| German title | English Title | Number | Year | Genre | Director | Actors Actresses | Length | Mode | Format | Rating | Summary |
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| The Merchant Of Four Seasons | 791 MER | 2002 | Drama | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Hans HirschmŸller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla | 88 min | German with English subtitles | DVD | Hailed as a defining moment in FassbinderÕs prolific career, ÒThe Merchant Of Four SeasonsÓ tells the story of Hans, a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart attack, his buisness finally starts to take off. However, the more he becomes a credit to his family, the more depressed he becomes. One sociable day, while toasting his friends and family, he decides to drink himself to death. | ||
| Last Command, The | 791 LAS | 1928 | Adventure / Drama | Josef von Sternberg | Emil Jannings, William Powell, Evelyn Brent | 85 min | German only | VHS, B&W, Silent | Josef vonSternberg's The Last Command was inspired by the true story of General Lodijenski, a Russian aristocrat who arrived penniless in the US after the 1917 Revolution and who supported himself by playing movie bit parts and managing a Russian restaurant. Emil Jannings stars as the Grand Duke Sergius Alexander, who in the last days of the Romanoff regime must decide the fate of two revolutionist actors, Leo Andreyev (William Powell) and the gorgeous Natacha (Evelyn Brent). | ||
| 23 - Nichts ist so wie es scheint | 23 | 791 DRE | 1998 | Thriller / Drama | Hans-Christian Schmid | August Diehl, Fabian Busch, Dieter Landuris, Jan Gregor Kremp | 99 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | The passion of an abused idealist: Karl Koch, high school
student in Hannover, is obsessed by the theories of a world-wide
conspiracy propagated by the American Robert Anton Wilson in his
bestseller ÒThe IlluminatesÓ. Karl begins to work for the KGB as hacker; increasingly addicted to dugs, he becomes lost on his computer in the worldÕs data networks. |
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| 4 Freunde und 4 Pfoten | 791 Vie | 2003 | Comedy | Gabriele Heberling | Inga Busch, Alexander Gaul, Edda Leesch | 76min | German | VHS | 5.1/10 | There is no doubt what this movie is: a movie you can leave your kids watching alone. Nothing they shouldn't see, and nothing you (parents) should see. If you like stories for young school-age children, watch it. But be warned: a thin, completely predictable story, average acting, director just working for his money. Kids like we saw in hundreds of movies, dog as we saw in thousands... A typical German kids' movie. A detective/crime story suitable for their age. If you've let them already watch action movies like Speed, Matrix or James Bond don't bother with this one, they'll give up after five minutes. But if they have childhood like they should, and are not contaminated by Japanese violent cartoons, they'll most likely spend exciting 70 minutes. And let you do whatever you want to. | |
| Abenteuer 1900 | 791 AB |
2004 | Documentary | Volker Heise | 377 min | Men, women and children of the 21. century are put together and experience how life was like in the 20th century. | |||||
| Abenteuer des Kardinal Braun | Operation St. PeterÕs | 791 ABE | 1967 | Comedy/Crime | Lucio Fulci | Lando Buzzanca, Heinz RŸhrmann, Jean-Caude Brially, Edward G.Robinson | 100 min | German only | VHS | Small time crook Napoleone falls into an unlikely gang made
up of a gangster, called The Baron, and his two cohorts, Agonia and The
Captain, where Napoleone takes them to Rome where they shack up with a
shady used car dealer caled Il Cajella to help finance their new life
of crime by planing to rob a statue from the Vatican. But a big-time
American gangster, named Joe Ventura, hears about the heist and wants
the priceless statue for himself by having his mistress, Samantha, come
onto and betray the woman-hungry Cajella to give the statue away to her. |
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| Aber, aber Herr Professor | 791 ABE | 1950 | Comedy/Romance | Rolf Meyer | Johannes Heesters, Gisela Schmidting | 95 min | German only | VHS | Ein sehr anstrengendes Leben ist es, das der Professor Wendler fŸhren mu§. Er sieht nŠmlich viel zu gut fŸr den Musiklehrer einer MŠdchenschule aus und mu§ es nun ertragen, da§ sich die jungen Damen Hals Ÿber Kopf in ihn verlieben. Besonders eine gewisse Ines hat es auf ihn abgesehen und kann es nicht begreifen, da§ ihr, dem verwšhnten Kind sŸdamerikanischer MillionŠre, nicht auch der grš§te Wunsch, eben jener Professor Wendler, erfŸllt wird. | ||
| Abschied von gestern | YesterdayÕs Girl | 791 ABS | 1966 | Comedy | Alexander Kluge | Hans Bummer, Ursula Dirichs, KŠthe Ebner | 88 min | German only | VHS | rated R | KlugeÕs prize-winning first feature, which launched
him as a major figure in the New German Cinema movement, is based on
one of his short stories, Anita G., published in his collection of
short stories Curricula Vitae (1962) - of love, home and work - but
canÕt seem to escape either her nor GermanyÕs past. Winner of the Special Jury Price at the Venice Film Festival 1966 |
| Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes | Aguirre, the Wrath of God | 791 AGU | 1972 | Adventure/ Drama | werner Herzog | Klaus Kinski, Daniel Ades, Peter Berling | 100 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | A few decades after the destruction of the Inca empire, a
Spanish expedition leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the
Amazon river in search of gold and wealth. Soon, they come across great
difficulties and Don Aguirres, a ruthless man who cares only about
riches, becomes their leader. But will his quest lead them to "the
golden city", or to certain destruction? |
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| Aimee & Jaguar | Aimee & Jaguar | 791 AIM | 1999 | Romance/Drama | Max FŠrbebšck | Mariane Schrader, Juliane Kšhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch | 125 min | German only | VHS | Berlin 1943/44 ("The Battle of Berlin"). Felice, an
intelligent and courageous Jewish woman who lives under a false name,
belongs to an underground organization. Lilly, a devoted mother of
four, though an occasional unfaithful wife, is desperate for love. An
unusual and passionate love between them blossoms despite the danger of
persecution and nightly bombing raids. The Gestapo is on Felice's
trail. Her friends flee, she decides to sit out the war with Lilly. One
hot day in August 1944, the Gestapo is waiting in Lilly's flat... Golden Globes Nominee 2000 Winner of the German Film Award 1999 |
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| Alarm fuer Cobra 11 | 791 AL |
2004 | Action | Christian Oliver, Erdogan Atalay | 180 min | Popular TV soap about two highway cops. | |||||
| Alarm im Zirkus | 791 ALA | 1954 | Crime / Drama | Gerhard Klein | Erwin Geschonneck, Uwe-Jens Pape, Karl Kendzia | 75 min | German only | VHS | Die Westberliner Jungen Klaus und Max leben in Šrmlichen VerhŠltnissen. Ihr Traum ist eine Boxerkarriere, und um sich Boxhandschuhe fŸrs Training kaufen zu kšnnen, sparen sie jeden Pfennig. Doch es reicht nicht. Und so lassen sie sich vom Kneipenwirt Klott fŸr ein krummes GeschŠft anheuern. Durch Zufall kann Klaus ein GesprŠch Klotts belauschen und erfŠhrt, dass er sich an einem Pferdediebstahl im Ostberliner Zirkus Barlay, wo er gerade neue Freunde gefunden hat, beteiligen soll. Er ist empšrt und sorgt in einer abenteuerlichen Aktion fŸr die Verhinderung des Diebstahls. | ||
| Alaska.de | Alaska.de | 791 ALA | 2000 | Drama | Esther Gronenborn | Jana Pallaske, Frank Droese, Arthur Rakk, Toni Blume | 89 min | German only | VHS | When 16-year-old Sabine can no longer get along with her
mother's boyfriend, she is sent to live with her father in an East
Berlin suburb. Feeling completely isolated and alone, she finally
befriends Eddie, a boy of her own age, and his best friend Micha. Micha, who is two years older, is unemployed and in trouble with the police. A party at his house turns into a nightmare when he, Eddie and their friend Stefan get into a vicious fight with another boy. Eddie stabs the boy to death. Sabine finds the bleeding corpse and sees Micha running away with a knife in his hands. The boys are terrified at what they've done and threaten Sabine to keep silent. When Micha decides to take matters into his own hands, things only get worse... |
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| Alice in den StŠdten | Alice in the Cities | 791 ALI | 1974 | Drama | Wim Wenders | RŸdiger Vogler, Yella RottlŠnder, Lisa Kreutzer | 110 min | German only | VHS | 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. | |
| Alice in den StŠdten | Alice in the Cities | 791 ALI | 1974 | Drama | Wim Wenders | RŸdiger Vogler, Yella RottlŠnder, Lisa Kreutzer | 110 min | German with English subtitles | VHS | 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. | |
| Alice in den StŠdten | Alice in the Cities | 791 ALI | 1974 | Drama | Wim Wenders | RŸdiger Vogler, Yella RottlŠnder, Lisa Kreutzer | 110 min | German with English subtitles | VHS | 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. | |
| All of me | All of me | 791 ALL | 1991 | Drama / Romance | Bettina Wilhelm | Georgette Dee, Miroslaw Baka | 76 min | German only | VHS | A transvestite performer in the German Kleinkunst tradition on th etwenties and thirties. Orlanda specializes in american torch songs, among them ÒAll of meÓ. On a concert tour in Warsaw, which doubles as a honeymoon as he/she and his/her wife, Elisabeth, both fall in love with a charming man. | |
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| Angst essen Seele auf | Ali: Fear Eats The Soul | 791 ALI | 1974 | Drama / Romance | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Brigitte Mira, El Hedi ben Salem, Irm Herman | 93 min | German with English subtitles | VHS | suitable for adults | Emmi, a woman truly in the second half of life falls in love
with Ali, an more than ten years younger Arab guest worker. When they
both decide to marry, everybody and everyone seems to be against them.
