Favorite movies of the German cinema?

[kentauros]

Here are mine, in chronological order:

Das Kabinett des Doktor Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari)
Nosferatu
Metropolis
M
Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (The Testament of Dr. Mabuse)
Das Boot
Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire)
Lola rennt (Run Lola Run)

[Blue_Tires]

1. The Lives of Others....best i've seen...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. +1 on The Lives of Others

Really a superb film.

[Aristus]

2. "Aguirre, Der Zorn Des Gottes".

"Aguirre, The Wrath Of God", by Werner Herzog. Starring Klaus Kinski.

Astonishing film. Simply astonishing.

One of three films I've seen (the other two being "Jacob's Ladder" and "Wild At Heart") that are about a descent into madness that make one feel like they are going crazy right along with the characters on screen.

That's a very frightening feeling...

[ceile]

3. +1

Amazing film.

[Moondog]

4. That's quite a list. You hit all of mine . . . . n/t

[ceile]

5. What you have there plus Das Leben der Anderen and

Kaspar Hauser (Herzog version)

[siligut]

6. Der Himmel über Berlin

Wings of Desire

[Forkboy]

7. Nekromantik.

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[nytemare]

8. M is still so relevant to this day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUDUbxsNjV0

The motivation that fear had on the population was tangible. The hysteria, knee-jerk accusations of totally innocent people. Peter Lorre was astounding, to be able to put a sympathetic face on such a character.

I liked the tie in with Inspector Lohmann also being in Dr. Mabuse. And the cinematography in all of Lang's films was wonderful.

In addition to those already mentined, I also enjoyed Wings of Desire, and Der Untergang. I also saw one recently called "Das Experiment" based on the Stanford Prison Experiment. It was quite well done.

[CBGLuthier]

9. I am looking for a German comedy

Has anyone ever seen one?


Great list. Can include almost everything by Herzog.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. I'm not sure if it's available in the U.S., but the most recent version (not Disney)

of Emil und die Detektiven is a lot of fun. I saw it at a film festival.

It's been updated to be the story of a boy whose money is stolen when he falls asleep on the train. (He's on the way to stay with someone while his father is in the hospital.) Landing penniless in Berlin, he meets up with other children, who help him out. Since he has a good idea of which fellow passenger stole his money, he enlists the other children to help.

The original story was written in the 1920s, but the movie takes place in a contemporary, multicultural Berlin, where pre-teen children ride skateboards and know how to rap. Much of the humor comes from the fact that children ages 10 and up are fairly competent but still don't understand the adult world entirely.

ON EDIT: It's available in Region 2 (European) format only, so you'd have to watch it on your computer or on a region-free player.

[Rambis]

10. Not one... Die Marquise von O… (1976)

Eric Rohmer Director

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. Nirgendwo in Afrika "Nowhere in Africa"

about a German Jewish family that emigrates to Kenya just before the Nazis get serious about the Holocaust.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

13. Das Schreckliche Mädchen "The Nasty Girl"

A teenage girl decides to do a research paper on her town's history during the Nazi era and immediately starts embarrassing some prominent local citizens.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. One I saw at a film festival

Edelweiss Piraten "Edelweiss Pirates" was the name of a gang of anti-Nazi youths in the last days of World War II. They not only harassed the Nazis in large and small ways but protected those who were in trouble, often at great personal risk. (One character has a brother in the Hitler Youth.)

[Gabi Hayes]

23. I really liked that.

sorta reminded me of Cindy Sheehan....would NOT back down, no matter what

[hifiguy]

14. "The Story of Kaspar Hauser

or Every Man For Himself and God Against All." Herzog.

Haven't seen that many German films but that one absolutely blew my head off when I saw it some 30 years ago.

[bikebloke]

17. Untergang

Lola Rennt
Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei (The Edukators - auf Englisch)
Woman in Berlin
Der Baader-Meinhoff Komplex
Nordwand
Das Wilde Leben

[Gabi Hayes]

18. The Passion of the Christ -

get it?

[Gabi Hayes]

20. then, of course, there's this:

[hifiguy]

22. Nudge, nudge,

wink, wink. Say no MORE!

[MrScorpio]

19. The Tin Drum nt

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Aguirre the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, M, Metropolis.

Also, Stroszek and The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.

[Gabi Hayes]

24. The Marriage of Maria Braun....Berlin Alexanderplatz....The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant