Olaf Encke & Claudia Romero – Judas & Jesus (2009)
This short animation gives you quiet another take on the life and death of Jesus.This is the New Testament as if told by Jess Franco and Chuck Jones. 174MB | 640*352 | avi...
View ArticleLars Henning – Security (2006)
A security guard catches a young woman stealing in a supermarket, but something abouther makes him do something he has never done before. Filmmaker Comments:Security is an absolutely no-budget film...
View ArticleBurhan Qurbani – Shahada (2010)
The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring...
View ArticleKlaus Lemke – Sylvie (1973)
Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. Renegade director Klaus Lemke had previously startled German TV audiences with the...
View ArticleValeska Grisebach – Sehnsucht aka Longing (2006)
Quote:The second feature of German director Valeska Grisebach is one of the pleasant surprises of the Berlin Competition here – a quietly unassuming tale of marital infidelity told in a brisk 90...
View ArticleEdda Baumann von Broen – Durch die Nacht mit… John Landis & Terry Gilliam (2012)
(from arte.tv)Quote:Gilliam war der kreativste Kopf der unvergleichlichen Komikertruppe Monty Python, bevor er als Regisseur Meisterwerke wie “Brazil” und “12 Monkeys” schuf – aber auch ebenso große...
View ArticleToke Constantin Hebbeln – Wir wollten aufs Meer (2012)
In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police...
View ArticleYasemin Samdereli – Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland (2011)
On 10 September, 1964, Germany’s one-millionth ‘guest worker’ was welcomed. Spanning a period of no less than forty-five years, this film by sisters Yasemin Samdereli (director) and Nesrin Samdereli...
View ArticleWerner Schroeter – Argila (1969)
SYNOPSISSchroeter’s legendary two-screen projection Argila. 359MB | 32mn 48s | 720×272 | avi...
View ArticleRolf Römer – Hostess AKA Bird Waking Weather (1976)
SynopsisJohannes proposes marriage to Jette in such an uncharming manner that she is scared off. One word follows the other and instead of falling into each others arms each says what they have been...
View ArticleWerner Schroeter – Die Generalprobe AKA Dress Rehearsal (1980)
The first of Schroeter’s series of documentaries about theatrical performers, Dress Rehearsal began as a commission by German television for a short report on the 1980 edition of the World Theatre...
View ArticleTabea Blumenschein & Ulrike Ottinger – Madame X – Eine absolute Herrscherin...
The official synopsis wrote:On the women’s ship Orlando the flags of attack, leather, weapons, lesbian love and death are raised with a beauty which dispenses with a total domination of the viewer’s...
View ArticleCarl Andersen – Jungfrau am Abgrund AKA Mondo Weirdo (1990)
this is all imdb says about this film – Young girl becomes Alice in dreamland during menstruation. Wild dreams and nightmares about sexuality, vampirism, death, obsessions and other bizarre things.The...
View ArticleMax Färberböck – Aimée & Jaguar [+Extras] (1999)
Berlin 1943/44 (“The Battle of Berlin”). Felice, an intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name, belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of four,...
View ArticleUlrike Ottinger – Taiga (1992)
a review from the New York Times by Stephen Holden:Quote:In the opening moments of “Taiga,” a mesmerizing eight-hour journey into the nomadic tribal culture of northern Mongolia, the camera makes a...
View ArticleRainer Werner Fassbinder – Pioniere in Ingolstadt aka Pioneers In Ingolstadt...
A “Three Movie Buffs” review:This early Fassbinder film tells the story of two very different women, both friends, in a small German town. One is Berta an innocent maid and virgin who falls hopelessly...
View ArticleZbynek Brynych – O Happy Day aka Seventeen & Anxious aka Heiße Teens aus...
Synopsis (courtesy of Rovi):Seventeen and Anxious was also released as O Happy Day. The film’s alternate title is a reference to a popular gospel song, which is performed often in the course of the...
View ArticleHanna Doose – Staub auf unseren Herzen AKA Dust on Our Hearts (2012)
Kathi wants to make it as an actress in Berlin but she’s not particularly successful. She’s just the opposite of her control freak mother Chris, who is very successful at undermining Kathi’s attempts...
View ArticleReinhold Schünzel & Albert Valentin – Les Dieux s’amusent AKA Amphitryon (1935)
SynopsisJupiter comes down from Mount Olympus and disguises himself as a mortal to romance a woman… CastHenri Garat … Amphitryon / JupiterArmand Bernard … Mercure / SosieJeanne Boitel …...
View ArticleAchim Bornhak – Der Nachtmahr AKA The Nightmare (2015)
Quote:After a night of partying in a mansion with a swimming pool, teenager Tina starts to experience weird things. She hallucinates a violent deja-vu, and hears discomforting sounds. At home she is...
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