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Biedermeier: A Way of Life in Austria, 1815-1848

  This video traces the major social, cultural, technological and political developments that took place in Austria between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of 1848, a Read More

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers, Franz Kafka

  This ground-breaking video series combines drama, documentary and critical analysis by renowned authors and critics – including Anthony Burgess, V.S. Pritchett, and Frank Kermode – to illustrate the works Read More

Charlie & Louise

  10 years ago, Wolf and Sabine Palfy got divorced. Since then, their daughter Charlie grew up with her father, and her twin sister Louise lived with her mother. They Read More

A Coffee in Berlin

  There’s a sharp commentary at the heart of writer-director Jan Ole Gerster’s debut feature, “A Coffee in Berlin” (originally titled “Oh Boy”), which swept up many of the major Read More

Almanya: Welcome to Germany

  After working for 45 years in Germany as a Turkish Gastarbeiter, or guest worker, Hüseyin Yilmaz, now in his 70s, announces to his family that he has bought a Read More

Berlin, Schönhauser Corner

  Berlin Schönhauser Corner is the story of four aimless young people. Dieter (Ekkehard Schall) is the oldest of the bunch, and, as the brother of a policeman, he gets Read More

The Marriage of Maria Braun

  Near the end of World War II, Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries Hermann (Klaus Lowitsch), who is immediately sent off to battle. When the war concludes, Maria believes that Hermann Read More

The Bridge

  In the waning days of World War II, as American forces overtake Germany, seven teenage boys are pulled from their small town’s school as emergency conscripts to repel the Read More

Süss the Jew

  Jud Süß is a 1940 Nazi German historical drama and propaganda film produced by Terra Film at the behest of Joseph Goebbels. It is considered one of the most Read More

The Last Laugh

  Proud of his position, responsibilities and uniform, a hotel doorman is shocked to find out that he has been demoted to washroom attendant; humiliated, the old man struggles to Read More