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FILMOGRAPHY GERMANY
The videos contained in the list are produced in Germany or are about Germany, it includes culture, history, arts, literature, politics, etc. For further information on a title please use our online catalog or feel free to contact Cindy Badilla-Melendez, the Media Resources Librarian or call (651) 962-5464.
The features films are in German with English subtitles.
DOCUMENTARIES
Anne Frank Remembered: DS135.N6 A5 2004 DVD
Features vintage newsreel footage, photographs and a rare home movie to look beyond the pages of Anne Frank's diary. Includes interviews with her friends, family and protector, Miep Gies.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State: D805.5.A96 A9 2005 DVD
Auschwitz: inside the Nazi state' is the result of three years of research, drawing on the close involvement of world experts, recently discovered documents and nearly 100 interviews with camp survivors and perpetrators, many of whom are speaking on the record for the first time. Their stories are brought to life through the innovative use of archive footage, dramatic recreations of key ... moments, and their ... testimony.
The Blitz: The Story of Germany's Most Concentrated Aerial Attack on London: D760.8.L7 B55 2006 DVD
The story of the war's most concentrated aerial attack on London in 1941 and how the city nearly perished under the German barrage. Approximately 43,000 people died and over 1 million houses were destroyed during the blitz.
Bonhoeffer: BX4827.B57 B6 2003 DVD
Documentary on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young German theologican who was one of the first to openly resist Adolf Hitler. Features photographs, archival footage, and interviews with family members, friends, students, and associates of Bonhoeffer, including the last interview with Bonhoeffer's close friend and historican, Eberhard Bethge.
The BRD Triology: The Supplements: PN1998.3.F37 B7 2003 DVD
This supplemental disc chronicles the career of international film director Rainer Fassbinder.
Bryan Magee talks to J.P. Stern about Nietzsche: B3317 .B79 1997
In this program J.P. Stern discusses Nietzsche's concepts as the genesis of existentialism, and as the root philosophies of fascist political movements.
Burden of Dreams: PN 1995.9 .P7 B8 2004 DVD
Goes behind the scenes in the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.
The Democrat and the Dictator: D743.42 .D46 1988
Journalist Bill Moyers compares and contrasts the careers of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler, focusing on the youth, personality, leadership style, and political goals of each.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Memories and Perspective: BX4827.B57 D5 1983
Family, friends, and students of Dietrich Bonhoeffer recall his efforts to unite his fellow German Christians against the Third Reich. Includes archival photographs, excerpts from his letters and poems, and footage of his final days in a concentration camp.
European Union Historical Overview: D1060 .E97 1996 v.1
Gives an overview of the European Union. European ABC : the European Union (1996) (6 min.) -- Jean Monnet, father of Europe (1988) (12 min.) -- German unification and the European Union (1991) (12 min.) -- Enlargement : Europe of 15 (1995) (8 min.).
Franz Boas: GN21.B56 F7 1988
Profile of the German physicist who was responsible for shaping the course of American anthropology, by bringing discipline and order to a field that had previously dealt in subjective "race classification." Includes reflections and anecdotes by scholars and students, excerpts from journals and letters, and archival photographs. Discusses the Kwakiutl Indians, the principal subjects of Boas' field work.
Genocide: D804.3 .G46 2004 DVD
The heart-wrenching, yet often heroic story of the millions of men, women and children who fell victim to Hitler's Final Solution.
The Goebbels Experiment: DD247.G6 G6 2006 DVD
Take a glimpse at the toxic mind of Joesph Goebbels, Hitler's henchman who was an enigmatic genius. The filmmakers allow Joesph to speak for himself (in the voice of Kenneth Branagh) via the extensive diaries that he kept from 1924-1945.
Heimat: a Chronicle: PN1997 .H44 2005 disc 1-6 DVD
A massive chronicle of life in Germany, from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family, initially peasant-farmers, in the fictitious village of Schachbach in the Rhineland. An extraordinary succession of mostly ordinary events and characters--history seen from ground level--vividly acted by a huge cast of both professional and nonprofessional actors.
Heresy, War, and the Black Death: BR145.2 .T86 1999 v.7
Part one of this program follows the dual enterprises of constructing cathedrals and stamping out heresy. Buildings of unprecedented grandeur exemplified the power and influence of the Church in Europe, as did the systematic destruction of the heretic Cathars. Part two covers King Philip IV of France's defiance of Church authority; the Hundred Years' War, and the Black Death. Although the Pope declared the Plague a judgment by God, rumors of a Jewish plot were rife, leading to anti-Semitic massacres in Germany and elsewhere.
High Hitler: DD247.H5 H5 2004 DVD
Never a robust man, Adolf Hitler was increasingly dependent on his personal physician throughout his time as fuehrer. As a result, the enigmatic and despised doctor, Theodor Morell, may well have played an important role in shaping the course of history. Examine the many aspects of this fascinating tale. Recent findings suggest that the world's most infamous dictator, a teetotal vegetarian, was ruling in an "altered state," but how big a part did Hitler's drug dependency play in the decisions he made? And can any of the blame be assigned to Morrell?
Hildegard: BX4700.H5 H5 1994
Hildegard of Bingen was one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages--an abbess and woman of God, a visionary, naturalist, playwright, mystic, political moralist and composer. Yet, despite her outpouring of religious creativity, her visions were called into question, and she was put on trial by the Church in 1148. This is the story of the events leading up to that trial and of the trial itself.
Hildegard of Bingen: BX4700.H5 H5 1998
Examines the life of Hildegard of Bingen, a German nun and abbess; also an intellectual, writer, composer, and artist.
Hildegard of Bingen: BX4700.H5 H54 1989
The video discusses the life of Hildegard of Bingen and her contribution to her time. She was an abbess, spiritual counselor, physician, theologian, writer, reformer, preacher and composer who lived in twelfth century Germany and through her writing, preaching and actions, confronted the major religious and political issues of her day.
