Monarch

Monarch 1980

7.00

The film takes a look at a professional gambler, who very successfully specialized on the German version of the slot machine.

1980

A Year of the Quiet Sun

A Year of the Quiet Sun 1984

6.60

Shortly after World War II an American soldier (Norman) and a Polish refugee (Emilia) fall in love. Eventually he will return to the U.S. and both expect that she will soon follow him with her mother. Emilia's mother is sick, but will recover with the right medicine. But the mother, and not Emilia, knows that there will only be one ticket...

1984

Antigone

Antigone 1992

5.90

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian tyrant Creon by burying him.

1992

November Days

November Days 1991

5.70

Marcel Ophüls interviews various important Eastern European figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism.

1991

Tales of Erotica

Tales of Erotica 1996

4.10

A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

1996

Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg 1986

6.53

Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.

1986

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 2000

5.10

A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.

2000

Magic Girl

Magic Girl 1995

1

Horst, a good-natured manager of a nightclub, falls in love with a guest, the beautiful Jenny. She is high class and spoiled and requires a lot of attention from him.

1995

The Cloud Door

The Cloud Door 1994

5.10

A very clever parrot lives in a Hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One day, when its new owner is sleeping, the bird convinces a young boy to open the cage door. In return, it shows the boy a secret passage to get into the palace.

1994

Korczak

Korczak 1990

7.19

The story of Polish pedagogue Janusz Korczak and his dedication to protecting Jewish orphans during the war.

1990

Charlotte Link: Die Täuschung

Charlotte Link: Die Täuschung 2006

3.50

The "men's vacation" that her husband, the owner of an advertising agency, treats himself to for a week every year turns into a nightmare when his wife finds out that the agency is bankrupt and her husband is wanted for fraudulent bankruptcy.

2006

Touch Me

Touch Me 1993

5.10

Two women escape to the mountains where they enjoy each others company, apparently disappointed with their male partners.

1993

Panic Time

Panic Time 1980

5.50

The musician Udo Lindenberg (played by himself) is kidnapped during the party after a concert. Nobody realises this until the next day, when he doesn't show up in time for a rehearsal. Since the police believes this is only a promotion gag, private eye Kuhlmann (also played by Udo Lindenberg) has to be hired to find him in time.

1980

Inventory

Inventory 1989

6.30

Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography student. He lives with his mother Zofia, a sensitive, practicing Catholic, like her son. When he meets Julia, a depressed woman older than he, he first tries to comfort her, then invites her to stay with him and his mother. Tomek makes a trip to West Berlin to visit his well-off father. He refuses to take money from him and looks for work as a house painter. Julia ends up in a rest home for treatment, while Tomek is trying to make their relationship work.

1989

Island of Light

Island of Light 2008

4.50

Nora Bernd is a popular "lifestyle consultant" on television: in her programme she gets people to talk about their problems, helps them find a way to resolve their crises and provides practical advice and suggestions. Nobody knows that although Nora can come up with answers to other people easily enough, her own life is a mess. Many years ago she walked out on her husband Heiner and her daughter Jenny.

2008

Heinrich

Heinrich 1977

5.00

The life and struggles of the German writer Heinrich von Kleist.

1977

Fabian

Fabian 1980

4.60

The story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.

1980