Die Mitte (The Center)
Available on DVD in Germany Der polnische Regisseur Stanislaw Mucha schildert mit seinem Film eine Suche: Er will den geographischen Mittelpunkt Europas aufspüren. Doch gleich ein Dutzend Orte in einem Umkreis von 2000 Kilometern erhebt Anspruch auf die Mitte, von Braunau am Inn, Hitlers Geburtsort, wo einst Napoleon die Mitte gefunden haben soll, über die […]
Darwin’s Nightmare (Darwin’s Albtraum)
Available on DVD Darwin’s Nightmare is a documentary on the effect of fishing the Nile perch in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria. The predatory fish, which has wiped out the native species, is sold in European supermarkets, while starving Tanzanian families have to make do with the leftovers. The larger scope of the story explores the gun […]
Bella Martha (Mostly Martha)
Mostly Martha is a romantic comedy that brings up several issues of today’s society in Germany in a very subtle way. The main character Martha is a master chef in an upscale restaurant, but while she is great in her job, she is hopeless in relationships, be it with men, kids, her boss, or customers. […]
Yara (The Wound)
With actors Necmettin Çobanoglu and Füsun Demirel Yilmaz Arslan directed this Turkish-German-Swiss drama which begins in a German city where a woman arrives at an apartment building to visit her friend Hulya (Yelda Reynaud), only to learn that Hulya has returned to Turkey with her aunt and uncle because of an unspecified illness. There are […]
Süperseks
With actors Denis Moschitto and Marie Zielcke Links: IMDB, Film Portal Genre(s): Comedy;
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 […]