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German cinema: Romance (Page 1 of 2)

Abwege (1928)

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Neglected by her workaholic husband Thomas, Irene Beck plans to elope with her secret admirer, the artist Walter Frank. When Thomas, a respected lawyer, manages to thwart this scheme, Irene takes her revenge by slipping away one evening to a debauched Berlin nightclub. Influenced by drugs and drink, she succumbs to the earthy charms of a young boxer... [More...]

Angst essen Seele auf (1974)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

One rainy evening, Emmi Kurowski, a 60-year-old cleaning lady, ducks into an Arab bar to avoid being soaked. She immediately notices a Moroccan worker, twenty years her junior, and invites him to dance with her. The Moroccan introduces himself as Ali and an unlikely friendship develops between the two... [More...]

Die Austernprinzessin (1919)

Ernst Lubitsch

Mr Quaker is America’s Oyster King, a millionaire businessman whose seafood empire is unsurpassed. But his daughter Ossi is unimpressed by his status and spends most of her time wrecking his house in her frequent temper tantrums. The cause of Ossi’s latest upset is news that a shoe cream magnate has married his daughter off to a count... [More...]

Die Bergkatze (1921)

Ernst Lubitsch

In the mountain town of Piffkaneiro, hundreds of desolate women gather to bid a sad farewell to Lieutenant Alexis, the popular military man who has touched all their hearts and left each one of them with a permanent reminder of their liaison, in the form of a child. Alexis may be a first-class lover but he is a lousy soldier, so to punish him for neglecting his duties he is sent to a fortress in the icy wasteland outside Piffkaneiro... [More...]

Der Blaue Engel (1930)

Josef von Sternberg

Immanuel Rath, professor of a provincial German school, is incensed when he learns that his pupils are frequenting a cabaret venue known as The Blue Angel. Determined to put an end to this, he storms into the nightclub and verbally assaults the manager. Whilst doing so, his attention is caught by the star of the cabaret, a seductively beautiful young woman named Lola... [More...]

Die Drei von der Tankstelle (1930)

Wilhelm Thiele

Returning home from a holiday, three friends – Willy, Kurt and Hans – learn they are bankrupt. Their fortune has evaporated and their possessions are being seized by the bailiffs. Undeterred, the three friends sell their car and open a petrol station, taking turns to man the petrol pump. Each has, as his first customer, Lilian, a beautiful young woman who easily wins his heart... [More...]

Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Franz Biberkopf is a good-natured but guileless young man who earns a modest living as an act in a travelling circus. When his employer is arrested for tax evasion, Franz loses both his job and his boyfriend. He is not downhearted, however. He is convinced he will win the national lottery. Whilst cruising, he is picked up by a gay antiques dealer, Max, and just manages to get to the newsagents’ in time to buy his winning lottery ticket... [More...]

Das Indische Grabmal (1959)

Fritz Lang

Fleeing from Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur, architect Harald Berger and his lover Seetha lose their way in the desert. Death seems assured, but they are discovered by a party of passing travellers. Recaptured by Chandra’s men, Berger is imprisoned and Seetha coerced into marrying Chandra... [More...]

Katzelmacher (1969)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

A group of disaffected young people hang out in their modern Munich apartment block, struggling to fill their empty days with tedious conversation and meaningless sex. When a neighbour takes in a Greek lodger, they begin to vent their frustration on this unwelcome foreigner. Jorgos is a respectable and hardworking guest worker, but to Peter and his friends he is just a filthy cat shagger who has no right being in their country... [More...]

Kohlhiesels Töchter (1920)

Ernst Lubitsch

Bavarian innkeeper Mathias Kohlhiesel has two daughters who could not be more different. Whereas Gretl is attractive, good-natured and cheerful, her sister Liesel is dowdy, irritable and moody. Peter Xaver is in love with Gretl, but her father will not allow her to marry until Liesel has been taken off his hands... [More...]

Lola Montès (1955)

Max Ophüls

After an illustrious career as an adventurer, igniting the passions of kings and dukes the world over, Lola Montès is finally reduced to a circus exhibit. Night after night she has to enact scenes from her life in a circus tent before a crowd of sensation-eager spectators. This humiliation she consents to is a just retribution for her past sins..... [More...]

Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Franz, a small time pimp, finds himself in the offices of a powerful German crime syndicate. The gangsters offer him a regular income for easy work but he refuses to join them, since he prefers the freedom he gains by working on his own account. During the interview Franz meets Bruno, an attractive young man who is strangely drawn to him... [More...]

Das Mädchen vom Moorhof (1935)

Douglas Sirk

When Helga, a young housemaid, is made pregnant by her employer, a prosperous landowner, she becomes a virtual pariah in the rural community where she lives. Hearing of her plight, another farmer named Karsten takes pity on her and hires her as his housemaid. For a while, Helga’s fortunes appear to improve... [More...]

Marianne, meine Jugendliebe (1955)

Julien Duvivier

Vincent Loringer’s arrival at a private school in Bavaria creates an immediate stir. The strangely charismatic adolescent who can draw wild animals towards him casts a spell over the other boys, who are enthralled by the stories he tells of his former life on a farm in Argentina. Vincent strikes up a close friendship with Manfred, whose love for him is surpassed only by that of Lise, the headmaster’s young ward... [More...]

Die Marquise von O... (1976)

Eric Rohmer

In the 18th century, in a town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise von O lives with her father, a Colonel, and mother. When their house is attacked by Russian troops, the Marquise is rescued by a Russian Count. A short time later, the Count asks to marry the Marquise, but, at her father’s insistence, she puts him off until he returns from a visit to Naples... [More...]

Menschen am Sonntag (1930)

Curt Siodmak

One Saturday evening, a young Berliner, Wolfgang, meets an attractive young woman, Christi, and invites her to spend Sunday with him by the lake. He then calls on his friend Erwin and asks if he would care to come along. The next morning, Erwin’s wife Annie hasn’t forgiven him the argument they had the night before, so Erwin goes off alone to join up with Wolfgang... [More...]

Pandora’s Box (1929)

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

No one can resist the appeal of Lulu. The beautiful young dancer is cursed with a raw sensual allure that no man can resist. Dr Schön gives up his fiancée and reputation to marry her - and quickly regrets it. When he sees his son in Lulu’s arms, Schön hands her a gun and commands her to kill herself... [More...]

Die Puppe (1919)

Ernst Lubitsch

Lancelot is a sensitive young man who enjoys the carefree life of a bachelor. Imagine then his undiluted horror when he is summoned to his uncle, the wealthy Baron of Chanterelle, and told that he must marry in order to preserve the family line. Forty eligible brides are assembled, all eager to tie the connubial knot with the man who is soon to inherit a fortune, but Lancelot would rather die a hundred deaths than get married once... [More...]

Sumurun (1920)

Ernst Lubitsch

The Sheik of an Oriental province is incensed when he discovers that one of his wives, Sumurun, has been making overtures to a cloth merchant, Nur-Al-Din. He is about to take a swift revenge when one of his eunuchs distracts him with the news that a party of travelling minstrels has arrived in town, with a beautiful dancing girl... [More...]

Der Tiger von Eschnapur (1959)

Fritz Lang

Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur invites the architect Harald Berger to his country to work on various building projects. There, Berger saves the life of a young woman, Seetha, when her party is attacked by a tiger. Berger falls in love with Seetha, not knowing that she is promised to Chandra. The Maharajah’s ambitious brother, Prince Ramigani, intends to use this fact so that he can steal the throne..... [More...]

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