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 »
Tag Archives: Germany
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 »
Der Fälscher von London / The Forger of London (1961) Harald Reinl, Karin Dor, Hellmut Lange, Siegfried Lowitz, Crime, Drama
A ring of counterfeiters is flooding the country with phony money, and suspicion falls upon a wealthy playboy who may–or may not–have amnesia. Read More »
The Strange Countess (1961) Josef von Báky, Jürgen Roland, Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum, Lil Dagover, Adventure, Crime
(1961) Joachim Fuchsberger, Brigitte Grothum. A girl is almost murdered, but no explainable motive can be found until a 20 year old murder is uncovered and linked to the case.
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Das Geheimnis der roten Katze / The Secret of the Red Cat (1931) Erich Schönfelder, Rosa Valetti, Hans Junkermann, Margot Landa, Comedy, Crime
“The Red Cat” is a seedy dive. The rich American, Jefferson, who shows up there one day with his family and who recently became the proud owner of the famous Halifax emerald Read More »
Buenos Aires, meine Geschichte / Images of the Absence (1998) German Kral, Beatriz Rossi, Rodolfo Kral, Emilia Mónaco, Documentary
A soulful, poetic, presentation of an autobiographical documentary by Argentinian filmmaker German Kral, who sets out to discover why his family, in his mind, never really was a family. Read More »