Isabel Prahl – 1000 Arten Regen zu beschreiben AKA Different Kinds of Rain...
1000 Arten Regen zu beschreiben (2017) A family struggles with the teenager son who suffers from Hikikomori phenomenon. Suddenly, he closes the door and locks himself in, shutting out a helpless...
View ArticleArthur Maria Rabenalt – Chemie und Liebe AKA Chemistry and Love (1948)
Chemie und Liebe (1948) The first science fiction film of the DEFA: Futuristic comedy about a revolutionary invention. Synopsis:In the country “Kapitalia” Dr. Alland has made a breakthrough...
View ArticleVarious – Jesus – Der Film (1986)
Jesus Der Film (1986) SynopsisJESUS – THE FILM is a monumental feature film in 35 episodes, shot on Super8. The individual episodes retell the story of the New Testament and were made by a total of 22...
View ArticleBettina Böhler – Schlingensief – In das Schweigen hineinschreien AKA...
Schlingensief In das Schweigen hineinschreien (2020) Bettina Böhler creates a memorial to the director Christoph Schlingensief on the 10th anniversary of his death, a portrait of the filmmaker’s work...
View ArticleIngemo Engström & Gerhard Theuring – Fluchtweg nach Marseille AKA Escape...
Fluchtweg nach Marseille (1977) Documentary in two parts that blends dramatized reconstructions, personal reminisces and newsreel footage to tell the story of the flight of German refugees through...
View ArticleDominik Graf – Der Rote Kakadu aka The Red Cockatoo (2006)
Der rote Kakadu (2006) Quote:Rock ‘n’ roll comes to Germany just ahead of the Berlin Wall in “The Red Cockatoo.” Stylish period piece is weighed down by a too-familiar love triangle, generating...
View ArticleGeorg Maas & Judith Kaufmann – Zwei Leben AKA Two Lives (2012)
Zwei Leben (2012) STORYLINE:Europe 1990, the Berlin wall has just crumbled: Katrine, raised in East Germany, now living in Norway since 20 years, is a war child: the result of a love relationship...
View ArticleWerner Herzog – Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik: Bayreuth vor der Premiere...
Die Verwandlung der Welt in Musik Bayreuth vor der Premiere (1996) This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes...
View ArticleKurt Maetzig – Der schweigende Stern AKA The Silent Star AKA First Spaceship...
Der schweigende Stern (1960) In this celebrated sci-fi classic, a mysterious object from outer space is found in the Gobi desert. An international expedition, dispatched to Venus to decipher the...
View ArticleFatih Akin – Der goldene Handschuh AKA The Golden Glove (2019)
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s. Der.goldene.Handschuh.2019.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDSCHUHJOB.mkvGeneralContainer: MatroskaRuntime: 1h 49mnSize:...
View ArticleAleksandar Petrovic – Gruppenbild mit Dame AKA Group Portrait with a Lady (1977)
Gruppenbild mit Dame (1977) The story follows the life of Leni Gruyten, a regular German woman during the 1930s and 40s. Through her interactions with friends, family, and other people she knows, the...
View ArticleJohannes Schaaf – Trotta (1971)
Trotta (1971) Returning from his imprisonment in Russia during the First World War, Franz Ferdinand Trotta, a young KuK officer, discovers how much the defeat has transformed Vienna and his people. He...
View ArticleDanièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub – Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann...
Der Tod des Empedokles oder Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987) The tragedy of the death of Empedocles, philosopher in Ancient Greece. Hölderlin’s work adapted to cinema by Straub...
View ArticleIngmar Bergman – Aus dem Leben der Marionetten AKA From the Life of the...
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten (1980) (HD) Quote:Made during Bergman’s tax-related exile in Germany, the film continues the story of Katarina and Peter Egermann, the feuding, childless, professional...
View ArticleAlexander Kluge & Edgar Reitz – In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der...
In Gefahr und größter Not bringt der Mittelweg den Tod (1974) Quote:In 1974, Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz roamed Frankfurt for ten days with a small crew, capturing life in the city at that time:...
View ArticleJohannes Guter – Ihr dunkler Punkt AKA Her Dark Secret (1929)
Ihr dunkler Punkt (1929) Quote:When registering in a Berlin hotel, the beautiful Lilian realizes that she apparently has a doppelganger: She is arrested as a wanted jewel thief. Lilian decides to find...
View ArticleKonrad Wolf – Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz AKA The Naked Man in the...
Der nackte Mann auf dem Sportplatz (1974) Quote:In this film, Wolf and scriptwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase explore the role of art and the artist in socialist society. A sculptor questions the reception...
View ArticleConstantin J. David – Die Republik der Backfische AKA Teenagers’ Republic (1928)
Die Republik der Backfische (1928) From wiki:The Republic of Flappers (German: Die Republik der Backfische) is a 1928 German silent comedy film directed by Constantin J. David and starring Käthe von...
View ArticleDominik Wessely – Die Blume der Hausfrau (1999)
Die Blume der Hausfrau (1999) The movie depicts the daily struggle of vaccum cleaner salesmen in the region of Stuttgart, Germany at the tail end of the 90’s. What sounds dry is a deep and unmasking...
View ArticleIngemo Engström – Ginevra AKA Guinevere (1992)
Ginevra (1994) Clarke Fountain, Rovi wrote:Celia, who calls herself Ginevra, is a movie actress who is appearing in an art-film. When she collapses from exhaustion while browsing in a bookstore and...
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