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Music. by Schanelec, Angela,film director.; Bonitzer, Agathe,actor.; Schneider, Aliocha,actor.; Xafis, Argyris,actor.; Triantafyllidou, Marisha,actor.; Michael, Wolfgang,actor.; Cinema Guild (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Agathe Bonitzer, Aliocha Schneider, Argyris Xafis, Marisha Triantafyllidou, Wolfgang MichaelOriginally produced by Cinema Guild in 2023.A quietly colossal achievement from one of contemporary cinema's preeminent imagemakers. Abandoned at birth in the Greek mountains on a stormy night, Jon is taken in and adopted, without having known his father or mother. As a young man, he meets Iro, a warden in the prison where he is incarcerated after a deadly tragic accident. She seems to seek out his presence, takes care of him, records music for him. Jon’s eyesight begins to fail … From then on, for every loss he suffers, he will gain something in return. Thus, in spite of going blind, he will live his life more fully than ever. Freely inspired by the story of Oedipus, Angela Schanelec's latest is as terrifying as myth and as gentle as a folk song.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Banquet for Achilles. by Gräf, Roland,film director.; Grube-Deister, Elsa,actor.; Geschonneck, Erwin,actor.; Delmare, Fred,actor.; Wachowiak, Jutta,actor.; Lubosch, Ute,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Elsa Grube-Deister, Erwin Geschonneck, Fred Delmare, Jutta Wachowiak, Ute LuboschOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1975.Karl Achilles has worked at the Bitterfeld chemical combine for 30 years. Having helped build the plant since WWII ended in 1945, he will now retire at the age of 65. Achilles, however, intends to spend more time with his family and to cultivate his garden. But it is a difficult farewell for him knowing that he is no longer up to the new technical challenges and that his younger colleagues are outdoing him.BANQUET FOR ACHILLES was filmed on original location in Bitterfeld. Showing smoking chimneys of the plant and the destroyed landscape as central motifs, it became the first East German feature film to respond critically to environmental issues, which were officially taboo topics.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Tonight, and Tomorrow Morning. by Hochmuth, Dietmar,film director.; Schorn, Christine,actor.; Spitzer, Jan,actor.; Hoppe, Rolf,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christine Schorn, Jan Spitzer, Rolf HoppeOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1979.Friday evening: A busy week is over for a dentist in her mid-30s. Feeling an intense desire to break the cycle of her monotonous everyday life, she takes her time and takes detours to experience an evening in the streets of East Berlin. She is affected by what she discovers in other people’s lives so far removed from her own. Finally, she goes home and enjoys the happiness of being expected by her husband and son. The next morning, she savors a lazy Saturday with her husband. Based on two short stories by award-winning author Helga Schubert.Unexpectedly, the beautifully shot film in stark black-and-white was rejected by officials because it only showed the old parts of the East German capital repleted with gray, crumbling facades. Although the filmmaker followed the request to edit parts of the film, it experienced a very limited release. After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 and drastic changes in the cinema landscape, the only existing 35mm print and the original negative disappeared, and the film was considered lost. Decades later, in 2015, the director discovered a print in the archive of the Soviet film academy VGIK, Moscow, where he had made this picture as a graduation film.TONIGHT, AND TOMORROW MORNING was director Dietmar Hochmuth’s graduation film that he produced at the DEFA Studio for Feature Films made for East German television and on behalf of the USSR State All-Union Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), where he studied from 1973 to 1979.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The Teachers' Lounge. by Çatak, Ilker,film director.; Gummich, Anne-Kathrin,actor.; Löbau, Eva,actor.; Benesch, Leonie,actor.; Klammer, Michael,actor.; Stachowiak, Rafael,actor.; Mongrel Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Anne-Kathrin Gummich, Eva Löbau, Leonie Benesch, Michael Klammer, Rafael StachowiakOriginally produced by Mongrel Media in 2023.In this gripping drama, Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) begins her tenure as a dedicated sports and math teacher at a high school, bringing with her a sense of idealism and commitment. When a series of thefts occur and one of her students is suspected, Carla takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. Her investigation leads her to confrontations with colleagues, parents, and students, revealing deep-seated issues within the school system. As tensions escalate, Carla’s determination to do what’s right threatens to unravel her career and well-being.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Luz. by Singer, Tilman,film director.; Bluthardt, Jan,actor.; Benecke, Johannes,actor.; Riedler, Julia,actor.; Lorenz, Lilli,actor.; Velis, Luana,actor.; Stübiger, Nadja,actor.; Yellow Veil Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jan Bluthardt, Johannes Benecke, Julia Riedler, Lilli Lorenz, Luana Velis, Nadja StübigerOriginally produced by Yellow Veil Pictures in 2018.Fleeing from the grasp of a possessed woman, a distressed cabdriver begins a confession in a rundown police station that endangers everyone who crosses her path.