Extremely rare work of Robert Wiene. From the director and year of excellent “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” this work was eventually overshadowed by the success of Caligari. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
The Hands of Orlac / Orlacs Hände (1924) Robert Wiene, Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Orlac is a world famous pianist. One day he is badly hurt in a big train wreck. He is in danger of losing both his hands so his wife begs the doctors to save them. Read More »
Schatten – Eine nächtliche Halluzination / Warning Shadows (1923) Arthur Robison, Alexander Granach, Max Gülstorff, Lilli Herder, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
During a dinner, given by a wealthy baron and his wive, attended by four of her suitors in a 19th century German manor Read More »
Manderlay (2005) Lars von Trier, Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Drama
After gangster Mulligan’s cars colony, fleeing northern justice, finds a hiding place in Alabama, spoiled Read More »
Hasret: Sehnsucht (2015) Ben Hopkins, Isa Çelik, Bilge Güler, Serhat Saymadi, Drama, Documentary
A European director is commissioned to make a documentary about Istanbul. Read More »
Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1980) Yvonne Rainer, Annette Michelson, Vito Acconci, Cynthia Beatt, Drama, Experimental
Journeys From Berlin/1971 (1980), her epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia. Read More »
Satansbraten / Satans Brew (1976) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Helen Vita, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. Read More »
Frauen In New York / Women in New York (1977) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Eva Mattes, Angela Schmid, Margit Carstensen, Comedy
The main characters in this film are wives of rich men who have nothing to do because they have staff – like the cook, the maid, the hairdresser, the manicurist Read More »
Der Schatz der Azteken / Treasure of the Aztecs (1965) Robert Siodmak, Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Adventure, Western
Dr. Karl Sternau, the personal physician of the count Bismarck, who spent much of his youth in Mexico Read More »
Die Pyramide des Sonnengottes / Pyramid of the Sun God (1965) Robert Siodmak, Lex Barker, Gérard Barray, Rik Battaglia, Western, Adventure
Mexico, 1864. The country is divided by the struggle against the French occupation and emperor Maximilian. Read More »