When the folks calm down a bit, Emmi and Ali get deeply unsure about
their relationship. Awarded at the Cannes Film Festival 1974 And the German Film Awards |
| Ansichten eines Clowns | The Clown | 791 ANS | 1976 | Vojtech Jasny | Helmut Griem, Hanna Schygulla, Eva Maria Meinecke | 111 min | German only | VHS | Novel by Heinrich Bšll. Set in West Germany during the period of recovery following World War II, the novel examines the hypocrisy of contemporary German society in repressing memory of the historical past in order to concentrate on material reconstruction. In the book the figure of a clown represents the social conscience of the society. Through conversations the clown has with members of his family and others who represent various segments of the community, Bšll presents his criticism of that world, especially of the institutions of the church and industry. | ||
| Asterix erobert Rom | Asterix in Rome | 791 AST | 1976 | Animation / Adventure | Rene Goscinny | 85 min | German only | VHS | When Julius Cesar fears, that he will probably never be able
to defeat the gaulic village of Asterix and his friends, he has the
idea of offering the Gauls a deal: if they are able to solve twelve
tasks that he selected, he will hand over the Roman empire to them. If
not, they have to submit. |
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| Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen | Even Dwarfts Start Small | 791 EVE | 1970 | Drama / Horror | Werner Herzog | Helmut Dšring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer | 96 min | German with English Subtitles, B&W | DVD | A group of dwarves living in a sort of prison in a remote
country are fed up with their condition and begin rebelling against
their keepers. Their acts of rebellion grow to alarming proportions. An
allegory on the depravity of prisoners as well warders. |
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| Auf der Reeperbahn Nachts um halb eins | On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight | 791 AUF | 1954 | Comedy | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | Hans Albers, Heinz RŸhrmann, Fita Benkhoff, Erwin Strahl. | 107 min | German only | VHS | This famous movie classic is one of the most popular German films. After many years Hannes (Hans Albers) returns to Hamburg to retire. His old friend Pitter (Heinz Ruehmann) has financial problems with his Hippodrome ride on the Reeperbahn. Hannes decides to help his old friend. Lots of drama and Seamen songs make this film so enjoyable. | |
| Auf Wiedersehen, Amerika | Bye Bye America | 791 AUF | 1994 | Comedy / Drama | Jan SchŸtte | Aleksander Bardini, Christa Berndl | 85 min | German only | VHS | A road movie with a new twist, BYE BYE AMERICA centers on
three winsomely naive characters in Brighton Beach, N.Y., all past the
prime of life but full of dreams and expectations. Genovefa, a Polish
cleaning lady; her husband Moshe, a diminutive Polish Jew; and their
best friend Isaac, a sad-sack German Jew, board a Polish freighter for
the old country. Their ensuing adventures, together and apart, make it
clear that "home" is elusive: in America they are immigrants, in Berlin
they are Jews, and in Poland they are Americans. Their warm reunion in
Gdansk reveals the transforming power of any journey. |
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| Auf Wiedersehen, Amerika | Bye Bye America | 791 AUF | 1994 | Comedy / Drama | Jan SchŸtte | Aleksander Bardini, Christa Berndl | 85 min | English | VHS | A road movie with a new twist, BYE BYE AMERICA centers on
three winsomely naive characters in Brighton Beach, N.Y., all past the
prime of life but full of dreams and expectations. Genovefa, a Polish
cleaning lady; her husband Moshe, a diminutive Polish Jew; and their
best friend Isaac, a sad-sack German Jew, board a Polish freighter for
the old country. Their ensuing adventures, together and apart, make it
clear that "home" is elusive: in America they are immigrants, in Berlin
they are Jews, and in Poland they are Americans. Their warm reunion in
Gdansk reveals the transforming power of any journey. |
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| Aus einem deutschen Leben | Death is my Trade | 791 AUS | 1977 | Drama | Theodor Kortulla | Gštz George, Elisabeth Schwarz, Kurt HŸbner | 145 min | German with english subtitles | VHS | The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Hšss. Diese vorzŸgliche Filmbiographie zeichnet den Werdegang des phantasielosen BŸrokraten nach. Schon im ersten Weltkrieg ist der junge Hš§ treuer EmpfehlsempfŠnger. Dann, im Zivilleben, zeigt er sich als vorschriftenhšriger Muster-Arbeiter. Als die Nazis an Macht gewinnen, ist Hš§ der ideale Mann fŸr ihre Zwecke: Er fragt nicht, er fŸhrt aus. Das bringt ihn nach "oben". Hš§ wird Lagerkommandant im Vernichtungslager Auschwitz. Als er den Befehl erhŠlt, tŠglich tausend Juden zu tšten, ist das fŸr ihn ein Befehl wie jeder andere auch... |
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| Bandits | Bandits | 791 BAN | 1997 | Drama / Music | Katja von Garnier | Katja Riemann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz, Jutta Hoffmann | 110 min | German only | VHS | Rated R | Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a
chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance
to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell
their music and become famous outlaws. They Always Wanted to be Famous... They Never Knew They'd be Wanted! |
| Bandits | Bandits | 791 BAN | 1997 | Drama / Music | Katja von Garnier | Katja Riemann, Jasmin Tabatabai, Nicolette Krebitz, Jutta Hoffmann | 110 min | German with English subtitles | DVD | Rated R | Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a
chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance
to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell
their music and become famous outlaws. They Always Wanted to be Famous... They Never Knew They'd be Wanted! |
| Bang Boom Bang - ein todsicheres Ding | Bang Boom Bang | 791 BAN | 1999 | Action / Comedy | Peter Thorwarth | Oliver Korrittke, Markus KnŸfken, Ralf Richter, Martin Semmelrogge | 100 min | German only | VHS | Life could be just great for bankrobber Keek: His buddy Kalle
is doing time for their last coup, while Keek has to retain the loot.
Kalle will spend two more years in jail, so Keek is not exactly
bothered by the fact that he has lost most of the money betting on
horse races. But then Kalle watches a porn video 'starring' his
girlfriend and he breaks free to take revenge. Suddenly, Keek is in
desperate need of cash and even the weirdest scheme seems promising. |
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| Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben series 1-5 | part 1: Die Bauern | 791 BAU | 1973 | mini series | Egon Monk | Arno Assmann, Siegfried Wischnewski, Eberhard Fechner, Reinhardt Firchow | 88 min each | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Well done portrait of the roaring 20's in germany. Max Tredup, Annoncenwerber bei der "Chronik", der kleinen Provinzzeitung von Altholm, kann mit seinem dŸrftigen Druckzeilenhonorar Frau und Kind nicht mehr ernŠhren. Als er zufŠllig Zeuge wird, wie die in BedrŠngnis geratenen Bauern der Gegend eine PfŠndungsvollstreckung der Finanzbehšrde massiv zu verhindern versuchen, macht er Fotos davon und verkauft sie fŸr tausend Mark als Belastungsmaterial an den RegierungsprŠsidenten Temborius, der die Verhaftung des BauernfŸhrers anordnet. |
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| Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben series 1-5 | part 2: Die Demonstration | 791 BAU | 1973 | mini series | Egon Monk | Arno Assmann, Siegfried Wischnewski, Eberhard Fechner, Reinhardt Firchow | 88 min each | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Well done portrait of the roaring 20's in germany. Die Bauern sind provoziert. Es gibt BombenanschlŠge, darunter auch auf den RegierungsprŠsidenten in Schleswig. Der BŸrgermeister von Altholm genehmigt gegen den Willen des PrŠsidenten eine Bauerndemonstration im Ort. Polizeioberinspektor Frerksen gerŠt daraufhin in Zweifel, wem seine LoyalitŠt zu gelten hat. Auf Anordnung Temborius' stehen zwei Kompanien Schutzpolizei nahe bei Altholm, bereit, den friedlichen Ablauf der Kundgebung in Frage zu stellen. |
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| Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben series 1-5 | part 3: Die StŠdter | 791 BAU | 1973 | mini series | Egon Monk | Arno Assmann, Siegfried Wischnewski, Eberhard Fechner, Reinhardt Firchow | 88 min each | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Well done portrait of the roaring 20's in germany. Gro§e Unruhen sind die Folge. Stuff, Lokalredakteur der "Chronik", nimmt das Ende der Bauerndemonstration zum Anlass, die "Roten" in der Stadtverwaltung anzugreifen. †ber einen fiktiven Leserbrief gibt er den Bauern das Stichwort zum Boykott. Vertreter der šrtlichen GeschŠftsleute versuchen mit dem Landvolk Kontakt aufzunehmen, dessen ultimative Forderung, die Entlassung von Gareis und Frerksen, die Verhandlungen jedoch scheitern lassen. |
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| Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben series 1-5 | part 4: Alle gegen alle | 791 BAU | 1973 | mini series | Egon Monk | Arno Assmann, Siegfried Wischnewski, Eberhard Fechner, Reinhardt Firchow | 88 min each | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Well done portrait of the roaring 20's in germany. BŸrgermeister Gareis nimmt den Boykott der Bauernschaft nicht zur Kenntnis. Daraufhin fŠhrt eine Abordnung der GeschŠftsleute nach Schleswig zum RegierungsprŠsidenten, der nun seinerseits die Chance erkennt, den ihm schon lange unbequemen BŸrgermeister und Parteigenossen zu treffen. Gareis geht kompromisslos gegen den Lokalredakteur vor, versucht die Anschuldigungen des RegierungsprŠsidenten geheim zuhalten und erzwingt Pressefrieden bis zur gerichtlichen Untersuchung der DemonstrationsvorgŠnge. |
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| Bauern, Bonzen und Bomben series 1-5 | part 5: Der Gerichtstag | 791 BAU | 1973 | mini series | Egon Monk | Arno Assmann, Siegfried Wischnewski, Eberhard Fechner, Reinhardt Firchow | 88 min each | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Well done portrait of the roaring 20's in germany. Tredup sitzt als Berichterstatter bei den Verhandlungen des Landvolkprozesses. Zu frŸh kŸndigt er die Entmachtung des BŸrgermeisters an und verliert seine Stellung. Als er das Geld kassieren will, um mit seiner Familie fortzuziehen, wird er erschlagen. Der Landvolkprozess endet mit einem Kompromissurteil. Allein Gareis, der BŸrgermeister, bleibt auf der Strecke. |
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| Baulšwe, der | 791 BAU | 1980 | Comedy | Georgi Kissimov | Rolf Herrich, Annekathrin BŸrger, Agnes Kraus. | 93 min | German only | VHS | Der erfolgreiche UnterhaltungskŸnstler Ralf Keul stŸrzt sich unerfahren, aber mutig in ein neues Abenteuer: Er will auf einem GrundstŸck an der Ostsee ein Haus bauen. Doch die Schwierigkeiten der Materialbeschaffung und der Transport bringen ihn an den Rand des Nervenzusammenbruchs und da sind auch noch die Handwerker, die ihm den letzten Nerv rauben. | ||
| Befreier und Befreite part 1 | Liberators Take Liberties | 791 BEF | 1992 | Documentary | Helke Sander | 200 min | German only | VHS | After 46 years, women talk about being raped by soldiers of the Sovjet Army at the end of World WarII. | ||
| Befreier und Befreite part 2 | Liberators Take Liberties | 791 BEF | 1992 | Documentary | Helke Sander | 200 min | German only | VHS | After 46 years, women talk about being raped by soldiers of the Sovjet Army at the end of World WarII. | ||
| Beim nŠchsten Kuss knall ich ihn nieder | One more kiss and heÕs dead | 791 BEI | 1992 | Drama | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Martin Benrath, Peter Fitz, Matthias Fuchs, Lutz Herkenrath. | 82 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | The story of the German Director Reinhold Schunzel, who had to emigrate from Germany in the 30s, and went to Hollywood. | |
| Beim nŠchsten Kuss knall ich ihn nieder | One more kiss and heÕs dead | 791 BEI | 1992 | Drama | Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | Martin Benrath, Peter Fitz, Matthias Fuchs, Lutz Herkenrath. | 82 min | German only | VHS | The story of the German Director Reinhold Schunzel, who had to emigrate from Germany in the 30s, and went to Hollywood. | |
| Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull | Confessions of Felix Krull, The | 791 CON | 1957 | Comedy / Drama | Kurt Hoffmann | Horst Buchholz, Liselotte Pulver, Ingrid Andree | 107 min | German with english Subtitles | VHS, B&W | Confessions of Felix Krull was adapted from the last novel by German author Thomas Mann. Horst Buchholtz stars as a German soldier sent to Paris during World War I. He casts aside his uniform and gets a job as an elevator operator. A handsome lug, Buchholtz is pursued by virtually every female who enters his little compartment. But the lad is shy, and besides, he'd rather discuss anthropology. You'll have to watch the film for yourself to see what, if anything, Felix Krull has to confess | |
| Bella Martha | Mostly Martha | 791 BEL | 2002 | Comedy/Romance | Sandra Nettelbeck | Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellito, August Zirner, Sibylle Canonica | 106 min | German with English Subtitles | DVD | In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. | |
| Bella Martha | Mostly Martha | 791 BEL | 2002 | Comedy/Romance | Sandra Nettelbeck | Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellito, August Zirner, Sibylle Canonica | 106 min | German only | VHS | In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. | |
| Berlin - Ecke Schšnhauser | Berlin Schšnhauser Corner | 791 BER | 1957 | Drama / Romance | Gerhard Klein | Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Page, Ernst-Georg Schwill | 81 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | One of the most important films of the 1950s, this film
portrays young people in East Berlin in search of their purpose in life
a few years before the construction of the Wall. They want to be
free, dance to Rock ÕnÕ Roll, trade forbidden Western
goods and avoid the constraints of their parents and the State.
