Movies I watched and rated (German)
All German movies I watched since I started to rate them.
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- DirectorNicole WeegmannStarsLudwig TrepteJenny SchilyJürgen TonkelA teenager who announces an act of violence against his teacher and with whom violent videos are found is examined in the adolescent psychiatry for his danger.Absolutely underrated movie with a message at least as important as "Die Welle". 5 Stars.
- DirectorKarl HartlStarsHans AlbersHeinz RühmannMarieluise ClaudiusHans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson..Surprising turns and the two greatest German actors of this time - what more could one want? 5 Stars
- DirectorLars KraumeStarsLeonard ScheicherTom GramenzLena KlenkeA group of twelfth-grade pupils in East Germany decide to show their solidarity with the victims of the 1956 Hungarian uprising by staging two minutes of silence during lessons.A realistic and credible movie experience. 5 Stars
- DirectorJoseph VilsmaierStarsFranz-Xaver KroetzMichael HerbigLisa Maria Potthoff70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the Schliersee. As he is visited by the Death and wants to take him, Brandner Kaspar tricks him and gets another 20 years of life.Original and worthy adaption of the iconic Bavarian stage play. 5 Stars.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsJürgen VogelFrederick LauMax RiemeltA high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.5 Stars
- DirectorFranz AntelStarsPaul HörbigerGunther PhilippJoachim FuchsbergerFree, but well-made interpretation. 4 Stars.
- StarsAlexander HeldIris BerbenRobert AtzornThis Out of Africa (1985) style three-part movie deals with a courageous woman, who moves to Africa to flee her past. Berlin, 1914: When Katharina von Strahlberg discovers that her husband Richard had an affair with her sister-in-law Martha, she leaves him after stealing some important plans and photos of East Africa and travels to Dar es Salaam with one of Richard's business partners. In the German colony, she learns that nobody wants to employ her because of her husband's power, but she draws new courage from meeting Franz Lukas, a doctor, and Victor March, a lively Scotsman...German style monumental movie - without Hollywood pathos. 4 Stars
- DirectorOliver HirschbiegelStarsBruno GanzAlexandra Maria LaraUlrich MatthesTraudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator's final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII.Credible athmospheric picture, great acting performance of Bruno Ganz. 4 Stars.
- DirectorMirjam UngerStarsZita GaierUrsula StraussGerald VotavaVienna 1945: The powderkeg of war and the Russian occupation as seen through the innocent eyes of 9-year old Christine. Bombed out and penniless, she and her family are put up in a fancy villa in the outskirts of Vienna. They now have a roof over their heads, but nothing more. After the German soldiers surrender, the Russians take over the house.Well-made adaptation of Christine Nöstlinger's autobiographic tale. 4 Stars
- DirectorMiguel AlexandreStarsVeronica FerresPeter KremerFilip PeetersBased on a true story, Miguel Alexandre's two-part drama focuses on a East German woman and the fight for her children. Spring 1982: Sara Bender, living with her daughters Silvia and Sabine in the East German town of Erfurt, wants to marry her colleague Peter, but shortly before the wedding, her father is killed in a road accident. As the funeral takes place in West Germany, she isn't allowed to go there, so she starts planning to leave her communist home country forever. Trying to flee via Romania, she is caught by the secret service. After years in jail, Sara is ransomed by the West German government, but without her daughters. To draw the world's attention on her desperate situation, she starts demonstrating at the Berlin border crossing Checkpoint Charlie...Thrilling, but a bit to much cliché for the full rating. 4 Stars
- DirectorJoseph VilsmaierDana VávrováStarsGedeon BurkhardLale YavasLena BeyerlingA group of Jewish people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1945.There are many holocaust movies, but I know only one about the horrible deportation trains. 4 Stars.
- DirectorJo BaierStarsAugust ZirnerHeike MakatschHerbert KnaupAugust Staudenmeyer returns to his hometown Gerbersau as a wealthy man after 30 years of absence. At first, the successful businessman is welcomed with open arms. When he takes sides with the local widow Katharina things change.The characters not being developed very consequently prevent a five-star-rating. 4 Stars.
