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‘Jarmark Europa’ at Warsaw’s Dziesieciolecia Stadium, is one of Eastern Europe’s largest bazaars and a center for small trade that doesn’t appear on any tax declarations. The traders come from a variety of countries in the former Soviet Union. They transport their goods to Warsaw or other cities west of the ex- USSR in unmistakable…

With actors Ruth Niehaus and Hermann Schomberg Available in English In a small German village in the middle of large moors, there is an old legend of a young woman having sunk in the wetland after being raped by a Swedish intruder of the Thirty Years’ war. Now young Dorothee, falling in love with the…

With actors Marliese Assmann and Eva Maria Bayerwaltes available on DVD with English subtitles in the US The series (11 episodes) tells the story of the village Schabbach, on the Hunsrueck in Germany through the years 1919-1982. Central person is Maria, who we see growing from a 17 year old girl to an old woman,…

With actors Hans-Joachim Grubel and Grit Hornig Links: IMDB, Film Portal

With actors Günter Walraff Im Jahr 1985 landete Günther Wallraff mit dem Reportage-Buch “Ganz Unten” einen Aufsehen erregenden Bestseller. Wallraff beschreibt darin seine niederschmetternden Erfahrungen als vermeintlich türkischer Arbeiter in den Thyssen-Stahlwerken. Die gleichnamige Dokumentation entstand aus Aufnahmen, die Wallraff während seiner Arbeitszeit mit versteckter Kamera machte. Ergänzt werden sie durch nachträglich geführte Interviews mit…

With actors Julia Mahnecke and Adnan Maral Johanna, a feisty 17-year-old German girl with dreams of becoming a fashion designer, discovers her biological father is Turkish. Without telling him of their relationship, she gets a job at his elegant restaurant and disaster follows. Links: IMDB, Filmportal Genre(s): Comedy;

Available on DVD Liberated Zone is a drama-filled movie revolving around money-chasing CEOs, interracial couples, unfaithful partners, racism, a hint of homosexuality, and most of all, sex. What more could one ask for in a film about Germany, which is not typically thought to epitomize any of these traits. Two things I found quite peculiar…

With actors Philippe Leotard, Richard Courcet, Patrice-Flora Praxo, Cesaria Evora From the sea and sun of the Cape Verde Island, it’s a very big step to rainy, gloomy, land-locked Luxembourg, but that’s the journey 20-year-old Dju Dele Dibonga must take to track down his dad, whose yearly visits and monthly guest worker checks have stopped.…

With actors Corinna Harfouch and Meret Becker available on VHS in the US A love-affair under extreme conditions. In the autumn of 1961, a few weeks after the building of the Berlin Wall, a school group tries to escape from East Berlin to the West. Quite by chance, Sophie and Konrad are separated; Sophie reaches…