A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Left-Handed Fate / Fata/Morgana (1966) Vicente Aranda, Teresa Gimpera, Marianne Benet, Marcos Martí
The inhabitants of a strange desert Barcelona are gradually leaving the city in a panic group. Read More »
As Long as You’re Near Me / Solange Du da bist (1953) Harald Braun, Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Hardy Krüger
An actress used to playing only bit parts becomes the center of attention Read More »
West / Westen (2013) Christian Schwochow, Jördis Triebel, Tristan Göbel, Jacky Ido
East Germany. Summer, late 70’s. Three years after her boyfriend Wassilij’s apparent death Read More »
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 »