- StarsSebastian KochTobias MorettiDagmar ManzelA reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being Hitler's minister for war production.Mix between documentary and feature. 4 Stars.
- StarsIris BerbenBenjamin SadlerValerie KochThe story of Alfried Krupp and his family and of the Krupp company, which has been preeminent in German industry. The family company was a key supplier of weapons and material to the Nazi regime during WWII.4 Stars
- DirectorZoltan SpirandelliStarsMichael GwisdekDaniel BrühlTraugott BuhreThree monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer.Goddamn funny. 4 Stars
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsJuliane KöhlerMerab NinidzeMatthias HabichDue to Hitler's threat, Walter Redlich, a Jewish lawyer, immigrates to Kenya with his wife Jettel and daughter Regina. Things take a turn when the family is ordered to move by the British officers.A movie for demanding watchers. 4 Stars
- DirectorToke Constantin HebbelnStarsAlexander FehlingAugust DiehlRonald ZehrfeldThe dream of two young men to become sailors collides with the harsh realities of life in East Germany.Interestingly, the story is told from various perspectives - but the end is unsatisfying and a bit implausible. 4 Stars.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsMax RiemeltTom SchillingDevid StriesowFriedrich's boxing skills gets him in an elite Nazi high school in a castle in 1942. He enrolls against his dad's wish as it promises a brighter future. It's not what he expected.Relentless study about the intended brutalization of the youth in the Third Reich. 4 Stars
- DirectorFritz LangStarsPeter LorreEllen WidmannInge LandgutWhen the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.Good story, although the movie has aged suboptimally. 3 Stars
- DirectorFlorian Henckel von DonnersmarckStarsTom SchillingSebastian KochPaula BeerGerman artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.The movie hit the point concerning political opportunism. 3 Stars.
- DirectorLeo KhasinStarsRyszard RonczewskiNeil BelakhdarNeil Malik AbdullahAli, who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp, fled Lebanon with his family and moved to Berlin. A city gang challenges him to ransack the apartment of Alexander II, a WWII Russian Jewish veteran.Rather undistinguished as a movie, but it serves the purpose to deliver the message. 3 Stars
- DirectorCaroline LinkStarsRiva KrymalowskiMarinus HohmannCarla JuriA Jewish family in Berlin family must flee the Nazis. First, they go to Zürich. From there they go to Paris, and finally to London.A good movie, but as for the spirit of the novel, something is missing. 3 Stars
- DirectorMaren AdeStarsSandra HüllerPeter SimonischekMichael WittenbornA practical joking father tries to reconnect with his hard working daughter by creating an outrageous alter ego and posing as her CEO's life coach.Interesting character study. 3 Stars
- DirectorUli EdelStarsMartina GedeckMoritz BleibtreuJohanna WokalekA look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings, and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.3 Stars
- DirectorFrank StoyeStarsHedda ErlebachMaximilian EhrenreichCaspar KryzschKing Alexander is happy with his commoner-born queen Marie, but their three children are puppies (actually switched at the queen mother Eliza's orders by chamberlain Corbinian, who put each in a basket in the river), then she dies mysteriously. 12 years later, the king still mourns, refusing to remarry any princess picked by his mother. Then on a hunting trip, he meets Theo, Fritz, and Lotte, three foundlings--who greatly resemble his late wife--raised by farmer Hank and his wife. Eliza decides to dispose of the princes by tricking them into attempting to seek infallible answers from the bird of truth, which requires two equally magical gifts, each likely to be transformed at failure into rocks.Entertaining, although they could have made more out of the general idea. 3 Stars
- DirectorMichael RowitzStarsAnja KnauerHendrik DurynJulian WeigendWalsung has been invaded by Burgundian troops of tyrant-king Hagir of Amelung. A prophecy says 'The old gods send a hero to end the reign of the tyrant-king'. Odin himself decrees this chosen one will be the young warrior maiden Lenya.Intriguing movie, but for a better rating, it lacks something really special. 3 Stars