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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On Probation. by Zschoche, Herrmann,film director.; Steyer, Christian,actor.; Schwarz, Jaecki,actor.; Sass, Katrin,actor.; Lennartz, Monika,actor.; Werner, Ursula,actor.; Kockisch, Uwe,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christian Steyer, Jaecki Schwarz, Katrin Sass, Monika Lennartz, Ursula Werner, Uwe KockischOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1981.“I can't live without my children!” is the cry of a desperate mother. Nina Kern, a divorcee in her late twenties, loses custody of her three children through a temporary restraining order citing accusations of “child neglect” and “antisocial lifestyle.” The judge gives Nina one last chance on probation to prove that she is fit to care for her children. A civil engineer and a teacher from the neighborhood assume responsibility for Nina and her children. Will she prove herself?A touching film adaptation of the eponymous novel by Tine Schulze-Gerlach.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Families.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Hotel Europa. by Schmidt, Thorsten,film director.; Sadler, Benjamin,actor.; Berlin, Jonathan,actor.; Schüttler, Katharina,actor.; Heesters, Nicole,actor.; Rénevier, Pauline,actor.; Beta Film (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Benjamin Sadler, Jonathan Berlin, Katharina Schüttler, Nicole Heesters, Pauline RénevierOriginally produced by Beta Film in 2022.HOTEL EUROPA (Das weiße Haus am Rhein) tells the story of young Emil Dreesen, who fights for the family hotel between the World Wars. As guests like Chaplin, Hitler, and Adenauer visit, deep family rifts emerge. The clash between progress and tradition threatens to divide not only the family, but an entire nation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Historical films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The Distance Between You and Me and Her. by Kann, Michael,film director.; Simonides, Jörg,actor.; Block, Kirsten,actor.; Rieger, Sylvia,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jörg Simonides, Kirsten Block, Sylvia RiegerOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1987.Journalist and single mother Marga doesn't hold the music profession in high regard and is not particularly excited when her boss sends her to interview aspiring rock singer Anne. Anne is a trained machinist and lives at East Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg, famous for its artistic alternative communities. Marga is surprised when Anne gives unconventional and provoking answers to routine interview questions. When Robert, an unpublished poet who always has a witty line up his sleeve, and who is also Anne's ex-boyfriend, shows up, Marga becomes way more interested in her interview assignment. A love triangle comedy set in the bohemian East Berlin Prenzlauer Berg atmosphere combined with 1980s punk rock music á la Nina Hagen that comments on East German taboo topics, including environmental issues. The film offers references not only to Konrad Wolf’s Solo Sunny but also to international film history, including Billy Wilder, Woody Allen and Ernst Lubitsch.Scripted by Stefan Kolditz (Burning Life, Dresden), this comedy is inspired by the real story behind the making of Konrad Wolf’s classic Solo Sunny (1978-79). Wolf’s scriptwriter, Wolfgang Kohlhaase, had read an unpublished interview by journalist Jutta Voigt with Sanije Torka, a mechanic apprentice who later studied performance arts and was cast in DEFA films in the 1970s and 1980s.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Romance.; Musicals.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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The Little Prince. by Wolf, Konrad,film director.; Bodenstein, Christel,actor.; Esche, Eberhard,actor.; Keller, Inge,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Christel Bodenstein, Eberhard Esche, Inge KellerOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1966.A pilot must make an emergency landing in the middle of the desert. As he repairs his plane, he meets a young prince who tells him about his experiences during his travels to other planets in an effort to understand the true meaning of life. The little prince sees the darker side of life through the eyes of an innocent child and defends himself against vanity, greed and war.This highly stylized East German adaptation of "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry brings to life the existentialist classic in magical artificial landscapes. The film was digitized in 2K.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Science fiction.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Fantasy films.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Seneca. by Schwentke, Robert,film director.; Koji, Andrew,actor.; Chaplin, Geraldine,actor.; Malkovich, John,actor.; Sands, Julian,actor.; Hofmann, Louis,actor.; Parker, Mary-Louise,actor.; Xander, Tom,actor.; Freestyle Digital Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Andrew Koji, Geraldine Chaplin, John Malkovich, Julian Sands, Louis Hofmann, Mary-Louise Parker, Tom XanderOriginally produced by Freestyle Digital Media in 2023.Rome in 65 AD, Emperor Nero's tyrannical regime has reached its zenith, Nero's self-indulgence and excesses brings up the opposition against him, conspiracies threaten his power. By all means Nero tries to defend his despotic claim of sovereignty. The famous philosopher Seneca has been Nero's teacher, mentor and close advisor since childhood, he is significantly involved in his ascent. Nevertheless, Nero gets weary of Seneca and Nero uses a foiled attack on his life to falsely accuse Seneca of being an accomplice.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy films.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Biographical films.; Historical films.; Philosophers.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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