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1) Woyzeck
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. Abused and tortured, both physically and psychologically by commanding officers, doctors and his unfaithful wife, Marie, Woyzeck struggles to hold on to his humanity and his fragile sanity. In the film's shattering climax, he is finally driven over the brink into madness and murder.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A remake of the German silent classic by F.W. Murnau, closely based on the novel Dracula, by Bram Stoker.
Jonathan Harber, against the wishes of his wife, departs on a journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize a real estate deal. When he arrives at his destination, he encounters Count Dracula and a series of tragic events.
Series
Criterion collection volume 205
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Once-beloved Theird Reich-era starlet Veronika Voss lives in obscurity in postwar Munich. Struggling for survival and haunted by past glories, the forgotten star encounters sportswriter Robert Krohn in a rains-swept park and intrigues him with her mysterious beauty. As their unlikely relationship develops, Krohn comes to discover the dark secrets behind the faded actress' demise.
Publisher
Scream Factory, Shout! Factory, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Deutsch
Description
It is 1850 in the beautiful town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long journey, despite desperate warnings from his wife Lucy. Upon his arrival, he is greeted by a pale, wraith-like figure with deep-sunken eyes, who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The events that transpire convince Harker that he is in the presence of a vampire. What he doesn't know is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town face as victims of the Nosferatu....
8) Museum Hours
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mesmerizing tale of two adrift strangers who find refuge in Vienna's grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum. A chance meeting sparks a deepening connection that draws them through the halls of the museum and the streets of the city. Nominated for Best Editing and the John Cassavetes Award at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**. Nominated for a SXGlobal Award at the **SXSW Film Festival**. *"Sommer is perfect. So is O'Hara. This is the "Before Sunrise"...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Schultze is a recently retired miner who, like his father before him, entertains polka audiences with his accordion. When he discovers the fiery energy of Zydeco music on his radio, the rigid monotony of his daily routine takes a spicy turn. Schultze learns to play his accordion with a new snap and style. His new-found fascination ultimately leads him on a life-changing journey to the Louisiana delta.
11) Mephisto
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
An actor of the Art Theatre Company of Hamburg, who subordinates everything to his success, befriends a principal figure in the Nazi power machinery and is drawn into the poisonous circle of evil from which he can no longer escape. The popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Publisher
Wellspring
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A pregnant middle-class housewife, living an ideal, comfortable life, begins to experience moments of uncontrollable undirected fear. Her anxiety grows and becomes more frequent. After giving birth, she turns to drugs and alcohol, but nothing seems to alleviate her tempestuous nerves.
13) Good bye, Lenin!
Publisher
Sony Pictures Classics
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Alex's proud, socialist mother falls into a coma for eight months. When she wakes, her heart is weak so Alex has to keep the secret that the Berlin Wall has fallen and capitalism has triumphed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam.
14) Heart of glass
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Set in the pre-industrial past, the story tells of a German village that looses the secret of making its unique Ruby glass. The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey the atmosphere of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary.
Series
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Story about a Hamburg picture framer who is perfectly ordinary except that he is suffering from a rare and fatal blood disease. His peace and sanity are upset when he is offered money to assassinate a Mafia figure in Paris. DVD.
Publisher
[Kino on Video]
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Deutsch
Description
One of the early sound masterpieces of German cinema, this film made Marlene Dietrich an international star and helped assure director Joseph von Sternberg a place in cinematic history. The story is a gripping portrait of a middle-aged professor who is degraded by his obsession with a tawdry cafe entertainer. Presents two versions of the film: The original German and original English versions.
Series
Road trilogy (Motion pictures) volume 2
Criterion collection volume 815
Criterion collection volume 813
Criterion collection volume 815
Criterion collection volume 813
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
The story of an aimless writer who leaves his hometown to find himself and winds up befriending a group of other travelers. Seeking inspiration to help him escape his creative funk, he instead discovers the limits of attempts to refashion one's identity.
19) Fitzcarraldo
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Story of a man obsessed with a dream to build his own personal opera house in a remote Peruvian town.
20) Benny's video
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A 14-year-old video enthusiast is so caught up in film fantasy that he can no longer relate to the real world, to such an extent that he commits murder and records an on-camera confession for his parents.
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