The fates of three German-born Muslims in Berlin collide as they struggle to find their place between faith and modern life in contemporary western society, caught at a crossroads where alluring liberated lifestyles conflict with deeply-rooted traditions.Read More »
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Burhan Qurbani – Shahada (2010)
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Lars Henning – Security (2006)
2001-2010GermanyLars HenningShort FilmA security guard catches a young woman stealing in a supermarket, but something about
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Olaf Encke & Claudia Romero – Judas & Jesus (2009)
2001-2010AnimationGermanyOlaf Encke and Claudia RomeroThis short animation gives you quiet another take on the life and death of Jesus.
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Niko von Glasow-Brücher – Edelweißpiraten AKA Edelweiss Pirates (2004)
2001-2010DramaGermanyNiko von Glasow-BrücherWarksandness from United States wrote:
While the title makes it sound like a combination of The Sound of Music and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, this is actually a serious film about the real-life Edelweiss Piraten, a loosely organized gang of German anti-Hitler youth who harassed the Nazis and hid Jews and others who were in trouble.Read More » -
Tatjana Turanskyj – Eine flexible Frau AKA The Drifters (2010)
2001-2010DramaExperimentalGermanyTatjana TuranskyjGreta: 40, an architect, mother of a 12-year-old son, separated from her husband, recently unemployed. She starts working in a call center but is soon dismissed once again. She does everything in her power to keep hanging on in there, starts drinking and drifts through the city, torn between the pressure to confirm and the spirit of contradiction.Read More »
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Fritz Lang – M [Universum, 80th Anniversary Edition] (1931)
1931-1940Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtClassicsCrimeFritz LangGermanyQuote:
The horror of the faces: That is the overwhelming image that remains from a recent viewing of the restored version of “M,” Fritz Lang’s famous 1931 film about a child murderer in Germany. In my memory it was a film that centered on the killer, the creepy little Franz Becker, played by Peter Lorre. But Becker has relatively limited screen time, and only one consequential speech–although it’s a haunting one. Most of the film is devoted to the search for Becker, by both the police and the underworld, and many of these scenes are played in closeup. In searching for words to describe the faces of the actors, I fall hopelessly upon “piglike.”Read More » -
Helma Sanders-Brahms – Erdbeben in Chili AKA Earthquake in Chile (1975)
1971-1980DramaGermanyHelma Sanders-BrahmsTVQuote:
When the church discovers that Josefa is pregnant, she is sentenced to death by decapitation. Her lover Jeronimo is jailed before he can rescue her. When fate intervenes in the form of a massive earthquake, the two lovers have no idea what is in store for them.Read More » -
Monika Treut – Die Jungfrauenmaschine AKA Virgin Machine (1988)
1981-1990CultDramaGermanyMonika TreutQueer Cinema(s)synopsis
Dorothee, a would-be writer and journalist, leaves Germany for the Oz of San Francisco, searching for her long-lost mother and a cure for the malady of love. Installed in the Tenderloin, she peeps in on neighbors’ bizarre sex rituals as well as does sightseeing of the more traditional kind. But encounters with male impersonator Ramona, charming Hungarian bohemian Dominique, and Susie Sexpert, barker for an all-girl strip show, lead to exploratory adventures of self-discovery and fun. When Dorothy surfaces like a dazzled tourist on the wilder shores of the city’s lesbian community, she has discovered her true sexuality. . . . and left some illusions behind.Read More » -
Ulrike Ottinger – Bildnis einer Trinkerin aka Ticket of no Return (1979)
1971-1980ArthouseGermanyQueer Cinema(s)Ulrike OttingerShe purchased a ticket of no return to Berlin-Tegel. She wanted to forget her past, or rather to abandon it like a condemned house. She wanted to concentrate all her energies on one thing, something all her own. To follow her own destiny at last was her only desire. Berlin, a city in which she was a complete stranger, seemed just the place to indulge her passion undisturbed. Her passion was alcohol, she lived to drink and drank to live, the life of a drunkard. Her resolve to live out a narcissistic, pessimistic cult of solitude strengthened during her flight until it reached the level at which it could be lived. The time was ripe to put her plans into action.Read More »