The ruler of a Ruritanian kingdom falls in love, in this Weimar era operetta. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Nothing Ventured / Nicht ohne Risiko (2004) Harun Farocki
What venture capital or VC for short actually means is explained the film itself. Read More »
The Coming Days / Die kommenden Tage (2010) Lars Kraume, Bernadette Heerwagen, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl
Die kommenden Tage is the story of an upper middle-class Berlin family on their Read More »
The Warrior (2001) Asif Kapadia, Irrfan Khan, Puru Chibber, Aino Annuddin
Circa feudal India in the State of Rajasthan is a desert region that is ruled over by a cruel and sadistic Lord Read More »
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle / Der Würger von Schloß Blackmoor (1963) Harald Reinl, Karin Dor, Harry Riebauer, Rudolf Fernau
A strangler is loose on a British estate, and he not only strangles his victims Read More »
The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna / Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna (1929) Hanns Schwarz, Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer, Warwick Ward
The film’s story concerns the travails of a woman who has been living quite Read More »
Chinese Boxes (1984) Christopher Petit, Will Patton, Gottfried John, Adelheid Arndt
An American (Will Patton) in West Berlin finds himself caught up in murder Read More »
Dark Friday / Venerdì nero (1993) Aldo Lado, Paolo Calissano, Silvia Cohen, Daniele Antonelli
Tells the story of two young women who accidentally meet three young people of the high society. Read More »
Pommerland (2005) Volker Koepp, Grzegorz Bartosiewicz, Jim Bartosiewicz, Malgorzata Bartosiewicz
Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, which means ‘Land By the Sea’) stretches along the southern Read More »
Different from the Others / Anders als die Andern (1919) Richard Oswald, Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn. Read More »