Le journaliste et critique de cinéma Rüdiger Suchsland examine le cinéma allemand de 1933, date de l'arrivée au pouvoir des nazis, à 1945, date de la chute du Troisième Reich.
A romantic comedy about the first date between two people who have never had a relationship before but who desperately want one. A movie about fear and love.
An hour-long discussion between Fritz Lang and Jean-Luc Godard in which they discuss a variety of art forms, the role of the cinema, their collaboration together, and much more. (Filmed in 1964 but released for TV in 1967.)
Un film sur le destin de l'équipage d'un sous-marin allemand en 1941 devient un succès mondial 36 ans après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale en 1981. Des millions de spectateurs dans le monde entier font de « Le Bateau » le film allemand qui a connu le plus grand succès international de tous les temps. Litiges sur le scénario, accidents sur le plateau, voire accusations de glorification de la guerre ; à maintes reprises, le projet est sur le point d'être annulé.
Documentaire retraçant les 100 du studio de cinéma berlinois Universum Film AG (UFA) et la place qu'il a tenu dans l'histoire du cinéma en général, et des films allemands en particulier.
When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup company, he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina, as her nerves are already on the edge with her final law exams coming up. Every morning he leaves their flat and drift aimless through the metropole on endless underground rides. After a chance meeting with his former boss Marc, Jonas starts to observe the young manager. His curiosity gradually turns into obsession, small and bigger everyday lies become a kind of survival strategy for Jonas. While Katharina notices his increasingly odd behavior, Jonas is losing control over events more and more. Flood deals with feelings of powerlessness of the individual facing a growing competitive and performance pressure. The fear of failing in a perceived competition of life kicks off a spiral of wrong decisions, with no apparent way out. Georg Pelzer’s debut was shot basing on a 20-page plot description, dialogues and actions where improvised with the actors on location.
A parade of well-known actors and directors from Germany
With her reckless behavior art student Kalina (21) provokes her fellow students, her teachers and sometimes even her only friend Ruth (24). Kalina convinces Ruth take a spontaneous trip to Portugal the next day and they euphorically head out to celebrate their plan. After a half-hearted attempt to steal a car they end up on a big student party. When Ruth voices doubts about the planned trip, the night takes an unexpected turn.
Eleven-year old Jason and his companions, including Hercules and Orpheus, go with the ship "Argo" in the search for the Golden Fleece. With wit and cunning to overcome various obstacles until they reach the destination of their fantastic journey. The experiment is not only due to the popularization or naive glorification of a myth, but the search space occupied by fact that the heroes of antiquity were actually very young.
La vie et l'œuvre du brillant cinéaste allemand Volker Schlöndorff, un artiste transfrontalier qui, en quittant l'Allemagne et en faisant du monde entier son lieu de travail, a acquis la perspective objective nécessaire pour dépeindre la société de son pays mieux que quiconque tout en offrant un point de vue unique et original sur l'histoire tourmentée du continent européen.