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Wolfgang Staudte – Der Untertan AKA The Kaiser’s Lackey (1951)
Synopsis:‘This historical satire, based on Heinrich Mann’s world-famous novel, Der Untertan, is ranked by film critics among the 100 Most Significant German Films of all time. In Mann’s biting...
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Hartmut Bitomsky – Das Kino und der Wind und die Photographie aka The Cinema...
DAS KINO UND DER WIND UND DIE PHOTOGRAPHIESieben Kapitel uber dokumentarische Filme The Cinema and the Wind and PhotographySeven Chapters about Documentary Films “That’s how we’ll begin: the street of...
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Florian Eichinger – Die Hände meiner Mutter AKA Hands of a Mother (2016)
Quote:Tensions are already mounting during a family celebration on a riverboat when Markus (Andreas Döhler) has a sickening flash of a long-repressed memory. His mother, he realises, sexually abused...
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Hartmut Bitomsky – Bombardement und Bunker aka Kino Flächen Bunker (1991)
KINO FLÄCHEN BUNKER (Das Kino und die Schauplätze) [Cinema, Surface, Bunker (The Cinema and its Settings)] which is also known as »Bombardement und Bunker« [Barrage and Bunker] is an essay film about...
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Jacob Fleck & Luise Fleck – Mädchen am Kreuz AKA Crucified Girl (1929)
Quote:Luise Kolm-Fleck staged a number of melodramas and Heimat films with her husband in Germany and Austria before they fled together to Shanghai ahead of rising fascism. The Filmarchiv Austria has...
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Arthur Robison – Die Todesschleife AKA Looping the Loop (1928)
Quote:Circus and variety films were a popular genre in the silent film era. This was Robert Reinert’s last film collaboration; he died before the production was finished. It tells the story of a clown...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Paris Calligrammes (2020)
From a topographic perspective, Ulrike Ottinger’s cinema is mostly located between Berlin and remote places in the Far East or the Far North. In Paris Calligrammes, she explores the landscape of her...
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Rosa von Praunheim – Meine Mütter – Spurensuche in Riga AKA Two Mothers (2007)
Variety review:The delightfully impish outrageousness of Rosa von Praunheim turns to more serious contemplation of his origins in the German helmer’s engrossing family docu, “Two Mothers.” Told in...
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Hartmut Bitomsky – Imaginäre Architektur – Der Baumeister Hans Scharoun aka...
Looks very interesting, some of Bitomsky’s classic techniques dollying through spaces, stop pans and quite a lot of movement with the camera. Among other structures looks at a housing complex, several...
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James Benning – Ruhr (2009)
Synopsis by Mark Peranson (cinema-scope):James Benning is not quite Stravinsky, and his first high-definition video (and first film shot outside the US) is not exactly the Rite of Spring, but a trip...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Paris Calligrammes [German narration] (2020)
“In 1962, as a young artist, I came to live and work in Paris. That period until 1969, when I left the city, was not only one of the most formative for me, it was also an era of intellectual,...
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Heinz Emigholz – Die Wiese der Sachen (1988)
Quote:Jedes Jahrzehnt hat seinen eigenen Zugang zum Himmel. Clonetown, 1974 bis 1979, die Chronik eines Abschieds. Charon, ein abgesprungener Terrorist, sitzt am Ufer zur Vergessenheit und kommentiert...
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Harun Farocki – Erkennen und verfolgen AKA War at a Distance (2003)
Quote:In 1991, when images of the Gulf War flooded the international media, it was virtually impossible to distinguish between real pictures and those generated on computer. This loss of bearings was...
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Rosa von Praunheim – Darkroom (2019)
Quote:Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrucken, moves with his lover Roland, a sweet-spirited musician with a lilting voice, to the bustling Berlin. They renovate an apartment with the intention of finally...
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Michael Verhoeven – Mutters Courage aka My Mother’s Courage (1995)
From the director of The White Rose and The Nasty Girl, comes this stunning adaptation of Hungarian author George Tabori’s autobiographical, somewhat surreal novel. Shifting between Nazi-occupied...
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Byambasuren Davaa – Die Höhle des gelben Hundes AKA The Cave of the Yellow...
For a movie lover, the wait between truly original cinematic experiences can be years. You might slog through a hundred retreads or more before you stumble onto a Topsy-Turvy or an Atanarjuat or...
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Harald Reinl – Zimmer 13 AKA Room 13 (1964)
Synopsis:This crime thriller contains enough comedy and blood to interest almost any movie fan. Shady underworld thugs gather in a seedy Soho hotel in Room 13 to plan a train robbery. They plan to...
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Leni Riefenstahl – Olympia 1. Teil – Fest der Völker AKA Olympia 1: Festival...
Quote:After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of...
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Leni Riefenstahl – Olympia 2. Teil – Fest der Schönheit AKA Olympia 2:...
Quote:After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl shot a documentary that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of...
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Jörg Buttgereit – Der Todesking AKA The Death King (1990)
Quote:Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death. 2.01GB | 1h 15m | 816×576 | mkv...
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