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Jürgen Böttcher – Notwendige Lehrjahre AKA Necessary Years of Learning (1960)
Quote:Böttcher made his graduation film NOTWENDIGE LEHRJAHRE (1960) about young people who had become delinquent in a youth work yard in Thuringia. Already here a striking feature of his later films...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Lola (1981)
Quote:In post-war West Germany, the charming Von Bohm is appointed a city’s new Building Commissioner. His morality is tested when he unknowingly falls in love with a brothel worker, Lola, the paid...
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Wim Wenders – Der scharlachrote Buchstabe AKA The Scarlet Letter (1973)
Wenders explained that the experience of directing this, his second film, was the usual one which occurs with a new director. It is much more difficult and much less successful. One of the biggest...
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Wim Wenders – Silver City Revisited (1969)
Quote:“I was very impressed by the views from the different apartments in which I lived as a student in Munich. And I had a postcard collection. And in the attic of the film school I found a...
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Nina Gladitz – Zeit des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (1982)
Examines the forced participation of Sinti prisoners in the making of Leni Riefenstahl’s drama TIEFLAND. Nina Gladitz’ most controversial claim is that Riefenstahl knew these Sinti would be sent to...
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Jürgen Böttcher – Im Pergamon-Museum AKA In the Pergamon Museum (1962)
Quote:A cinematic visit to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The camera usually observes the visitors and paints their views on scenes of the ensemble of figures. The amazement at the beauty and grace of...
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Ulrike Ottinger – Chamissos Schatten (2016)
Quote:It starts with “Peter Schlemihl’s Miraculous Story”, which tells of a man travelling the world in seven-league boots. Adelbert von Chamisso wrote the tale before setting off to Russia on...
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Assad Fouladkar – Halal Love (and Sex) (2015)
Plot: Four tragicomic interconnected stories about how devoted Muslim men and women are trying to manage their love life and desires without breaking any religious rules. 3.73GB | 1h 34m | 1920×1080 |...
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Dieter Reifarth – Haus Tugendhat (2013)
Reifarth relates the history of the Tugendhat House and family from the perspectives of the Tugendhat children. The Tugendhat House is also presented in the social, political and cultural context of...
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Dominik Graf – Fabian oder Der Gang vor die Hunde AKA Fabian: Going to the...
Quote:Berlin, 1931. Jakob Fabian (Tom Schilling) works in the advertising department of a cigarette factory by day and drifts through bars, brothels and artist studios with his wealthy and debauched...
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Jürgen Böttcher – Ofenbauer AKA Furnace Builders (1962)
Quote:At the Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost an der Oder, a new blast furnace is being moved to replace a burnt-out one. 2000 tons have to be moved 18 meters: Three times we hear it in the commentary. Master...
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Hito Steyerl – Factory of the Sun (2015)
In this immersive work, which debuted at the 2015 German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, Steyerl probes the pleasures and perils of image circulation in a moment defined by the unprecedented global...
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Kevin Kopacka – Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (2021)
A couple spend eternity in a castle until their reality starts to shift, as the unknown moves into their lives. 4.95GB | 1h 15m | 1920×1080 | mkv...
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Edgar Reitz – Kommunikation – Technik der Verständigung aka Communication (1961)
An industry film for the West German Post Office. The use of the latest communications technology to link up the world. A technophile ballet in the mysterious world of relays, very high frequency...
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Robert Busch & Edgar Reitz – Die Zweite Heimat – Chronik Einer Jugend AKA...
The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. The length of these periods varies from one day to some years. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich...
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Edgar Reitz – Heimat 3 – Chronik einer Zeitenwende (2004)
This is not only a sequel to the “Second Heimat”, but also a chronicle of a very decisive decade for Germany (1989 to 200). The main couple of the mini-series released in 1992, Hermann Simon and...
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Katrin Seybold – Die Widerständigen. Zeugen der Weißen Rose AKA The White...
The White Rose – the first comprehensive documentary of Munich ‘s resistance work Students in the war years 1942 and 1943: companions, friends and siblings tell, as they supported leaflets, as they...
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Ted Fendt – Outside Noise (2021)
Plot: Daniela is unsure about what to do next and where to live. Mia is finishing a master’s degree that she spontaneously started. Along with Natascha, another friend thinking of moving to Vienna,...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Vampyr [Masters of Cinema 2K] (1932)
Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He’s barely settled in when he...
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Pola Beck – Am Himmel der Tag AKA Breaking Horizons (2012) (HD)
“Emotionally and artistically, this is a definite highlight of the competition…” ~TiFF Romania Synopsis: Lara doesn’t know what she wants. At twenty-five, she’s about to finish her degree in...
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