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Tag Archives: Germany
Is This Fate? / Von wegen ‘Schicksal’ (1979) Helga Reidemeister
This documentary chronicles the ups and downs of a German family in the 1970s Read More »
War and Love in Kabul / Mein Herz sieht die Welt schwarz – Eine Liebe in Kabul (2009) Helga Reidemeister, Hossein, Shaima
Hossein and Shaima have loved each other since childhood. As teenagers they were separated by war. Read More »
Germany Year Zero / Germania anno zero (1948) Roberto Rossellini, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze
Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War Read More »
Cross of Iron (1977) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Maximilian Schell, James Mason
With too much action to be lumped with “antiwar” films, and too little pro-war sentiment Read More »
Among the Cinders (1984) Rolf Hädrich, Paul O’Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley
Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »
The Player / Der Spieler (1938) Gerhard Lamprecht, Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, Hedwig Bleibtreu
Quite a fine and engaging interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel. Read More »
The Children (1990) Tony Palmer, Ben Kingsley
Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). Read More »
The Chronicles of Polyaris (2014) Christine Reeh, Dmitry Bogomolov
This film aims the poetic portray an abandoned town, called Pyramiden, surrounded by eternal ice Read More »
Iracema – Uma Transa Amazônica (1975) Jorge Bodanzky, Orlando Senna, Paulo César Peréio, Edna de Cássia, Lúcio Dos Santos
Truck driver travelling along the Transamazonic Road, a huge highway in Brazil that crosses Read More »