller
Businessman who lives from blackmailing begins to be blackmailed by his own wife who hates him. Read More »