Winterschläfer
Released in 1997, this film is rightly classified as a romantic drama. The story focuses on a ski instructor and a translator, a car accident,… Read More »Winterschläfer
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Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken
This 2004 film featuring Daniel Brühl as Paul is based on the true story, the 1927 Steglitz student tragedy. Daniel Brühl is a well-known German… Read More »Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken
Friedrich, ein deutscher König
Released in 2012, this docu-drama features two actresses as Friedrich: Katharina and Anna Thalbach. Katharina Thalbach has been acting since she was very young, in… Read More »Friedrich, ein deutscher König
Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf
This 2012 film is noted as a Schwäbisch comedy, and with that comes the dialect and the stereotypes. We get to hear a conversation between… Read More »Die Kirche bleibt im Dorf
Der blinde Fleck
This 2013 film is a true story of a journalist who investigated the terror attack at Oktoberfest, September 1980. With that, the knowledge that we… Read More »Der blinde Fleck
FC Venus
This 2006 film is a German version of a 2005 Finnish film by the same name. It’s a sport-comedy where the soccer-players’ wives end up… Read More »FC Venus
Agnes und seine Brüder
This film, released in 2004, is a drama-comedy filled with big names: Katja Riemann, Moritz Bleibtreu, Til Schweiger, and Herbert Knaup all take part. We… Read More »Agnes und seine Brüder
Nicht mein Tag
This 2014 film with Moritz Bleibtreu and Axel Stein follows a bank employee through his everyday problems and a hostage situation, which leads to a… Read More »Nicht mein Tag
Marmor, Stein, und Eisen
This 2000 film has a backdrop of the Drafi Deutscher hit Marmor, Stein, und Eisen bricht, but it is put in a context of stalkerish… Read More »Marmor, Stein, und Eisen
Der Nanny
Starring Matthias Schweighöfer (who also served as co-director), this 2015 film is a comedy featuring humour reminiscent of the original Home Alone movie. Matthias Schweighöfer… Read More »Der Nanny
Soul Kitchen
Released in 2009, Soul Kitchen is a drama-comedy featuring Moritz Bleibtreu. It is also one of the movies Monica Bleibtreu (his mother) was in that… Read More »Soul Kitchen
Sophie Scholl – den letzten Tagen
This 2005 film is based on the true story of Sophie Scholl, an anti-Nazi activist during WWII. She was a member of the resistance group… Read More »Sophie Scholl – den letzten Tagen
Die Brücke
This film was originally released in 1959 and was nominated for Golden Globes and Oscars in 1960. The year: 1945. The final days of the… Read More »Die Brücke
Blueprint
This 2003 film featuring Franka Potente as two main characters, Iris and Siri, centers around the ethical questions of human cloning. With that, it is… Read More »Blueprint
Die Welle
This 2008 film is a thriller based in the classroom. A teacher, who himself is an anarchist, decides to create a social experiment, mimicking what… Read More »Die Welle
Der letzte Akt
This 1955 film, known in English as The Last Ten Days, begins with a note saying it is about a part of history that must… Read More »Der letzte Akt
Ludwig II.
This 2012 film is a story told often and in many forms. In fact, there appear to be no less than seven versions of this… Read More »Ludwig II.
Solino
This 2002 film is about an Italian family who moves to Germany while the two boys are still young. We quickly get a flashback to… Read More »Solino
Der Tunnel
Released in 2001, this film focuses on the danger of using the tunnel to escape East Berlin after the wall is built. We begin by… Read More »Der Tunnel
Der Experte
This 1988 film is about a mechanic who is set up as an individual annoyed by politics, who loses his memory at the same time… Read More »Der Experte
Rubinrot, Saphirblau, and Smaragdgrün
Labeled as “drama, fantasy, mystery,” this 2013 film is almost more of a science fiction romance for teenagers. It is the first in a series… Read More »Rubinrot, Saphirblau, and Smaragdgrün
Die Vampirschwestern (1, 2, and 3)
Die Vampirschwestern is a series of German films with a target audience around the pre-teen ages. They include interesting cultural observations (the family moving from… Read More »Die Vampirschwestern (1, 2, and 3)
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