BerlinÐSchšnhauser Corner is a perceptive social study of a city in
which political and economic division affects everyone. ÒIt remains a classic of German and European youth films.Ó |
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| Berlin - Ecke Schšnhauser | Berlin Schšnhauser Corner | 791 BER | 1957 | Drama / Romance | Gerhard Klein | Ekkehard Schall, Ilse Page, Ernst-Georg Schwill | 81 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | One of the most important films of the 1950s, this film
portrays young people in East Berlin in search of their purpose in life
a few years before the construction of the Wall. They want to be
free, dance to Rock ÕnÕ Roll, trade forbidden Western
goods and avoid the constraints of their parents and the State.
BerlinÐSchšnhauser Corner is a perceptive social study of a city in
which political and economic division affects everyone. ÒIt remains a classic of German and European youth films.Ó |
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| Berlin Alexanderplatz | Berlin Alexanderplatz | 791 BER | 1931 | Crime / Drama | Piel Jutzi | Heinrich George, Maria Bard, Margarete Schlegel | 83 min | German only | VHS | Based on Alfred DšblinÕs sprawling novel. After being released from prison, Franz is determined to finally lead a decent life. But it is difficult to get used to living outside of prison again. In the local bar, he meets Reinhold, leader of a gang of criminals. Unable to convince Franz to join the gang, Reinhold gets him to take a drive with them one night. When Franz realizes that they are on their way to a job, he refuses to participate and is thrown out of the car while it is still moving. Franz survives, but loses his right arm. Having now lost all faith and sure heÕll never make it on Òthe straight and narrowÓ, Franz gives in and joins ReinholdÕs gang. |
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| Berlin: die Sinfonie der Grossstadt | Berlin, Symphony of a great city | 791 BER | 1927 | Documentary | Walter Ruttmann | 65 min | German only | VHS | This movie shows us one day in Berlin, the rhythm of that time, starting at the earliest morning and ends in the deepest night. | ||
| Berliner Wei§e mit Schu§ | 791 BER | 1984 | TV-Series | Ralf Gregan | GŸnther Pfitzmann, Iris Werlin | German only | VHS | ||||
| Besteigung des Chimbozaro, Die | 791 BES | 1989 | Adventure / Drama | Rainer Simon | Jan Josef Liefers, Luis Miguel Campos, Oliver Pascalin | 96 min | German only | VHS | Alexander con HumboldÕs expedition to the Chimbozaro. | ||
| Bin ich schšn? | Bin ich schšn? | 791 BIN | 1998 | Comedy/Drama | Dorris Dšrrie | Marie Zielcke, Carla weindler, Julian Messner, Franka Potente, Iris Berben | 112 min | German only | VHS | In this story, which takes place partly in Spain and Germany,
several people have trouble with love, affairs, relations and faith.
They are all connected by bonds of blood, marriage, profession or
experience. A movie like the life - complex, with unexpected connections, ups and downs - intelligently made. Winner of the Bavarian Film Award 1998 for Best Screenplay! |
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| Bodo - eine ganz normale Familie | The Wiz Kid | 791 BOD | 1989 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | Gloria Behrens | Martin and Gary Forbes, Ulrike Kriener, Heiner Lauterbach | 90 min | English | VHS | rated PG | Bodo is a kid with abnormally high intelligence, a samurai
sword toting father and a robotic orangutan. Unfortunately, all this
leaves him with a minimum of social skills, so what's a boy genius to
do? Clone a hipper suaver Bodo of course! Soon afterwards though,
trouble arises with an ill fated dance with his mother and a wannabe
American detective named Nikki Maus. Will Bodo get the girl of his
dreams? Time will tell in this tale of life and love on the open range. |
| Brigitta | Brigitta | 791 Bri | 1993 | Drama | Dagmar Knšpfel | Carl Achleitner, Klaus HŠndl, Eva Igo | 80 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Der junge Maler Florian zieht durch die ungarische Pu§ta, um die Landschaft und deren Bewohner zu portraitieren. Dort besucht er seinen Freund, den Gutsbesitzer Mural. Dabei begegnet ihm eine geheimnisvolle Reiterin, und er erfŠhrt von Murals Beziehung zu dieser Brigitta, von der Trennung des Paares und von ihrem Sohn... | |
| BrŸcke, Die | The Bridge | 791 BRI | 1959 | Drama / war | Bernhard Wicki | Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht | 102 min | English, B&W | VHS | A group of German boys is ordered to protect a small bridge
in their home village during the waning months of the second world war.
Truckloads of defeated, cynical Wehrmacht soldiers flee the approaching
American troops, but the boys, full of enthusiasm for the "blood and
honor" Nazi ideology, stay to defend the useless bridge. Bernhard WickiÕs first feature film is considered by many critics to be the most important of the period and was one of the first postwar productions with a truly worldwide release. Academy Awards Nominee 1960 Golden Globes Winner ÒBest Foreign FilmÓ |
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| Burning Life | Burning Life | 791 BUR | 1994 | Comedy / Crime | Peter Welz | Anna Thalbach, Dani Levy, Jaecki Schwarz, Maria Schrader, Max Tidof | 105 min | German with english Subtitles | VHS | Anna and Lisa, two young women, meet by chance in the
vestibule of a bank, and decide after that to go on together leaving a
successful trail of bank-robberies through Germany. |
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| CharleyÕs Tante | CharleyÕs Aunt | 791 CHA | 1956 | Comedy / Romance | Hans Quest | Heinz RŸhrmann, Hertha Feiler, Claus Biederstaedt, Walter Giller | 81 min | German only | VHS | In this comedy of errors and misunderstandings, a young man is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged women. Charley and Ralf, are expecting female visitors but the girls won't show up without a chaperone, so CharleyÕs brother is inveigled into disguising himself as "Charley's Aunt." | |
| Clever and Smart | 791 Cle |
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| Comedian Harmonists | The Harmonists | 791 HAR | 1999 | Drama / Music | Joseph Vilsmaier | Ben Becker, Heino Ferch, Ulrich Noethen, Heinrich Schafmeister | 126 | German with English Subtitles | VHS | Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male
sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day
they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by
the upcoming Nazis, because three of them are Jewish. Winner of the Portland International Film Festival Nominated for the European Film Awards |
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| Comedian Harmonists - sechs LebenslŠufe | Comedian Harmonists | 791 COM | 1976 | Documentary | Eberhard Fechner | Robert Biberti (himself), Erwin Bootz (himself), Annemarie Collin (herself) | 191 min | German only | VHS | Excellent, in-depth docu about arguably Germany's greatest
singing group ever. When it was made in 1976, four of the original members of the group were still alive to tell their story and give a first-hand account of the origin, the rise and the demise of the group, including the bickering, rivalries and jealousies - and the nasty post-war litigation - among them. |
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| Coming Out | Coming Out | 791 COM | 1989 | Drama | Heiner Carow | Matthias Freihof, Dirk Kummer, Michael Gwisdek, Dagmar Manzel | 113 min | German with english Subtitles | VHS | unrated | Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal
openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female
collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by 'accident' he stumbles
into a gay bar, meets and promptly falls in love with a young man.
Transformed by this love he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is. Heiner Carow was awarded at the berlin International Film festival for Òa sensible movie about the dilemma of minorities and for the deep respect for human rights, humanity and tolerance expressed with itÓ. |
| CsardasfŸrstin, Die | Csardas Princess, The | 791 CSA | 1951 | Georg Jacoby | Marika Rškk, Johannes Heesters, Hubert Marischka | German only | VHS | ||||
| Dagmar | Dagmar | 791 DAG | 1985 | TV | Frank Strecker | Andreas Fršhlich, Katrin Fršhlich, Hans-Peter Korff | 90 min | German only | VHS | Ein 16jŠhriges MŠdchen hat sich seinen lebenswichtigen Freiraum geschaffen, in dem es sich gegen Bevormundung, Ungerechtigkeit und Umweltverschmutzung einsetzt. Ihr Lebensplan, der vorsieht, da§ sie frei und ungebunden bleiben will, wird durch ihren Mathematiklehrer durchkreuzt, der sich in das MŠdchen verliebt. Da sie diese Liebe nicht erwidert, reagiert der Lehrer mit RacheplŠnen und Ÿbt unerbittlich seine Macht ihr gegenŸber aus. FŸr Jugendliche gedachter Spielfilm um Macht und AbhŠngigkeiten, die Kinder prŠgen. Nicht als trockener Problemfilm angelegt, sondern als fršhlich-subjektiver Blick durch die Augen der zentralen MŠdchenfigur. | |
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| Das Boot - The DirectorÕs Cut | Das Boot - The DirectorÕs Cut | 791Boo | 1981/1997 | Drama/war/Nazi Germany | Wolfgang Petersen | JŸrgen Prochnow, Herbert Gršnemeyer, Klaus Wennemann | 209 min | German or English, subtitles availible | DVD | The movie is the story of a single mission of one U-boat and
its crew, following U-96 from its departure from La Rochelle, France,
through its patrols in the North Atlantic and an attempted penetration
of the Mediterranean, until its return to La Rochelle. It depicts both
the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and
portrays the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a
desire to do their best for their comrades and their country. One of the most critically-acclaimed war movies of all time. An all-new restoration with over one hour of additional footage! Nominated for six Academy Awards 1982! |
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| Das Boot ist voll | The Boat is Full | 791 BOA | 1981 | Drama / War | Markus Imhoof | Tina Engel, Hans Diehl, Martin Waltz, Curt Bois | 101 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | During World War II, Switzerland severely limited refugees:
"Our boat is full." A train from Germany halts briefly in an isolated
corner of Switzerland. Six people jump off seeking asylum: four Jews, a
French child, and a German soldier. They seek temporary refuge with a
couple who run a village inn. They pose as a family. The fabrication
unravels through chance and the local constable's exact investigation.
