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Tag der Freiheit
''Tag der Freiheit: Unsere Wehrmacht'' is the third documentary directed by Leni Riefenstahl. Her film recounts the Seventh Party Rally of the Nazi Party, which occurred in Nuremberg and focuses on the German army, which had been left out of ''Triumph of the Will''. A warning of things to come is given in this featurette depicting a mock battle staged by German troops during the colorful ceremonies at Nuremberg on German Armed Forces Day 1935. More »
Männer wie wir
''Männer wie wir'' is a 2004 sports comedy/romance by German-American director Sherry Hormann about a gay goalkeeper who assembles a gay-only soccer team to play against his ex-team which fired him out of homophobia. Ecki lives with his parents who own a bakery in a small German town near Dortmund. Football, the German national pastime, is particularly popular in this heavily industrialized region and Ecki has been an avid and successful player since his childhood days. More »
Distant Lights
''Lichter'' is a German film, released in 2003. The film takes place on the Polish-German border at Słubice and Frankfurt (Oder). It has an ensemble cast, and the various threads illustrate the daily life between the two countries. More »
Even Dwarfs Started Small
''Even Dwarfs Started Small'' is a 1970 film by German director Werner Herzog. A group of dwarfs confined in an institution on a remote island rebel against the guards and director in a display of mayhem. The dwarfs gleefully break windows and dishes, abandon a running truck to drive itself in circles, engineer food fights and cock fights, set fire to pots of flowers, kill a large pig, torment some blind dwarfs, and crucify a monkey. More »
Good Bye Lenin!
''Good Bye, Lenin!'' is a German tragicomedy film, released internationally in 2003. It can be seen as part of the ostalgie movement. Directed by Wolfgang Becker, the cast includes Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon and Florian Lukas. More »
Nowhere in Africa
''Nowhere in Africa'' is a 2001 German film directed by Caroline Link and based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Stefanie Zweig. It tells the story of a Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya during World War II to escape the Nazis and run a farm. The film won an 2002 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Tagline: ''Sometimes home is where you least expect it''. More »
(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1
Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 is a German movie made in 2004 by Michael Herbig. It is a spiritual successor to ''Der Schuh des Manitu''. Though it has a totally unrelated story, many characters from the first movie reappear. ''Raumschiff'' is the German word for space-craft, while ''Traumschiff'' literally means "Dream Ship", which was the name of the German TV series "Das Traumschiff", which was based on the ''Love Boat''. The joke implies that the spacecraft in the film is merely a folly... More »
Wings of Desire
''Wings of Desire'' is a 1987 film by the German director Wim Wenders. Its original German title is ''Der Himmel über Berlin'', which can be translated as ''Heaven over Berlin''. Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry partially inspired the movie; Wenders claimed angels seemed to dwell in Rilke's poetry. The director also employed Peter Handke, who wrote much of the dialogue, the poetic narrations, and the film's recurring poem "Song of Childhood." ''...When the child was a child, it didn’t know that... More »
Das Experiment
''Das Experiment'' is a 2001 German movie inspired by the events of the Stanford prison experiment in the United States. It is based on the novel Black Box by Mario Giordano. More »
Besatzung Dora
Besatzung Dora is a 1943 German film about Luftwaffe men. More »
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