- DirectorPeter KahaneStarsLinn ReusseJakob KnoblauchNora QuestA female-led gang of orphaned teenagers fights corruption.The movie succeeds as social criticism, although it occasionally slides into overdone ridiculousness. 3 Stars
- DirectorPeter SteinStarsWolf RedlEdith CleverIlse RitterA group of people from the wealthy middle class in endless quasi intellectual quarrels and discussions trying to find some meaning in their comfortable and indolent life.Unfortunately, it's not always easy to tell who is who if you don't know the stage play. 3 Stars
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsMoritz BleibtreuChristiane PaulMehmet KurtulusA young, insecure teacher embarks on a journey through Europe to Turkey, where he wants to see a woman again whom he believes to be his fate.Refreshing comedy with a message. 3 Stars
- DirectorJan ZabeilStarsAlexander FehlingObusentswe Dreamar ManyimNx'apa MotswaiA drama centered on a white man lost in the Botswana marshlands.Nice pictures and impressions, although a bit too enigmatic for my taste. Furthermore, the title isn't explained even in the slightest. 3 Stars
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsLouis KlamrothPeter LohmeyerJohanna GastdorfA young boy from a working class family in post-war Germany struggles with his estranged father returning from war captivity, while a friend of his plays for the German National Soccer Team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland.Sporadically tedious, but all in all a good athmospheric picture. 3 Stars
- DirectorBernd FischerauerStarsThure RiefensteinMathieu CarrièreAlexander HeldGermany, 1932-1933: The rise of Adolf Hitler as a politician, which eventually led to his dictatorship and the Nazi-Regime.More or less credible. 3 Stars
- DirectorThomas ArslanStarsTamer YigitIdil ÜnerBirol ÜnelCan is a drug dealer in Berlin. He sees no way to change his situation until his supplier Hakan offers him to run a bar, but then Hakan is shot. Abandoned by his girlfriend Jale, Can is then arrested and sentenced to four years in prison.The cast acquits itself well, despite some holes in the story. 3 Stars
- DirectorMichael KnofStarsUlrich MüheKatrin MartinAlexander ZschiedrichA teacher at a German high-school in the nineteen thirties has issues with his students who seem to be getting less human and more convinced of Nazi ideals as time goes on.Decent adaptation with some small holes. 3 Stars
- DirectorUrs EggerStarsMario AdorfOtto TausigBruno GanzJochen Epstein wird aus dem Gefängnis entlassen, in dem er 15 Jahre wegen Mordes eingesessen hatte. Er ist entschlossen, aus Deutschland auszuwandern und die Vergangenheit für immer hinter sich zu lassen. Doch vertraute Orte, verdrängte Erinnerungen und eine nie vergessene Freundin sprengen den Panzer, den der Alte um sich aufgebaut hat. Alles begann an seinem letzten Tag in Freiheit. Ein außergewöhnlicher Tag für drei außergewöhnliche Freunde: Zum ersten Mal feiern die drei Juden Jochen Epstein, Karl Rose und Adam Rose ein christliches Weihnachtsfest. Das heißt, Adam hatte die Idee dazu und die anderen müssen einfach mitziehen, wie immer. Als Adam Rose und Epstein die Tochter ihrer Haushaltshilfe Paula in einen Weihnachtsgottesdienst begleiten, passiert das Unmögliche: die beiden KZ-Überlebenden erkennen in dem Gemeindepriester ihren ehemaligen SS-Peiniger, den Hauptsturmführer Giesser. Am nächsten Morgen stellen die drei Freunde gemeinsam den vermeintlichen Geistlichen. Die Fronten scheinen klar, alle Fragen tausend Mal gestellt und ebenso oft beantwortet. Doch das Treffen nimmt eine überraschende Wende. Giesser hält sich keineswegs für schuldig, wendet das Blatt und stellt seinerseits die drei Juden an den Pranger. Er weiß, wie Epstein seine Freunde im Lager beschützte. Er weiß, welchen Preis der alte Schrotthändler für das Leben der beiden Roses zu zahlen bereit war. Zum ersten Mal erfahren die Roses, was Epstein für sie getan hat, welche Opfer er für das Leben der beiden Brüder brachte. Die Situation eskaliert, als das Schicksal der damals kleinen