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    Marianne & Juliane 1981 POSTER

    Marianne & Juliane

    1981

    German

    7.3

    7

    Action

    Drama

    feminism

    germany

    politics

    woman director

    years of lead

    Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Director Felix Moeller Felix Moeller as Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa as Marianne Christiane Grass Christiane Grass as Student Rüdiger Vogler Rüdiger Vogler as Wolfgang
    Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's caught by the police and put into isolation jail, Juliane remains as her last connection to the rest of the world. Although she doesn't accept her sister's arguments and her boyfriend Wolfgang doesn't want her to, Juliane keeps on helping her sister. She begins to question the way her sister is treated.
    Das Versprechen 1994 POSTER

    Das Versprechen

    1994

    German

    6.7

    2

    67%

    76%

    Action

    anti-communism

    Drama

    politics

    Romance

    woman director

    Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Director Christina Große Christina Große as Karl Kranzkowski Karl Kranzkowski as 1st Border Official Anian Zollner Anian Zollner as Konrad I Meret Becker Meret Becker as Sophie I
    East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.
    Rosa Luxemburg 1986 POSTER

    Rosa Luxemburg

    1986

    German

    6.9

    12

    80%

    54%

    Action

    berlin, germany

    biography

    Biography

    communism

    Drama

    feminism

    History

    marxism

    War

    woman director

    Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Director Felix Moeller Felix Moeller as Daniel Olbrychski Daniel Olbrychski as Leo Jogiches Barbara Sukowa Barbara Sukowa as Rosa Luxemburg Barbara Lass Barbara Lass as Rosas Mutter
    Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.
    Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert 2023 POSTER

    Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into the Desert

    2023

    German

    6.1

    3

    80%

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    History

    Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Director Vicky Krieps Vicky Krieps as Ingeborg Bachmann Luna Wedler Luna Wedler as Marlene Ronald Zehrfeld Ronald Zehrfeld as Max Frisch Felix Moeller Felix Moeller as Zuhörer Leseabend
    When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. In the four years that follow, they dabble in great love and an open relationship between his hometown of Zurich and her adopted Rome.
    Hannah Arendt 2012 POSTER

    Hannah Arendt

    2012

    German

    7.1

    14

    86%

    74%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    eichmann

    holocaust (shoah)

    jerusalem

    jerusalem, israel

    nazi

    Margarethe von Trotta Margarethe von Trotta Director Ulrich Noethen Ulrich Noethen as Hans Jonas Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann as Himself Janet McTeer Janet McTeer as Mary McCarthy Nicholas Woodeson Nicholas Woodeson as William Shawn
    HANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the banality of evil.” After she attends the Nazi Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, Arendt dares to write about the Holocaust in terms no one has ever heard before. Her work instantly provokes a furious scandal, and Arendt stands strong as she is attacked by friends and foes alike. But as the German-Jewish émigré also struggles to suppress her own painful associations with the past, the film exposes her beguiling blend of arrogance and vulnerability — revealing a soul defined and derailed by exile.
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