Germany, 1928: a pupil attends a Greek lesson in which the head of his school, Oberstudiendirektor Himmler, takes over from the teacher. Himmler is...

Scientific documentary film exposing the cencorship laws in the BRD as an instrument used for propaganda. Its the third part of the "Bundesdeutsche...

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.

Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in the room of the inn where he was staying and the...

Kurt Hoffmann′s satire concerning Germany′s development during the first half of the 20th century tells the story of two schoolmates -...

Katja Fleming has given up her job as an actress and married the business man Robert Fleming. But the cold that surrounds her in her modern,...

An American heiress in Europe falls in love with a German prince, but he is required to marry someone else for reasons of state convenience.

One of the more important European avant-garde films of the post-war period, this feature-length work offered a devastating comment on the...

A young man and woman meet on a bridge, both about to commit suicide by jumping into the river, and recount to each other their experiences.

Story of heavy drinking poet Dichter Albert, who being worn out by much younger Fanny. At the same time Elise, the writer's wife, tries to capture...

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works...

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th century Germany.

First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude Brialy) is an aspiring writer and the son of a rigid...

West Germany's entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was this cinemadaptation of the Gerhardt Hauptman play Rose Bernd. The title character, played...