Rio das Mortes

1971

German

6.2

♡ 1

35%

Action

Comedy

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Günther Kaufmann as Günther

Hanna Schygulla as Hanna

Michael König as Michel

Kurt Raab as Tankwart

Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.

Family Practice

2018

German

5.3

♡ 2

93%

Drama

family relationships

Jeshua Dreyfus Director

Verena Buss as Ältere Patientin

Dani Levy as Karl / husband

Morgane Ferru as Lilli Fehr

Christian Seiler as Verleger Sigi

Simon has a love-hate relationship with his father. When his parents go on holiday, Simon initiates a seductive game of cat-and-mouse with his father’s mistress and gets disastrously tangled up in the sticky family network.

The Devil's Plaything

1973

German

4.8

♡ 10

25%

Joseph W. Sarno Director

Heidrun Hankammer as

Eric Mancy as

Ulrike Butz as Monika

Claudia Fielers as Samana

Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life.

Welcome to Siegheilkirchen

2021

German

6.6

♡ 5

Marcus H. Rosenmüller Director

Adele Neuhauser as Natascha

Wolfgang Böck as Neidhardt

Jürgen Maurer as Pfarrer

Markus Freistätter as Rotzbub

1960's Siegheilkirchen, a small town in the Austrian hinterland is steeped in reactionary and ultra-Catholic attitudes. The son of a hard-working innkeeper and his wife, called Snotty Boy by all and sundry, is at odds with the narrow-minded confines of his home town. But his unstoppable talent for drawing gives him an outlet for his discontent.

In Darkness

2011

German

7.3

♡ 4

88%

Agnieszka Holland Director

Agnieszka Grochowska as Klara Keller

Robert Wieckiewicz as Leopold Socha

Benno Fürmann as Mundek Margulies

Kinga Preis as Wanda Socha

A dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. In Darkness tells the true story of Leopold Soha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from certain death. Initially only interested in his own good, the thief and burglar hides Jewish refugees for 14 months in the sewers of the Nazi-occupied town of Lvov (formerly Poland).

Satan's Brew

1976

German

6.7

♡ 3

75%

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Volker Spengler as Ernst Kranz

Peter Chatel as Eugen

Monica Teuber as Frau im Fahrstuhl

Kurt Raab as Walter Kranz

A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim-witted brother, and a murder investigation.

And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead

2021

German

6.7

♡ 2

Michael Steiner Director

Morgane Ferru as Daniela Widmer

Sven Schelker as David Och

Arda Görkem as Esmatullah

Dara Sandhu as Omarra

In 2011 the young married Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och got kidnapped while being on a long trip along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They were hand over to the Taliban and were held as hostages for 8 months under the most precarious conditions.

The Wall

2012

German

6.7

♡ 11

76%

Julian Pölsler Director

Hans-Michael Rehberg as Cottager

Julia Gschnitzer as Cottager

Karlheinz Hackl as Hugo

Martina Gedeck as Woman

A woman inexplicably finds herself cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the countryside. Accompanied by her loyal dog Lynx, she becomes immersed in a world untouched by civilization and ruled by the laws of nature.

Heilung - Lifa

2018

German

9.0

♡ 10

Christopher Juul Director

Christopher Juul as

Kai Uwe Faust as

Maria Franz as

Each live appearance of HEILUNG is a spectacular affair, where the lines blur between musical performance, ancient pagan rituals, past, and present. The Danish band found a fitting name for their opulent stage set and huge production: amplified history. Their viewers use other words such as "amazing, mind-blowing, goose bumps, unforgettable". As a tribute to the overwhelming demand of their fast- growing host of supporters, HEILUNG released a complete live show under the banner of 'LIFA', which was filmed at Castlefest 2017.

Zwischen gestern und morgen

1947

German

7.3

♡ 1

Harald Braun Director

Winnie Markus as Annette Rodenwald

Hildegard Knef as Das Mädchen Kat

Adolf Gondrell as Dr. Weber

Viktor de Kowa as Michael Rott

A group of people gathers back in the post-war ruins of a luxurious Munich hotel they inhabited at one point or another years before; each trying to cope with the tragic consequences of the war and their own actions.

