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A Munich Man in Heaven

  A Münchner (Aloisius) dies and goes to heaven where he’s forced to sing and play the harp and do all sorts of angel things which don’t suit him at Read More

And Along Come Tourists

  A compelling intimate story about the encounter between Sven, a young German who begins alternative military service in Oświęcim, Poland, and an old man who survived the Auschwitz concentration Read More

Snow White

  Jealousy and envy lead an evil queen to try to kill her stepdaughter, Snow White. However, the queen’s hunter sent to kill Snow White is touched by her beauty Read More

The Miracle of Bern

  The Miracle of Bern is a 2003 film by Sönke Wortmann, which tells the story of a German family (particularly of a young boy and his depressed ex-POW father) Read More

The Edukators

  Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman’s limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter Read More

Fisimatenten

  Edward, a young painter, lives in the idyll of an old country inn. He loves art and Hanna, his model. Sponsored by the gallerist Poser, a discerning, witty man Read More

Gloomy Sunday

  Budapest in the thirties. The restaurant owner Laszlo hires the pianist András to play at his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires Read More

The Lives of Others

  Gerd Wiesler is an officer with the Stasi, the East German secret police. The film begins in 1984 when Wiesler attends a play written by Georg Dreyman, who is Read More

Lisbon Story

  Movie director Friedrich Monroe has trouble finishing a silent black and white film about Lisbon. He calls his friend, Phillip Winter, a sound engineer, for help. When Winter arrives Read More

Nowhere in Africa

  Sensing the threat posed by Hitler, Jewish lawyer Walter Redlich (Merab Ninidze) relocates with his wife, Jettel (Juliane Köhler), and daughter, Regina (Lea Kurka), to a farm in Kenya. Read More