Postby Salivia_Baker » August 21st, 2009 12:50 pm
Oh I just watch Hitlerjunge Salomon (Europa Europa). I enjoyed it very much.
If you ant "More cultural" movies I'd recommend Die Ehe der Maria Braun / The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979): "This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Fassbinder [Rainer Werner Fassbinder is the director and writer] has tried to show the gritty life after the end of WWII and the turmoil of the people trapped in its wake." (from IMDB)
Die Fälscher / The Counterfeiters (2007) - German & Austrian Co-Production
"The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Bernhard. The team, which also includes detainee Adolf Burger, is given luxury barracks for their assistance. But while Salomon attempts to weaken the economy of Germany's allied opponents, Adolf refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit and would like to do something to stop Operation Bernhard's aid to the war effort. Faced with a moral dilemma, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones" (from IMDB)
Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo / Christiane F. (1981)
"This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene." (from IMDB)
Anders als die Andern / Different from the Others (1919)
"Anders als die Andern is noteworthy as one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuals in the cinema. The film's basic plot was used again in the 1961 UK film, Victim, starring Dirk Bogarde. Censorship laws enacted in reaction to films like Anders als die Andern eventually restricted viewing of this movie to doctors and medical researchers, and prints of the film were among the many "decadent" works burned by the Nazis after they came to power in 1933." (from wikipedia)
There also other goo movies like Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed / The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens Nosferatu / a Symphony of Horror (1922), Metropolis (1927), Der blaue Engel /The Blue Angel (1930), M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder / M (1931), Die Blechtrommel / The Tin Drum (1979), Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei / The Edukators (2004), Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage / Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005), Der bewegte Mann /The Most Desired Man (1994)
"German is basically a Lego language - just take word blocks like Welt and Schmerz, smash them together, and you've got some real Weltschmerz. It may sound painful, but it can be practical." - Dan Hamilton
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