A very free adaptation of Marlowe’s “Doctor Faustus”, Goethe’s “Faust” and various other treatments of the old legend Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Lisinski (1944) Oktavijan Miletic
Biography of Vatroslav Lisinski, 19th century Croatian composer and the author of the first Croatian opera. Read More »
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (2024)
Jozef embarks on a journey via a ghostly train to visit his dying father in a remote Galician sanatorium. Read More »
Black for Remembrance (1995) Noir comme le souvenir
This French thriller begins with a flashback to a small village dance where a six-year-old girl is kidnapped and killed. Read More »
Variety (1983) Bette Gordon, Sandy McLeod
A repressed young woman becomes obsessed with pornography and the mysterious rich patrons Read More »
Dear Fatherland Be at Peace (1976) Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein
1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno Read More »
The Poll Diaries (2010) Poll – Chris Kraus
In the summer of 1914, thirteen-year-old Oda von Siering (Paula Beer) leaves Berlin to join her family and an assortment of German and Russian aristocrats on an estate in Estonia. Read More »
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Read More »
Paradiso: Seven Days with Seven Women (2000) Rudolf Thome
On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Adam organizes an extended celebration at his country home. Read More »
Four Minutes (2006) Vier Minuten
In Germany, the elder Frau Traude Krueger gives piano classes in a prison for a few prisoners and the security guard Mütze. Read More »