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German cinema: All genres
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1943, a young German woman named Maria marries Hermann Braun, just before he goes off to fight on the Russian front. Shortly after the end of the war, Maria's brother-in-law returns with the news that Hermann has been killed in action...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Werner Herzog
In 1828, a young man dressed in ragged clothes is found standing in the town square at Nuremberg. No one recognises him and he can only speak one phrase, "I want to be a cavalryman, like my father." The townsfolk adopt him as one of their own and attempt to civilise him, although when he becomes a financial burden he ends up as an exhibit in a sideshow...
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Werner Herzog
Et si on vivait tous ensemble? (2012)
Stéphane Robelin
Annie, Jean, Claude, Albert and Jeanne have been firm friends for more than forty years. They have each lived full and happy lives, but when their memories begin to falter and the prospect of moving into a retirement home rears its ugly head, they decide to take a stand against convention...
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Stéphane Robelin
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Werner Herzog
In the midst of a dead, barren landscape there sits a secluded institution, which might be a prison or a lunatic asylum. All of the people in the institution - the director, the guards, the inmates - are dwarfs...
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Werner Herzog
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Ingmar Bergman
December 1907. The once-famous actress Helena Ekdahl welcomes her family to her home to celebrate Christmas. Her sons - Gustav Adolf, Carl and Oscar arrive with their wives and children...
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Ingmar Bergman
Fata Morgana (1971)
Werner Herzog
A barren desert landscape, a wilderness that looks as if it has been devoid of life for an eternity... Yet, there are signs of civilisation, signs that once life existed here... [More...]
Werner Herzog
A barren desert landscape, a wilderness that looks as if it has been devoid of life for an eternity... Yet, there are signs of civilisation, signs that once life existed here... [More...]
Faust (1926)
F.W. Murnau
The Devil persuades an archangel to agree to a bet: if he can corrupt one good man then the whole world will be his; if not, he will return to Hell forever... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
The Devil persuades an archangel to agree to a bet: if he can corrupt one good man then the whole world will be his; if not, he will return to Hell forever... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Die Feuerzangenbowle (1944)
Helmut Weiss
Four old men, gathered around a steaming punch bowl, reminisce over their happy school days. A younger, middle-aged, man joins them... [More...]
Helmut Weiss
Four old men, gathered around a steaming punch bowl, reminisce over their happy school days. A younger, middle-aged, man joins them... [More...]
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Werner Herzog
In the late 19th Century, Brian Fitzgerald has a dream - to build a grand opera house in Iquitos, a thriving new city inhabited by the nouveaux riches of Peru... [More...]
Werner Herzog
In the late 19th Century, Brian Fitzgerald has a dream - to build a grand opera house in Iquitos, a thriving new city inhabited by the nouveaux riches of Peru... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Fontane - Effi Briest (1974)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1890, Effi Briest, the seventeen-year-old daughter of well-to-do parents from a provincial town outside Berlin, is courted by the wealthy Baron von Instetten... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1890, Effi Briest, the seventeen-year-old daughter of well-to-do parents from a provincial town outside Berlin, is courted by the wealthy Baron von Instetten... [More...]
Frantz (2016)
François Ozon
It is 1919 and the human cost of the First World War is still being counted across Europe. In a small German town, a young woman named Anna attends the grave of her fiancée Franz, one of the hundreds of thousands of casualties of the Somme... [More...]
François Ozon
It is 1919 and the human cost of the First World War is still being counted across Europe. In a small German town, a young woman named Anna attends the grave of her fiancée Franz, one of the hundreds of thousands of casualties of the Somme... [More...]
Frau im Mond (1929)
Fritz Lang
For some time, engineers Wolf Helius and Hans Windegger have been working on a project to send a manned rocket to the moon... [More...]
Fritz Lang
For some time, engineers Wolf Helius and Hans Windegger have been working on a project to send a manned rocket to the moon... [More...]
Die Freudlose Gasse (1925)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Vienna, 1921. In the chaotic aftermath of WWI, food is scarce and it is only the unscrupulous who prosper. In Melchiorgasse, a street in a poorer part of town, the butcher Josef Geiringer is doing a roaring trade, and so is his wife, the owner of an upmarket nightclub with a brothel attached... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Vienna, 1921. In the chaotic aftermath of WWI, food is scarce and it is only the unscrupulous who prosper. In Melchiorgasse, a street in a poorer part of town, the butcher Josef Geiringer is doing a roaring trade, and so is his wife, the owner of an upmarket nightclub with a brothel attached... [More...]