Whom will the Swiss allow to stay? Who gets deported? Academy Awards Nominee 1982 Awarded at the Berlin International Film Festival |
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| Das Haus der Schwestern | 791 HA |
2002 | Drama | Rolf von Sydow | Christine Reinhart, Harald Krassnitzer, GŸnter Maria Halmer, | 90 | German | ||||
| Das Kaninchen bin ich | The Rabbit Is Me | 791 KAN | 1965 | Political Drama | Kurt Maetzig | Angelika Waller, Alfred MŸller, Ilse Voigt, Wolfgang Winkler, Helmut Schellhardt | 109 min | German with English subtitles | VHS | A 19-year old girl named maria Morzeck is denied university
admission because her brother is in jail for political reasons. The
young woman falls in love with a judge, but later finds out that he is
the judge who passed the harsh sentence on her brother. When the GDR
jusitice system undergoes a slight reform, the judge quickly reverses
his earlier ruling. Director Kurt Maetzig drew ideas from a forbidden novel by Manfred Bieler. The SED banned the film for being anti-socialist, pessimisitc and revisionist. After its initial presentation in 1989/90, critics hailed ÒThe Rabbit Is MeÓ as one of the most important and courageous works ever filmed by DEFA. |
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| Das MŠdchen Rosemarie | 791 MŠd |
1957 | Drama | Rolf Thiele | Nadja Tiller, Peter van Eyck, Carl Raddatz, Gert Fršbe | 95 min | West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one of many enterpreneurs who wants her piece of new fortune. She uses her charms to bring members of West German industrial elite to her bed. There she finds business secrets and later sells them to French competition. However, when scandal errupts, Rosemarie would find that she can't beat the system. | ||||
| Das neue Berlin | The New Berlin, City of Opportunity | 1999 | Beate Schubert | ||||||||
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| Das singende, klingende BŠumchen | The Singing, Ringing Tree | 791 SIN | 1957 | Fairy Tale/children | Karl Plintzner | Christel Bodenstein, Charles Hans Voigt, Eckart Dux, Richard KrŸger | 70 min | German / English / French / Spanish | DVD | In a quest to win the love of a beautiful but self-centered
princess, a handsome prince sets out in search of the magical singing,
ringing tree, which the princess ardently desires. He stumbles upon the
tree in an enchanted garden ruled by a wicked dwarf. The dwarf allows
him to take the tree under one condition: the prince must secure the
princessÕs love before nightfall or he will turn into a bear... A must-have for children of the 1960s! |
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| Das Wunder von Bern | The Wonder of Bern | 791 WUN | 2003 | Comedy / Drama | Sšnke Wortmann | Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf | 118 min | German only | VHS, also: PAL DVD | The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer
team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a
young boy is splitted due to the events in World War II, and the father
returns from Russia after thirteen years. His problems in getting back
to normality are shown, with references to his children and wife. The
second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the
tournament. |
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| Das Wunder von Bern - Die Wahre Geschichte | The Wonder of Bern - The true story | 791 WUN | 2004 | Documentary | Sebastian Dehnhardt | 190 min | German only | VHS, also: PAL DVD |
Documentary about the the great victory of the German soccer
team against the Hungarian at the World Championchip1954. The German team surprised everybody because nobody was in a doubt at the beginning of the world championship that the Hungarian team would win. This 3:2 victory of the German soccer time elevated post-war Germany spiritually. |
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| Das Wunder von Legende PART 1 | A Light In Dark Places | 791 WU(1) |
2003 | Adventure/Drama | Kaspar Heidelbach | Nadja Uhl, Heino Ferch, Heike Makatsch, Jan Josef Liefers | 188 min | 7.1/10 | A group of 13 mining workers get trapped after an accident and have to wait 11 days until they are found. Meanwhile their families suffer, their colleagues go on searching and all the time the media goes wild for the first time in German media history. | ||
| Das Wunder von Legende PART 2 | A Light In Dark Places | 791 WU(2) |
2003 | Adventure/Drama | Kaspar Heidelbach | Nadja Uhl, Heino Ferch, Heike Makatsch, Jan Josef Liefers | 188 min | 7.1/10 | A group of 13 mining workers get trapped after an accident and have to wait 11 days until they are found. Meanwhile their families suffer, their colleagues go on searching and all the time the media goes wild for the first time in German media history. | ||
| Das Wunder von Lengede Teil 1 | 791 Wun |
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| David | David | 791 DAV | 1979 | Drama / War | Peter Lilienthal | Mario Fischel, Hoorsten Henties, Dominique Horwitz, Erik Jalde | 121 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | David is a young German Jewish teenager who is caught up in the Nazi regimeÕs persecution, eventually losing his home and family to the Holocaust. He survives as a victim and witness in this poetic and brutal drama filmed in Germany. | |
| Der amerikanische Freund | American Friend | 791 AME | 1977 | Crime / Mystery / Drama | Wim Wenders | Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer | 123 min | German only | VHS | Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg is diagnosed
as having leu leukemia. Ripley, an American art dealer dealing in
forgeries, uses this fact to arrange for a mob associate of his to
recruit Zimmermann as a hit man. Zimmermann agrees to this because this
would ensure his family's financial future. Zimmermann descends into a
nightmare world of deceit and double dealing. The narrative acts as a
metaphor for the relationship between American (Hollywood) and post-war
German culture. The appearance of several Hollywood directors in cameo
roles underlines this. Nominated for the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film festival and the CŽsar Awards, France |
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| Der blaue Engel | The Blue Angel | 791 BLA | 1930 | Darma / Musical | Josef von Sternberg | Marlene Dietrich, Emil jannings, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti | 99 min | German only | VHS | Immanuel Rath, and old single, is a teacher at the town's
high school. When he discovers that some of his pupils often goes into
a join, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to
confound them. But he is aroused by Lola. The next night he comes
again... and does not sleep at home... |
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| Der Florentiner Hut | The Leghorn Hat | 791 FL |
1939 | Comedy | Wolfgang Liebeneiner | 91 min | 8/10 | The story is about mister Farina, whose horse ate the hat of one lady. Not enough, the horse did it on the day of farinaÕs wedding ad the lady insists that she wanted to be indemnified on the same day. Now farina has to rush between his wedding, the following festivities and several hat stores to find a hat; this very particular hat the lady wants doesÕt exist in any hat sore but only at a baroness mansion. So Farina went to the baronessÕs house, enters it and try to trick her in givig him the hat. To his surprise he did not know, that all the people he invited to his wedding followed him and arrive at the mansion, becasue they think itÕs FarinaÕs home. | |||
| der Mann, der seinen Moerder sucht | Looking for his murder | 791 Man |
1931 | Crime/Comedy | Robert Siodmak | Heinz Ruehmann | 50 min | 7.6/10 | In the face of ever-mounting debts, Heinz Ruhmann arranges for his own murder to be committed within the next 12 hours. During this period, Ruhmann falls in love and gains a whole new lease on life. Frantically, he seeks out the man whom he has hired to bump him off -- only to find out that the latter has sold his "contract" to another fellow -- who in turn has sold it to a third party. Eventually, the whole mess is wrapped up with a Keystone-like car chase. | ||
| Der Verehrer | 791 VE |
2002 | drama | Dagmar Damek | Ursula Buschhorn, Florian Fitz, Bernhard Schir, Ellen Ten Damme, Edda Leesch | 90 min | German | German TV movie | |||
| Der Verlorene | The Lost One | 791 LOS | 1951 | post-war movie | Peter Lorre | Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph | 95 min | VHS, B&W | German scientist murders his fiancŽe during World War II when
he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research
to the enemy. One of the greatest post war german films! |
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| Derrick-Die Pflicht ruft! | 791 DE |
2004 | Comedy/Animation | Michael Ekdladh | Horst Tappert (Derrick), Fritz Wepper (Harry Klein) | 77 min | 3.6/10 | Detective Stephan Derrick ogether with his partner Harry Klein are fighting their way through a misterious crime series during the run-up of the European Song Contest. | |||
| Deutschland bevor die Bomben fielen | 791 DEU | Documentary | 170 min | German only | VHS, also: PAL DVD | Documentary on what Germany was like before World War II. Three movies on one DVD: 1) Deutschlandreise 1934 2) Private Aufnahmen aus den 30er Jahren 3) So war Berlin |
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| Deutschland im Herbst | Germany in Autumn | 791 DEU | 1977/78 | Documentary | A.Brustellin, R.W.Fassbinder, V. Schlšndorff | R.W.Fassbinder, Liselotte Eder, Armin Meier, Angela Winkler | 126 min | German with enhanced English Subtitles | VHS | Germany in Autumn was an unprecedented collective response by
GermanyÕs leading directors and writers to the climate of
political terrorism in their country during the late 1970Õs. Throughout this decade, the Red Army Faction (RAF) - an outgrowth of the notorious Baader-Meinhof Group - had waged a campaign of terror against those in power, and the governmentÕs escalating efforts to to rootout the terrorists had resulted in an virtual stage of siege by the autumn of 1977. |
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| Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt | Adventures of Werner Holt, The | 791 AB |
1965 | Drama/War | Joachim Kunert | Klaus-Peter Thiele, manfred Karge, Arno Wyzniewski | 158 min | German Only | VHS, B&W | Very intriguing movie with superb acting that shows the life
and mindset of young Germans during WW2, how they were moulded into
becoming killers without second thoughts and how they were eventually
used up in war. Nominated for the Grand Prix at the Moscow International Film Festival 1965 |
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| Die fabelhafte Welt der Amelie | AmŽlie | 791 FA |
2001 | Comedy/Drama/Romance | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz | 117 min | 8.6/10 | AmŽlie is a shy waitress in a Montmartre cafŽ. After returning a long-lost childhood treasure to a former occupant of her apartment, and seeing the effect it has on him, she decides to set out on a mission to make others happy and in the meantime pursues a quirky guy who collects discarded photo booth pictures. | ||
