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Movies of Germany poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
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Books on German Cinema
http://www.amazon.com/BFI-Companion-German-Cinema/dp/0851707513/
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"The Haunted Screen: Expressionism In The German Cinema & The Influence of Max Reinhardt" [orig 1969, rev 2008] by Lotte H. Eisner Univ CA Press 2nd Edition 8x5½ pb [9/2008] for $20.65 Thames & Hudson Ltd hardcover [10/69] out of print/used |
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"Theaters of Occupation: Hollywood and The Reeducation of Postwar Germany" [2008] by Jennifer Fay Univ MN Press 8¾x5¾ pb [3/2008] for $22.50 Univ MN Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2008] for $67.50 |
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"Austria Cinema: A History" [2005] by Robert von Dassanowsky McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00 |
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"German Culture Through Film: An Introduction To German Cinema" [2005] by Robert C. Reimer & Reinhard Zachau Focus Publng 10x7 pb [7/2005] for $28.08 |
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"The Dark Mirror: German Cinema Between Hitler and Hollywood" [2002] by Lutz Koepnick Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2002] for $25.95 Univ CA Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2002] for $60.00 |
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"German National Cinema" [2001] by Sabine Hake Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [10/2007] for $33.95 Routledge hardcover [10/2007] for $125.00 |
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"Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary" [2000] by Thomas Elsaesser Routledge 9x5¾ pb [9/2000] for $30.20 Routledge 9½x6½ library-hardcover [9/2000] for $125.00 |
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"Nordic National Cinemas" [1998] by Tytti Soila Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95 Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00 |
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"Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife" [1996] by Eric Rentschler Harvard Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [10/96] for $33.75 |
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"The U.F.A. Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945" [1996] by Klaus Kreimeie Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [10/99] out of print/used Hill & Wang Publng 9¾x6¾ hardcover [7/96] out of print/used |
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"Hollywood In Berlin: American Cinema & Weimar Germany" [1994] by Thomas J. Saunders Univ CA Press 9x6 hardcover [4/94] for $55.00 |
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"West German Filmmakers On Film: Visions & Voices" [1989] Edited by Eric Rentschler Holmes & Meier Publrs 8¾x6 pb [2/89] for $22.50 Holmes & Meier Publrs 9x6 hardcover [2/89] for $49.00 |
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"The Great German Films: From Before World War I To The Present" [1986] by Frederick W. Ott Citadel Press 11½x8½ pb [4/91] out of print/used Citadel Press 11½x8¾ hardcover [5/86] out of print/used |
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"West German Film: In The Course of Time" [1984] by Eric Rentschler Redgrave Publng pb [1984] out of print/used |
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"Tales From Hollywood" [1984 stageplay] by Christopher Hampton
Many writers and artists and movie people of Germany fled the brutality of the Nazis and settled in Los Angeles in the 1930s, including Thomas & Heinrich Mann, Salka Viertel, Lion & Marta Feuchtwanger and playwright Bertolt Brecht Faber & Faber 7¾x5 pb playscript [5/2002] out of print/many used TV movie [P.B.S./B.B.C. Oct 1992] directed by Howard Davies; starring Jeremy Irons, Charles Durning, Alec Guinness, Elizabeth McGovern, Sinéad Cusack, Jan Chappell, Ian Thompson & Jack Shepherd DVD/Blu-ray not available; full credits from IMDb |
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German Filmmakers
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surrealist Herbert Achternbusch [Germany]
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Axel Corti [1933-93; Austria]
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Doris Dörrie [Germany]
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder [1945-82; Germany]
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"World On A Wire" [1973] not released in USA
"Berlin Alexanderplatz" [1980]
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"Fassbinder's Germany: History, Identity, Subject" [1996?] by Thomas Elsaesser Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6¼ pb [6/96] for $19.00 Amsterdam Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/96] for $30.00 |
Michael Haneke [Austria]
"If you look at the suffering around you, you can't be happy." ~~ Michael Haneke
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Werner Herzog [Germany]
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"Fitzcarraldo" [1982] Look at the video/poster image: The movie was about a visionary who hauled a steamboat up a mountain by chains and ropes and brute manpower, in the steaming jungles of South America. Herzog did the same damn thing – his boat weighed 320 tons! – while producing and directing a 35mm feature motion picture – on a budget! Co-produced, written & directed by Werner Herzog; starring Klaus Kinski & Claudia Cardinale Anchor Bay widescreen color VHS [10/99] for $14.99 Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [11/99] for $31.48 Les Blank documentary + book full credits from IMDb "Fitzcarraldo: The Original Story" by Werner Herzog Fjord Press pb [1/83] out of stock/used |
Agnieszka Holland [Poland/Germany]
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writer-director Alexander Kluge [Germany]
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writer-director Fritz Lang [1890-1976] Page
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F.W. Murnau [1888-1931; Germany]
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 | "Murnau Silents" DVD box set [2009] 
Kino Video b&w DVD set [3/2009] 6 disks for $89.99 contains "The Haunted Castle" [1921], "Nosferatu" [1922], "The Last Laugh" [1924], "The Finances of The Grand Duke" [1924], "Tartuffe" [1925], and "Faust" [1926]; extras include 3 documentaries, photo gallery |
