Kombat Sechzehn (Main Frankfurt Oder)
With actors Florian Bartholomäi Available on DVD in Germany Der 16-jährige Georg lebt mit seinem geschiedenen Vater in Frankfurt am Main. Einen emotionalen Ausgleich zu persönlichen Konflikten findet der Junge im Sport: Georg ist leidenschaftlicher Teakwondo-Kämpfer. Als er mit seinem Vater nach Frankfurt/Oder ziehen muss, und ihm dadurch die ersehnte Chance geraubt wird, die hessische […]
Zweite Heimat—Die Chronik einer Jugend (The Second Heimat)
Available on DVD with English subtitles The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. The length of these periods varies from one day to some years. It tells the story of a group of people in Munich (mostly music and film students). Every episode focuses on a different […]
Die Schweizermacher (The Swissmakers)
With actors Emil Steinberger and Walo Lüönd Foreigners who apply to become Swiss citizens have no easy task – especially when the police lets Bodmer loose to check upon their background, their integration in the society, and the possible danger they represent to the orderliness and cleanliness of the country. Bodmer gets a new assistant […]
Bend it Like Beckham (Kick it Like Beckham)
With actors Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley available on DVD in the US Set in West London, Hamburg and Hounslow, this comedy addresses multicultural issues in relation to women’s soccer, friendship, family and social norms. Jesminder (Jess) Bhamra (Parminder Nagra), the daughter of Indian parents that immigrated to the UK, loves to play soccer. Her […]
Ein Engel schlägt zurück (An Angel fights Back)
With actors Jale Arikan and Tatjana Blacher Charlotte runs a luggage porter service for the tourists on Helgoland: she transports the luggage of the new arrivals from the jetty to the bed and breakfast hotels. When she sees Ayse for the first time, she thinks she’s seen an angel. However, in fact she’s a former […]
Die leere Mitte (The Empty Center)
Steyerl’s film traces the impact of an influx of transnational companies on the city dwellers of Berlin in post-reunification Germany. The effect of the changing economy and politics on the city and its inhabitants is echoed through their physical relocation to its outer edges. In 1990, squatters proclaim a socialist republic on the death strip. […]
Eine andere Liga (In Another League)
With actors Karoline Herfurth and Ken Duken For Hayat, a 20-year-old girl of Turkish-German background, football is the most important thing in her life. She’s the best and most spirited player on her football team. But all of a sudden she’s got other things to think about. The doctors diagnose breast cancer. The operation changes […]
Gorilla Bathes at Noon
With actors Svetozar Cvetkovic and Anita Mancic available on VHS with English subtitles in the US GORILLA BATHES AT NOON examines the Soviet Union’s collapse through the goofball misadventures of a Russian soldier left stranded in East Berlin after the fall of the wall. Links: IMDB, Film Portal Genre(s): Comedy;
Berlin in Berlin
With actors Hülya Avsar and Cem Özer There is an ancient arab custom that a guest in one’s household must be treated with dignity and respect. If the guest has been given the signs of being a guest (food, etc.) – no matter how inadvertently – then, even if he is an enemy who will […]