Hannah, Adam Roses Jugendliebe, enthüllt wird. Schuld und Vergebung, Freundschaft und Verrat, Liebe und Hass bestimmen die Auseinandersetzung zwischen den vier Männern in der Kirche. Sie endet in dem Mord Epsteins an Giesser. Doch der Tod des Peinigers bringt keine Erleichterung. Mit ihm stirbt das Letzte, das die drei Alten vor dem Horror des Naziregimes retten konnten: die Hoffnung und das Gedenken an unbeschwerte Kindertage. Karl und Adam Rose sind längst tot, als Epstein 15 Jahre später aus dem Gefängnis entlassen wird. Die eigene, vermeintliche Schuld, seine zerstörte Existenz und das Alleinsein haben ihm allen Glauben an das Leben genom-men. Bis plötzlich die «kleine» Hannah wieder vor ihm steht.Good start; a bit tiring after some time, though. 3 Stars
- DirectorFritz LangStarsDebra PagetPaul HubschmidWalther ReyerA German architect runs away with the maharajah of Eschnapur's fiancee but is caught and thrown in the dungeon, while his relatives arrive from Europe looking for him and the maharajah's brother is scheming to usurp the throne.Visible improvement towards the first part, with a rather underwhelming ending. 3 Stars
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsDavid BennentMario AdorfAngela WinklerIn 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.Funny, but not as good as the novel. 3 Stars
- DirectorSebastian NiemannStarsMichael HerbigChristoph Maria HerbstHeike MakatschFive hundred years ago, Hui Buh cheated in a card game, thus was turned into a ghost by thunder lighting. For all this time, he has lived in the castle alone without anyone to scare. Until when King Julius moves in for his wedding, Hui Buh knows he has to use every trick of his to keep the long-wasted ghost license.Sometimes chuckling and sometimes eyerolling material. Quite on the border between "good" and "meh". 3 Stars
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsOliver MasucciDieter BernhardtElias GabeleTo withstand the psychological torture of the Gestapo, a lawyer imprisoned by the Nazis finds refuge in the world of chess.Psychologically interesting movie, but it leaves the viewer with too many open questions and doesn't really follows the spirit of the novel it's based upon. 3 Stars
- DirectorStefan SarazinStarsAxel BuchholzKen DukenAxel NeumannJim and Elise are bound to each other by an uncompromising love, excessive passion and romance, which they like to experience up to life-threatening situations. But when film director Frank Morris gets stranded in the solitude of their east-German village, things start changing for all three of them.Touching, but predictable. 3 Stars
- DirectorHans-Christian SchmidStarsRobert StadloberTom SchillingOona-Devi Liebich16 year old, paralyzed Benjamin switches to a boarding school to get better grades where he has to struggle with the various problems of coming of age: He falls in love with the school's dream girl Malen.A good choice if you want some rather trivial entertainment. 3 Stars
- DirectorKarel LamacMartin FricStarsPaul RichterMaria MatrayCarl Walther MeyerA shifty lawyer is threatened with death within two days by a criminal who supposedly died in Australia.Not bad, but not a movie that stays in your mind. 3 Stars
- DirectorBruno GrassStarsPasquale AleardiJan Georg SchütteChristina HeckeRight next to Dupin, a respected businessman, apparently bumped, falls to his death. The Commissioner begins to investigate.Crime story without notable ups or downs. 2 Stars
- DirectorAlain GsponerStarsJannis NiewöhnerFahri YardimEmilia SchüleGerman students compete to enter one of the country's elite schools.Building up tension by revealing the incidents through different points of view is a good idea, but only works if you haven't read the book already. 2 Stars
- DirectorChristian SchwochowStarsCarla JuriAlbrecht SchuchRoxane DuranThe life and career of breakthrough German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker.Too long. 2 Stars
- DirectorFelix FuchssteinerStarsJosefine PreußFlorian BartholomäiUwe KockischOn her 16th birthday, Gwendolyn Shepherd finds out that instead of her cousin, she has inherited a rare gene that allows her to travel through time.The full story is rather implausible. 2 Stars.
