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Stephan Geene – Umsonst AKA For Nothing (2014)
Unannounced, Aziza is once again standing in her room – internship, Portugal, everything canceled. But her room is occupied. Her mother, Trixi, has rented it out. Zach lives there now, a...
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Christoph Hochhäusler – Die Lügen der Sieger AKA The Lies of the Victors (2014)
Investigative journalist Fabian Groys enjoys great freedom since the stories he uncovers make for strong sales. He works for a political news magazine in their Berlin head office. In this context, his...
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Werner Herzog – Die Große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner aka The Great...
Quote:In this documentary, the dramatic ski-jumping exploits of Walter Steiner are explored, along with his life-story and the philosophy which motivates him. Steiner is a Swiss woodcarver who...
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Werner Herzog – Wo Die Grünen Ameisen Träumen aka Where The Green Ants Dream...
allmovie.comIn a slightly padded but well-acted and relevant drama, an Australian mining company and a group of aboriginals go to court to settle a dispute over sacred land that the company wants to...
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Urban Gad – Zapatas Bande AKA Zapata’s Gang (1914)
StorylineComedy about a film crew shooting a movie about guns and robbers, when real robbers turn up. Having to go home in robbers costume, they are mistakingly accused. In the end the real robbers...
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Andrew Horn – The Nomi Song (2004)
He came from outer space to save the human race! Looks like an alien, sings like a diva – Klaus Nomi was one of 1980’s most profoundly bizarre appearances. He was a cult figure in the New Wave...
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Peter Sempel – Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory (1999)
Quote:NinaHagen was born in East Berlin in 1955, migrated to the West in the mid-70’s and became a New Wave Punk rock star in 1978, singing in a screechy growl that shaded into an operatic coloratura....
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Rainer Erler – Operation Ganymed (1977)
In the year 1991 five astronauts (three Americans, one European, one Russian) return to Earth from a presumably failed space expedition to the Jupiter moon Ganymed. Nobody expects their arrival any...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Die koreanische Hochzeitstruhe AKA The Korean Wedding Chest...
The Korean Wedding Chest is a 2009 documentary film about Korean wedding traditions directed by Ulrike Ottinger. The German language film was described as “capturing the collision of ancient tradition...
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Hans Günther Pflaum et al. – R.W. Fassbinder – Criterion Bonus Disk (1993)
Quote:This is an excellent hour-and-a-half documentary overview of Fassbinder’s career. For those new to the director, this is the perfect starting place (perhaps even before watching the...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Vampyr (1932)
With Vampyr, Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer channeled his genius for creating mesmerizing atmosphere and austere, unsettling imagery into the horror genre. The result—a chilling film about a...
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Werner Schroeter – Palermo oder Wolfsburg AKA Palermo or Wolfsburg (1980)
Quote:This film begins in the town of Palermo, where the film’s central figure, Nicola, is a young victim of Sicily’s high rate of unemployment. He decides to leave Palermo for Wolfsburg in Germany in...
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Heinz Emigholz – Years of Construction (2019)
Over a span of five years, a wing of the Kunstahlle Mannheim is torn down and rebuilt. 541MB | 1h 33mn | 720×404 | mkv...
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst – Tagebuch einer Verlorenen AKA Diary of a Lost Girl...
Quote:Thymiane is a beautiful young girl who is not having a storybook life. Her governess, Elizabeth, is thrown out of her home when she is pregnant, only to be later found drown. That same day, her...
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Valeska Grisebach – Mein Stern aka Be My Star (2001)
Quote:Grisebach’s graduation film – her first full-length feature Mein Stern (2000), co-produced by the “Konrad Wolf” Academy of Film & Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg, ZDF and 3sat – met with...
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Roland Klick – Deadlock [+ Extras] (1970)
A young man stumbles through the Mexican Sierra, shot and half bled to death, carrying a suitcase containing the loot from a bank robbery. Passing out, he is found by Charles Dump, a former gold miner...
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F.W. Murnau – Der Gang in die Nacht AKA Walking into the Night [+extra] (1921)
Quote:Dr Eigil Borne is engaged to Hélène, a girl who is madly in love with him. At Hélène’s birthday celebration, Eigil invites her to a cabaret, where he meets his other love, Lily, a passionate,...
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Frank Wisbar – Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben AKA Stalingrad-Dogs, Do You Want...
Synopsis:Set just outside Stalingrad in the winter of 1942, this compelling wartime drama tells the tale of a contingent of German soldiers caught in a Russian vise. Headed by Gen. Paulus (Wilhelm...
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Rudolf Thome – Supergirl – Das Mädchen von den Sternen (1971)
Synopsis: Playboy Charly is picking up a young woman on the freeway – she is only wearing an orange overall and wants to go to Washington. Charly takes her with him to Munich, introducing her to his...
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Ulli Lommel & Peter Moland – Haytabo (1971)
Quote:A biochemist stumbles upon a well-preserved scientific manuscript from a past century. He and his girlfriend study the document and discover a formula to produce a drug that promises...
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