
The leitmotif for this film portrait is Oliver Storz’s autobiographical novel Die Freibadclique Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Les misérables (1982) Robert Hossein, Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Michel Bouquet

The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert. Read More »
Memoria (2021) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tilda Swinton, Elkin Díaz, Jeanne Balibar

From the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul Read More »
A Rational Solution / Det enda rationella (2009) Jörgen Bergmark, Stina Ekblad, Rolf Lassgård, Claes Ljungmark

A quartet of sterling performances from some of Sweden’s top actors (including the wonderful Pernilla August) Read More »
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 »