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see all genres ›Robust from the earliest days, German's film industry was one of the world's major exporters during the silent era. That largely shut down (and much of the top talent fled) as the Nazis came to power and postwar German cinema fell into a trap of stale, repetitive escapism. But the "New German Cinema" movement that arrived with the 1960s brought game-changing names (like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog) with a resurgent energy that still hasn't fully abated.
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The Doll
Produced in Berlin in 1919, Ernst Lubitsch's THE DOLL (DIE PUPPE) is a charming romantic fantasy that shows the director already in full command of the now-legendary "Lubitsch touch." Presaging such playful sex comedies as Lubitsch's TROUBLE IN PARADISE and DESIGN FOR LIVING, THE DOLL follows the misadventures of an effete...Start your free trial to watch
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Double-Headed Eagle
Rather than offering a contemporary interpretation of history through narration and interviews, filmmaker Lutz Becker allows the disturbing saga of German fascism to unfold on its own terms. The rise of the National Socialist Party is depicted almost exclusively in newsreel footage and clips of features...Start your free trial to watch
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Dr. Mabuse the Gambler
A truly legendary silent film, DR. MABUSE THE GAMBLER had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller, building upon the work of the pioneering French film serialist Louis Feuillade and firmly establishing it as a significant film genre. This epic two-part tale was originally released as two...Start your free trial to watch
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Dreaming Lips
Peter is about to perform a Ludwig Von Beethoven concert for the first time and he needs his wife Elisabeth "Liss" (Maria Schell) there for emotional support. He claims he always plays his best when she is there. To his surprise, his old friend Michael Sekretar is the solo violinist. Elisabeth is late for the performance, as...Start your free trial to watch
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El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS is a revealing look inside the kitchen of renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria. Located in Catalonia, Spain, Adria's restaurant elBulli, closed for six months each year while Adria and his team of culinary experts design a fresh, innovative menu for the next season. Not content...Start your free trial to watch
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Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin
Featuring interviews with daughter Nicola Lubitsch, film historians Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak and filmmaker Tom Tykwer (among others), ERNST LUBITSCH IN BERLIN documents the life of the legendary filmmaker from his birth in 1892 to his departure for Hollywood in 1923. The feature-length...Start your free trial to watch
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Everyone Else
A young couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink while vacationing in the Mediterranean in this smart, sexy drama from acclaimed new filmmaker Maren Ade. On the surface, Chris and Gitti appear blissfully in love while enjoying the sun and sand of Sardinia. But the more time they spend together, the more their silly games...Start your free trial to watch
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Faust
Fresh from the triumphant releases of NOSFERATU and THE LAST LAUGH, F. W. Murnau was given carte blanche to direct this epic fable of the supernatural. Freed from the burden of plausibility by the story's fantastic premise, Murnau summoned forth a tempest of cinematic brimstone so that every scene ripples with reckless...Start your free trial to watch
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Finances of the Grand Duke
In one of the most eclectic films of the German silent era, visual stylist F.W. Murnau (SUNRISE) broke away from the dark, foreboding dramas for which he was known to explore the realm of light comedy. Working from a screenplay by Thea von Harbou (METROPOLIS), Murnau crafted a playful thriller reminiscent...Start your free trial to watch
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The Forest for the Trees
Bursting with idealism, Melanie Pröschle, a young teacher from the countryside, starts her first job at a high school in the city. Desperate to fulfil her hopes, Melanie intends to do everything the right way. Politely, she introduces herself to her neighbors with homemade schnapps. At her first day of...Start your free trial to watch
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Gebürtig
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a scoop tries to lure him back, Geburtig must decide whether to confront his past.Start your free trial to watch
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Gerhard Richter Painting
GERHARD RICHTER PAINTING offers unprecedented insight into the life and work of one of the greatest artists of our time, and is a "gorgeously rendered work of art" (Variety) in its own right. Legendary German painter Gerhard Richter granted filmmaker Corinna Belz access to his studio in the spring and...Start your free trial to watch
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Greta: Haus ohne Männer
Greta, now a vicious warden, runs a mental hospital for young women. A girl deliberately "checks in" to the hospital to find out what has happened to her sister who stayed there. Meanwhile Greta and one of the guards are forcing inmates to have sex with male prisoners, filming them and selling them as...Start your free trial to watch
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Gypsy Blood
A Spanish cavalryman falls in love with Carmen, a gypsy dancer, which leads to his demise. He gives up everything for her (including his girlfriend and his honor) but she tosses him aside and goes after a matador. Admittedly, not the most remarkable print of this film in existence but the best available to us at this time,...Start your free trial to watch
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The Hands of Orlac
Reuniting the star and director of THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, THE HANDS OF ORLAC is a deliciously twisted thriller that blends grand guignol thrills with the visual and performance styles of German Expressionism. Based on a novel by medical-horror novelist Maurice Renard, it charts the mental...Start your free trial to watch
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Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious filmmakers. Millions all across occupied Europe saw his films, the most perfidious of which was the treacherous anti-Semitic propaganda film JEW SÜSS, required viewing for all SS members. An unrepentant and blindly...Start your free trial to watch
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Hashish
For centuries the lives of the people of Ketama, a small village high up in the mountains of northern Morocco, have been intricately tied-in with the drug hashish. Hashish as daily labor, hashish as a bartering good, hashish as business, hashish as the basis and philosophy of a social system, hashish as the medium of dreams...Start your free trial to watch
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I Don’t Want to Be a Man
In I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAN, a teenaged tomboy, tired of being bossed around by her strict guardian, impersonates a man so she can have more fun, but discovers that being the opposite sex isn’t as easy as she had hoped. What ensues is a gender-bending comedy that was decades ahead of its time.Start your free trial to watch