Im Toten Winkel: Hitlers Sekretärin: D811.5 .I48 2003 DVD In German with English subtitles
The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary coming to terms with working for unspeakable evil after remaining silent for nearly 60 years. In 1942, Traudl Junge was an apolitical 22-year-old chosen from a clerical pool to work as one of Adolf Hitler's private secretaries. Working day-in, day-out for Hitler, Junge viewed him as a surrogate father figure, private and polite, nothing like the crazed rhetorician of his speeches. Shielded from the knowledge of Hitler's acts of atrocity and convinced she was in the center of information, she was actually in a blind spot. As the Nazi regime teetered on destruction and Hitler plunged further into madness, Junge witnessed everything up to the final chaotic days in the bunker.
Into the Arms of Strangers: DS135.G3315 I5 2001 DVD
The life-affirming tale of 10,000 children saved from Hitler's grasp and placed with foster parents and hostels in Great Britain at the outbreak of World War II. Includes archival footage and decades-later rememberances of both the rescuers and the rescued.
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit: aus dem Leben der Taubblinder Fini Straubinder: HV1977.S7 L3 2005 DVD
A documentary about 56 year-old Fini Straubinger, blind and deaf since her teens who dedicated her life to help the similarly afflicted.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly: DS559.4 .L58 2001 DVD
Growing up in post-WWII Germany, all Dieter Dengler, the son of a Nazi slain during the war, dreamed about was becoming a pilot. At age 18 he emigrated to the United States and worked odd jobs until he was accepted into the Navy and began pilot training. He was sent to Vietnam around 1966 and on his first mission was shot down and taken prisoner. There, the Vietcong tortured him until Dengler engineered a hair-raising escape and eventually returned to the U.S. His story is recounted here via interviews with Dengler, archival footage and new footage seamlessly spliced together.
The Longest Hatred: DS145 .L66 1993
The program traces anti-Semitism from its earliest manifestations in antiquity to the recent ominous outbreaks in Germany, Russia, and elsewhere.
Luther: BR325 .L88 2004 DVD
Regional princes and the powerful Catholic Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader - and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refused to back down, sparking a bloody religious revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core
Memory of the Camps: D810.J4 M4 1989
Documentary footage filmed by Allied Forces army cameramen when they entered the Nazi death camps in 1945 and only recently discovered in the archives of the Imperial War Museum in London. Scenes from Bergen-Belson, Dachau, Buchenwald, and other camps.
My Best Fiend: PN1995.9 .B55 1999 DVD
Documentary with film excerpts about the stormy relationship between frequent artistic partners, director Werner Herzog and actor Klaus Kinski.
Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today: JX5437 .N87 1998
A documentary record of the trials of the Nazi leaders at Nuremberg, Germany. Includes scenes from films made by the Nazis which were presented as the documentary evidence of the atrocities committed at concentration camps.
Paragraph 175: D804.5.G38 P3 2002 DVD
Historian Klaus M?ller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
Present Chaos: D815 .P74 1986
Nearly 50 years after the fighting stopped, World War II still hangs over the world. Millions of Germans still complain about having been moved from their homes; Hungarians and Czechs have lost their homes, too. Poland lost part of its land to the Soviet Union and was compensated by getting another stretch from Germany.
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875-1926: PT2635.I65 Z4 2000
A biography of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.
The Russian German War: D764 .R87 2004 DVD
Through rare archival film footage this video details the horrors of the war between the Germans and the Russians on the Eastern Front during World War II.
The Second World War: D743 .S43 1986
Where the First World War had ended with one armistice, the Second ended in different places at different times. France bowed out in 1940, recognizing superior German power; Italy surrendered in 1943, having lost faith in German power. The Allied demand for unconditional surrender undoubtedly caused the war to go on even after the German generals knew they could not win
Selling Murder: The Killing Films of the Third Reich: D804.5.H35 S35 1991
A look at one way in which Nazi Germany worked to eliminate the weak and purify the Aryan race by killing or sterilizing mentally and physically disabled people. The video shows propaganda films intended to justify and gain public support for their actions by reason of cost, natural selection laws and mercy.
Shoah: D810.17 .S56 1999 pt.1-4
The Nazi extermination of Jews is examined through interviews of survivors, witnesses and perpetrators and through footage of the sites of the death camps and environs as they appear today. Those interviewed include Jewish survivors of the death camps and the Warsaw ghetto uprising, Polish farmers and villagers who lived near the camps and Nazis who worked in the camps and the ghettos
Theologians Under Hitler: DD256.5 .T46 2005 DVD
This film, based upon ground-breaking research, introduces the viewer to three of the greatest Christian scholars of the twentieth century: Paul Althaus, Emanuel Hirsch, and Gerhard Kittel, men who were also outspoken supporters of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Parti. In 1933 Althaus spoke of Hitler's rise as "a gift and miracle of God." Hirsch saw 1933 as a "sunrise of divine goodness." And Kittel, the editor of the standard reference work of the Jewish Background of the testament, began working for the Nazis to find a "moral" rationale for the destruction of European Jewry.
Triumph of the Will: DD253.25 .T75 2001 DVD
This film, commissioned by Adolf Hitler to record the 1934 Nazi party rally in Nuremberg, is the "most powerful piece of propaganda ever produced". Included are many scenes of gatherings, marches, and parades. The viewer will also hear speeches given by Hitler, Goering, Goebbels, and Hess as well as samples of monumental architecture designed by Albert Speer.
Triumph des Willens: das Dokument vom Reichsparteitag 1934: DD253.28 .T75 1986
A documentary commissioned by Adolph Hitler as the official record of the Nuremberg Party Rally of 1934. Produced as an important piece of political propaganda to introduce the new German leaders to the nation and to impress foreign audiences. Glorifies the Party, the German youth movement, and the New Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler.
