Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul 1974

7.72

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

1974

Fitzcarraldo

Fitzcarraldo 1982

7.64

Fitzcarraldo is a dreamer who plans to build an opera house in Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, so, in order to finance his project, he embarks on an epic adventure to collect rubber, a very profitable product, in a remote and unexplored region of the rainforest.

1982

Alice in the Cities

Alice in the Cities 1974

7.70

German journalist Philip Winter has a case of writer’s block when trying to write an article about the United States. He decides to return to Germany, and while trying to book a flight, encounters a German woman and her nine year old daughter Alice doing the same. The three become friends (almost out of necessity) and while the mother asks Winter to mind Alice temporarily, it quickly becomes apparent that Alice will be his responsibility for longer than he expected.

1974

The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun 1979

7.34

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war years alone.

1979

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972

7.30

Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer -- arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be a model. Petra falls in love with Karin and invites her to move in.

1972

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick 1975

5.80

Goalkeeper Josef Bloch is sent off after committing a foul during an away game. This causes him to lose his bearings, and he wanders aimlessly through the city streets and spends the night with the box-office attendant of a movie theatre.

1975

The American Friend

The American Friend 1977

7.16

Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.

1977

The Nasty Girl

The Nasty Girl 1990

6.60

When a young woman investigates her town's Nazi past, the community turns against her.

1990

In a Year with 13 Moons

In a Year with 13 Moons 1978

6.60

Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her, and she now must struggle to reconcile her past life with her present identity.

1978

The Third Generation

The Third Generation 1979

6.20

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies.

1979

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter 1973

5.60

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older stranger arrives, recognized by Hester but unknown to others as her missing husband. He poses as Chillingworth, a doctor, watching Hester and searching out the identity of her lover. His eye soon rests on Dimmesdale, a young overwrought pastor. Enmity grows between the two men; Chillingworth applies psychological pressure, and the pastor begins to crack. A ship stops in Salem, and Hester sees it as a providential refuge for her daughter, herself, and her lover. But will Dimmesdale flee with her?

1973

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven 1975

7.80

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

1975

The Last Years of Childhood

The Last Years of Childhood 1979

6.63

A juvenile offender is handed over to authorities at age 13 and placed in an institution in this somber social drama. Martin is a petty thief who enjoys stealing and looks up to his older brother. When he is informed that his brother has died, Martin runs away from the reform school. He passes through various institutions and is labeled as incorrigible because of his refusal to comply with the rules of society. A dedicated child psychologist tries to save Martin when he entertains thoughts of suicide.

1979

Adele Spitzeder

Adele Spitzeder 1972

1

The true story of Adele Spitzeder, who started her own private bank in 1870s Bavaria by promising everyone that gave her money high interest rates. Initially dubbed the "Angel of the poor", she was arrested for fraud after the whole scheme collapsed.

1972

Ich kann auch 'ne Arche bauen

Ich kann auch 'ne Arche bauen 1974

1

Five children secretly enter a house, wander around and begin to build an ark in the basement. Uwe always wants to be right and give commands to others but not do work himself. The others drive him away when he wants to open the water. Out of revenge Uwe locks them in in the basement. The water level rises and rises.

1974

Speak, Silent One

Speak, Silent One 1973

5.20

Ramiro's grandfather is on vacation in a hostel in the mountains with his family. Decides to send theirs to Madrid and stay in a shelter, saying his health requires. But the reason is another ...

1973

Chetan, Indian Boy

Chetan, Indian Boy 1976

6.50

The western film that was filmed in Bavaria is located in the Montana Mountains. At the end of the 19th century, an Indian Boy called Tschetan meets the shepherd Alaska in the Montana Mountains. Alaska prevents him from being hanged as a cattle thief but from then on engages him as a deputy shepherd and forces him to do hard work. But when they have to fight against a powerful stock farmer together, they eventually become friends.

1976

A Demon in My View

A Demon in My View 1991

5.00

A strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.

1991

Man Under Suspicion

Man Under Suspicion 1985

5.00

Man Under Suspicion (German: Morgen in Alabama) is a 1984 West German film directed by Norbert Kückelmann.

1985