| Die Gefangenen 1-2 | 791 Gef | zzz | |||||||||
| Die Gefangenen 3-4 | 791 Gef | zzz | |||||||||
| Die Gefangenen 5 | 791 Gef | zzz | |||||||||
| Die Hausmesiterin 5 | 791 Hau | zzz | |||||||||
| Die Kaiserin und der Krieger | The Princess and the Warrior | 791 PRI | 2001 | romantic drama | Tom Tykwer | Franka Potente, Benno FŸrmann | 133 min | German with English subtitles | DVD | When shy, beautiful nurse Sissi is the victim of a horrible car accident, a handsome small-time criminal miraculously saves her life. When she recoveres, Sissi sets out to find him and discoveres a violant man with a conflicted past and dangerous future. Soon, the two meet again in the middle of a deadly bank robbery, and Sissi realizes her fate is pre-destined. Or is it? | |
| Die Kaiserin und der Krieger | The Princess and the Warrior | 791 PRI | 2001 | romantic drama | Tom Tykwer | Franka Potente, Benno FŸrmann | 133 min | German with German subtitles | VHS | When shy, beautiful nurse Sissi is the victim of a horrible car accident, a handsome small-time criminal miraculously saves her life. When she recoveres, Sissi sets out to find him and discoveres a violant man with a conflicted past and dangerous future. Soon, the two meet again in the middle of a deadly bank robbery, and Sissi realizes her fate is pre-destined. Or is it? | |
| Die Legende von Paul und Paula | The Legend of Paul and Paula | 791 PAU | 1973 | drama/comedy/East Germany | Heiner Carow | Angelica Domroese, Winfried Glatzeder, Heidemarie Wenzel | 106 min | German with English subtitles | DVD | Two neighbors - Paula, a single woman with two children, and
Paul, a concervative bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage - begin to
fall in love. The free-spirited Paula tries to liberate Paul from his
complacement life, but itÕs not until tragedy and heartaches
beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love. But is it
too late? One of the most popular and controversial of all East German films! |
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| Die Marquise von O | The Marquise of O | 791 MAR | 1976 | Drama | Eric Rohmer | Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Peter LŸhr, Otto Sander | 102 min | German with English subtitles | DVD | Set in 18th century Italy during the Franco-Prussian War, ÒThe Marquise of OÓ centers on a young widow (Edith Clever) who is saved from an attempted rape but then mysteriously finds herself pregnant several months later. Unaware of how this happened, she is sent away by her family and ends up marrying her rescuer, whom she doesnÕt know is the childÕs father. | |
| Die Musterknaben XL- Teil 1 | 791 MU(1) |
1997,1999 | Comedy?Crime | Ralf Huettner | JŸrgen Docker, Oliver Dretzke | 90+90+110 min | 6.8/10 | Anticipating a major drug deal the DŸsseldorf LKA (state police) conducts an observation of a flat in Cologne. The night shift in the camera-equipped camper is assigned to local police losers Docker and Dretzke. Taking breaks from the boring job Docker starts flirting with bartender Wanda and all too soon he boasts about their investigations. Conceivably, Docker and Dretzke are stunned when they hear Wanda's voice through the wiretap, as she confides the story of the funny policeman to the answering machine in the surveilled apartment. When the buddies decide to break into the flat to erase Wanda's message, they discover something that sheds a different light on the whole affair. | |||
| Die Musterknaben XL- Teil 2 | 791 MU(2) |
1997,1999 | Comedy?Crime | Ralf Huettner | JŸrgen Docker, Oliver Dretzke | 90+90+110 min | 6.8/10 | Anticipating a major drug deal the DŸsseldorf LKA (state police) conducts an observation of a flat in Cologne. The night shift in the camera-equipped camper is assigned to local police losers Docker and Dretzke. Taking breaks from the boring job Docker starts flirting with bartender Wanda and all too soon he boasts about their investigations. Conceivably, Docker and Dretzke are stunned when they hear Wanda's voice through the wiretap, as she confides the story of the funny policeman to the answering machine in the surveilled apartment. When the buddies decide to break into the flat to erase Wanda's message, they discover something that sheds a different light on the whole affair. | |||
| Die Musterknaben XL- Teil 3 | 791 MU(3) |
1997,1999 | Comedy?Crime | Ralf Huettner | JŸrgen Docker, Oliver Dretzke | 90+90+110 min | 6.8/10 | Anticipating a major drug deal the DŸsseldorf LKA (state police) conducts an observation of a flat in Cologne. The night shift in the camera-equipped camper is assigned to local police losers Docker and Dretzke. Taking breaks from the boring job Docker starts flirting with bartender Wanda and all too soon he boasts about their investigations. Conceivably, Docker and Dretzke are stunned when they hear Wanda's voice through the wiretap, as she confides the story of the funny policeman to the answering machine in the surveilled apartment. When the buddies decide to break into the flat to erase Wanda's message, they discover something that sheds a different light on the whole affair. | |||
| Die Patriarchin | 791 PA |
2005 | Drama | Carlo Rola | Iris Berben | 270 min | 6.9/10 | Nina Vandenberg is married to a coffee entrepreneur and a frustrated housewife. While the whole family celebrates her husband Gero`s birthday in Switzerland, she sits lonley and drunken in their mansion in Hamburg and burns down the living-room. After she is released from hospital, Gero dies in a plane crash. His legacy reveals some very bad news for Nina: illegal money was found in the wreck, the company is nearly bankrupt and she is accused of tax fraud now. While Nina learns that her whole life has been a lie, the company's intriguing vice CEO Wolf Sevening tries to take control. Although some members of her own family also fight against her, Nina starts to search vanished money -40 million euros- which could save the enterprise and her life. Three men are her allies: Bent Peerson, her husband`s former business partner, Jens Thiede, official in charge of the tax office, and Gero`s older brother Arno who emigrated to Kenya many years ago. As the family owns a big plantation there, Nina thinks she could find the money, but reveals a bitter secret of her own past in Africa instead... | |||
| Die Welt des Automobils | Die Geschichte der Eisenbahn | 791 Welt |
1996 | Documentary | 60 min | A short outline about the history of the automobile and also of the railroad | |||||
| Dinner for one | Dinner for one | 791 DIN | 1963 | Comedy | Heinz Dunkhase | Freddie Frinton, May Warden, Heinz Piper | 18 min | English | VHS | A very old woman wants to have dinner with her friends. As
they are all dead, the butler has to play the role of every guest. He
does a very good job, but wine can get you easily drunk, when you're
drinking it for six people! |
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| Dizzy, lieber Dizzy | 791 DIZ | 1997 | Family | Steffi Kammermeier | Antonia Ress, Max Riedel, Jana Kilka, Alexander May | 88 min | German only | VHS | Ferien auf RŸgen! Eigentlich ein toller Sommer-Spa§.
Aber nicht fŸr Mimi. Ihre Eltern haben sie hier abgesetzt, weil sie ins
Ausland reisen mŸssen. "Ich glaube, das werden die grЧlichsten
Ferien meines Lebens," stšhnt Mimi. Einen schrulligen Opa und eine
zickige Tante - sonst kennt Mimi niemanden auf der Insel. |
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| Douaumont Die Hšlle von Verdun | Douaumont | 791 DOU | 1931 | War | Heinz Paul | 84 min | German only | VHS | This film re-recreates the battles for Fort Dauaumont, a French stronghold captured by the Germans during the Battle of Verdun. Using re-created battle scenes, animated maps, spoken dialogue sequences, and some original World War 1 footage, it shows German and French troops mobilizing, and German troops capturing, holding, and losing the Fort between February and October of 1916. German officers who fought in these battles participated in the making of this film | ||
| Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler | Dr mabuse, King of Crime | 791 DrM | 1922 | Crime / Horror / Thriller | Fritz Lang | Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Alfred Abel, Aud Egede Nissen, Gertrude Welcker | 231 min | German with English Subtitles | 2 VHS | Dr. Mabuse and his organization of criminals are in the
process of completing their latest scheme, a theft of information that
will allow Mabuse to make huge profits on the stock exchange.
Afterwards, Mabuse disguises himself and attends the Folies Bergres
show, where Cara Carozza, the main attraction of the show, passes him
information on Mabuse's next intended victim, the young millionaire
Edgar Hull. Mabuse then uses psychic manipulation to lure Hull into a
card game where he loses heavily. When Police Commissioner von Wenk
begins an investigation of this mysterious crime spree, he has little
to go on, and he needs to find someone who can help him. |
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| Drei MŠdels von der Tankstelle, Die | BabeÕs Petrol | 791 DRE | 1997 | Comedy | Peter F. Bringmann | Wigald Boning, Alex Milberg, Franka Potente, Carol Campbell | 85 min | German only | VHS | Wigald hat Probleme mit Frauen. Trost findet er beim
Psychiater, Liebe nur bei seinem Pudel. Frauen verfolgen Wigald Ÿber
den Tod hinaus. Als seine Mutter stirbt, erbt er nur unter der Bedingung, da§ er eine bestimmte heruntergekommene Tankstelle wieder erfolgreich machen kann. Dummerweise hat er diese kurz zuvor an drei hŸbsche MŠdels verpachtet, die gar nicht daran denken, sie wieder herzugeben ... |
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| Dreigroschenoper, Die | BeggarÕs Opera, The | 791 DRE | 1931 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold SchŸnzel | 112 min | German only | VHS | In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the
Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the
'king of the beggars'. This adaptation of Brecht/Weill's Musikspiel is considered by many a classic masterpiece. |
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| Dreigroschenoper, Die | BeggarÕs Opera, The | 791 DRE | 1931 | Georg Wilhelm Pabst | Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Reinhold SchŸnzel | 112 min | German only | VHS | In London at the turn of the century, the bandit Mack the
Knife marries Polly without the knowledge of her father, Peachum, the
'king of the beggars'. This adaptation of Brecht/Weill's Musikspiel is considered by many a classic masterpiece. |
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| East Side Story | East Side Story | 791 EAS | 1998 | Documentary / Musical | Dana Ranga | Margarita Andrushkovich, Chris Doerk, Erich Doerk, Erich Gusko, Helmut Hanke | 75 min | German only | VHS | "That's Entertainment!," Communist style. A documentary about
movie musicals produced during the height of the old Soviet bloc.
Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals,
harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of
socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making
of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and nostalgic
moviegoers. |
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| Echte Kerle | Regular Guys | 791 ECH | 1996 | Comedy | Rolf Silber | Christoph Ohrt, Carin Teitze, Tim Bergmann, Oliver Stokowski | 102 min | German with english Subtitles | DVD | Not your typical buddymovie, Regular Guys is a refreshingly witty German comedy that takes a tongue-in-cheek peek at the complexities of relationships - gay, straight and somewhere in-between. Christoph, a macho cop, goes on a bender after his fiancee throws him out of the house. After waking up in the arms of a very cute and a very naked Edgar, a gay auto mechanic, Christoph world is immediately changed. | |
| Echtzeit | Realtime | 791 ECH | 1983 | Criticism of Society | Hellmuth Costard, JŸrgen Ebert | Georg KrŠmer, Ruth Bierich | 128 min | English | VHS | George, a redundant scientist, finds himself in an unreal space, in a timeless system from which there seems to be no escape. Here he comes across Ruth whom he knew well before his strange transformation. Ruth confronts him with her suspicion that they are only acting as simulations of themselves and that they may already been destroyed through an accident or a catastrophe. | |
| Echtzeit | Realtime | 791 ECH | 1983 | Criticism of Society | Hellmuth Costard, JŸrgen Ebert | Georg KrŠmer, Ruth Bierich | 128 min | German only | VHS | George, a redundant scientist, finds himself in an unreal space, in a timeless system from which there seems to be no escape. Here he comes across Ruth whom he knew well before his strange transformation. Ruth confronts him with her suspicion that they are only acting as simulations of themselves and that they may already been destroyed through an accident or a catastrophe. | |
| Effi Briest | Effi Briest | 791 EFF | 1974 | Drama | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Lilo Pempeit | 140 min | German with english Subtitles | DVD | In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is
married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that
she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. Effi is
lonely when her husband is away on business, so she spends time riding
and walking along the shore with Major Crampas. Instetten is promoted
and the family moves to Berlin, where Effi enjoys the social life. Six
years later, the Baron is given letters from Crampas to Effi that
convince him that they had an affair. He feels obliged to challenge
Crampas to a duel and banish Effi from the house. |
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| Ehe der Maria Braun, Die | Marriage of Maria Braun, The | 791 EHE | 1979 | Drama | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lšwitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen | 120 min | German only | VHS | This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married
to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Fassbinder has tried to show
the gritty life after the end of WWII and the turmoil of the people
trapped in its wake. |
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| Ein Heim fŸr Tiere - CŠsar | Adventures of Dr. Bayer, The | 791 HEI | 1985-1992 | Family / TV-Series | Kai Borsche | Siegfried Wischnewski, Hans Heinz Moser, Marion Kracht | 45 min | German obly | VHS | Tierarzt Dr. Willi Bayer betreibt seine Praxis im Rande einer Stadt. Er hilft verletzten Tieren, wo er nur kann und engagiert sich in vielen FŠllen weit Ÿber den Rahmen seiner beruflichen TŠtigkeit hinaus. Bei Leuten, die ihn nicht nŠher kennen, ist er als brummig und bŠrbei§ig verschrien - was mit daran liegt, wie er Menschen gegenŸbertritt, die ihre Tiere aus Unwissenheit oder gar Absicht unnštig leiden lassen. Bei den Kindern ist er dagegen umso beliebter - sie nennen ihn liebevoll "Onkel Willi". | |
| Ein Heim fŸr Tiere - Komet | Adventures of Dr. Bayer, The | 791 HEI | 1985-1992 | Family / TV-Series | Kai Borsche | Siegfried Wischnewski, Hans Heinz Moser, Marion Kracht | 45 min | German obly | VHS | Tierarzt Dr. Willi Bayer betreibt seine Praxis im Rande einer Stadt. Er hilft verletzten Tieren, wo er nur kann und engagiert sich in vielen FŠllen weit Ÿber den Rahmen seiner beruflichen TŠtigkeit hinaus. Bei Leuten, die ihn nicht nŠher kennen, ist er als brummig und bŠrbei§ig verschrien - was mit daran liegt, wie er Menschen gegenŸbertritt, die ihre Tiere aus Unwissenheit oder gar Absicht unnštig leiden lassen. Bei den Kindern ist er dagegen umso beliebter - sie nennen ihn liebevoll "Onkel Willi". | |
| Ein Heim fŸr Tiere - Mikki | Adventures of Dr. Bayer, The | 791 HEI | 1985-1992 | Family / TV-Series | Kai Borsche | Siegfried Wischnewski, Hans Heinz Moser, Marion Kracht | 45 min | German obly | VHS | Tierarzt Dr. Willi Bayer betreibt seine Praxis im Rande einer Stadt. Er hilft verletzten Tieren, wo er nur kann und engagiert sich in vielen FŠllen weit Ÿber den Rahmen seiner beruflichen TŠtigkeit hinaus. Bei Leuten, die ihn nicht nŠher kennen, ist er als brummig und bŠrbei§ig verschrien - was mit daran liegt, wie er Menschen gegenŸbertritt, die ihre Tiere aus Unwissenheit oder gar Absicht unnštig leiden lassen. Bei den Kindern ist er dagegen umso beliebter - sie nennen ihn liebevoll "Onkel Willi". | |
| Ein Heim fŸr Tiere - Mohrle | Adventures of Dr. Bayer, The | 791 HEI | 1985-1992 | Family / TV-Series | Kai Borsche | Siegfried Wischnewski, Hans Heinz Moser, Marion Kracht | 45 min | German obly | VHS | Tierarzt Dr. Willi Bayer betreibt seine Praxis im Rande einer Stadt. Er hilft verletzten Tieren, wo er nur kann und engagiert sich in vielen FŠllen weit Ÿber den Rahmen seiner beruflichen TŠtigkeit hinaus. Bei Leuten, die ihn nicht nŠher kennen, ist er als brummig und bŠrbei§ig verschrien - was mit daran liegt, wie er Menschen gegenŸbertritt, die ihre Tiere aus Unwissenheit oder gar Absicht unnštig leiden lassen. Bei den Kindern ist er dagegen umso beliebter - sie nennen ihn liebevoll "Onkel Willi". | |
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| Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod | Gloomy Sunday | 791 LIE | 1999 | Romance / Drama | Rolf SchŸbel | erika Morozsan, Joachim krol, ben Becker, Stefano Dionisi | 112 min | German only | VHS | Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires
the pianist Andr‡s to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love
with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires Andr‡s to his only
composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then
feared, for its melancholic melody triggers off a chain of suicides.
The fragile balance of the erotic mŽnage ˆ trois is sent off kilter
when the German Hans goes and falls in love with Ilona as well. |
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| Ein Mann fŸr alle FŠlle | 791 MAN | 1978 | TV | Wolfgang Liebeneier | Harald Juhnke, Iris Berben, Hans Brenner | 106 min | German only | VHS | |||
| EisbŠr, Der | 791 EIS | 1998 | Action / Thriller | Granz Henman, Til Schweiger | Til Schweiger, Karina Krawczyk, Benno FŸrmann, Florian Lukas | 90 min | German only | VHS | Leo hat ein Problem, weil er den Falschen gekillt hat. Nico vermasselt ihren Auftrag, weil ihr Wagen geklaut wurde. Fabian und Reza wissen nicht, da§ in dem Wagen, den sie geklaut haben, eine Bombe tickt. Leo hat nichts mehr zu verlieren und Durst auf Tequila. Im hЧlichsten Ort der Welt "Paul's Eck" trifft er auf die gro§e Liebe: Nico. Alle Vier erleben auf ihre Weise den Abend ihres Lebens. Erst in der MorgendŠmmerung wendet sich das Blatt. Eine wilde Geschichte, in der nicht alle Ÿberleben, die wir lieben... |
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| Emil und die Detektive | 791 Emi |
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| Engel & Joe | Engel & Joe | 791 ENG | 2001 | Drama / Romance | Vanessa Jopp | Robert Stadlober, jana Pallaske, Lena sabine Berg, Mirko Lang | 93 min | German only | VHS | A love story about a 17 year old punk-rocker and a 15 year
old runaway girl Eine tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen einer 15-jŠhrigen und einem 17-jŠhrigen. Beide verlieben sich unsterblich ineinander. Ihre gemeinsame Liebe geht soweit, dass fŸr Engel eine Welt zusammen bricht als Joe nicht zum verabredeten Date kommt. Er kann ja nicht wissen, dass Joe wegen ihrer in den Selbstmord getriebenen Mutter verhindert wurde. Wird Joe deswegen eine Dummheit begehen? |
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| Erleuchtung garantiert | 791 ERL | 2000 | Drama / Comedy | Doris Dšrrie | Uwe Ochsenknecht, Gustav-Peter Wšhler, Petra Zieser | 109 min | German only | VHS | Two very different brothers get together for a temporary stay
in a Japanese zen monastry. The trip from Germany to Japan brings up
some unexpected quests they have to manage. Soon both really have to
leave their ordinary lifes behind and are on a voyage to themselves. |
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| Es geschah am hellichten Tag | It happened in broad daylight | 791 ESG | 1958 | Crime / Thriller / Drama | Ladislao Vajda | Heinz RŸhrmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michael Simon | 100 min | German only | VHS | Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels
to the region where it happened and searches a child that looks similar
to the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her
mother, not telling them that he is waiting for the killer to start his
bloody work one more time ... |
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| Feuerschiff, Das | Lightship, The | 791 FEU | 1985 | Drama | Jerzy Skolimowski | Tom Bower, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Robert Duvall | 89 min | German only | VHS | Conflict breaks out aboard a sea-going lightship, resulting in violence and murder. | |
| Feuerwerk | Fireworks | 791 FEU | 1954 | Comedy / Romamce | Kurt Hoffmann | Lilli Palmer, Karl Schšnbšck, Romy Schneider | 97 min | German only | VHS, also: PAL DVD | German classic! | |
| Feuerwerk | 791 Feu | 1954 | Comedy/Romance | Kurt Hoffmann | Lilli Palmer, Karl Schoenboeck, Romy Schneider | 97min | VHS | German | 5.7/10 | ||
| Feuerzangenbowle, Die | Fire Tongue Bown, The | 791 FEU | 1944 | Comedy | Helmut Weiss | Heinz RŸhrmann, Karin Himboldt, Hilde Sessak, Erich Ponto | 93 min | German only | VHS, B&W | This fictional video tells of a famous writer who realizes that he missed out on the school experience because he was educated at home. So, pretending to be 18 again, he enrolls in a small-town school. | |
| FrŸhlingssinfonie | Spring Symphony | 791 FRŸ | 1983 | Music | Peter Schamoni | Nastassja Kinski, Herberet Gršnemeyer, Marie Colbin, Margit Geissler | 90 min | German only | VHS | Schon als Kind wurde Clara Wieck von ihrem Vater im Klavierspiel unterrichtet und mit fast allen Mitteln zur VirtuositŠt gezwungen. Als Clara bei ihrem Vater den ambitionierten Komponisten Robert Schumann kennen lernt, verliebt sie sich prompt in ihn. Doch der strenge Vater ist gegen die Beziehung. Er schickt Clara nach Dresden. Doch Robert reist ihr nach... | |
| Fuehrer Ex | 791 FU |
2002 | drama | Bonengel | Aaron Hildebrand, Christian BlŸmel, Jule Flierl, Detlef Kapplusch, Marco Schulz, Luci Van Org, Dennis Grabosch | 105 minutes | German with English subtitles | German with English subtitles | Very violent! Gewalt. GefŸhl. Gefangen. (Violence. Feeling. Being caught.) | FŸhrer Ex is a challenging, harsh, and intensely involving tale of the course of friendship of two young lads living in the 'prison' of Communist East Germany in 1986. Based on fact (Ingo Hasselbach's book 'Die Abrechnng' adapted for the screen by Douglas Graham and director Winfried Bonengel), this story relates the changes that occur in the close friendship of two boys torn by the confinement of the East German Communists vs the Western freedom of West Germany and the countries not under Communist control. It informs us about that transition with the fall of the Berlin wall and the subsequent adjustment to the new form of life East Germans found beyond the crumbled wall. | |
