
The favorite slave girl of a tyrannical sheik falls in love with a cloth merchant Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
Carmen (1918) Ernst Lubitsch, Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Sophie Pagay

The tragic story of Don Jose, a Spanish cavalryman, who falls under the spell of a gypsy girl Read More »
The House of the Spirits (1993) Bille August, Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso

Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca. Read More »
The Tango Lesson (1997) Sally Potter, Pablo Verón, Morgane Maugran

On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. Read More »
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany / Heimat – Eine Chronik in elf Teilen (1984) Edgar Reitz, Marita Breuer, Rüdiger Weigang, Kurt Wagner

The series tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. Read More »
Gran Paradiso (2000) Miguel Alexandre, Ken Duken, Regula Grauwiller, Gregor Törzs

Recently paralyzed 19-year-old Mark is sent to a rehabilitation facility where he becomes suicidal. Read More »
40 Days of Silence / Chilla (2014) Saodat Ismailova, Barohad Shukurova, Saodat Rahminova, Farida Olimova

40 Days of Silence is the story of four women in Central Asia in key moments of their lives Read More »
Rice People / Neak sre (1994) Rithy Panh, Peng Phan, Mom Soth, Chhim Naline

In Cambodian refugee camps, when children are asked where rice comes from, they answer, “from UN lorries”. Read More »
Flames (2017) Zefrey Throwell, Josephine Decker, Michael Melamedoff

A real romance filmed over five years. Josephine and Zefrey simmer in the white Read More »
The Emperor’s New Clothes (2001) Alan Taylor, Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He’ll swap places with commoner Sergeant Read More »