Views of a Vanishing Frontier: F737.M7 V5 1988
This film documents the historic journey of Prince Maximilian zu Wied, a German aristocrat, and the Swiss artist, Karl Bodmer, to the American West in 1832-34. Retraces the two-year expedition to the upper reaches of the Missouri River (present-day Montana), and evokes the experience by using Bodmer's original paintings, extensive location photography, and words from Prince Maxmilian's diary.
Weapons of the Spirit: D804.3 .W47 1991
As a Jew born in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon during World War II, filmmaker Pierre Sauvage relates the story of how the village successfully shielded 5,000 Jews from the Nazis. The documentary is followed by an interview with Sauvage, conducted by Bill Moyers.
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl: PN1998.3.R54 W6 1998 DVD
Interviews with Leni Riefenstahl, now in her nineties, flash- backs and modern film sequences tell the story of the most famous woman film director of all time. Known for her films made during the Third Reich, Riefenstahl's story is a controversial one. Best known for her film Triumph of the will, the film made of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress, it proved to be her undoing.
The World at War: D743 .W67 2001 v.1-5 DVD
v. 1. The making of The world at war ; A new Germany, 1933-39 ; Distant war, 1939-40 ; France falls, May-June 1940 ; Alone, Britain, May 1940-June 1941 ; Barbarossa, June-December 1941 ; Banzai! Japan strikes ; On our way, America enters the war -- v. 2. The desert, North Africa, 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad, June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolfpack, U-boats in the Atlantic, 1939-1944 ; Red Star, the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 ; Whirlwind, bombing Germany, September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough Old Gut, Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow, Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires, Britain 1940-1944 -- v. 3. Inside the Reich, Germany 1940-1944 ; Morning, June-August 1944 ; Occupation, Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers, August 1944-March 1945 ; Genocide, 1941-1945 ; Nemesis, Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan, 1941-45 ; Pacific, February 1942-July 1945 -- v. 4. The bomb, February-September 1945 ; Reckoning, 1945 and after ; Remember ; Secretary to Hitler ; From war to peace ; Warrior -- v. 5. The Third Reich ; The two deaths of Adolf Hitler ; The final solution.
World War I: D521 .W67 1994 v.3
The documentary chronicles the history of World War I utilizing contemporary film footage.
FEATURE FILMS
Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse: PT2619.A38 T5 2000 DVD
Set in 1960, the film begins with a series of unsolved murders in the Berlin hotel Luxor. Police commissioner Kras, tries to uncover the sinister secret of the mysterious murders and the hotel which is a hub for a massive crime wave. The crimes show all the hallmarks of evil genius Dr. Mabuse--but he died 30 years ago! Kras and a pair of amateur sleuths suspect that the killer is a man who believes that he is the reincarnation of Mabuse.
Abschied aus Buckow: PT2603.R397 F3 2005 DVD
In addition to his prodigious output as a playwright, poet and theatrical producer, Bertolt Brecht maintained no fewer than three mistresses at any one time throughtout his adult life. Takes place in a single day, toward the end of his life, in the late summer of 1956, as Brecht prepares to leave his lakeside home and return to Berlin for the fall theater season. Surrounded by the women who form his extended family, he is the center of a quiet storm.
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes: PN1997 .A38 2000 DVD
A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
Aimee & Jaguar: PT2666 .I749 .A3 2001 DVD
It's the Battle of Berlin, during World War 2, two women find each other. One is single, Aimee, the other, Jaguar, is unhappily married with 4 children. In war torn Germany it was not safe to be Jewish, it was just as unsafe to be a lesbian. When Jaguar's husband, who is a German soldier, finds out about the relationship of his wife to Aimee, nothing but trouble becomes the result.
The American Soldier: PN1997 .A44 2002 DVD
Fassbinder's homage to American gangster movies. Ricky, i professional killer, is hired by 3 Munich policemen upon his return to Germany from America. He visits family, meets up with friends, and drops by old haunts, all the while carrying out his kills without hesitation of emotion. Upon completion of all his assignments, Ricky finds himself in a shoo-out with the cops who hired him.
Der Amerikanische Freund: PS3558 .I366 A4 2002 DVD In German with English subtitles
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.
Angst essen Seele auf: PN1997 .A545 2003 DVD
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski meets Arab worker Ali in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love--to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, colleagues, and drinking buddies. An emotional power that reflects the ethnic tensions within German society.
Antares: PN1997 .A57 2005 DVD
Antares skillfully interweaves the stories of three couples at crossroads over three momentous days. Set in a ubiquitous, concrete high-rise apartment complex on the outskirts of a big city, the couples emerge from this uniform coexistence to search for love, closeness and some form of happiness. Alex and Nicole are divorced, but Alex cannot let go of what has passed. Sonja is becoming wildly jealous of her husband Marco. Eva, a loyal wife and mother, has turned her life upside down. Antares features explicit sexual content and mature themes in its portrayal of these modern relationships.
Die Architekten: PN1997 .A733 2004 DVD
In the story, an architect tries to get approval for a contract which will put him in charge of a major city project. If he can get it, his career will be assured. Before he can get very far, however, political events make a hash out of his whole situation. Other architects also try to get their projects through the bureaucracy and devise countless ways to try and slip something meaningful or original past the dutiful and hard-working guardians of the status-quo.
Avant Garde and Experimental Films: PN1995.9.E96 A9 1999
Five short films selected from the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's.
Uberfall : (ca. 1929, Germany) / by Erno Marzner
Avant Garde #2: 1924, 1928 Germany, France: PN1995.9.E96 A9 1999 v.2
Includes three silent experimental films with music scores: Symphonie diagonale (1924), L'Etoile de mar (1928), and Entr'acte (1924). The films exemplify the cinematic Dada movement of 1921-1929 in France and Germany.
