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Soul Kitchen (2009)
Young restaurant owner Zinos (Adam Bousdoukos) decides to revamp
Soul Kitchen, his dumpy diner, but the customer response isn't what he
was hoping for. To make matters worse, his girlfriend (Anna Bederke)
flies off to Shanghai, and the tax collector comes knocking. But with
the help of an inspired new chef (Birol nel), Zinos still has a chance at
redemption. German director Fatih Akin delivers a riotous modern
romantic comedy.
The White Ribbon (2009; Das weie Band)
A year before World War I, a series of strange and brutal pranks
threaten to shatter a northern German town's orderly existence. But
the residents' response may have even more disturbing implications
for the future. Celebrated Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke helms
this Golden Globe-winning, sumptuously photographed black-and-white
drama that stars Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur and Theo Trebs.
Yella (2007)
Having left her dead-end job and abusive husband behind in pursuit of
a clean slate, Yella (Nina Hoss) meets Philipp (Devid Striesow), a savvy
executive who hires her as his assistant. At first, Yella is thrilled with
her new life -- but the past is not so easily left behind. Her promising
start in big business starts to unravel when she begins to experience
disturbing flashbacks and haunting visions of her former life.
The Lives of Others (2006; Das Leben der Anderen)
Academy Award winning film on surveillance and reconciliation in the
GDR, pretty pathetic, but great actors and sets. - In 1984, secret police
agent Wiesler is assigned to eavesdrop on a successful but possibly
disloyal playwright in East Germany. As the lonely Wiesler learns more
about the man and his lover, a prominent actress, he becomes
fascinated by their lives.
*The Eduktors (2005; Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei)
Peter (Stipe Erceg), Jan (Daniel Brhl) and Jule (Julia Jentsch) -- a trio of
anticapitalist radicals who call themselves the Edukators -- rankle
Germany's elite by breaking into mansions, rearranging the
possessions and leaving menacing messages that warn of an
impending class war. But when Jule leaves her cell phone behind and
they return to the scene to retrieve it, an unexpected visitor forces
them to improvise.

Sophie Scholl The Last Days (2005; Sophie Scholl Die letzten
Tage)
Arrested for participating in the White Rose resistance movement, antiNazi activist Sophie Scholl (Julia Jentsch) is subjected to a highly
charged interrogation by the Gestapo, testing her loyalty to her cause,
her family and her convictions. Based on true events, director Marc
Rothemund's absorbing Oscar-nominated drama explores maintaining
human resolve in the face of intense pressure from a system
determined to silence whistle-blowers.
Go for Zucker! (2005; Alles auf Zucker!)
Henry Hubchen stars as the titular Jaeckie Zucker in this entertaining
German comedy from director Dani Levy. A former sportscaster turned
pool hustler, the down-on-his-luck Jaeckie finds himself facing a
mounting stack of debts -- and jail time, to boot. But when his mother
suddenly passes away, Jaeckie stands to inherit a fortune -- that is, if
he can reconcile with his uptight, humorless brother (Udo Samel) for a
week.
*Head-on (2004; Gegen die Wand)
Cahit Tomruk (Birol Unel) and Sibel Guner (Sibel Kekilli) are immigrant
Germans who live and work in the port town of Hamburg. In a bid to
help Sibel break free of her family (which strictly adheres to Turkish
customs, religious and otherwise), the couple decides to marry. But
straitlaced families are just part of the problem; Cahit and Sibel must
also counterbalance ancestral roots with their new life in a western
democracy. Fatih Akin directs.
Agnes and His Brothers (2004; Agnes und seine Brder)
Connected by a series of complicated relationships and the same
unusual father, Werner, Hans and Agnes all attempt to keep it together
amid the turmoil of their daily lives. Set in a contemporary German
landscape, director Oskar Roehler's unconventional, poignantly
humorous family drama is a heartfelt portrayal of obsession and
personal desires, including love, sex and acceptance. Martin Weiss,
Moritz Bleibtreu and Herbert Knaup star.
*Good bye, Lenin! (2003)
Classic tragic comedy about memory, amnesia, and nostalgia around
the fall of the Berlin Wall. - Alex's mother falls into a coma just as the
Berlin Wall is about to come down. But when she wakes up months
later, she's too weak to withstand shock -- so Alex goes to great
lengths to keep the truth about her country's reform a secret.
Schultze gets the Blues (2003)

