Based on Jürgen Breests book Wechselbalg (1980.)
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A married couple adopts a child. The mother’s relationship with the new family member quickly deteriorates.
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Germany
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Sohrab Shahid Saless – Wechselbalg AKA Changeling (1987)
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Bruno Schneider – Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Der Theatermensch (2002)
2001-2010Bruno SchneiderDocumentaryGermanyRainer Werner Fassbinderrare documentary about Fassbinder works in theatreRead More »
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Thomas Moritz Helm – Heute oder morgen AKA Before We Grow Old (2019)
2011-2020ArthouseGermanyQueer Cinema(s)RomanceThomas Moritz HelmLike a summer in Berlin…
Two Berliners, Maria and Niels, and one British student, Chloë, are drifting libidinously through Berlin, plunge headlong into a carefree and chaotic love affair with each other. Boisterously living life to the full, they grasp everything and anything they please. Their only compass seems to be the pleasure they experience together – which works perfectly well until Chloë unintentionally falls pregnant…Read More »
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Magnus Hirschfeld & Richard Oswald – Gesetze der Liebe aka Sexualkatastrophe aka Laws of Love: Innocently Outlawed! (1927)
1921-1930GermanyMagnus HirschfeldQueer Cinema(s)Richard OswaldShort FilmSilentA documentary by Magnus Hirschfeld, which contains a shortened version of Different From the Others (1919).Read More »
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Stefan Westerwelle & Patrick Schuckmann – Lose Your Head (2013)
Drama2011-2020GermanyPatrick SchuckmannQueer Cinema(s)Stefan WesterwelleThrillerQuote:
Luis leaves his partner and flies to Berlin from Spain for a weekend of lighthearted partying, experimenting with drugs and casual physical encounters. He meets Viktor, a mysterious man who holds a fascinating, disconcerting attraction. Struggling with his inhibitions about being overpowered by a stranger, Luis submits to Viktor with a trusting passion. Shortly afterwards, Luis is confused with a missing Greek named Dimitri who is being desperately sought by his sister and cousin. Although Dimitri is Viktor’s ex-partner, Viktor has no explanation for his disappearance. Plagued by nagging suspicions, Luis nonetheless becomes further entangled in Viktor’s capricious and powerful aura of control and submission. This draws him into a quagmire of mysterious signs and dangers where soon even reality itself begins to seem like an illusion.Read More » -
Hans Richter – Die neue Wohnung AKA The New Apartment (1930)
1921-1930ArchitectureExperimentalGermanyHans RichterWeimar Republic cinemaThis film was made by Hans Richter for the first Basel habitat exhibition to show the innovative aspects of modern architecture.
The remastering of this film was made by the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana (therefore the titles are in Italian).
The film is originally silent but is here accompanied by a recent soundtrack.Read More »
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Wim Wenders – Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015) (HD)
2011-2020DramaGermanyWim WendersSynopsis by Jack Rodgers
A car accident brings together a writer, his girlfriend, a publisher’s assistant, and a mother in mourning. James Franco, Rachel McAdams, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Marie-Josée Croze co-star. Directed by Wim Wenders.Read More » -
Rolf Olsen & Lee Payant – Blutiger Freitag AKA Bloody Friday [Uncut] (1972)
1971-1980CrimeGermanyLee PayantRolf OlsenThrillerSynopsis:
After escaping from a courtroom during his trial, a criminal plans the biggest bank robbery every to have taken place in Germany.Read More » -
Hans-Christian Schmid – Lichter AKA Distant Lights (2003)
2001-2010DramaGermanyHans-Christian SchmidQuote:
This movie reflects on the situation around the border between Poland and Germany. The fate of many single characters creates a picture of life in this region: Some Ukrainians want to cross the border illegal to get into Germany, a company wants to build a new factory, a Polish taxi driver desperately needs money to buy his daughter a communion dress, and so on.Read More »