This post is specially covering the four-episode Augsburger Puppenkiste collection from 1977 and not the film remake of 2018. This film is recommended for ages… Read More »Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer
A Eberhoferkrimi, this 2019 film is a continuation of stories that began in 2013 with Dampfnudelblues and continues through 2022 with Guglhupfgeschwader so far. (It… Read More »Leberkäs Junkie
Known in the US as Goodbye Berlin, this 2016 film is available to stream in the US with ads on Tubi and is rated TV-MA.… Read More »Tschick
This 2020 Austrian Netflix film is marketed as a horror/mystery/thriller. There are moments of consequential learning that may be of interest to you and your… Read More »Das schaurige Haus
This Wilhelm Busch work, read by the narrator Helmut Hansen, may be less well-known than Max und Moritz or Struwwelpeter, but popular enough to have… Read More »Plisch und Plum
This simple audio-film uses the images from Wilhelm Busch’s Max und Moritz to tell the story. For those less familiar with the book, some of… Read More »Max und Moritz
This audio-film uses images from Wilhelm Busch’s Struwwelpeter exclusively. It goes through each short story with a musical clip and a collage of images from… Read More »Struwwelpeter
Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Der Besuch der alten Dame has been filmed a few times throughout film history, dating back to the early years of the star… Read More »Der Besuch der alten Dame (2008)
Narrated by Erich Kästner himself, this version’s screenplay was adapted from his book himself. Lotte and Luise are played by twins Isa and Jutta Günther.… Read More »Das doppelte Lottchen (1950)
This post will cover the first film, released in 2006. There is a post for the final film at Die wilden Hühner und das Leben.… Read More »Die wilden Hühner
Taken from Otfried Ostpreußler’s children’s book, this 2013 film stars a little ghost who awakes at night to have his adventures. Caspar fans should particularly… Read More »Das kleine Gespenst
The story of life in an U-Boot during the war, this 1981 film explores the psyche and trials of the men serving their country under… Read More »Das Boot
These Fritz Lang films from 1924 follow the famous stories of Siegfried, beginning with the sword that he forged to slay the dragon. The actor… Read More »Die Nibelungen (Siegfried; Kriemhilds Rache)
Released in 2001, this film centers around a Jewish family that must leave 1930s Germany, settling in Kenya. Interestingly, the actress who plays Jettel, Juliane… Read More »Nirgendwo in Afrika
This Werner Herzog version of the classic 1922 Nosferatu (or, better stated, of Bram Stoker’s Dracula) features Klaus Kinski as Count Dracula. Lucy Harker in… Read More »Nosferatu Phantom der Nacht (1979)
This version of Dürrenmatt’s Der Richter und sein Henker, released in 1975, features Jon Voigt and Jacqueline Bisset. The original language is English, but the… Read More »Murder on the Bridge
This 2015 film is based on a book of the same title, written by the main character, Hape Kerkeling, who does not play himself in… Read More »Ich bin dann mal weg
An important note to start off: there is no a German version of Kafka’s book Der Prozess. The German film of this title, released in… Read More »Der Prozess/ The Trial (1962)
This 2006 retelling of the classic story features Armin Rohde as the title character. We’ve seen him in quite the variety of roles in German… Read More »Der Räuber Hotzenplotz
Released in 1968, this Werner Herzog film is a drama done in the form of a documentary, and was his first feature film. As mentioned… Read More »Lebenszeichen
This 1979 Werner Herzog film starring Klaus Kinski is just one of the film versions of the Georg Büchner play, first performed in 1913. More… Read More »Woyzeck
This 2008 film is an adaptation of the Thomas Mann novel by the same name. Wikipedia actually has a good article on this book, even in… Read More »Buddenbrooks
This film adaptation of Hermann Hesse’s Steppenwolf was released in 1974. It was originally done in English. Before the movie begins, there is a note… Read More »Der Steppenwolf
This film version of the Heinrich Böll novel, published only a year before the film was released. It is also the directorial debut of Margarethe… Read More »Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
Matthias Schweighöfer plays a taxi driver in this 2013 film who has some major life issues come up as we come in. Frau Ella is… Read More »Frau Ella