Schultze, a reserved, retired man living in Teutschenthal, Germany,

finds his life of visiting pubs, fishing and playing traditional polka music
on his accordion forever changed by a visit to Louisiana.
Winter Sleepers (2000; Winterschlfer)
Translator Rebecca lives with ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa
owned by her friend Laura. Cinema projectionist Rene steals Marco's
car and gets into an accident with local farmer Theo, whose daughter
dies soon after the wreck. Suffering from short-term memory loss, Rene
starts a relationship with Laura, while Theo searches for the person
who killed his daughter in director Tom Twyker's foreboding tale of time
and memory.
*Run Lola Run (1998; Lola rennt)
A thrilling post-MTV roller-coaster ride, Run Lola Run is the
internationally acclaimed sensation about two lovers who have only
minutes to change the course of their lives -- and time is running out.
Lola (Franka Potente) just received a frantic phone call from her
boyfriend, Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who lost a small fortune belonging
to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money in 20 minutes,
Manni will suffer the consequences.
Wings of Desire (1987; Der Himmel ber Berlin)
Wim Wenders won the award for Best Director at the 1987 Cannes Film
Festival for this captivating vision about an angel (Bruno Ganz) who
falls in love with a beautiful circus performer while drifting unnoticed
through West Berlin. Overcome by the girl's beauty, the angel decides
he wants to become human. Peter Falk also stars, as himself, and aids
the angel in his decision-making process.
The Point of Least Resistance / The Right Way (1981)
Dressed in rented bear and rat costumes, filmmakers and art world
stars Peter Fischli and David Weiss set off for two avant-garde
adventures in Los Angeles and the Swiss Alps in this double feature
from the early 1980s. Rat and Bear probe the nature of art while
solving a murder mystery in The Point of Least Resistance. In The Right
Way, our heroes return for an epic journey during an open-air hike in
the mountains.
The Tin Drum (1979; Die Blechtrommel)
Young Oskar Matzerath, who grows up witnessing the rise of Nazism at
the eve of World War II, decides at age 3 to stop growing -- effectively
shutting out the world and communicating only by banging on his tin
drum. Volker Schlondorff's epic unfolds with cinematic artistry,
psychological insight, political vision and symbolic richness, as

Germany falls prey to Nazism while Oskar's protests go unnoticed. The

film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979; Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
After her soldier husband is sent to the Russian front during World War
II and eventually reported dead, a lovelorn woman (Hanna Schygulla)
pines for him, despite half-heartedly taking lovers and eventually
amassing her own fortune. A brilliant film from director Rainer Werner
Fassbinder that's frequently grouped in a trilogy with Veronika Voss and
Lola, due to the shared theme of women's experiences with loss and
survival in postwar Germany.
Effi Briest (1974)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's compelling portrait of a shattered society
trying to rebuild itself centers on the fate of young Effi Briest. After
marrying a much older man, Effi's loneliness compels her to begin
associating with a well-known rake.
*Legend of Paul and Paula (1973; Die Legende von Paul und
Paula)
In this German independent film, Paula, a mother of two, enters into an
affair with a married man named Paul. Paula is a free spirit, and she
tries desperately to get Paul to lose his uptight, conservative ways in
hopes that this will liven their relationship. Paul resists, and it takes a
tragedy for him to recognize what true love is.
Traces of Stones (1966; Die Spur der Steine)
A married East German Communist Party secretary finds himself
disgraced, his morals scrutinized and his career in shambles after his
affair with a young woman is exposed. Meanwhile, a construction
foreman -- who happens to be an outspoken critic of the government -professes his love for the woman, sparking a complicated love triangle.
Banned for 25 years, this 1966 drama released after Germany's
reunification met with critical acclaim.
Berlin Schonhauser Corner (1957; Berlin Ecke Schnhauser)
In this cult classic ranked among Germany's 100 most important films,
East Berlin teenagers alienated from society long to be free of
government and parental controls as they pass the days on
Schnhauser Street dreaming of that life and dancing to rock 'n' roll.
When two of the friends, Dieter (Ekkehard Schall) and Kohle (ErnstGeorg Schwill), get snagged in an illegal scheme, they escape to West
Berlin, where everything changes.