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Tag Archives: Germany
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)

In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy Read More »
Mitten ins Herz / Straight Through the Heart (1983) Doris Dörrie, Beate Jensen, Josef Bierbichler, Gabrielle Litty

Anna Blume, a girl in her early 20s who is absolutely fed up with her job at a supermarket Read More »
Witness Out of Hell / Die Zeugin aus der Hölle (1967) Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic, Irene Papas, Daniel Gélin, Heinz Drache

Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Read More »
Asphalt Night / Asphaltnacht (1980) Peter Fratzscher, Gerd Udo Heinemann, Thomas Davis, Monika Rack

During a night in Berlin, a 17-year old punk meets a 30-year-old rocker. Read More »
Loft (1985)

Sometime in the near future, set in an apocalyptic, dying world: Raoul and Raphaela Read More »
Syngué sabour, pierre de patience / The Patience Stone (2012)

In a war ridden country a woman watches over the husband reduced to a vegetable state by a bullet in the neck Read More »
The Devil’s General / Des Teufels General (1955)

1941, the Third Reich seems to be winning the war. Luftwaffe (air force) general Read More »
Ein Virus kennt keine Moral / A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)

When AIDS spread in the media public in the mid-1980s, the reaction ranged from helpless to radical. Read More »
L’annulaire / The Ring Finger (2005)

Iris finds a new job working in a preservation lab where she gradually enters into a troubled relationship with her boss. Read More »