Napola = Before the Fall: PN1997. N37 2006
During WW II, young German boys of privilege or exceptional ability come to special academies to be trained as future leaders in the Nazi party. In one such Napola, Friedrich, a working-class 17 year old with exceptional boxing prowess, becomes friends with Albrecht, the Governor's son, a sensitive young writer opposed to Nazi ideology and the war. Before long, Friedrich must choose between his own bright future in the Third Reich and Albrecht's moral imperative.
Berlin, die Symphonie der Grossstadt: PN1997 .B47 1999 DVD
A cross section of life in Berlin from dawn to midnight on a late spring day. Uses montage, cutting, and editing to capture the pulse and tempo of this city.
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant: PN1997 .B58 2002 DVD
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer-arrogant, caustic and self-satisfied. She is constantly mistreating Marlene, her slavish assistant. Enter Karin, a 23 year old aspiring model. Petra immediately falls in love and invites her to move in. However, Karin vies for freedom and leaves Petra up to go back to her husband, causing Petra to lose control and fall into a downward spiral of irrational jealousy and hysteria.
The Blue Angel: PT2625.A43 B5 2001 DVD
A middle-aged schoolmaster becomes infatuated with and marries a singer from a sleazy cafe. When she leaves him for another man he returns to his school as a broken old man.
Bonhoeffer, Agent of Grace: BX4827.B57 B6 1999
What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life. Bonhoeffer's last years, his participation in the German resistance and his moral struggle are dramatized in this film.
Die Brucke: PT2667.R39 B78 2004 DVD
As World War II approaches its end, eight 16-year-old German schoolboys are drafted into the army to defend a bridge to their town. Betrayed and urged on by unenlightened leaders, they come to believe that this small and meaningless bridge is worth any risk to their lives.
Burden of Dreams: PN1995.9 .P7 B8 2004 DVD
Goes behind the scenes in the making of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, the story of one man's attempt to build an opera house deep in the Amazon jungle. Filmmaker Les Blank captured the production, made perilous by Herzog's determination not to use models or special effects.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: PN1997 .C32 2002 DVD
A young man named Francis suspects that Dr. Caligari - the travelling hypnotist who performs with his sleep-walking assistant Cesare - is a murderer. He believes that Cesare also kills while under the doctor's spell. Francis' sweetheart Jane is attacked and carried off by Cesare, but she manages to escape. During the search for her, Francis goes to an insane asylum hoping to find Cesare and discovers that the director of the asylum is none other than the insane Dr. Caligari.
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: PN1997 .C33 1984
A somnambulist commits murders at a hypnotist's bidding in this German expressionist horror classic.
Chinese Roulette: PN1997 .C46 2003 DVD
A businessman, his wife and their lovers are forced by the couple's paraplegic daughter to participate in a rigorous game of truth-telling which leads to violence.
Circle of Deceit: PT2662 .O7 F3 2004 DVD
Grateful for a respite from his imploding marriage, Hamburg newspaperman Georg arrives in civil war torn Beirut to chronicle the bloody Lebanese war. Inside a shell-pitted hotel, Georg and colleague Hoffman, join a cynical international coterie of competitive fellow journalists. Outside, they take their lives in their own hands, dodging bullets and conducting interviews that are always just a trigger pull away from becoming executions.
Doctor Kornblumenblau: PN1997 .K67 1998
Story of a musician's life in a German death camp and his ability to adjust after liberation by Soviet soldiers.
Downfall: DD247.H5 D6 2005 DVD
Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors.
Der Dritte: PT2676.A55 D7 2006 DVD In German with English subtitles
Margit has two children, each with different fathers. Both relationships failed miserably. Until now, she had allowed men in her life to choose her. But no more. Margit has discovered herself and a new liberation. She has eyes for her colleague, Hrdlitschka, but he has no idea of Margit's amourous intentions.
Echte Kerle: PN1997 E24 2003 DVD
Frankfurt police officer Cristoph who gets blind drunk after his girl friend breaks up with him and ends up the next morning in bed with Edgar, a homosexual auto mechanic. Cristoph is beside himself trying to figure out whether or not he and Edgar.... Unfortunately, his bedfellow refuses to tell him. Cristoph returns home confused. Things get worse when a series of mistakes causes him to lose his apartment and move to Edgar's for a while. At work the hapless cop and his team get in big trouble when the arrest the wrong person. It's then he learns Edgar's true vocation. If this weren't enough, his colleague Helen, who could be a lesbian, seems terribly attracted to him.
Effi Briest: PT 1863 .E34 2003 DVD
Effi Briest is a radiant beauty, a vivacious blend of naivete and intelligence, forthrightness and willful self interest. She is married when very young to a much older Prussian diplomat and carried away to a remote Baltic port where she drifts into a brief, passionless affair with a local womanizer. The full effects are felt only later, in a chilling manifestation of the Prussian legal code.
The Element of Crime: PN1997 .F65 2000 DVD
Fisher, a retired policeman, returns to Europe at the behest of his mentor, Osborne. Osborne, the author of an influential textbook called The Element of Crime, has given up his investigation into the Lotto Murders, in which a number of lottery ticket salesgirls have been killed and mutilated. The new chief of police, Kramer is a trigger-happy lunatic who objects to Fisher's methodical approach to crime solving. Osborne, meanwhile, seemingly losing his grip on reality, insists that the killer, Harry Grey, died in a car crash. Using Osborne's methods, Fisher tries to delve into the mind of Grey by following the path of a trip the killer took three years earlier, while Osborne was investigating him. Along the way, Fisher hooks up with a prostitute, Kim, who also has a link to Grey. As he gets closer to unraveling the mystery, Fisher finds himself taking on more and more aspects of the killer's persona. Set in Germany, the film is shot in sepia tones with brilliant blue flashes.