G.W. Pabst [1885-1967; Austria]
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Patricia Plattner [Switzerland]
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Leni Riefenstahl [1902-2003; Germany]
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Leni Riefenstahl official website {English or Deutsch}
Das Blaue Licht: The Art of Leni Riefenstahl
'A Celebration of The Cinematic Spirit of Leni Riefenstahl' fansite
Leni Riefenstahl Media Archive {German-language} site
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Stefan Ruzowitzky [Austria]
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Volker Schlöndorff [Germany]
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"Tin Drum" German title "Die Blechtrommel" [Argos/Bioskop 1979]
The 1959 Günter Grass novel, and the film adapted from it, use the tin drum as the perfect metaphor for That Little Voice Inside Your Head. Co-written & directed by Volker Schlöndorff; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film Criterion color DVD [5/2004] for $24.99 Image Ent letterbox DVD with English subtitles [8/99] out of prodn/used Kino Video widescreen VHS with English subtitles [11/96] for $39.95 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Billy Wilder Speaks: The Wit & Wisdom of One of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Filmmakers" TV docufilm [T.C.M. June 2006] Based on interviews of Billy Wilder [1906-2002] filmed in 1988; contains 71-minute docufilm, featurettes, 18 theatrical trailers, filmography; written, co-produced & co-directed by Volker Schlöndorff; co-directed by Gisela Grischow Kino Video color/b&w DVD [10/2006] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb |
Luis Trenker [1892-1990; Germany]
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Tom Tykwer [Germany]
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"Winterschläfer" aka "Winter Sleepers" [1997] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120522/
"Run, Lola, Run" [1998] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/
"The International" [2009] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963178/
Margarethe von Trotta [Germany]
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Wim Wenders [Germany]
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"Wings of Desire" [1987] A brilliant, stunning, gorgeous subjective look at what it means to be human. "Luminously optimistic." Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "Der Himmel über Berlin" (Heaven Above Berlin); starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander & Peter Falk; many awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography & more; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) Criterion Collection Blu-ray [11/2009] for $30.99 
MGM/UA widescreen DVD w/English subtitles [7/2003] out of prodn/many used MGM/UA color VHS w/English subtitles [6/2000] for $9.98 Orion color VHS w/English subtitles [5/93] out of stock/used Nonesuch soundtrack CD [10/90] for $18.98 11x17" poster at AllPosters.com | full credits from IMDb |
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"Faraway, So Close" [1993]
The sequel to "Wings of Desire" (above), this film is superb in its own right. Directed by Wim Wenders; German title "In weiter Ferne, so nah!"; starring Bruno Ganz, Otto Sander & Nastasia Kinski; several awards for direction & cinematography Col/TriStar widescrn DVD w/Engl subtitles [9/2000] for $22.49 Col/TriStar color VHS w/English subtitles [3/2000] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
Actors of Germany
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Floriane Daniel [Germany]
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Michael Gwisdek [Germany]
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Marlene Dietrich [1901-92; Germany/U.S.A.]
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Bruno Ganz [Germany]
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Klaus Kinski [1926-91; Germany]
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"Kinski Uncut: The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski" [1996] Translated by Joachim Neugroschel Penguin 7¾x5 pb [8/97] out of print/used Viking 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/96] out of print/used |
Armin Mueller-Stahl [Germany]
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Selected German Films
The films of Germany, West Germany and East Germany have together received
3 Best Foreign Language Oscar® wins,
among 16 Best Foreign Film nominations.
list of Germany's submissions for Oscar consideration
Selected films of: Asia • Canada • France • India • Italy • Japan • Mexico
"The Pedestrian" aka "Der Fußgänger" [Germany 72?]
directed by Maximilian Schell; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"Jacob, The Liar" aka "Jakob, der Lügner" [East Germany 75?]
directed by Frank Beyer; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Tin Drum" aka "Die Blechtrommel" [West Germany 1979]
directed by Volker Schlöndorff; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
"Angry Harvest" aka "Bittere Ernte" [West Germany 85?]
directed by Agnieszka Holland; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"Sophie Scholl: The Final Days" aka "Sophie Scholl: Die Letzten Tage" [Germany 2005]
directed by Marc Rothemund; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film
"The Lives of Others" aka "Das Leben der Anderen" [Germany 2006]
directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film
German Cinema Links
foreign movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Foreign Films [dot] com
Danish Film Institute
Film Academy of Denmark
New German Cinema at University of Victoria, BC Canada
Film Zeit {'Film Time'} website
DEFA Stiftung {DEFA Foundation} former East German film studios
AV's German Flicks fansite
Verleihung des Ernst Lubitsch Preises of Berlin, Germany [est. 1958]
The German-Hollywood Connection website
German-langauge silent movie postcards website
Cinema Forever German films fansite
The Oberhausen Manifesto, signed February 1962
Complete Index To World Film
Yahoo! Deutschland Movies
![International Media AG [est. 2000] of Germany](images/IMAGgermany.gif){kind=small}
![Deutsche Kinematek Museum für Film und Fernsehen [est. 1963] in Berlin, Germany](images/DeutscheKinematek.gif)
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