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German cinema: 1970s
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Werner Herzog
In 1560, a party of conquistadors led by Gonzalo Pizarro cross the Andes and undertake a hazardous journey through the Amazon rain forest in search of El Dorado, the fabled city of gold...
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Werner Herzog
Der Amerikanische Soldat (1970)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
After serving in the American army in Vietnam, a former professional killer named Ricky returns to his hometown of Munich in Germany...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Angst essen Seele auf (1974)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
One rainy evening, Emmi Kurowski, a 60-year-old cleaning lady, ducks into an Arab bar to avoid being soaked. She immediately notices a Moroccan worker, twenty years her junior, and invites him to dance with her...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Die Blechtrommel (1979)
Volker Schlöndorff
Born into a German family in Danzig of the early 1920s, Oskar Matzerath becomes aware of the world around him at an early age...
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Volker Schlöndorff
Cross of Iron (1977)
Sam Peckinpah
It is 1943 and Germany is losing the war on the Eastern Front. After a humiliating defeat at Stalingrad, German troops are in retreat, repelled by a determined Soviet fighting machine...
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Sam Peckinpah
Die Ehe der Maria Braun (1979)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1943, a young German woman named Maria marries Hermann Braun, just before he goes off to fight on the Russian front. Shortly after the end of the war, Maria's brother-in-law returns with the news that Hermann has been killed in action... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1943, a young German woman named Maria marries Hermann Braun, just before he goes off to fight on the Russian front. Shortly after the end of the war, Maria's brother-in-law returns with the news that Hermann has been killed in action... [More...]
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Werner Herzog
In 1828, a young man dressed in ragged clothes is found standing in the town square at Nuremberg. No one recognises him and he can only speak one phrase, "I want to be a cavalryman, like my father." The townsfolk adopt him as one of their own and attempt to civilise him, although when he becomes a financial burden he ends up as an exhibit in a sideshow... [More...]
Werner Herzog
In 1828, a young man dressed in ragged clothes is found standing in the town square at Nuremberg. No one recognises him and he can only speak one phrase, "I want to be a cavalryman, like my father." The townsfolk adopt him as one of their own and attempt to civilise him, although when he becomes a financial burden he ends up as an exhibit in a sideshow... [More...]
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Werner Herzog
In the midst of a dead, barren landscape there sits a secluded institution, which might be a prison or a lunatic asylum. All of the people in the institution - the director, the guards, the inmates - are dwarfs... [More...]
Werner Herzog
In the midst of a dead, barren landscape there sits a secluded institution, which might be a prison or a lunatic asylum. All of the people in the institution - the director, the guards, the inmates - are dwarfs... [More...]
Fata Morgana (1971)
Werner Herzog
A barren desert landscape, a wilderness that looks as if it has been devoid of life for an eternity... Yet, there are signs of civilisation, signs that once life existed here... [More...]
Werner Herzog
A barren desert landscape, a wilderness that looks as if it has been devoid of life for an eternity... Yet, there are signs of civilisation, signs that once life existed here... [More...]
Faustrecht der Freiheit (1975)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Franz Biberkopf is a good-natured but guileless young man who earns a modest living as an act in a travelling circus. When his employer is arrested for tax evasion, Franz loses both his job and his boyfriend... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Franz Biberkopf is a good-natured but guileless young man who earns a modest living as an act in a travelling circus. When his employer is arrested for tax evasion, Franz loses both his job and his boyfriend... [More...]
La Folie des grandeurs (1971)
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Gérard Oury
Don Salluste is the all-power minister and tax collector of the King of Spain. He delights in tyrannising the peasants with his band of loyal Black Knights... [More...]
Fontane - Effi Briest (1974)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1890, Effi Briest, the seventeen-year-old daughter of well-to-do parents from a provincial town outside Berlin, is courted by the wealthy Baron von Instetten... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
In 1890, Effi Briest, the seventeen-year-old daughter of well-to-do parents from a provincial town outside Berlin, is courted by the wealthy Baron von Instetten... [More...]
Gods of the Plague (1970)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Shortly after being released from prison, small-time crook Franz Walsch meets up with his girlfriend Johanna but it is evident that the passion has gone out of their relationship... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Shortly after being released from prison, small-time crook Franz Walsch meets up with his girlfriend Johanna but it is evident that the passion has gone out of their relationship... [More...]
Lacombe Lucien (1974)
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Louis Malle
The location is a small provincial town in south-west France. It is June 1944 and the country is still under Nazi occupation... [More...]
Ludwig (1972)
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
Ludwig II is a mere youth of nineteen when he ascends to the throne of Bavaria in 1864. A sensitive and idealistic young man, he shows far more interest in the arts and architecture than he does in matters of state... [More...]
Die Marquise von O... (1976)
Eric Rohmer
In the 18th century, in a town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise von O lives with her father, a Colonel, and mother... [More...]
Eric Rohmer
In the 18th century, in a town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise von O lives with her father, a Colonel, and mother... [More...]
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hans Epp is a man in his early thirties who makes a modest living by selling fruit from a barrow in the back streets of Munich... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hans Epp is a man in his early thirties who makes a modest living by selling fruit from a barrow in the back streets of Munich... [More...]
The Niklashausen Journey (1970)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
On 3rd March 1476, a shepherd named Hans Böhm makes a public declaration in the town of Niklashausen that he has been visited by the Virgin Mary... [More...]
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
On 3rd March 1476, a shepherd named Hans Böhm makes a public declaration in the town of Niklashausen that he has been visited by the Virgin Mary... [More...]
The Odessa File (1974)
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Le Vieux fusil (1975)
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]
Robert Enrico
It is 1944 and Germany is losing the war in Europe. The allied forces have broken through on the Normandy front and the occupying troops have begun their retreat... [More...]