The Swingin' Stewardesses

1971

German

3.8

♡ 9

Erwin C. Dietrich Director

Friedrich Schoenfelder as Businessman

Andreas Mannkopff as Cinema-goer

Ursula Marty as Frances

Bernd Wilczewski as Sven

This 70's soft-core sex comedy chronicles the exploits of several flight attendants whose favorite perk-of-the-trade is the ability to flit from one sexual adventure to the next. The mile high club takes on a new meaning as the swingin' German heroines make their way throughout Europe.

Bad Luck

2015

German

5.5

♡ 4

Thomas Woschitz Director

Valerie Pachner as Dagmar

Gerhard Kubelka as Gerhard

Christian Zankl as Rizzo

Markus Schwärzer as Robert

Dagmar works at a gas station struggling to pay her debts. Lippo is fired by his chef swearing revenge. Karl and his weird friend Rizzo find a bag filled with money which lead them to rash actions. Three car crashes. Three days. Three stories.

Schumann's Bar Talks

6.4

Marieke Schroeder Director

Axel Milberg as Narrator

Ted Haigh as Self

Charles Schumann as Self

J. David Hinze as Self - Narrator

Charles Schumann is a bartender par excellence—known the world over for his iconic Munich-based Schumann's Bar— and best-selling author of a cocktail guide the New York Times called "the drink-mixer's bible." Here Schumann is your tour guide through some of the finest bars the world has to offer, traveling from New York to Tokyo with numerous stops in between to explore the fascinating history and rich culture behind these monuments to social imbibing, a pursuit all Milwaukeeans agree is in need of extensive documentary study.

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes

2021

German

5.0

♡ 2

100%

Kevin Kopacka Director

Ekaterina Gribanova as

Anna Platen as Eva Ziehnagel

Jeff Wilbusch as Gregor Grause

Bill Becker as Sandwich

After inheriting a run-down castle, a dispirited woman and her ill-tempered husband decide to spend the night, as time and reality shift around them.

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

1975

German

7.5

♡ 3

100%

parent child relationship

suicide

widow

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director

Kurt Raab as Barbesitzer Gustav

Irm Hermann as Helene

Volker Spengler as Photograph

Peter Chatel as Photograph

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

Faust

1926

German

8.1

♡ 25

91%

Action

based on novel or book

F.W. Murnau Director

Gösta Ekman as Faust

Frida Richard as Gretchens Mutter / Marguerite's Mother

Eric Barclay as Herzog von Parma / Duke of Parma

Lothar Müthel as Mönch / Friar

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Why Not You

2020

German

5.6

♡ 6

Evi Romen Director

Joseph Holzknecht as Firefighter

Kida Khodr Ramadan as Imam Mami

Noah Saavedra as Lenz

Johannes Silberschneider as Pfarrer

Mario, a young dancer living in a small village has to face the loss of his beloved best friend Lenz, victim of an attack in a gay club.

The Love of Jeanne Ney

1927

German

7.2

♡ 3

65%

Georg Wilhelm Pabst Director

Brigitte Helm as Gabrielle

Josefine Dora as Jeweler's Wife

Heinrich Gotho as Man in Train

Vladimir Sokoloff as Zacharkiewicz

In the Crimea, the Reds and the Whites aren't done fighting, and Jeanne discovers that the man she loves is a Bolshevik (when he kills her father). Penniless, she returns to Paris where she works for her uncle. Soon after, her lover Andreas is in France to organize the sailors in Toulon. So also is a thief, traitor, and libertine, Khalibiev, who wants to seduce Jeanne. His schemes, Jeanne and Andreas's naivete, and a lost diamond bring the lovers to the brink of tragedy.

Dorian Gray

1970

German

5.8

♡ 6

52%

Action

based on novel or book

Massimo Dallamano Director

Beryl Cunningham as Adrienne

Helmut Berger as Dorian Gray

Bobby Rhodes as Man in white polo shirt

Margherita Horowitz as Party Guest

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.

The World Beyond Silence

2021

German

5.3

♡ 2

The pandemic has many faces. It has affected everyone across the world, but each of us in a different way. A collection of individual fates observed in fine detail. And a filmic world tour that looks down on places of residence from above and yet gets very close to the people.

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Rio das Mortes

Family Practice

The Devil's Plaything

Welcome to Siegheilkirchen

In Darkness

Satan's Brew

And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead

The Wall

Heilung - Lifa

Zwischen gestern und morgen

The Swingin' Stewardesses

Bad Luck

Schumann's Bar Talks

Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes

Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven

Faust

Why Not You

The Love of Jeanne Ney

Dorian Gray

The World Beyond Silence