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Tag Archives: Germany
The Shoe / Kurpe (1998) Laila Pakalnina, Ivars Brakovskis, Igors Buraks, Viktors Cestnovs

The Shoe is set in a seaside Latvian town in the 1950s and deals with absurd laws of life in a border state. Read More »
Life, Above All / Le secret de Chanda (2010) Oliver Schmitz, Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe

A touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa. Read More »
Port Arthur (1936) Nicolas Farkas

Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky Read More »
Code of the Templars / Das Blut der Templer (2004) Florian Baxmeyer, Mirko Lang, Harald Krassnitzer, Catherine Flemming

18-year old David grew up assuming that his mother and his father Read More »
Vincent and Theo (1990) Robert Altman, Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine

It’s the late nineteenth century. Adult Dutch brothers Vincent Van Gogh and Theo Van Gogh, living in Paris Read More »
I, Anna (2012) Barnaby Southcombe, Charlotte Rampling, Gabriel Byrne, Eddie Marsan

A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale Read More »
The Bartered Bride / Die verkaufte Braut (1932) Max Ophüls, Max Nadler, Jarmila Novotna, Otto Wernicke

Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor’s daughter Marie Read More »
The White Horse Inn / Im weißen Rößl (1935) Carl Lamac, Christl Mardayn, Hermann Thimig, Willi Schaeffers

Screen adaptation of the Ralph-Benatzky operetta: love, humor Read More »
The Last Mercenary / Die grosse Treibjagd (1968) Mel Welles, Ray Danton, Pascale Petit, Günther Stoll

After the war in Congo, two mercenaries take a mission to safeguard uranium Read More »