Die Sehnusucht der Veronika Voss (Veronica Voss)
With actors Rosel Zech and Hilmar Thate available on DVD with English subtitles Munich, 1955: A sports journalist meets Veronika Voss, an UFA actress who supposedly had an affair with Goebbels. Now declining, Voss is kept by her “kind” doctor, Dr. Kart, supplying her house, food, clean clothes and her favourite: morphine. Voss, trying to […]
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (The Marriage of Maria Braun)
With actors Hanna Schygulla and Klaus Löwitsch available on DVD with English subtitles Hermann and Maria Braun’s marriage lasts only one day and one night before Hermann is called to the front. After the war he is reported missing. Yet Maria believes he is still alive. Maria becomes the mistress of a GI whom she […]
Lass jucken, Kumpel! (Scratch Your Itch, Buddy)
With actors Michel Jacot and Anne Graf Der Beginn der zwischen 1972 und 1981 entstandenen sechsteiligen Reihe von Sexfilmen, die mit allen Mitteln um Lokalkoloratur des Ruhrgebiets bemüht ist: Im Mittelpunkt des ersten Teils steht der “Kumpel” Lenz, dessen Frau Gisela, ein despotischer Chef mit Namen Adolf Eichel und ein letztlich wenig tragischer Arbeitsunfall. Lenz […]
En Garde
With actors Maria Kwiatkowsky and Pinar Erincin Sixteen-year-old Alice was put into a Catholic educational institute for girls by her mother. She is quite different from the other girls: Because of her extreme sense of hearing she perceives the world around her differently from other people and prefers to stay pretty much by herself. In […]
November
Kurz-Dokumentarfilm My best friend when I was 17, was a girl called Andrea Wolf. She died in 1998, when she was shot as a Kurdish terrorist in Eastern Anatolia. There was a warrant out for her in Germany, as she was suspected of having participated in terrorist activities, for example the complete destruction of the […]
Alles auf Zucker! (Go for Zucker)
With actors Henry Hübchen and Hannelore Elsner; available on DVD in Germany and U.S. Review by Jennifer Lau: Nothing brings an estranged family together like the death of a loved one and the subsequent promise of an inheritance. In Dani Levy’s 2004 comedy, Go for Zucker (Alles auf Zucker), two brothers are forced to overcome their animosity and reconcile […]
Heimkehr (Homecoming)
With actors Rade Radovic and Mustafa Nadarevic Nikola, formerly successful musician, returns to his family in Stuttgart. His parents Anica and Vlado have lived in Germany for 35 years, but want to realize their dream of an own hotel in their native country Croatia. As Vlado is a hard and ambitious father, his relationship to […]
Status Yo!
Breathlessly energetic Berlin-set hip-hop epic »Status Yo!« employs performers and locations from local music scene to tell an ambitious story of one eventful night in the German capital. With just 24 hours in which to organize the biggest party the city’s ever seen, Yan Eq, Jamie, Sera and others must deal with their love lives, […]
Wenn der Richtige kommt (When the Right One Comes Along)
With actors Isolde Fischer and Can Sengül Paula Hartnagel works as a cleaning woman, leading an ordinary life. She loves life but, being a dreamer, she lives in a world of her own. When Paula believes to have found the man of her dreams in Mustafa, a Turkish security guard, her quite ordinary life suddenly […]
Lichter (Distant Lights)
With actors August Diehl and Herbert Knaup available on DVD in Germany To some it’s the end of the world. To others, the gateway to a new life: the river Oder between Poland and Germany. Vibrant with expectancy, it’s a magnet for people from all walks of life on their journey towards happiness, security, and […]