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List Of German-language Films
This is a list of films in the German language. For a more comprehensive list see :German-language films *'' 10 Sekunden'', 2008 *'' 2030 – Aufstand der Alten'', 2007 *''2030 – Aufstand der Jungen'', 2010 *'' 3 Engel für Ali'', 2003 *''89 Millimeter'', 2005 *'' Ab Morgen'', 2011, a short film *'' Abschied von gestern'', 1966 *''Absolute Giganten'' (''Gigantic''), 1999 *'' Advertising Rules!'' (''Viktor Vogel – Commercial Man''), 2001 *''Agnes and His Brothers'' (''Agnes und seine Brüder''), 2004 *'' Aguirre: The Wrath of God'' (''Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes''), 1972 *'' Aimée and Jaguar'' (''Aimée und Jaguar''), 1999 *''The American Friend'' (''Der amerikanische Freund''), 1977 *'' Der amerikanische Soldat'', 1970 *''Anatomy'', 2000 *''The Baader Meinhof Complex'', 2008 *''Barfuss'', 2005 *''Berlin Blues'' (''Herr Lehmann''), 2003 *''Der bewegte Mann'' (''Maybe, Maybe Not''), 1994 *''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'' (''Die Bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant''), 1972 *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The American Soldier
''The American Soldier'' (german: Der amerikanische Soldat) is a 1970 West German film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film stars Karl Scheydt as Ricky, a German-American Vietnam veteran, who takes a job as a hired assassin on behalf of three renegade policemen to do away with a number of undesirables in Munich. Cast * Karl Scheydt as Ricky * Elga Sorbas as Rosa * Jan George as Jan * Hark Bohm as Doc * Marius Aicher as Cop * Margarethe von Trotta as Chambermaid * Ulli Lommel as Gypsy * Katrin Schaake as Magdalena Fuller * Ingrid Caven as Bar Singer * Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Ricky's mother * Kurt Raab as Ricky's brother * Irm Hermann as Whore * Gustl Datz as Chief of police * Rainer Werner Fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder (; 31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982), sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement. Fassbinder's main ... as Franz W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Out (1989 Film)
Coming Out is a 1989 East German film directed by Heiner Carow and written by Wolfram Witt which deals with the lead character, a high school teacher, "coming out" and accepting himself as gay. It was the last East German film released to the public prior to the German reunification and one of the last films made by DEFA, the East German state film studio, and the only gay-themed feature film that it made. The film premiered at the Kino International in Berlin on 9 November 1989, the night that the Berlin Wall was opened. It won a number of awards including a Silver Bear and Teddy Award at 40th Berlin International Film Festival, and awards at the National Feature Film Festival of the GDR. The lead actors are Matthias Freihof, Dagmar Manzel, and Dirk Kummer. The film was shot on location in East Berlin and includes scenes shot with amateurs in some of the gay venues of the time.Wagner, Brigitte B. (ed.) (2014) ''DEFA after East Germany'', pp. 229-232. London: Camden House. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mein Vater
''Mein Vater'' (English: ''Coming Home'') is a 2003 German television film directed by Andreas Kleinert. Klaus J. Behrendt was awarded in 2003, the 'Audience Award of the Marl Group' at the Adolf Grimme Prize and the Bavarian Television Award. In addition, the film was awarded the International Emmy Award for best TV movie. Cast *Götz George ... Richard Esser *Klaus J. Behrendt ... Jochen Esser *Ulrike Krumbiegel ... Anja Esser *Sergej Moya ... Oliver Esser *Christine Schorn ... Karin *Nicholas Bodeux Nicholas is a male given name and a surname. The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the name and its ... ... Jochen's friend Awards References External links * 2003 television films 2003 films 2000s German-language films German-language television shows German drama television films International Emmy Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cabinet Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Das Boot
''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as a theatrical release and a TV miniseries (1985). There are also several different home video versions as well as a director's cut supervised by Petersen in 1997. An adaptation of Lothar-Günther Buchheim's 1973 German novel of the same name based on his experiences aboard , the film is set during World War II and follows ''U-96'' and its crew, as they set out on a hazardous patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic. It depicts both the excitement of battle and the tedium of the fruitless hunt, and shows the men serving aboard U-boats as ordinary individuals with a desire to do their best for their comrades and their country. Development began in 1979. Several American directors were considered three years earlier before the film was shelved. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blueprint (film)
''Blueprint'' is a 2003 German drama film directed by Rolf Schübel. It is based on the Blueprint (novel), 1999 novel by Charlotte Kerner. The film raises the ethical issue of human cloning. Plot Iris Sellin (Franka Potente, Potente) is a world-famous pianist and composer who finds out that she is suffering from multiple sclerosis, a degenerative nerve disorder that will gradually stop her being able to perform. She asks a friend, Dr. Martin Fischer (Ulrich Thomsen, Thomsen), a revolutionary reproductive researcher, to assist her in creating her Clone (genetics), clone so that she can pass her music onto her daughter. Even though cloning of humans is illegal, Dr. Fischer agrees so that he will forever be known as the first. The procedure is a success and Iris gives birth to Siri (Potente). Siri closely resembles her mother in both facial features and musical talent. When Siri finds out at the age of thirteen that she is her mother's clone, her whole world falls apart. The once v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Light (1932 Film)
''The Blue Light'' (german: Das blaue Licht) is a black-and-white 1932 film directed by Leni Riefenstahl and written by Béla Balázs with uncredited scripting by Carl Mayer. In Riefenstahl's film version, the witch, Junta, played by Riefenstahl, is intended to be a sympathetic character. Filming took place in the Brenta Dolomites, in Ticino, Switzerland, and Sarntal, South Tirol. Plot ''The Blue Light'' is a frame story with a fairy tale atmosphere and elements. A modern couple arrive in a convertible automobile at an inn in Santa Maria, a mountain village. Upon seeing an intriguing, cameo-style photo of a woman, they ask the innkeeper who she is. The innkeeper tells a young boy to bring in the book that contains "Junta's story," and the movie unfolds as the innkeeper opens a very large book to its title page. Junta (Riefenstahl) is a young woman who lives, at the turn of the century, apart from her fellow villagers. Due to her feral strangeness, she is considered to be a w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blindflyers
''The Blindflyers'' (german: Die Blindgänger) is a 2004 film directed by Bernd Sahling. It won a number of awards, including the German Film Award 2004 for Best Children's Film, and others at the International Film Festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo .... Plot Two 13-year-old blind girls Marie and Inga are close friends in a boarding school for the blind, and share a love for music. The girls are fairly sheltered in their school, and have a motto, "Trau bloß keinem Gucki!" ("Don't trust a "lookie"" ighted person. They try out for a school band, but despite their musical skills they are turned away for their blindness. Then Marie meets a young émigré from Kazakhstan, "Herbert" (Oleg Rabcuk), and hides him from the police in the school, with the help ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant
''The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant'' (german: Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant) is a 1972 West German romantic drama film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, based on his own play. Featuring an all-female cast, the plot takes place entirely in the home of narcissistic protagonist Petra von Kant, and follows the changing dynamics in her relationships with other women. Petra's story is told in a theatre-esque fashion in four acts, each depicting her state of mind hinted visually by her clothes and hair. The film was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Petra von Kant (Carstensen) is a prominent fashion designer based in Bremen. The film is almost totally restricted to her apartment's bedroom, decorated by a huge reproduction of Poussin's ''Midas and Bacchus'' (c.1630), which depicts naked and partially clothed men and women. The room also contains numerous life-size mannequins for her work, though only her assistant Marlene (Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Bewegte Mann
''Der bewegte Mann'' (international title: ''The Most Desired Man'', U.S. title: ''Maybe ... Maybe Not'') is a 1994 German comedy film directed by Sönke Wortmann and starring Til Schweiger, Rufus Beck, Joachim Król and Katja Riemann. The film developed from the comics "Der bewegte Mann" and "Pretty Baby" by Ralf König. Plot After she caught him cheating on her on a public toilet, Axel (played by Til Schweiger) has just been dumped by his girlfriend Doro (Katja Riemann), and needs to find a new place to live. He meets Walter a.k.a. Waltraud (Rufus Beck), a transvestite who participated in a heterosexual men's group to provide a gay man's perspective. Walter talks Axel into joining him and some friends at a gay party afterwards, and tries to convince Axel to move in with him. At the party, Axel decides instead to move in with Walter's best friend, Norbert (Joachim Król), whose boyfriend has just left him. Later, at Axel and Doro's apartment, Norbert tries to seduce Axel while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Blues (film)
''Berlin Blues'' (german: Herr Lehmann) is a 2003 German film by Leander Haußmann based on the novel of the same name by Sven Regener. Plot summary Frank Lehmann ( Christian Ulmen) is a bartender working in Kreuzberg, a borough of West Berlin in October 1989, in the final weeks before the fall of the Berlin Wall. As he is approaching his 30th birthday, his friends start teasing him by calling him "Herr Lehmann" ("Mr. Lehmann"). He has little interest in anything outside of SO 36, the eastern part of the borough of Kreuzberg. He has a brief relationship with Katrin (), a cook at a nearby bar. His best friend, Karl (Detlev Buck), slowly goes mad, and his parents show up for a visit, disrupting his laid-back lifestyle. Cast Awards At the 2004 German Film Awards, Detlev Buck was awarded Best Supporting Actor and Sven Regener Best Script. At the 2003 Bavarian Film Awards The Bavarian Film Awards (german: Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since 1979 by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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