The Enigma of Kasper Hauser: PN1997 .J43 2001 DVD
Based on a real historical event, this is the story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared in a small German town in 1820 after having lived in total isolation from humans since birth. He is taught to speak, read, and write by the townspeople, but is then mysteriously murdered.
Europa Europa: PN1997 .E97 2003 DVD
The true story of a Jewish teenager who survived World War II by living as a Nazi for 7 years.
The Experiment: PT2667 .I5617 E9 2003 DVD
A dramatization of an experiment by Stanford University in 1971 which asked for 24 male students to volunteer for a simulated prison experience as prisoners or guards to determine behavioral and psychological consequences. The original time frame was two weeks. The experiment was terminated after six days.
Faraway, So Close: PN1997 .F357 2000 DVD
Cassiel is an angel who watches over the lives of the people of recently reunified Berlin with Raphaella. Damiel, Cassiel's former partner who opted to return to the land of the living in the first film, now lives happily as a pizza chef with the woman he loved and married, circus performer Marion. While angels are forbidden to directly intervene in the lives of humans, Cassiel impulsively breaks this rule when a little girl falls from the balcony of an apartment block, and he swoops down to catch her. Suddenly made flesh and blood, Cassiel has earned the enmity of Emit Flesti, a sort of overseer of the angels on the physical plane. Emit makes it his business to make things difficult for Cassiel now that he's living among the humans, and after a period of alcoholism and imprisonment, Cassiel finds himself working for gangster Tony Baker, who distributes weapons and pornography on the black market. However, Cassiel has a change of heart and decides to destroy Tony's stockpile in a bid to make the world a better place.
Fear of Fear: PN1997 .A546 2003 DVD
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.
Fitzcarraldo: PN1997 .F577 1999 DVD
The story of an obsessed impresario whose foremost desire in life is to bring both Enrico Caruso and an opera house to the deepest jungles of South America, the director boldly embarked on the same journey, disdaining studios, process shots, and special effects throughout.
Funny Games: PN1997 .F86 2006 DVD
A German family , George, Anna and son Georgie are settling in for the weekend at their vacation retreat near the lake. While George and his son head out for some sailing, a courteous young gentleman named Peter appears at the door, asking if he can borrow some eggs. When he breaks them, Anna offers him some more, but the conversation soon takes an odd turn; Peter goes from pleasant to sniveling to confrontational, and he's soon joined by his friend Paul. When George returns, he demands that Paul and Peter leave, but the two strangers refuse; Paul and Peter react with violence against George and his family, and they soon have the family tied up and begin torturing them. Peter and Paul occasionally refer to the camera in a manner recalling Bertolt Brecht.
Geburtig: PT2680.I48 G4 2004 DVD
The past catches up on two men, a Jewish emigrant composer Hermann Geburtig and the German journalist Konrad Sachs. Geburtig testifies against a former concentration camp supervisor, and Sachs faces the reality that his father was an SS-Doctor.
The Golem: PN1997 .G655 2002 DVD
In an attempt to protect his people a rabbi creates a golem statue made of clay, brings it to life where it performs acts of heroism and violence.
Good bye Lenin!: PN1997 .G66 2004 DVD
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.
Götter der Pest: PN1997 .G685 2003 DVD In German with English subtitles
Set in post-war Munich. After being released from prison, Franz Walsch, a small-time crook returns to the underworld and seeks out old acquaintances. He briefly reunites with his girlfriend Joanna and joins up with a Bavarian hit man who killed his brother. Together they plan a supermarket robbery, but the heist ends up being a trap when they are betrayed by Joanna and Franz's new lover Margarethe.
The Harmonists: PN 1997 .H376 2002 DVD
Based on a true story, The Harmonists portrays the rise and fall of a successful vocal group in Germany that was disbanded in 1934 as part of the mounting persecution of Jews. The Comedian Harmonists did comic and romantic songs in intricate harmony, and were extremely popular, but as the Nazis became more powerful, the group were forbidden to sing songs by Jewish composers--and finally, because three of their members were Jewish, they were banned from performing in public.
Der Heilige Berg: PN1997 .H435 2002 DVD Silent film with English intertitles
The professional dancer, Diotima, finds herself the center of a love triangle when she is pursued by two mountain climbers, Vigo and his unnamed older friend. Diotima is drawn to the elder climber but can't refrain from encouraging Vigo's attentions during a skiing session. She has a moment of intimacy with Vigo, and when the friend sees them together he angrily challenges Vigo to a dangerous climbing tour. During the trek he causes Vigo to fall but repents and rescues him. Both men, however, soon become lost in the mountains, and they perish before Diotima and the rescue team can reach them.
Herz aus Glas: PT2661.C5 H4 2001 DVD In German with English subtitles
Set in the 18th-century, this film tells of a Bavarian village that loses 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.
In a Year With 13 Moons: PN1997 .F37 2006 DVD
When the object of his affection off-handedly commented, 'too bad you're not a girl,' Erwin disappeared to Casablanca and returned as Elvira. Now, adrift and alone amid the maze of streets of Frankfurt, Elvira revisits the people and places of his past.
Invincible: PN 1997 .I59 2003 DVD
Based on a true story, an extraordinary tale of a simple Jewish man who rises from a life of obscurity to defend his heritage. With Hitler on the brink of power and the world on the road to war. A journey from a humble village in Poland to the giddy excesses of 1930's Berlin and the risks he took to fight for his people.
Jakob der Lugner: PN1997 .J33 1999 DVD
Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. In order to be believed, he feigns access to a hidden, strictly forbidden radio. Quickly he becomes a one-man bulwark against despair, a reluctant hero, but a tragic figure still-- a man ultimately powerless to see or change the fate of his people.
