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Egon Günther – Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (1976)
Rebellious young Werther is passionately, but hopelessly, in love with Lotte. Although he knows that she is married to somebody who can offer her a secure future, Werther tries to be near her. Lotte...
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Falk Harnack – Das Beil von Wandsbek (1950)
Germany 1934: The Nazi authorities in Hamburg need an executioner to put a group of political prisoners to death, otherwise Hitler won’t visit their town. Teetjen, the butcher, facing bankruptcy,...
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Werner Fritsch – Das sind die Gewitter in der Natur AKA These are the...
QuoteDas sind die Gewitter in der Natur is a fragment of a long gone time. A time that should not be forgotten. Following Wenzel Heindl, a former farmhand who was 80 years old at the time of the...
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Tabea Blumenschein & Ulrike Ottinger – Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen AKA...
Quote:In THE BETRUCTION OF THE BLUE SAILORS, Tabea Blumenschein “plays four different roles in changing appearances and in fantastic costumes that structure the film: a mythical figure that permeates...
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Ernst Lubitsch – Madame DuBarry aka Passion (1919)
Quote:In 1919, before Ernst Lubitsch was known for his famous “touch,” the master director made something like nine films–a perfect opportunity for an artist to really practice his craft. Even he had...
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Roland Klick – Schluckauf AKA Hiccup (1992)
Gertie, called Flo by her friends, sees her big chance of a model carreer, when she manages to get the business card of successful model Chantal at a fashion show in her sleepy village. She goes to...
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Corinna Belz – Peter Handke: Bin im Wald. Kann sein, dass ich mich verspäte…...
This documentary explores the life and work of the Austrian novelist, playwright and political activist, Peter Handke. The director managed to meet and stay with Handke in his house in the country...
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Rob Houwer – Anmeldung aka Registration (1964)
Nursing homes in Holland have a long waiting list. It has become customary to register as early as possible to ensure future placement.Impressive is Rob Houwer’s film which casts its eye on an old...
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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg – Karl May (1974)
Quote:In the last decades of the 19th century, Karl May (1842-1912) was the most successful author in Germany. For 30 years he turned out 40 pages a day, constructing a staggering body of kitsch...
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Christian Schwochow – Novemberkind (2008)
Plot:A would-be novelist with no ideas of his own mines the tragedies of an unsuspecting woman to his advantage in this drama. Robert (Ulrich Matthes) is a college professor and struggling writer...
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Christian Blackwood – Summer in the City (1970)
Quote:The distinguished German writer Uwe Johnson (1934-1984) lived for several years in the 1960s on Manhattan’s Upper Westside. His publisher, Harcourt Brace, had hired him as a textbook editor for...
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Uli M. Schüppel – Nihil oder Alle Zeit der Welt (1987)
Shot on location in West Beriln, Nordstrand and Heiligensee, Sept/Oct 1986 and March 1987 Quote:Cult movie ‘Nihil oder Alle Zeit der Welt’ from 1987, featuring the members of Einstürzende Neubauten as...
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Mikaël (1924)
Quote:Based on Herman Bang’s 1902 novel of the same name, Dreyer’s film is a fascinating fin-de-siècle study of a “decadent” elderly artist (Benjamin Christensen) driven to despair by his relationship...
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Jörg Foth – Biologie (1990)
Biologie! was one of very few East German feature films to address environmental issues. In a small East German town shortly before the fall of the Wall, Ulla, a sensitive and principled 10th-grader,...
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Michael Klier – Idioten der Familie AKA Family Idiots (2018)
Wanting to start a new life, 40-year-old Heli has found an institution in which she can put her younger, mentally disabled sister. Her three egocentric brothers have agreed to the plan and come to...
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Boris von Borresholm – Marionetten aka Puppets (1964)
A minor character from a collection of marionettes takes viewers through a small world theatre where they come across various types, including the seducer, the demagogue and the obedient...
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Haro Senft – Ein Tag mit dem Wind AKA A Day with the Wind (1979)
This is the fairy tale of someone who went out in search of a rabbit and discovered the world along the way. So a children’s fairy tale? A fairy tale for adults about a child. Or about the happiness...
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Marcel Schwierin – Ewige Schönheit – Film und Todessehnsucht im Dritten Reich...
A fascinating doco with loads of file footage of the Nazi conception of the cinematic arts. from the filmmaker’s own site:This is an essay on the aesthetics of National Socialist film. The history of...
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Eran Riklis – Etz Limon aka Lemon Tree (2008)
Quote:Salma, a Palestinian widow – living there for decades – , has to stand up against her new neighbor, the Israeli Defense Minister, when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove, on...
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Wolfgang Petersen – Einer von uns beiden AKA One or the Other (1974)
Synopsis: Based on a crime novel by Horst Bosetzky (-ky) this is one of Wolfgang Petersen’s first cinema productions. The student Bernd Ziegenhals discovers that one of the professors at university...
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