
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. The purpose of film as a cultural tool is examined. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Touch Me Not (1974) Douglas Fithian, Lee Remick

A sadistic killer pursues a beautiful woman in a twisted “hunt” so he can have her as his trophy. Read More »
Last Orders (2001) Fred Schepisi, Michael Caine, Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay, Drama

Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. Read More »
Der Biberpelz / The Beaver Coat (1937) Jürgen von Alten, Heinrich George, Ida Wüst, Rotraut Richter, Comedy

In a district of a small, German principality, things are going haywire. And this, even though Baron von Wehrhahn, who is loyal to the prince Read More »
État de siège / State of Siege (1972) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Drama, Thriller

In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Read More »
Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923)

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself Read More »
Fickende Fische / Do fish do it? (2002) Almut Getto, Tino Mewes, Sophie Rogall, Hans Martin Stier, Drama

16-year old Jan is absent-mindedly strolling through the streets when he’s run over by roller-skating Nina. Read More »
F.P.1 antwortet nicht / F.P.1 Doesn’t Answer (1932) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Sybille Schmitz, Paul Hartmann, Crime, Sci-Fi

Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1 Read More »
Korczak (1990) Andrzej Wajda, Wojciech Pszoniak, Ewa Dalkowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Biography, Drama

Account of the last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war. Read More »
Fanny Hill (1983) Gerry O’Hara, Lisa Foster, Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Erotic

Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. Read More »