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How to Make a Book with Steidl
In HOW TO MAKE A BOOK WITH STEIDL, filmmakers Gereon Wetzel and Joerg Adolph observe the work of internationally acclaimed German publisher Gerhard Steidl, one of the few remaining publishers in today's increasingly digital world to maintain an unwavering commitment to the quality and craftsmanship of the printed book. |
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The Hands of Orlac
HANDS OF ORLAC is a deliciously twisted thriller that blends grand guignol thrills with the visual and performance styles of German Expressionism. |
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Nosferatu (Ultimate Edition)
F.W. Murnau's NOSFERATU is triumphantly
reborn in this breathtaking new restoration by the F.W. Murnau Foundation. |
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The Castle
Michael Haneke's adaptation of Franz Kafka's THE CASTLE is an ingenious, faithful interpretation evoking Kafka's vision of a dystopian society hobbled by paperwork and bled dry by conformism and convolution. |
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Falling
A Film by Barbara Albert - Five independent women are reunited for the funeral of a beloved teacher. From the director of FREE RADICALS! |
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Psychopathia Sexualis (R-Rated)
Psychopathia Sexualis is a dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance, from the pages of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's notorious medical text. Director Approved R-Rated Version. |
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Psychopathia Sexualis (Unrated Director's Cut)
A dreamlike depiction of turn-of-the-century sexual deviance, from the pages of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's notorious medical text. |
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The Wildcat
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained. A wonderfully anarchic and playfully subversive satire of military life from one of the great comedy filmmakers. |
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Faust (Restored Deluxe Edition)
Newly restored. Inspired by the German legend and by Goethe's classic tale, Murnau's Faust tells the story of an alchemist (played by Gösta Ekman) who, struggling with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered the power to cure and the gift of youth ... in exchange for his soul. As the diabolical Mephisto, Emil Jannings (The Last Laugh) delivers a performance of operatic scale and intensity, by turns charming, comical, and horrific. |
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The Complete Metropolis
The Complete Metropolis, the most comprehensive restoration of Fritz Lang's classic with an additional 25 minutes of lost footage and the original Gottfried Huppertz score. |
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Swastika
Swastika is the most controversial documentary about Hitler ever released. Director Philippe Mora combines intimate color home movie footage shot by Eva Braun and rare propoganda films to form an unintentional autobiography of Hitler's rise and fall, from the formation of the Nazi state through the end of WWII. As the opening credits state, "If Hitler is dehumanized and shown only as a devil, any future Hitler may not be recognized, simply because he is a human being." |
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Theater of War
Filmmaker John Walter artfully
captures Meryl Streep groping for - and then seizing
the character in her unforgettable portrayal of Mother
Courage in Tony Kushner's adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children. |
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Marlene
An Oscar nominee for Best Documentary and winner of the 1986 New York Film Critic's Circle non-fiction film prize, Marlene is a "portrait of a remarkably strong-willed woman, stage-managing her career right up to the bitter end" (New York Times) that brilliantly lifts the veil on a movie star of the brightest magnitude as she is fading into twilight. |
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The Haunted Castle (Restored Authorized Edition)
Before plumbing the depths of horror and despair with such films as Faust and The Last Laugh, Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau tested the waters with this moody drama of a storm-bound manor and the grim mystery that lurks within. |
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The Finances of the Grand Duke (Restored Authorized Edition)
In Murnau's playful espionage thriller reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch (who had recently left Germany for Hollywood), Harry Liedtke stars as a benevolent dictator who must preserve the tiny nation of Abacco by fending off creditors, wooing a wealthy Russian princess, and evading a band of demonic conspirators. |
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The Double Headed Eagle
A fascinating experiment in documentary filmmaking, THE DOUBLE HEADED EAGLE charts the stealthy rise of the Nazi party in the wake of World War I. |
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Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler (Restored Authorized Edition)
A truly legendary silent film, Fritz Lang's "Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler" had a major impact on the development of the crime thriller. This authorized edition is also the longest available version. |
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The Legend of Rita
From Volker Schlöndorff, the acclaimed director of The Ogre, The Tin Drum, The Lost Honor Of Katharina Blum, and Circle Of Deceit, comes The Legend Of Rita, a
striking political thriller set in the later years of the Cold War. Anchored
by a stunning lead performance by newcomer Bibiana Beglau, in the title
role, the film recounts the struggles of a young West German woman as she
flees from the consequences of her radical past. |
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Luther
John Osborne's play is a fascinating and powerful psychological study of the Augustinian monk Martin Luther, examining his central role in the birth of Protestantism and revolt against the Roman Catholic Church. |
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Waxworks
In this rarely seen masterwork of German expressionism, a trilogy of terror is woven around the wax figures of a carnival side show. Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss); Ivan the Terrible (Conrad Veidt), and Haroun al Raschid all spring to life through a variety of visual techniques. |
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The Wonderful, Horrible Life Of Leni Riefenstahl
A spellbinding account of the career of the most renowned woman director, best known as Hitler's moviemaker. Studded with fascinating clips from her work: Triumph of the Will, Olympia, The Blue Light, Tiefland and more. |
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Who Shall Live And Who Shall Die?
