Tag Archives: German film
A Virus Has No Morals (1986)
“Mother, what are you doing here? You were always a bit eccentric, but I didn’t realise that you were so perverse.” A son meets his mother in a public toilet. Nurses on the graveyard shift throw the dice to see … Continue reading
Filed under German, Rosa von Praunheim
The Kaiser’s Lackey (1951)
“If your political dilettantism continues, there will be an explosion.” Director Wolfgang Staudte’s marvelously understated satire, The Kaiser’s Lackey, a 1951 film, was recently released on DVD. Set mainly in the 1890s, the film is based on Heinrich Mann’s novel … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films
Eight Miles High (2007)
“This is fucked up. I only meant a metaphorical bomb.” The interesting but ultimately unsatisfying and superficial biopic Eight Miles High (Das Wilden Life) from director Achim Bornhak covers just a portion of the life of German supermodel Uschi Obermaier–from … Continue reading
Filed under German
The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
“The job we are doing is part of a master plan.” The documentary style black and white film The Gleiwitz Case recreates a long buried incident that sparked WWII. In 1939, a staged attack was conducted against a radio station … Continue reading
Filed under (Anti) War, German, Political/social films
What to do in Case of Fire (2001)
“They are politically misguided and sexually depraved.” “We breathed in the same stuff as those anarchists.” This lively German film begins in Berlin 1987 with footage of clashes between the German police and anarchists. Fast forward 13 years to 2000 … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films
The Edukators (2004)
“You go to all these protests against exploitation and oppression, but you’re still some rich bastard’s slave. The rebellion is different now. Before all it took was dope and long hair. And the establishment was automatically against you. What was … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films
Germany in Autumn (1978)
“When cruelty reaches a certain point, it’s no longer important who initiated it. It should only stop.” Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst) is one of the most important political films to emerge from Germany in the wake of the … Continue reading
Filed under Fassbinder, German, Political/social films
The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum (1975)
“Typically bourgeois novels.” An introverted young German girl named Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler) meets a man at a party. Unaware that he’s under police surveillance, she takes him home for the night. When the police raid her flat the next … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films, Volker Schlondorff
Legend of Rita (2000)
“To my liberation from the class enemy!” Rita Vogt (Bibiana Beglau) is one member of a West German urban guerilla group (obviously meant to be the RAF) who springs comrade, Andrea (Harald Schrott) from jail. Several people are shot during … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films, Volker Schlondorff
Knife in the Head (1978)
“I am … Nobody.” The German film Knife in the Head (Messer Im Kopf) from director Reinhard Hauff is one of a handful of films created to reflect and question society in post-Red Army Faction Germany. Knife in the Head … Continue reading
Filed under German, Political/social films