Jenseits der Stille: PN1997 .J46 1999 DVD
Since the earliest days in her childhood, Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute, and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice versa when her parents want to communicate with other people. Getting older and more mature, she becomes interested in music and starts to play the clarinet very successfully. Since her parents are deaf, they cannot share Lara's musical career. The day comes when Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.
Katzelmacher: PN 1997 .K38 2002 DVD
Follows the lives of an aimless group of friends who spend their days outside their Munich apartment smoking cigarettes, drinking coffee and sleeping with each other. Their lives take an interesting turn when a Greek immigrant moves in and evokes extremely hostile reactions from the men in the group who beat him up when he begins dating one of the German women.
Judgment at Nuremberg: PN1997 .J83 2004 DVD
American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
Lautlos: PN1997 .L38 2006 DVD
Viktor is a professional hit man, but when bizarre circumstances lead him to cross paths with a mysterious woman, he decides to risk everything for love. Now as the police close in on him, only the most daring plan will allow for their escape.
Das Leben der Anderen: PN1997 .L43 2007 DVD
A 1984 East Berlin simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler, a Stasi officer and a specialist in surveillance, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman, a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland. Though Dreyman is known to associate with blacklisted director Albert Jerska, a known dissident, Dreyman's record is spotless. Wiesler discovers that Minister Hempf has an ulterior motive in spying on this seemingly upright citizen. Wiesler's sympathies shift from the government to its people - or at least to this one particular person.
The Legend of Paul and Paula: PN1997 .L44 1999 DVD
Two neighbors--Paula, a single woman with two children, and Paul, a conservative bureaucrat stuck in a loveless marriage--begin to fall in love. The free-spirited Paula tries to liberate Paul from his complacent life, but it's not until tragedy and heartaches beset them both that he begins to fully appreciate her love. But is it too late?
Der letze Mann: PN1997 .L375 2001 DVD
The story of a hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. Humiliated, he considers suicide. Then, by a strange twist of fate, he becomes a millionaire. This silent film is told entirely by camera, without title cards.
Lola: PN1997 .L654 2003 DVD
Part of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Entire History of the German Federal Republic trilogy. Lola, a seductive cabaret singer and dancer in the 1950s, is romantically involved with Von Bohm, a morally upright building inspector. Recently appointed Building Commissioner, Von Bohm is committed to eradicating corruption. Consequently, he's given quite a shock when he is called into inspect the brothel where Lola works and discovers her there. With that, Von Bohm is left to question whether he is more loyal to the woman he loves so passionately or the career he believes in so strongly. The other entries in the trilogy are Veronika Voss and The Marriage of Maria Braun.
Lola Rennt: PN1997 .L65 1999 DVD
A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out: Lola has just received a frantic call from her boyfriend Manni, who's accidentally lost a small fortune he was to deliver to his mobster boss. If they cannot find a way to replace the money within twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum: PT2603 .O394 V4 2003 DVD
In the period of several days, Katharina's privacy and her honor are destroyed, first by the police who terrorize her, and then by the yellow press, which creates in her name the image of a politicized Bonnie Parker.
Love is Colder than Death: PN 1997 .L53 2003 DVD
Franz, a small-time pimp from Berlin, strikes up a friendship with Bruno, another criminal recruit. Despite ther persuasive methods, Franz refuses to join the organization. Instead, he teams with Bruno on a small wave of shoplifting and murder. But Franz's prostitute girlfriend is distrustful of the gangster -- and when Bruno begins planning a bank robbery, she makes some arrangements of her own.
M: PN1997 .M1 2004 DVD
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, want to see him brought down.
Die Marquise Von O--: PT2378 .M3 1999
During the Franco-Prussian war, a young widow who is saved from an attempted rape finds herself mysteriously pregnant several months later. Unaware of how this happened, she is sent away by her family and ends up marrying her rescuer, whom she doesn't know is the child's father.
The Marriage of Maria Braun: PN1997 .E36 2003 DVD
The first of a trilogy about women in post-World War II Germany, The Marriage of Maria Braun, turns the melodramatic story of the titular heroine's climb up the economic ladder into a historical allegory about both the post-war German "economic miracle" and 1970s West Germany. During the allied siege of Germany in the last year of the war, Maria's new husband is shipped off to the Russian front before the marriage is consummated. As she struggles to survive wartime deprivations, Maria haunts the local train station, seeking out information concerning her husband. When it appears that she's a widow, Maria takes a job as a barmaid and befriends a black soldier from the occupying allied troops, who sees to it that Maria's family receives vital food and supplies. The opportunistic Maria eventually takes a job with a wealthy importer, building herself up to a position of power and indispensability.
Martha: PN1997 .F37 2006 DVD
When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror.
The Merchant of Four Seasons: PN1997 .H355 2002 DVD
Fruit vendor Hans cannot please his family. His mother harps on his failures. His wife is openly discontent. He must peddle produce to his beloved ex-girlfriend, and he is mocked by his customers for being shorter and fatter than his wife. He is withdrawn, crushed, and humiliated. He turns to drinking and violence, but his rage causes his wife and daughter to leave him. While desperately begging for their return, Hans suffers a debilitating heart attack. His family comes back, but Hans is unable to work and must hire help for his fruit stand. Hans' first employee is his wife's ex-lover, whom he fires for embezzling. He then hires a friend and hero from his legionnaire days, Harry, out of pity. Harry is hardworking, diligent, and clever. He turns Hans' business around and enlivens his home life. Harry's success also begins to displace Hans with his fruit stand, with his wife, and even with his child. Hans becomes useless, a nothing exactly what his mother, his wife, and those around him set him up to be.