| FŸnf Freunde wittern ein Geheimnis | Five on a secret trail | 791 FŸn | 1995 | Adventure / Children | Michael Kerrigan | Marco Williamson, Paul Child, Laura Petela | 50 min | German only | VHS | "WŠhrend der Ferien schlafen die fŸnf Freunde in einer alten HŸtte. Das ist recht unheimlich; nachts hšren sie verdŠchtige GerŠusche und sehen sogar 'Gespenster' in den BŠumen. Am Tage tauchen Zwillinge bei ihnen auf, mit deren Hilfe sie herausfinden, da§ jemand auf der Suche nach einem Schatz ist und keine neugierigen Kinder in seiner NŠhe haben will..." | |
| FŸr immer und immer | For ever and ever | 791 FŸR | 1997 | Drama / Thriller | Hark Bohm | Johanna ter Steege, Jeanette Arndt, Heinz Hoenig | 89 min | German only | VHS | Five years ago, the unmarried mother MelanieBrunnhauser had
surrendered her daughter Maria to fosterparents. Now, she is married and demands the return of maria, whom she has never seen again since her birth, regardless of the relationship which has built up between the child and her fosterparents in the meantime. |
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| FŸr immer und immer | For ever and ever | 791 FŸR | 1997 | Drama / Thriller | Hark Bohm | Johanna ter Steege, Jeanette Arndt, Heinz Hoenig | 89 min | German with English subtitles | VHS | Five years ago, the unmarried mother MelanieBrunnhauser had
surrendered her daughter Maria to fosterparents. Now, she is married and demands the return of maria, whom she has never seen again since her birth, regardless of the relationship which has built up between the child and her fosterparents in the meantime. |
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| Germany Year Zero | 791 Ge |
1948 | drama | Rossellini | Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz Otto KrŸger | 71 minutes | BW | Italian, w. Eng. subtitles | Edmund, a young boy who lives in the destructed Germany after the 2nd World War has to do all kinds of work and tricks to help his family in getting food and barely survive. One day he meets a man who used to be one of his teacher in school and hopes to get support from him, but the ideas of this man does not lead Edmund in a clearer or safer way of living... | ||
| Geschwister Oppermann, Die Part 1 | Oppermann Family | 791 GES | 1983 | Drama | Egon Monk | Wolfgang Kieling, Rosel Zech, Till Topf, michael Degen | 103 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | History of a Jewish family, the Oppermanns, in Berlin at the end of 1932, after Hitler has become the leader of Germany's strongest political party. | |
| Geschwister Oppermann, Die Part 2 | Oppermann Family | 791 GES | 1983 | Drama | Egon Monk | Wolfgang Kieling, Rosel Zech, Till Topf, michael Degen | 118 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | History of a Jewish family, the Oppermanns, in Berlin at the end of 1932, after Hitler has become the leader of Germany's strongest political party. | |
| Go Trabi Go | Go Trabi Go | 791 GO | 1991 | Comedy | Peter Timm | Ottfried Fischer, Dieter Hildebrandt, Wolfgang Stumph, Claudia Schmutzler | 96 min | German only | VHS | Nudity | Family Struutz lives in Bitterfeld (GDR). After the fall of
the wall, they take the opportunity to go on holiday with their car, an
old Trabant. They simply want to visit Italy. But there are some
incidents during their journey. |
| Goldene Stadt, Die | Golden City, The | 791 GOL | 1942 | Drama | Veit Harlan | Kristina Sšderbaum, Eugen Klšpfer, Annie Rosar, Dagny Servaes | 104 min | German only | VHS | Die Goldene Stadt is a set in a dream world that never was. Like a fairy tale, albeit horrifically banal and naive even for a fairy tale, it was primarily made to make war torn Germany forget about the destructiveness that the madness of the Third Reich. | |
| Goodbye Lenin | Goodbye Lenin | 791 GOO | 2003 | Comedy / Drama | Wolfgang Becker | Daniel BrŸhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon | 121 min | German with English Subtitles | DVD | East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the
regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart
attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist
anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement,
the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the
world has changed a lot... |
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| Goodbye Lenin | Goodbye Lenin | 791 GOO | 2003 | Comedy / Drama | Wolfgang Becker | Daniel BrŸhl, Katrin Sass, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon | 121 min | German only | VHS | East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the
regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart
attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist
anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement,
the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the
world has changed a lot... |
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| Gripsholm | Gripsholm | 791 GRI | 2000 | Drama/Romance | Xavier Koller | Ulrich Noethen, Heike Makatsch, Jasmin Tabatabai, Marcus Thomas, Rudolf Wesseley | 100 min | German Only | VHS | The summerly adventures of Kurt Tucholsky and girl friend staying in a Swedish castle whilst the political changes in Germany in the thirties. | |
| Guten Abend, Herr Wallenberg | Good Evening Mr. Wallenberg | 791 GOO | 1990 | Drama / War | Kjell Grede | Stellan Skarsgard, Katharina Thalbach, Karoly Eperjes | 115 min | Swedish, German with English Subtitles | VHS | Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and
international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during
WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian
Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true
story. |
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| Guten Morgen, Herr Hitler | Good Morning Mr. Hitler | 791 GOO | 1939 / 1993 | Documentary | 52 min | VHS | Recently-discovered color footage tells the story of an
extraordinary Munich weekend when Adolf Hitler and nearly the entire
Nazi leadership attended a three-day national cultural
festival--including concerts, dancing, exhibitions and a five-mile-long
parade--titled "2,000 Years of German Culture". The film was shot in July 1939, just six weeks before the Second World War began, by an amateur film buff who wangled a special pass to shoot the event in close-up on color 16-millimeter Kodachrome. |
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| Halbstarken, Die | 791 HAL | 1996 | TV | Urs Egger | Til Schweiger, Sandra Speichert, Roman Knizka, Frank Giering | 98 min | German only | VHS | Kšln, in den 50er Jahren: Die Wirren des Krieges sind
vergessen, man tanzt Rock'n Roll, die Frauen tragen NylonstrŸmpfe und
die Jugend hat den Kopf voller Rosinen. So auch Freddy, der den
spie§igen KleinbŸrgermief und vor allem die Nšrgeleien seines
Vaters satt hat. Als es wieder einmal zum Streit kommt, haut er von zu
Hause ab. Von nun an will er seine Geschicke selbst in die Hand nehmen. Aus Bernd Eichingers "German Classics"-Serie, in der Til Schweiger den Part des jungen Wilden Horst Buchholz spielt. Mit Ÿberraschendem Ende. Aufwendig in Szene gesetzt von Urs Egger. |
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| Happy Birthday, James Last | Happy Birthday, James Last | 791 HAP | Music | 60 min | German and English | VHS | The James Last Orchester performs its greatest hits - from Classic to Schlager and Volksmusik! | ||||
| Harald Schmidt. Die Ganze Packung. | Harald Schmidt | 791 HAR | 1995-2003 | Comedy | 60 min | German only | VHS | Celebrity talk show hosted by "Dirty Harry" Schmidt. GermanyÕs best late night talker. | |||
| Harte Arbeit, Reiche Ernte | 791 Har |
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| HŠrtetest | Trial by fire | 791 HŠr | 1997 | Comedy / Romance | Janek Rieke | Janek Rieke, Lisa Martinek, Sigi Terpoorten | 79 min | German only | VHS | A milksop (Janek Rieke) is left by his girl-friend. On his search for a new girl-friend he meets a bike-courier (Lisa Martinek). She only wants to sleep with him if he proves that he is no coward. But this needs a lot of overcoming as this woman is the total opposite of him: she lives in an apartment-sharing community, bravely confronts skin-heads and is involved in eco-terrorism. |
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| HŠrtetest | Trial by fire | 791 HŠr | 1997 | Comedy / Romance | Janek Rieke | Janek Rieke, Lisa Martinek, Sigi Terpoorten | 79 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | A milksop (Janek Rieke) is left by his girl-friend. On his search for a new girl-friend he meets a bike-courier (Lisa Martinek). She only wants to sleep with him if he proves that he is no coward. But this needs a lot of overcoming as this woman is the total opposite of him: she lives in an apartment-sharing community, bravely confronts skin-heads and is involved in eco-terrorism. |
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| Hauptmann von Kšpenick, Der | Captain from Kšpenick, The | 791 HAU | 1956 | Comedy / Drama | Helmut KŠutner | Heinz RŸhrmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth | 93 min | German only | VHS | A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of
money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to
have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't
get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin... |
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| Heidi und Peter | Heidi and Peter | 791 HEI | 1955 | ChildrenÕs | Franz Schnyder | Heinrich Gretler, Elsbeth Sigmund, Thmas Klameth | 95 min | German only | VHS | Heidi war lange Zeit fort vom Alm-…hi, Peter, den Tieren und
den Bergen. Das Heimweh hat sie arg geplagt. Doch das alles hat Heidi
auf sich genommen, um ihrer kranken Freundin in Frankfurt Lebensmut zu
geben. Endlich kann sie nun wieder zurŸck in ihre heimatliche Bergwelt
reisen. Der Gei§en-Peter und Gro§vater sind ŸberglŸcklich,
Heidi wieder in die Arme schlie§en zu kšnnen. Perhaps the most famous little girl in the whole wide literary world, "Heidi" was the invention of Swiss writer Johanna Spyri, a prolific creator of children's fiction. |
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| Heimatfront und Landser-Alltag | 791 HEI | Documentary | 185 min | German only | VHS, also: PAL DVD | Three movies on one DVD: 1) Jenseits der Propaganda 2) Harte Arbeit reiche Ernte 3) Alltag im Fliegenhorst |
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| Heimkehr ins GlŸck | 791 HEI | 1933 | Comedy | Carl Boese | Paul Hšrbiger, Erika Falgar, Luise Ullrich, Heinz RŸhrmann | 80 min | German only | VHS | A wealthy shoe factory owner deceides to spend his vacation
on the country. Per chance an actor/magician is mistaken for him, so he
finds accidentally his girl-friend from former times. But his wife -
and her lover - are trying to find him. |
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| Heinz Erhardt Drillinge an Bord | 791 HEI | 1959 | Comedy | Hans MŸller | Heinz Erhardt, Peter Carsten, Paul Dahlke, Trude Herr | 79 min | German only | VHS | Eduard, Otto and Heinz are identical triplets. Without
knowledge of the others, the youngest of them uses an ad text of one
brother and a melody of the other to compose a song for a pop-song
contest. When he wins a cruise as the first price, the brothers enter a
claim for it. So all of them go on vacation - with only one ticket.