Laurence Jarvik's controversial documentary exposing America's calculated indifference to the plight of the European Jews during the Holocaust. |
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Nosferatu
This new presentation of Murnau's classic is mastered from original German material recently made available to Kino and is the most complete version available. An expressionist retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula so faithful to the original tale of vampirism that Stoker's widow sued. |
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Kaspar Hauser
The winner of the German “Oscar” for Best Actor, Director and Picture, and acclaimed by critics upon its U.S. theatrical release, Kaspar Hauser is a powerful mix of social commentary and moody, evocative filmmaking. It boasts the visual splendor and sweep of an historical drama while exploring one of the most notorious mysteries of German culture. "Amazing! A tour-de-force of wit, originality and poignancy." - Kevin Thomas The Los Angeles Times |
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Faust (Standard Edition)
The legend of Faust is a masterpiece
of world literature
that inspired literary giants
from Goethe and Shakespeare
to Thomas Mann. Murnau’s
classic dramatization brings
the legend to life that ranks
alongside Fritz Lang’s
Metropolis as the greatest
achievement of the German silent cinema. Gosta
Ekman stars as the titular alchemist who, struggling
with his faith amidst a devastating plague, is offered
the power to cure and the gift of youth...in exchange for his soul. The diabolical Mephisto is by turns charming, comical, and horrific. |
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Galileo
Based on the play by Bertolt
Brecht (originally translated
by Charles Laughton),
GALILEO explores not
merely the infamous historical
figure, but the philosophical
concepts for which
he was both celebrated and
condemned. |
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Warning Shadows
Arthur Robison's classic take of psychological horror, celebrated for its outrageous visual style and notorious for its attempt to make a purely visual feature film. |
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Asphalt
Joe May's Sensual Drama of Life in the Berlin Underworld. |
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Erotikon
Labeled an "insolent romp" in a recent article by THE VILLAGE VOICE and praised for its "risque wit and cheerful amorality" in John Wakeman's WORLD FILM DIRECTORS, EROTIKON is quite possibly the cinematic granddaddy of all sophisticated comedies and one of the finest achievements of Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. |
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S.O.S. Iceberg
In a departure from the trademark Alpine settings of Arnold Fanck's Bergfilme ("Mountain Films"), S.O.S. Iceberg takes place off the coast of Greenland, where an explorer, Karl Lorenz (Gustav Diessl), is stranded on a steadily-eroding iceberg. This DVD release contains both the German and English-language versions, which were filmed simultaneously. |
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Sex in Chains
Brimming with visual invention and breathless erotic angst, Sex in Chains uniquely combines gorgeous cinematic craftsmanship with bold subject matter. |
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Spies (Restored Authorized Edition)
Previously seen in the U.S. in a severely truncated form, Fritz Lang's elaborate superspy thriller is at last restored to its proper length. This newly restored edition of Spies is composed of the best surviving 35mm film elements, assembled from archives throughout the world. It is more than 50 minutes longer than any version previously released on video. |
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Young Dr. Freud
Observes the struggling young medical student as he wrestles with his tremendous ambition, his penniless family, flirtatious fiancee, and pre WW-I Vienna. |
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Free Radicals
A group of friends in a suburban Austrian town reexamine their lives after the unexpected death of a young woman who appeared to be leading a charmed life. |
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The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
A masterpiece of psychological horror and the film that has come to epitomize the mysterious highly stylized German Expressionist cinema. A demented hypnotist and his ghastly henchman spread death througout the German countryside. Newly remastered from the archival German material and tinted according to original instructions with evocative score. Germany. 1919. 73 min. Color tinted. |
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