German

Synopsis:
Daniel Schmid’s actual first feature, made during his (later abandoned) studies at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), is an attempt at an unusual horror film: A little girl asks an older lady to buy her a cinema ticket. They discover that their names are both Miriam. The precocious girl forces her way into the lady’s flat at night and demands a snack and presents. When the impudent child wants to move in with her the next day, the lady asks her neighbours for help.Read More »

Synopsis(borrowed from Sixpackfilm)
Resistance to the political change which took place in Austria in the year 2000, even when coming from members of the alleged opposition, is repeatedly dismissed as a hysterical reaction. The claim is made that this was a “normal democratic change.”
This characterization obscures the fact that the protest was directed primarily at a party whose populist program is intended to mobilize authoritarian and misanthropic prejudices. Furthermore, these protests were and are intended to stop the “integration of popular racism” (Steyerl) into the social and political mainstream, which is also on the rise in countries other than Austria.Read More »

Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she’s discovered by an agent, who thinks, that she really is a man. She becomes famous, but her situation becomes troublesome, when she falls in love with Robert. imdb.Read More »

Hannelore Reitzler elopes with her boyfriend to the Hotel Liebesnest but he leaves her during the night after failing to take her virginity. Not wanting to return home, Hannelore takes job as a chambermaid which also involves giving sexual favors to the guests at an extra charge. Meanwhile, a female cat burglar visits Das Liebesnest every night and each time she gets caught, she offers her body to the captor to keep them quiet. Written by Il TesoroRead More »

Seven completely different women accept an invitation from Doctor Alphonse to his villa located on a mountain top.Read More »

D E S C R I P T I O N
Ulrike Ottinger’s documentary Prater (Austria-Germany), a half-decade in the making, chronicles over the past century and more the attractions that contributed to the rise and fall of the world’s oldest amusement park.(..)Read More »

Quote:
Stella unexpectedly inherits an old house in Berlin from her Jewish great uncle. Due to the dramatic history of this building, which has gone through various changes throughout the 20th century, she will have to fight for the right to claim ownership of her inheritance. Willing to do this, she embarks on a personal journey into the past that turns out to be more complex and ambiguous than she ever could have expected. A conceptual quest full of suspense, depicting a person who gets a chance to find her ‘secret homeland’ as well as rediscover herself.Read More »

The documentary tells the life story of the boxer Norbert Grupe, who was known by his fighting name Prince of Homburg.Read More »

Barbara Albert’s film adaptation of Julia Franck’s bestseller, which won the German Book Prize, is a stirring homage to female physicality and self-empowerment.Read More »