Metropolis: PT2615.A62 M4 2002 DVD
The story of a 21st century city run by a "super trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are totally enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of this misery, a young woman, Maria, arises and attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors.
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven: PN1997 .M88 2003 DVD
A factory worker goes berserk one day killing the boss' son and then throwing himself into the machinery. Trying to clear her husband's name, the murderer's widow journeys through ludicrous arenas of yellow journalism and left-wing politics.
Munich: PN1997 .M866 2005 DVD
It's the 1972 Olympics and PLO terrorists have just kidnapped and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner to lead a team of undercover agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one. It is physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team's handler, Ephraim, over information Avner doesn't want to provide only make things harder. Soon the work starts to take its toll on Avner, especially as it becomes clear that Avner is being hunted in return, and that his family's safety may be in jeopardy.
Die Morder Sind Unter Uns = The Murderers are Among Us: PN 1997 .M67 2002 DVD
Susanne is a concentration camp survivor who, despite unspeakable experiences, is filled with a new desire to live. She wants to move back into her apartment in war-torn Berlin where Hans has taken up residence. He is a former officer and surgeon in the German army who finds himself unable to deal with the haunting memories of his role in the war. Together, this broken man gathers new strength and courage.
The Niklashausen Journey: PN1997 .N544 2002 DVD
Based on a true story. Can a small group of people start a proletarian revolution, asks the "Black Monk" in a leather jacket. The medieval shepherd, Hans Boehm, claims to have been called by the Virgin Mary to create a revolt against the church and the landowners. The "Black Monk" suggests that he would have more success if he dressed up Johanna and had her appear as the Virgin Mary.
The Ninth day: PN1997 .N48 2005 DVD
In 1942, Henri Kremer is a Catholic priest who, like three thousand other Catholic clergymen, has been sent to the Dachau prison camp by Nazi authorities for espousing his faith and speaking out against the Axis leadership. Shortly after Kremer receives word that his mother has passed away, he's pulled from the ranks at the camp and sent to Luxembourg, where he used to live and lead a congregation. While Kremer at first believes his well-connected family has arranged for his release, he soon finds this is not the case - Untersturmfuehrer Gebhardt, a ranking member of the Gestapo, informs Kremer that he's been given a nine-day respite from the camp for a special assignment. Kremer is well acquainted with Bishop Philipp, leader of Luxembourg's Catholic community, and the Nazis want the bishop to sign a letter pledging full cooperation with German authorities, something he has been unwilling even to discuss. Gebhardt wants Kremer to persuade the bishop to sign the document; if Kremer fails to meet this goal, he's told 18 priests from Luxembourg currently in Dachau will all be killed. What Gebhardt prefers not to mention is that if he can't find a way to secure the bishop's cooperation, he'll be transferred from his comfortable post to a death camp in Eastern Europe.
Nosferatu: Phantom Der Nacht: PR6037 .T617 DVD Region 2
It is 1850 in the beautiful, perfectly-kept town of Wismar. Jonathan Harker is about to leave on a long journey over the Carpathian Mountains to finalize real estate arrangements with a wealthy nobleman. His wife, Lucy, begs him hot to go and is troubled by a strong premonition of danger. Despite her warnings, Jonathan arrives four weeks later at a large, gloomy castle. Out of the mist appears a pale, wraith-like figure with a shaven head and deep-sunken eyes who identifies himself as Count Dracula. The events that transpire slowly convince Harker that he is in the midst of a vampyre. What he doesn't know, however, is the magnitude of danger he, his wife and his town are about to experience as victims of the Nosferatu.
Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror: PR6037.T617 N6 2002 DVD
Rather than depict Dracula as a shape-shifting monster or debonair gentleman, Murnau's Graf Orlok is a nightmarish, spidery creature with a bulbous head and taloned claws. This is perhaps the most genuinely disturbing incarnation of vampirism.
Nosferatu: a Symphony of Horror: PR6037.T617 N67 1991
The first film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The insatiable Transylvanian vampire, Count Orlock (Nosferatu), leaves his castle in the Carpathians and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague rats.
Pioneers in Lngolstadt: PT 2611 .L46 .P5 2003 DVD
A group of young German recruits are on assignment to build a wooden bridge in the town of Ingolstadt. The young men seek relief from boredom with alcohol, acts of brutality and sexual escapades with the local women. Alma and her friend Berta welcome the excitement that the new arrivals bring to their lives, but while Alma picks up passing soldiers, Berta searches for true love.
Querelle: PQ2613.E53 Q4 2001 DVD In English
Fassbinder's distinctive version of Jean Genet's Querelle de Brest is presented within the smouldering, surreal landscape of a single set. The action revolves around Querelle, a sailor whose magnetic charm and physical beauty ensnare all around him. The dark romantic mystery-thriller plot is the vehicle for Fassbinder to portray carnal and spiritual love not as opposites but parallels, his central character emerging from self-serving narcissism into a world where pain and communion are one. Acting as chorus-commentators are Seblon, the film's only intellectual voice - a mouthpiece for Fassbinder and Genet - and Lysiane, a Utopian Everywoman. In a brothel in the port of Brest, proprietor Nono is known for gambling with his customers for sex with his wife, Lysiane, or Nono himself. An argument about homosexuality soon leads Querelle to murder his fellow smuggler, Vic. Querelle then loses on purpose to Nono and discovers he enjoys this new relationship. Meanwhile, fellow sailor Gil, who looks like Querelle's brother, murders one of his colleagues after the man publicly attacks Gil's manhood. Wanted by the police for both his own crime and Querelle's, Gil goes into hiding. Querelle soon discovers Gil's hideout, and a bond develops between the two murderers, a friendship that will lead Querelle to the greatest love, and the greatest treachery, of Querelle's life.
