1938, Romania: at 70, a professor of language and philosophy, Dominic Matei, contemplates suicide: the love of his life is dead Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
The Exception (2016) David Leveaux, Lily James, Jai Courtney, Christopher Plummer
Whiling away the hours in an isolated countryside estate near Nazi-occupied Utrecht Read More »
Ironclad (2011) Jonathan English, Paul Giamatti, Jason Flemyng, Brian Cox
It is the year 1215 and the rebel barons of England have forced their despised King John Read More »
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 »