- DirectorStephan LacantStarsHanno KofflerMax RiemeltAttila BorlanA soon-to-be-father policeman falls for a gay fellow officer and his life starts falling apart.The movie suffers from its not very credible love story. 2 Stars.
- DirectorDavid WnendtStarsOliver MasucciThomas M. KöpplMarc-Marvin IsraelAdolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society.A movie made to critizise the lack of awareness of the dangers for constitutional democracy becomes part of exactly this. 2 Stars
- DirectorHelmut DietlStarsGötz GeorgeUwe OchsenknechtChristiane HörbigerThe slightly fictionalized story of an art forger, a journalist desperate for a big story, and the biggest press scandal in German history: the Hitler Diaries.Some funny jokes, much emptyness. 2 Stars
- DirectorFelix FuchssteinerKatharina SchödeLev L. SpiroStarsJosefine PreußFlorian BartholomäiKarl Walter SprungalaGwen has just discovered that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she must juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with Gideon, and figuring out dark secrets surrounding the Circle.The new villains are rather not as impressive as the previous ones. 2 Stars.
- DirectorFelix FuchssteinerKatharina SchödeStarsKostja UllmannJosefine PreußMaria EhrichAdaptation of the final part of famous time-travel trilogy. Gwendolyn's heart is broken, will she trust Gideon again? There's no time to wallow in tears. Something unbelievable happens, and Gwendolyn finds herself in the race against time.The at best average story gets its at best average ending. 2 Stars.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsDebra PagetPaul HubschmidWalther ReyerIn Eschnapur, a local Maharajah and a German architect fall in-love with the same temple dancer.High arc of suspense, but highly overdone and horrible whitewashing. The good guys are Europeans, the bad guys Indians. 2 Stars
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsRudolf ForsterLotte LenyaCarola NeherThe Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds out, he instructs the police chief Brown to arrest and hang Macheath. If not, all the beggars of Soho will disturb the upcoming coronation.Better read or watch Brecht's original play. 2 Stars
- DirectorLars HenningStarsPeter KurthKarl MarkovicsCatrin StriebeckBecker is a German ex-con trying to hold down a job as a night watchman, but a chance encounter with the man whose family Becker killed 18 years earlier sends his new life spiraling out of control.The topic contained all rudiments of an intriguing thriller - what became of it, is a cluster of individual scenes that don't form a coherent whole. 1 Star
- DirectorDieter BernerStarsFritz KarlEva HerzigMyriam AbbasIn the 19th century the Austrian playwright Johann Nepomuk Nestroy adapts British and French plays for the theatres of Wien. Using ambiguous allusions he makes a fool of the Austrian police state. The first performance of his play "Lumpazivagabundus" causes his arrest by the secret police.Good idea, bad cast. If you make a movie about Nestroy, you should read up about him. 1 Star.
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsDavid KrossChristian RedlDaniel BrühlA boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.Has almost nothing to do with the novel. 1 Star.
- DirectorAlain GsponerStarsJonas HoldenriederEmily KuscheNico HartungThe Little Ghost lives in the castle over looking a small town and awakens for precisely one hour after the clock strikes midnight. Follow him on this adventure to see his first sunrise ever!I didn't know this story even had as much charm as the movie withdraws from it. 0 Stars
- DirectorPeter ZadekStarsHeinz BaumannWolfgang SchneiderGuido BaumannThe pupil Rull rehearses the uprising at a grammar school in Bremen and tries to break through the authoritarian structures of his school. The result is a humorous protest movement that demands a democratic school form.May contain one or two good scenes for those who didn't fall asleep after fifteen minutes. 0 Stars.