Even more confusion arises, when a detective on board sees through
their game and suspects them to be a notorious gangster trio. |
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| Heinz Erhardt NatŸrlich die Autofahrer | 791 HEI | 1959 | Comedy | Erich Engels | Heinz Erhardt, Maria Perschy, Erik Schumann, Ruth Stephan, Trude Herr | 82 min | German only | VHS | Eberhard Dobermann is a widower and a policeman who loves to
control the roads and let people pay fines. Even with his neighbour and
friend Jutta Schmalbach he has no pity. Thus he cannot understand why
his daughter Karin just falls in love with a racing pilot called
Walter. But it gets even worse when Eberhard wins a VW-Kaefer at the
annual police party. So he has to learn to drive and thus even brings
his teacher close to a heart attack. |
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| Heinz Erhardt Vater, Mutter und 9 Kinder | 791 HEI | 1958 | Comedy | Erich Engels | Heinz Erhardt, Camilla Spira, Corny Collins, Maria Sebaldt | 95 min | German only | VHS | Sie sind eine glŸckliche Familie, die Schillers in Einbeck im
Hannoverschen. Alle neun Kinder sind, wie man sagt gut geraten und
bereiten den Eltern Freude. So kšnnte im Hause Schiller alles in
Sonnenschein getaucht sein, wenn nicht auf Vater Friedrich der Alptraum
eines schlechten Gewissens lasten wŸrde. Kurz vor seiner Silberhochzeit
schlittert er doch beinahe unfreiwillig in ein kleines Abenteuer mit
einer munteren Dame, namens Lollo, das zwar mit einem Mordsrausch, aber
všllig harmlos endet. Die pikante Geschichte wŠre nie ans Licht
gekommen, wenn sich nicht ausgerechnet seine Tochter Thea,das fixe
ZeitungsmŠdchen, mit einem Skandal-Artikel Ÿber das flotte Doppelleben
der Industriellen-Gattin Lollo ihre ersten journalistischen Sporen
verdienen wollte. |
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| Heinz Erhardt Witwer mit 5 Tšchtern | Widower with 5 Daughters | 791 HEI | 1957 | Comedy | Erich Engels | Heinz Erhardt, Susanne Cramer, Hemut Lohner, Lotte Rausch | 96 min | German only | VHS | The five daughters of a widower want him to get married
again. |
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| Heisser Sommer | Hot Summer | 791 HEI | 1967 | Music / Comedy | Joachim Hasler | Chris Doerk, Frank Schšbel, Regine Albrecht | 91 min | German only | VHS | In this East German teen musical, a group of girls are
planning to take their summer vacation together on the Baltic coast.
When a loud and obnoxious group of boys intrudes on their holiday, the
girls are horrified to learn that the boys have the same vacations
plans as them. The two groups quarrel with each other and compete over
a number of things, but gradually an attraction starts to form. The East German ÒGreaseÓ |
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| Heisser Sommer | Hot Summer | 791 HEI | 1967 | Music / Comedy | Joachim Hasler | Chris Doerk, Frank Schšbel, Regine Albrecht | 91 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | In this East German teen musical, a group of girls are
planning to take their summer vacation together on the Baltic coast.
When a loud and obnoxious group of boys intrudes on their holiday, the
girls are horrified to learn that the boys have the same vacations
plans as them. The two groups quarrel with each other and compete over
a number of things, but gradually an attraction starts to form. The East German ÒGreaseÓ |
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| Hennen Rennen | Chicken Run | 791 CHI | 2000 | Animation / Family / Comedy | Peter Lord, Nick Park | 84 min | German only | VHS | Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorkshire chicken farm in 1950's England. The film follows the turbulent romance between two farmyard chickens, Rocky and Ginger, who yearn for freedom and plan a daring 'prisoner of war' style escape. | ||
| Herbstmilch | Autumn Milk | 791 HER | 1989 | Drama | Joseph Vilsmaier | Dana Vavrova, Werner Stocker, Eva Mattes. Ilona Meyer | 111 min | German only | VHS | This is a filming of the self biography of Anna
Wilmschneider. It depicts life experiences and workaday routine of a
farmers woman born in the 20s in lower Bavaria, Germany. Anna's mother died early in childbed and since then Anna had to take her place and work very hard. On a Nazi rally she meets young Albert, who owns a farm. They realize that they both don't believe into fascism, and go off for a cafe, where he starts wooing her. Against her prior decision to leave the farm as soon as possible, she agrees to marry him, in the hope that her life will become easier on Albert's farm. |
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| Himmel ohne Sterne | Sky without Stars | 791 HIM | 1955 | Romance / Drama | Helmut KŠutner | Horst Buchholz, Erik Schumann, Eva Kotthaus, Georg Thomalla | 108 min | German only | VHS | One of the most distinguished scriptwriters and directors of
the era, Helmut KŠutner had begun his career with apolitical comedies
and romances in the early 1940s. After the war he focused increasingly
on political subjects, even daring to take on such important but
controversial themes as the division of the country into East and West.
In Sky without Stars he created a love story between a West German
border guard and an East German factory worker, a couple who can meet
only in the ruins of a train station in the no manÕs land
between the two pre-Wall sectors. KŠutner makes a stirring moral plea
against the unnatural division, although without the cold war polemics
that typically dominated such discussions. |
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| Himmel Ÿber Berlin, Der | Wings of Desire | 791 HIM | 1987 | Fantasy / Drama / Romance | Wim Wenders | Brunno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Otto Sander, Peter Falk | 127 min | German, French | VHS | PG 13 | This Wim Wenders film centers around the story of two angels
wandering post-war Berlin. Invisible to humans, they nevertheless give
their help and comfort to all the lonely and depressed souls they meet.
Finally, after many centuries, one of the angels becomes unhappy with
his immortal state and wishes to become human in order to experience
the joys of everyday life. He meets a circus acrobat and finds in her
the fufillment of all his mortal desires. He also discovers that he is
not alone in making this cross over, and that a purely spiritual
experience is not enough to satisfy anyone. |
| Hitlerjunge Quex | Hitler Youth Quex | 791 HIT | 1933 | Hans Steinhoff | Heinrich George, Berta Drews, JŸrgen Ohlsen | 87 min | German with English Subtitles | VHS | When Joseph Goebbels became HitlerÕs minister of
propaganda, he initiated a program of Nazi films, beginning with this
adaptation of a novel based on the real-life murder in 1932 of a
twelve-year-old Hitler schoolboy by Communists in BerlinÑan
event already exploited by Goebbels. In the film, young Heini rejects
the rowdiness of the Communist Youth for the discipline of the Hitler
Youth, and is soon nicknamed QuexÑquicksilverÑfor his
tireless enthusiasm. |
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| Hochzeiten | 791 HOC | 2000 | Drama | Maike Wetzel | Jeanette Hain, Gabriele Kastner | 15 min | German only | VHS | Rosalies Mutter arbeitet in der Kaufhalle am Imbi§stand, hat frŸher mit Autos gehandelt und wei§, was man drehen kann und was man besser lassen mu§. Sie wird bald sechzig und Faisals Frau. Rosalie lernt den neuen Geliebten ihrer Mutter beim Schweinebraten auf dem Balkon Ÿber der Schnellstra§e kennen: Faisal, der den Islam predigt, illegal in Deutschland lebt, einen kleinen †berbi§ und eine gro§e Familie hat. Dann bekommt Rosalie einen dicken Bauch, aber nicht von ihrem Geliebten, dem Finanzhai. |
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| Homo Faber | Voyager | 791 HOM | 1991 | Drama | Volker schlšndorff | Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, barbara Sukova | 117 min | German only | VHS | Walter Faber has survived a crash with an airplane. His next
trip is by ship. On board this ship he meets the enchanting Sabeth and
they have a passionate love affair. Together they travel to her home in
Greece, but the rational Faber doesn't know what fate has in mind for
him for past doings. |
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| Hunger - Sehnsucht nach Liebe | Hunger: Addicted to Love | 791 HUN | 1997 | Romance / Drama | Dana Vavrova | Catherine H. Flemming, Kai Wiesinger, Christiane Hšrbiger | 97 min | German only | VHS | Dem Anschein nach hat Laura alles erreicht, was sich ein Mensch um die 30 wŸnschen kann: Beruflich ist sie erfolgreich und in Simon hat sie den idealen Freund gefunden. Doch die Fassade tŠuscht. Seit einem Kindheitstrauma leidet Laura an Bulemie, einer Sucht, die alles fŸr sie zunichte machen. |
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| Ich heirate eine Familie Folge 1 | 1st Episode | 791 ICH | 1983 | TV series | Peter Weck | Thekla Carola Wied, Peter Weck | 90 min | German only | VHS | Angelika Graf, Besitzerin einer Kinderboutique, ist geschieden und lebt mit ihren drei Kindern Tanja, Markus und Tom allein. Der Versuch ihrer Freundin Sybille, sie mit dem Werbegrafiker Werner zu verkuppeln, misslingt. Durch Zufall lernen Angi und Werner sich doch nŠher kennen und lieben. Werner beschlie§t trotz der EinwŠnde seiner HaushŠlterin Frau Rabe und seines Freundes Wolfgang Frank, Angi zu heiraten, sein Haus auszubauen und die ganze Familie zu sich zu nehmen. | |
| Ich war 19 | I was nineteen | 791 IWA | 1968 | post-war movie | Konrad Wolf | Jaecki Schwarz, Wassili Liwanow, Alexej Ejboshenko | 115 min | Ferman with English Subtitles | VHS | unrated |