East Germany. Summer, late 70’s. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij’s apparent death Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
The Great King (1942) Veit Harlan, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum, Gustav Fröhlich
King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) of Prussia is engaged in a major battle Read More »
Fay Grim (2006) Hal Hartley, Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken
A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley’s “Henry Fool”, where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) Read More »
In the Last Days of the City / Akher Ayyam el-Madinah (2016) Tamer El Said, Khalid Abdalla, Laila Samy, Hanan Youssef
A documentary filmmaker in Cairo is having difficulty finishing his film Read More »
Karl May (1974) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. Read More »
Zycie za zycie. Maksymilian Kolbe / Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991) Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Zentara, Christoph Waltz, Artur Barcis
The story of catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941), who volunteered to die in place Read More »
Mossane (1996) Safi Faye, Magou Seck, Isseu Niang, Moustapha Yade
Mossane is a beautiful 14-year-old girl who has just reached marriageable age in a village in Senegal. Read More »
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? / All Together (2011) Stéphane Robelin, Guy Bedos, Daniel Brühl, Geraldine Chaplin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been friends for over forty years. Read More »
Slow Attack / Endstation Freiheit (1980) Reinhard Hauff, Burkhard Driest, Rolf Zacher, Katja Rupé
Nik, a released prisoner who started writing in prison, wants to leave his past behind Read More »
13 Days to Die / Der Fluch des schwarzen Rubin (1965) Manfred R. Köhler, Thomas Alder, Peter Carsten, Serge Nubret
Detective Rolf Torring is tasked with finding out who stole a valuable ruby from a Bangkok museum. Read More »