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1) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
2) Justitiabilitat und Rechtmassigkeit: Verrechtlichungsprozesse von Literatur und Film in der Moderne
Series
Publisher
Rodopi
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Deutsch
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Multiple
Description
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
Based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Series
Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik volume Bd. 75
Publisher
Rodopi
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. An opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist Giuseppe Baldini results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His...
10) Metropolis
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
The peaceful, idyllic life in the automated, mechanized and regimented city of the future is shattered when a mad inventor intentionally seeks to disrupt things.
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In 1772 Germany, the young and tumultuous Johann Goethe aspires to be a poet. After failing his law exams, he is sent by his father to a sleepy provincial court to mend his ways. Unsure of his talent and eager to prove himself, Goethe soon wins the praise and friendship of his superior, Kestner. But then Lotte Buff enters his life and nothing is the same as before. However, the young lovers are unaware that her father has already promised Lotte's...
14) Stalingrad
Publisher
Bavaria Film
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The battle of Stalingrad lasted from September 1942 to January 1943, and was one of the greatest bloodbaths in military history: a million people dead from mutual slaughter, starvation, and the bitter winter cold. The awesome battle that thwarted Hitler's Eastern Front conquests is told from the viewpoint of four German soldiers sent from the North Africa campaign to join the Sixth Army to take the city, a vital crossroads and defense industry center....
15) The ogre
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A Frenchman falsely accused of child molestation is allowed to join the army at the beginning of World War II, but is captured and falls prey to the allure of Nazism.
16) Rosenstrasse
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew. In Rosenstrasse, two stories blend to create a vibrant tapestry of love and courage. The film depicts a family drama of estrangement between a mother and her daughter, and the story of German women who staged a protest on Rosenstrasse to free their Jewish husbands...
17) Hannah Arendt
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A brilliant biopic of the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist. Arendt's reporting on the 1961 trial of ex-Nazi Adolf Eichmann in The New Yorker, controversial both for her portrayal of Eichmann and the Jewish councils, introduced her now-famous concept of the 'Banality of Evil.' Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, von Trotta beautifully turns the often invisible...
Series
Horror classics volume 5
Publisher
Treeline Films
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
[Maniac]: Based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The black cat, " the wild plot concerns a mad doctor who blackmails a former vaudeville impersonator into helping him to obtain the corpses he needs to perform Frankenstein-like experiments.
[Metropolis (silent)]: The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the...
19) M
Series
Criterion collection volume 30
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, want to see him brought down.
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out: Lola has just received a frantic call from her boyfriend Manni, who's accidentally lost a small fortune he was to deliver to his mobster boss. If they cannot find a way to replace the money within twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences.