Die wilden Kerle
Disclaimer: this is the first film in a series of 6, released between 2003 and 2016. This post covers only the first film. Actor brothers… Read More »Die wilden Kerle
German film
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
This 1920 film is not rated in the U.S. strictly because movie ratings didn’t exist until long after its release date. It was a suspenseful… Read More »Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
Das Leben ist eine Baustelle
Released in 1997, this film is a drama-comedy featuring Jürgen Vogel and Christiane Paul, both of whom we also know from Die Welle, among many… Read More »Das Leben ist eine Baustelle
Harmonists
This 1997 film is based on the true story of the musical group The Comedian Harmonists, who were very popular in the years before WWII.… Read More »Harmonists
Bin ich schön?
This 1998 film is labeled as a comedy/drama. We start in Spain. We don’t really know the characters’ stories, though we slowly learn pieces as… Read More »Bin ich schön?
Europa Europa
Released in 1990, this film is a story of WWII, based on the book of the same title, which is a true story. Solomon Perel… Read More »Europa Europa
Tannöd
This 2009 film is an interesting suspense/mystery. We hear the difference in the ways of speech between generations, which is in itself an intriguing study.… Read More »Tannöd
Im Juli
Released in 2000, Im Juli is a romantic comedy. Moritz Bleibtreu plays a student teacher named Daniel. Single and without much luck in love in… Read More »Im Juli
Bibi Blocksberg
This 2002 movie is a family-friendly film about growing up a witch. Bibi’s mother is a witch, but her father isn’t. One might be reminded… Read More »Bibi Blocksberg
Liebe Mauer
Released in 2009, this movie is set in 1989 along the East/West Berlin border. We meet Franzi as she moves into an apartment right next… Read More »Liebe Mauer
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
This Werner Herzog film from 1972 is categorized as adventure-drama and features Klaus Kinski as Don Lope de Aguirre. Kinski was a key player in… Read More »Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Kebab Connection
This movie, released in 2004, is a comedy based in Berlin, largely focused on the German and Turkish-German cultures as they merge. Our main character,… Read More »Kebab Connection
Alles auf Zucker
This movie, released in 2004, follows a journalist of Jewish descent, who is uncomfortable with the changes in Berlin since 1989. We meet the family… Read More »Alles auf Zucker
Zettl
This 2012 film is a comedy in the form of satire, created by the same man who gave us Bullyparade, Traumschiff Surprise, Lissi und der… Read More »Zettl
Jakob der Lügner
This 1975 film takes place in 1944 Poland in a Ghetto. It was remade in Hollywood with Robin Williams in 1999. It’s meant to be… Read More »Jakob der Lügner
Bella Martha
Known as Mostly Martha in the States, this 2001 movie was redone only a few years later in Hollywood as No Reservations, which starred George… Read More »Bella Martha
Der Fall Gleiwitz
This 1961 film is in black and white and shows Germany at the beginning of WWII, as Germany was justifying the invasion of Poland. This… Read More »Der Fall Gleiwitz
Friendship!
This 2010 film takes place shortly after reunification, with a short introduction in the DDR past. We follow two young men from East Germany who… Read More »Friendship!
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
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
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