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980)
Ingmar Bergman
One evening, successful businessman Peter Egermann pays a visit to a brothel where he meets and kills a prostitute. What could have driven such a seemingly well-adjusted young man to perform this random act of brutality... [More...]
Ingmar Bergman
One evening, successful businessman Peter Egermann pays a visit to a brothel where he meets and kills a prostitute. What could have driven such a seemingly well-adjusted young man to perform this random act of brutality... [More...]
Genuine: A Tale of a Vampire (1920)
Robert Wiene
A young artist named Percy has completed a painting of Genuine, a high priestess with an irresistible allure. Since, he has become withdrawn, preferring the company of his creation to that of his friends... [More...]
Robert Wiene
A young artist named Percy has completed a painting of Genuine, a high priestess with an irresistible allure. Since, he has become withdrawn, preferring the company of his creation to that of his friends... [More...]
Die Gezeichneten (1922)
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In western Russia circa 1900, Hannah-Liebe is a Jewish girl growing up in a small town inhabited by Jews and serfs. Driven from the town by malicious gossip, she travels to St Petersburg to live with her older brother Jakov, who has converted to Christianity and now makes a comfortable living as a lawyer... [More...]
Carl Theodor Dreyer
In western Russia circa 1900, Hannah-Liebe is a Jewish girl growing up in a small town inhabited by Jews and serfs. Driven from the town by malicious gossip, she travels to St Petersburg to live with her older brother Jakov, who has converted to Christianity and now makes a comfortable living as a lawyer... [More...]
Gods of the Plague (1970)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Shortly after being released from prison, small-time crook Franz Walsch meets up with his girlfriend Johanna but it is evident that the passion has gone out of their relationship... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Shortly after being released from prison, small-time crook Franz Walsch meets up with his girlfriend Johanna but it is evident that the passion has gone out of their relationship... [More...]
Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)
Carl Boese
16th century Prague. Whilst studying the stars through his telescope, the aged Rabbi Loew foresees a troubled time ahead for his people... [More...]
Carl Boese
16th century Prague. Whilst studying the stars through his telescope, the aged Rabbi Loew foresees a troubled time ahead for his people... [More...]
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Wolfgang Becker
East Germany, 1989. A young TV repairman, Alex, is taking part in a demonstration when he sees his mother collapse in the street... [More...]
Wolfgang Becker
East Germany, 1989. A young TV repairman, Alex, is taking part in a demonstration when he sees his mother collapse in the street... [More...]
Hamlet (1921)
Svend Gade
Hamlet, king of Denmark, returns from the war against Norway badly wounded. At the same time, Gertrude, his queen, gives birth - to a daughter... [More...]
Svend Gade
Hamlet, king of Denmark, returns from the war against Norway badly wounded. At the same time, Gertrude, his queen, gives birth - to a daughter... [More...]
Der Heilige Berg (1926)
Arnold Fanck
An engineer living in the Swiss Alps falls under the spell of a young dancer, Diotima. A love affair ensues, but Diotima's beauty attracts another admirer, the engineer's younger friend, Vigo... [More...]
Arnold Fanck
An engineer living in the Swiss Alps falls under the spell of a young dancer, Diotima. A love affair ensues, but Diotima's beauty attracts another admirer, the engineer's younger friend, Vigo... [More...]
Herr Tartüff (1926)
F.W. Murnau
A wealthy old man is about to sign away his entire fortune to his housekeeper when his grandson makes an unexpected return... [More...]
F.W. Murnau
A wealthy old man is about to sign away his entire fortune to his housekeeper when his grandson makes an unexpected return... [More...]
Ich möchte kein Mann sein (1918)
Ernst Lubitsch
Young Ossi rebels against her authoritarian uncle by smoking, drinking and playing cards. If only she were a man she would be free to do all the things she enjoys... [More...]
Ernst Lubitsch
Young Ossi rebels against her authoritarian uncle by smoking, drinking and playing cards. If only she were a man she would be free to do all the things she enjoys... [More...]
Joyeux Noël (2005)
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Christian Carion
24th December 1914. Five months into World War I, regiments of French and Scottish troops face off their German opponents in the muddy, snow-covered wastes of No Man's Land... [More...]
Kameradschaft (1931)
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
During the Great Depression, France and Germany are both beset with high unemployment. In a French border town, unemployed German miners are turned away when they try to find work in a French mine... [More...]
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
During the Great Depression, France and Germany are both beset with high unemployment. In a French border town, unemployed German miners are turned away when they try to find work in a French mine... [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... [More...]
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... [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... [More...]
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... [More...]
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]