Querelle
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery…
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition…
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer — arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. She mistreats Marlene (her secretary, maid, and co-designer). Enter Karin, a 23-year-old beauty who wants to be…
Chinese Roulette
A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family’s country house with their lovers.
Martha
After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman – Helmut.
World on a Wire
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Fox and His Friends
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up…
Germany in Autumn
Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late…
In a Year with 13 Moons
Elvira Weishaupt, once a burly working-class butcher named Erwin, has made an enormous sacrifice for love. She has undergone a sex change for a romantic interest who has abandoned her,…
The Third Generation
A mogul merrily funds terrorists to boost his computer sales, by panicking West German government and industry c. 1980, as the third generation of Western European left-wing activists forms, after…
Lola
Germany in the autumn of 1957: Lola, a seductive cabaret singer-prostitute exults in her power as a temptress of men, but she wants out—she wants money, property, and love. Pitting…
Veronika Voss
In Munich 1955, German film star Veronika Voss becomes a drug addict at the mercy of corrupt Dr. Marianne Katz, who keeps her supplied with morphine. After meeting sports writer…
Despair
Germany from the first 1930s. Against the background of the Nazis’ growth, Hermann Hermann, ” a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly insane. It starts with his seats himself…
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning woman, is lonely at her older age. Her husband died years before, along with her older kids provide small companionship. 1 night she goes into a…