Occident
With actors Alexandru Papadopol and nca-Ioana Androne Occident is a Romanian film released in 2002, and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It stars Alexandru Papadopol as a 29-year old man named Luci and Anca Androne as his wife Sorina. The film is a tragicomedy about young people who move to the West when they can not […]
Schwarzwaldmädel (Black Forest Girl)
With actors Rudolf Prack and Gretl Schörg Der junge Maler Hans ist es leid, dass seine kapriziöse Freundin, Revuesängerin Malwine , immer mit anderen Männern flirtet. Als sie sich auf einem Maskenball wieder nicht um ihn kümmert, entschließt er sich, sie zu verlassen, zumal er dort die als Schwarzwaldmädel verkleideten Sekretärin Bärbel kennen gelernt hat, […]
Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)
With actors Mario Adorf and Angela Winkler Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War […]
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 […]
Good Bye Lenin!
With actors Daniel Brühl and Katrin Saß available on DVD with English subtitles in the US Goodbye Lenin! is a mixture of history, comedy and drama that works quite well, even when dealing with such heavy material such as the Cold War, a coma in the family and the loss of a person’s (and even […]
Zwischen Gott und Erde
Links: Filmportal Genre(s): Classic Documentary;
Escape to Paradise
With actors Düzgün Ayhan and Fidan Firat Sehmuz, his wife Delal and their three children have saved themselves by escaping from Turkey to Switzerland. They are temporarily lodged in the asylum centre, together with refugees from Africa and East Europe that can se the funny side of everyday life despite their scars and nightmares. However, […]
Otomo
Produced by Irene Von Alberti With actors Isaach DeBankole, Eva Mattes, Hanno Friedrich, Barnaby Metschurat Available on DVD in Germany and the US In August 1989, this case stirred the population of an entire city. A west African applicant for asylum had his ticket checked during a tram journey in Stuttgart and took flight. When […]
Omiros (Hostage)
With actors Stathis Papadopoulos, Giannis Stankoglou, Theodora Tzimou Available on DVD in the US An Albanian immigrant hijacks a Greek passenger bus in hopes of gaining safe passage back to his home country in director Constantine Giannaris’ tense account of the headline-making 1999 hostage situation that quickly spiraled into disaster. An armed Albanian man wanders […]
Sonnenallee
Produced by Claus Boje With actors Alexander Scheer, Alexander Beyer, Katharina Thalbach, Teresa Weissbach Available on DVD in Germany A “mufta” is a multifunctional table, a “Minetta” is a radio, mopeds are called “Swallows” and “Asthmakraut Halle” (a special asthma medication) is the only recreational drug available. The Soviet Union is big brother; the rest […]