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Angela Schanelec – Mein langsames Leben AKA Passing Summer (2001)
Synopsis:An attempt to observe life from the outside – to gain distance, to not interfere, to just observe. Two young women sitting in a café on a summer day, a family arriving at the airport, an...
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Christian Petzold – Pilotinnen (1995)
The story tells of a travelling saleslady who gets a younger rival from her boss and is doomed to be mobbed out. However the new girl soon discovers that she also is only a plaything for the boss and...
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Wim Wenders – Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Plot:Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro’s takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the...
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Heiner Carow – Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet AKA Until Death Do Us Part (1979)
“Bis daß der Tod euch scheidet” is the story of a couple whose mad love for each other smashes headlong into the husband’s patriarchal value system. Based on a true story. 1.42GB | 1h 32mn | 960×540 |...
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Peter Nestler – Die Hohlmenschen (2015)
“Don’t be scared,” he’d whisper, “There’s nothing to be scared of. It’s just the hollow people.” Peter Nestler has made a film based on Israeli author and scriptwriter Etgar Keret’s short story “The...
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Harun Farocki – Sauerbruch Hutton Architekten (2013)
Farocki’s latest documentary catches the creative process at work at Berlin-based architectue firm Sauerbruch Hutton. 760MB | 1h 12m | 852×480 | mkv...
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Jean-Marie Straub – Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer...
Quote:In 1923, sensing the gathering storm of “fear, danger, and catastrophe” in Germany, the composer Arnold Schoenberg wrote a devastatingly prescient and heartbreaking letter to his former friend,...
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Jean-Marie Straub – Einleitung zu Arnold Schoenbergs Begleitmusik zu einer...
Quote:In 1923, sensing the gathering storm of “fear, danger, and catastrophe” in Germany, the composer Arnold Schoenberg wrote a devastatingly prescient and heartbreaking letter to his former friend,...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse AKA The Image of...
Quote:From the panoramic, historical revue of the many faces of social prejudice and ostracism, Ottinger turns her attention to the mechanism of exclusion invested with the necessary power to make or...
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Peter Fleischmann – Das Unheil AKA Havoc AKA The Bells of Silesia (1972) (HD)
Quote:A small town in Germany in the early 70s. Hille, the son of the local preacher, tries for the second time to graduate high school. Despite sophisticated efforts at memorization, he knows he...
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Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub – Machorka-Muff (1963) (HD)
Quote:The caustic, satirical tone of Machorka-Muff is immediately evident, but successive viewings will reward spectators as they become more familiar with the nuances of Böll’s text—to which the film...
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Robert Wiene – Orlacs Hände AKA The Hands of Orlac (1924)
A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn’t know they once belonged to a murderer. 1.73GB | 1h 34mn | 1280×720 | mkv...
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Dominik Graf – Tatort: Frau Bu lacht (1995)
Confectioner Mauritz is shot at close range. His wife, Thai woman Sita, whom he met two years ago through a marriage institute, is frightened and barely speaks German. Her five-year-old daughter, who...
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Arthur Maria Rabenalt – Achtung! Feind hört mit! (1940)
Synopsis:Action takes place in a factory producing cables for barrage balloons shortly after the critical September days in 1938. British Intelligence try to discover the production secrets and one of...
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Harun Farocki – Ein Bild AKA An Image (1983)
Quote:Four days spent in a studio working on a centerfold photo for Playboy magazine provided the subject matter for my film. The magazine itself deals with culture, cars, a certain lifestyle. Maybe...
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Oliver Hirschbiegel – Elser AKA 13 Minutes (2015)
Quote:In November 1939, Georg Elser’s attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler fails, and he is arrested. During his confinement, he recalls the events leading up to his plot and his reasons for deciding...
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Rudolf Thome – Tigerstreifenbaby wartet auf Tarzan AKA Tigerstripe Baby Is...
Quote:Time traveler Frank is picked up by Luise and Theo while on their way to Berlin. Frank wants to find author Laura Luna and take her to the future with him. Frank finds Laura and they become a...
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Rudolf Thome – Tigerstreifenbaby wartet auf Tarzan AKA Tigerstripe Baby Is...
Quote:Time traveler Frank is picked up by Luise and Theo while on their way to Berlin. Frank wants to find author Laura Luna and take her to the future with him. Frank finds Laura and they become a...
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Dominik Graf – Kalter Frühling AKA Cold Spring (2004)
Ekkehard Knörer @ jumpcut.de wrote:Dominik Graf makes movies for TV that are bigger than TV, but in his case this might be not a problem at all. It seems that his films work best as movies made for...
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Peter Fleischmann – Jagdszenen aus Niederbayern AKA Hunting Scenes from...
Quote:Of all the new crop of films by new German directors, this first film by Peter Fleischmann has attracted the most attention, and is based upon a prizewinning play by 25-year-old Martin Sperr....
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