Sylvie Winter

  • Thomas Schamoni – Ein großer graublauer Vogel AKA A Big Grey-Blue Bird (1970)

    1961-1970ArthouseGermanySci-FiThomas Schamoni

    This critically well-received independent German film production was made and first seen in 1970, but did not receive general release until 1971. A group of five scientists have invented a machine which will unravel the whole fabric of time and space but have managed to blot the full memory of their achievement from their minds. They did this to prevent the complete destruction of space-time as we know it. However, they also programmed themselves to remember everything if someone uses the key words “a big grey-blue bird.” Gangsters bent on world domination and a young documentary film-team track down these scientists, each attempting to learn their secrets for completely different reasons.Read More »

  • Klaus Lemke – Sylvie (1973)

    1971-1980DramaGermanyKlaus LemkeRomance

    Fashion model Sylvie falls asleep drunk in the cab of Munich taxi driver Paul, and an impossible love affair beckons. Renegade director Klaus Lemke had previously startled German TV audiences with the biker drama Rocker, announcing an unprecedented, unvarnished freshness and authenticity with nonprofessional actors, real dialect and on-the-fly style. In Sylvie, he adds a disarming tenderness.Read More »

  • Klaus Lemke – Paul (1974)

    1971-1980CrimeGermanyKlaus Lemke

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    After 7 years spent in jail Paul (Paul Lyss) is free again.
    With his old crew he celebrates his return.Nothing really changes and soon he finds himself spaced out drunk at some posh party and eventually ends up wielding a big gun.Hand held Camera movements in best Dogma-95 style and nervous cut makes it an interesting 70’s euro crime flick.Read More »

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