In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Tmavomodrý svet / Dark Blue World (2001) Jan Sverák, Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald, War, Drama, Action
March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech and Slovak pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. Read More »
Wir / We (2003) Martin Gypkens, Jannek Petri, Knut Berger, Karina Plachetka, Drama
A group of school friends meet real life in Germany after school is over. From failed love affairs to unpaid bills, growing up means learning that life is not as you imagined it. Read More »
Zugvögel – … einmal nach Inari / Trains’n’Roses (1998) Peter Lichtefeld, Joachim Król, Outi Mäenpää, Peter Lohmeyer, Comedy, Romance, Crime
Hannes is a beer-truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Time-Table Contest in Inari (Finland). Read More »
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978) Ted Kotcheff, George Segal, Jacqueline Bisset, Robert Morley
Mystery abounds when it is discovered that, one by one, the greatest Chefs in Europe are being killed. Read More »
Das Stahltier / The Steel Animal (1935) Willy Zielke, Aribert Mog, Sophia Hagen, Documentary, Comedy, Drama, History
In present day Germany, by 6:30 a.m., the railway workers are waiting the opening of the factory’s door to start a new day of hard work. Read More »
The Handmaid’s Tale (1990) Volker Schlöndorff, Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Set in a Fascistic future America, The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of Kate, a handmaid. In this America, the religious right has taken over and gone hog-wild. Read More »
Weiser (2001) Wojciech Marczewski, Marek Kondrat, Krystyna Janda, Juliane Köhler, Mystery, Drama
A man struggles to come to terms with a mystery that has haunted him throughout his adult life in this drama from Poland. Read More »
Fuga dal paradiso / Escape from Paradise (1990) Ettore Pasculli, Fabrice Josso, Inés Sastre, Horst Buchholz, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic society, an old man tells the legend of a strange medal to two children. In flashback, we learn that after a nuclear catastrophe Read More »
Winterschläfer / Winter Sleepers (1997) Tom Tykwer, Ulrich Matthes, Marie-Lou Sellem, Floriane Daniel, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Beautiful blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend, ski instructor Marco, in a small mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Read More »