Werner Schroeter – Salome (1971)
Salome (1971) Shot in a Roman temple in Baalbek, Lebanon, based on Oscar Wilde’s play, this television film features the drama of Salome, who asks Herod for the head of John the Baptist, whom she...
View ArticlePeter Nestler – Pachamama – Unsere Erde AKA Pachamama: Our Land (1995)
Pachamama Unsere Erde (1995) Pachamama is another fine example of Peter Nestler’s extraordinary documentaries. He takes us on an expedition to Ecuador, to the heart of an ancient Indian culture....
View ArticleDominik Graf – Im Angesicht des Verbrechens aka In Face of the Crime (2010)
Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (2010) “In this epic-scale saga of life on both sides of the law, Max Riemelt plays Marek Grosky, a Russian Jew who immigrated to Germany in the 1920s. Grosky is one of a...
View ArticleMichael Kann – Stielke, Heinz, fünfzehn… AKA Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen (1987)
Stielke, Heinz, fünfzehn… (1987) Follows the 15-year-old, Heinz Stilke, a member of the Hitler Youth. Heinz is proud of his father, who died bravely for his fatherland, but suddenly learns that he...
View ArticleJörg Buttgereit – Captain Berlin versus Hitler (2009)
Captain Berlin versus Hitler (2009) After the Nazis took power, the resistance searched for a solution to end Adolf Hitler’s evil dictatorship. They formulated a plan to bio-engineer super-human...
View ArticleDetlev Buck – Same Same But Different (2009)
Same Same But Different (2009) From IMDB: Based on the true story of Benjamin Prufer and Sreykeo Solvan. The unexpected and uncertain love story of Sreykeo, a 21 year old bar girl in Phnom Penh and...
View ArticleStefan Krohmer – Sommer ’04 AKA Summer ’04 (2006)
Sommer ’04 (2006) A family vacation sets the stage for an often uncomfortable generational battle. Krohmer constructs an unpredictable love triangle between Miriam (Martina Gedeck), a still-radiant...
View ArticleNico Hofmann – Solo für Klarinette AKA Solo for Clarinet (1998)
Solo für Klarinette (1998) Berlin, Germany. A cruel murder took place in an appartment building. Somebody bit off quite a piece of the victim’s penis, who then, of course, lost a lot of blood, before...
View ArticleWolfgang Becker – Schmetterlinge AKA Butterflies (1988)
Schmetterlinge (1988) Synopsis by Dan Pavlides:When young Kaja (Lena Boehncke) is found dead, Andi (Bertram von Boxberg) is questioned by authorities. The two had spent time together along the...
View ArticleGordian Maugg – Fritz Lang (2016)
Fritz Lang (2016) Quote:Filmmaker Fritz Lang seeks inspiration for his first sound film by immersing himself in the case of serial killer Peter Kürten. encounters-fritzlang_1080p.mkv General...
View ArticleRobert Schwentke – Tattoo (2002)
Tattoo (2002) Fresh out of police training, Schrader plans to do “as little as possible”. Inspector Minks, who busted him at an illegal rave for drugs possession, has other ideas. He wants the...
View ArticleRoland Suso Richter – Nichts als die Wahrheit AKA After the Truth (1999)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999) imdb:The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele – the “death angel of Auschwitz”, who killed more than 300.000 people – comes back from his hide out in Argentina to...
View ArticleBurhan Qurbani – Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark. AKA We Are Young. We Are...
Wir sind jung. Wir sind stark. (2014) Quote:On 24th August 1992 in the eastern German city of Rostock a rampaging mob, to the applause and cheering of more than 3,000 bystanders, besieged and set fire...
View ArticleHans Steinhoff & Karl Anton & Herbert Maisch – Ohm Krüger aka Uncle Kruger...
Ohm Krüger (1941) The most incendiary of Nazi Germany’s anti-British films, and one of the most audaciously cynical movies ever made. Conceived by Joseph Goebbels’ Propaganda Ministry as a...
View ArticleKadir Sözen – Von glücklichen Schafen (2015)
Von glücklichen Schafen (2015) Synopsis:Elmas is in her mid-30s and lives with her two teenage children, Can and Sevgi in Cologne. For a single mother, her children are more important than anything...
View ArticleChristoph Boekel – Der Sog des Kriege – Eine Familiengeschichte (2022)
Der Sog des Kriege Eine Familiengeschichte (2022) “Der Sog des Krieges” is a film about the destructive power of war, about mental destruction and the effects on future generations.I have had my...
View ArticleAlan Vydra – Leos Leiden AKA Born Erect (1976)
Leos Leiden (1976) Leo suffers from priapism. His biggest goal is to find healing, but this endeavor turns out not to be easy. Starring: Eric Braun, Angelika Hefner, Carmen Miehlich, Jeannie Baker,...
View ArticleRobert Stone – Der Dritte Weltkrieg AKA World War Three (1998)
Der Dritte Weltkrieg (1998) SynopsisThis mock documentary uses archival footage, interviews and reports taken out of context and staged interviews to highlight a possible escalation into a nuclear...
View ArticleWolfgang Liebeneiner – Bismarck (1940)
Bismarck (1940) Synopsis:A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies – including aggressive war – helped to unite Germany. Review:The film is...
View ArticleKarl Grune – Waterloo (1929)
Waterloo (1929) Waterloo is a German made movie that depicts the soldiers of Belgium + The Netherlands; Brunswick; England, Ireland, Scotland + Wales; Hanover; Nassau; and Prussia’s victory over...
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