The devastation of World War One left Germany's budding film industry, like much of Europe, in tatters. But necessity being the mother of invention, German Expressionism was born. Relying heavily on symbolism and shadow rather than elaborate and costly sets, films like 'The Cabinet of Dr Caligari' are still studied by film students the world over. By the mid-1920s, the industry was getting back on its feet and great directors like Fritz Lang and FW Murnau were making their early masterpieces. However the onset of Nazism and the impending war led many of Germany's artists, including filmmakers, to flee to the U.S. Fritz Lang, Billy Wilder, Douglas Sirk, Karl Freund and many more all continued their careers in America while the German film industry virtually disappeared. It was not unitl the '60s and '70s that new talents emerged. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog, Viktor Schlondorff and Wim Wenders revitalised German cinema and today international hits such as 'Run Lola Run' and 'Goodbye Lenin!' assure us it is here to stay. Right: 'Run Lola Run'
A feel-good comedy from Germany, in which Ecki, a young baker and goalkeeper, is kicked off his homophobic football team when caught drunkenly kissing... Read more
East Germany, 1980. Barbara (Nina Hoss), a young doctor, is starting a new job at a small hospital in the remote countryside. She has been transferred... Read more
TV director Dominik Graf makes an overdue and very welcome return to the big screen with Beloved Sisters, an enthralling, gorgeously mounted depiction... Read more
Benny is a disaffected teen whose life has begun to revolve around the violent films he watches, but his obsession soon crosses the line between voyeu... Read more
Latest installment of the Cities of Love series (Paris, je t'aime / New York, I Love You / Rio, Eu Te Amo), this collective feature film is made of te... Read more
"Beware Of A Holy Whore" is Fassbinder's most autobiographical film, examining the tangled relationships which exist between a group of artists who ar... Read more
Set in the former Soviet Union of the 1980s, this bracing thriller fatefully places a college professor, the daughter of a politician, and the young m... Read more
Powerful story of an alienated teen who falls into the degrading drug and prostitution scene of Berlin's Zoo station. Featuring the music of, and an a... Read more
Herzog's last collaboration with his regular lead Klaus Kinski finds the wrinkled demon playing once again a misunderstood crazy. Loosely adapted from... Read more
A.k.a. 'The Boat.' Totally restored and with over an hour of never-before-seen footage, Das Boot: The Director's Cut is Wolfgang Petersen's acclaimed... Read more