Die Reise nach Kafiristan: PT2605.L25 R4 2003 DVD
Two women travel by car from Geneva, Switzerland to Kabul, Afghanistan on the brink of World War II. Annemarie Schwarzenbach is an androgynous, morphine addicted writer. Ella Maillart is an ethnologist in search of a tribe of nomads who are said to live in the caves of Kafiristan Valley.
Rio Das Mortes: PN1997 .R56 2002 DVD
Two friends decide to leave Germany in search of a treasure they believe to be hidden in the Rio das Mortes area of Peru. However, the fiance of one of the friends threatens to shoot them both if they embark on this childish adventure.
Rosenstrasse: PN1997 .R68 2005 DVD
In the cold Berlin winter of 1943, hundreds of women stood, and waited, in defiance of the Nazis. While countless Jews were being sent to concentration camps for execution, Jewish husbands of Aryan wives suffered a different fate; they were separated from their families and imprisoned in a factory on a street named Rosenstrasse.
Satan's Brew: PN1997 .S27 2003 DVD
An unsuccessful, frustrated writer develops megalomaniacal delusions about his own talents. Unable to write enough to keep his publisher's royalty advances coming, he seeks out a woman he imagines is a prostitute and interviews her and then takes a look at the "gay scene," where he quickly becomes a celebrity.
Schultze Gets the Blues: PN1997 .S34 2005 DVD
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.
Der Schweigende Stern: PG7158.L39 S2 2004 DVD In German with English subtitles
Set in 1985. When an unusual rock with a cylinder inside is found in the Gobi Desert, scientists determine its origin as the planet Venus. A crew of astronauts are sent there to learn more. The multinational crew includes American Brinkmann, African Talua, and Japanese Sumiko Ogimura. Once the crew lands on Venus, they discover that the planet's population was wiped out by a nuclear error. With this knowledge, the expedition returns to earth with a warning for all mankind.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days: PN1997 .S67 2005 DVD
The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine, Sophie Scholl, the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. The last six days of Sophie Scholl's life is dramatized, from arrest to interrogation, trial, and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless.
Die Stille nach dem Schuss: PN1997 .S75 2001 DVD
This political thriller, set in the final years of the Cold War, recounts the struggles of a young West German woman member of a terrorist group (loosely based on the real Baader-Meinhof gang). When the group disbands, she goes into hiding with an invented identity in East Germany. She struggles with the realities of a Communist state while keeping the distant ideal of socialism.
Stroszek: PN1997 .S86 2001 DVD
Bruno Stroszek is released from prison and warned to stop drinking. He has few skills and fewer expectations: with a glockenspiel and an accordion, he ekes out a living as a street musician. He befriends Eva, a prostitute down on her luck. After they are harried and beaten by the thugs who have been Eva's pimps, they join Bruno's neighbor, Scheitz, an elderly eccentric, when he leaves Germany to live in Wisconsin. That winter on the barren prairie, Bruno works as a mechanic, Eva as a waitress. They buy a trailer. Then, bills mount, the bank threatens to repossess the trailer, Eva wants privacy, and the promise of a happy life deserts Bruno.
The Third Generation: PN1997 .D76 2006 DVD
An inept group of middle-class German radicals plot to kidnap the director of a multinational company. Their position is compromised by the arrival of two mysterious strangers, yet still they persist with their controversial strategy.
The Tin Drum: PT2613 .R338 B5 2004 DVD
Chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth, he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time.
Tuvalu: PN1997 .T89 2000 DVD
A young dreamer whose blind father runs the bathhouse has convinced his father that the bathhouse is filled with customers. His brother is a ruthless industrialist who wants to destroy the building and erect a futuristic city in its place. But that struggle is soon replaced by the movie's dominant storyline, Anton's falling in love with a beautiful 18-year-old girl. Aside from a few random words, the film is without dialogue, a silent film with musical accompaniment.
Veronika Voss: PN1997 .S44 2003 DVD
Ten years after the fall of the Third Reich, former screen star Veronika Voss lives in relative obscurity. One rainy night, she encounters Robert Krohn, a young sportswriter who is unaware of her former fame. Fascinated by her personality and seductive charm, he continues seeing the faded actress, and eventually comes to discover the dark secrets behind her tragic downfall.
Waxworks: PN1997 .W39 2002 DVD
A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid.
Die Weisse Rose: PN1997 .W44 1983
A group of dissident students in Munich 1942 put their lives in danger by distributing anti-Nazi propaganda. Based on a true story.
The White Hell of Pitz Palu: PN 1997 .W466 2005 DVD
While enjoying a romantic stay in a remote cabin, Maria and Hans come across the tale of Dr. Krafft, who lost his wife in an avalanche. On the anniversary of her death, Dr. Krafft appears at the cabin and the couple offers to help him in his search.
Whity: PN 1997 .W47 2003 DVD
Centers around the illegitimate son of the seriously deranged Ben Nicholson. Despite being their slave, [Whity] becomes the obsession of each member of the family as they try to enlist his aid in disposing of one another.
Wings of Desire: PT2635.I65 H5 2003 DVD
A romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance to fall in love. Set in modern day Berlin, the film follows angel Damiel's path from heavenly flight to earthly delight in a manner that's comical, touching and entertaining.
Woyzeck: PT1828.B6 W6 2002 DVD
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.
Young Torless: PT 2625.U8 .J8 2005 DVD
Young Torless is to go to boarding school. His experiences there, the merciless torments of the pupils among themselves and the unsatisfactory answers of his teachers make it clear to Torless that good and bad cannot be differentiated in life. The boy leaves the boarding school at his own request after a short while. The incipient social and personal deformation in Musil's novel is skillfully implemented by Schlondorff in close correspondence with the text but also in a more distant manner.
Compiled by
Cindy Badilla-Melendez
Media Resources Librarian
