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1. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
Not Rated | 931 min | Crime, Drama
In late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.
Stars: Günter Lamprecht, Claus Holm, Hanna Schygulla, Franz Buchrieser
Votes: 4,916
2. Die Nacht (1985)
367 min
A six hour long monologue performed by Edith Clever, who reads texts by Syberberg, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich von Kleist, Plato, Friedrich Hölderlin, Novalis, Friedrich Nietzsche,... See full summary »
Director: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg | Star: Edith Clever
Votes: 49
3. Feuerreiter (1998)
130 min | Drama
Film about the German poet Friedrich Hoelderlin (1770-1843), concentrating on his ardent affair with Susette Gondard.
Director: Nina Grosse | Stars: Martin Feifel, Marianne Denicourt, Ulrich Mühe, Matthias Faber
Votes: 84
4. Nabokov on Kafka (1989 TV Movie)
30 min
Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the world's greatest writers for such works as _Lolita_, was also a remarkable professor at Cornell University. Here, Plummer portrays the witty ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Christopher Plummer, Casey Brown, Melissa Koval
Votes: 60
5. Not Reconciled (1965)
55 min | Drama, History
An entangled story which details the lives of a German family throughout their various generations.
Director: Jean-Marie Straub | Stars: Heinrich Hargesheimer, Carlheinz Hargesheimer, Martha Staendner, Danièle Huillet
Votes: 807
6. Faust (2008)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Short
A depressed FAUST makes a deal with Mephisto, the devil's servant, to obtain more power and glory, including the power to seduce a maiden. Faust grows powerful, but the consequences of his act has deadly, unintended ramifications.
Director: Hoku Uchiyama | Stars: Steven Ritz-Barr, Eugene Seregin
Votes: 8
7. In den Gräben der Geschichte: Der Schriftsteller Ernst Jünger (2019 TV Movie)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Falko Korth | Star: Ernst Jünger
Votes: 7