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German cinema: Thriller

Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Fritz Lang

Confronted with a spate of inexplicable and unrelated murders Inspector Kras turns to a blind informer, Peter Cornelius, who claims to have psychic powers...   [More...]

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...   [More...]

Das Boot (1981)
Wolfgang Petersen

October 1941. The crew of U-boat U-96 is preparing to leave their base in La Rochelle and head out for patrols in the North Atlantic...   [More...]

Das Cabinet des Dr Caligari (1920)
Robert Wiene

Seated on a park bench, a young man, Francis, tells an older man the tragic story of his fiancée. It began some years ago, when he and his friend, Alan, were in love with the same young woman, Jane.....   [More...]

Carlos (2010)
Olivier Assayas

A legend in his own lifetime, Carlos the Jackal (né Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) was at the epicentre of international terrorism in the 1970s and '80s...   [More...]

Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (1922)
Fritz Lang

Who is the stranger who contrives a stock exchange crash to his own advantage? Who is behind a major counterfeiting operation...   [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...]

M (1931)
Fritz Lang

Berlin is in a state of terror as a serial killer roams the streets after dark, abducting and killing young children. Public opinion compels the police to intensify their search for the killer, and in the process they round up scores of criminals who have nothing to do with the murders...   [More...]

Metropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang

In the twenty-first century city of Metropolis, the wealthy elite live in luxury in sprawling tower complexes whilst millions of workers toil away in subterranean vaults, constantly serving the machines which keep the city alive...   [More...]

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922)
F.W. Murnau

Real estate agent Herr Hutter lives with his young wife Ellen in the German town of Wisborg. At the request of his employer, the mysterious Herr Knock, Hutter travels to the Carpathian Mountains to conclude the purchase of a property with a certain Count Orlok...   [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...]

Orlacs Hände (1924)
Robert Wiene

The world famous pianist Paul Orlac survives a horrific railway accident but his hands are damaged beyond repair. Goaded by his wife Yvonne, a surgeon performs a remarkable transplant operation, giving Orlac a pair of hands taken from a corpse...   [More...]

Spione (1928)
Fritz Lang

When a series of top secret government documents go missing, agent No. 326 is called in to investigate. Little does he know that he is up against Europe's most sophisticated spy ring, led by the ruthless banker, Haghi...   [More...]

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Fritz Lang

Disgraced cop Hofmeister tries to redeem himself by uncovering a counterfeiting operation. Before he can pass his findings on to Inspector Lohmann, he is cornered by his enemies and driven mad...   [More...]

Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
Georges Lautner

Fernand Naudin, a one-time crook turned respectable businessman, is summoned to the deathbed of his old childhood friend, a gangster boss known as the Mexican...   [More...]

Der Verlorene (1951)
Peter Lorre

In the immediate aftermath of WWII, Dr Karl Neumeister works in a refugee camp, immunising displaced people in the ruins of a defeated Germany...   [More...]

Vier um die Frau (1921)
Fritz Lang

Harry Yquem is a rich stockbroker who intends giving his wife Florence a present that will leave her in no doubt as to his devotion to her...   [More...]

Waxworks (1924)
Paul Leni

A young writer is hired by the owner of a waxworks museum to write a short story for each of the exhibits in his collection...   [More...]

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