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Altiplano
Altiplano (2009)
, 1h49
Directed by Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Environmental films
Actors Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Behi Djanati Ataï, Jessica Woodworth, Peter Brosens

The photographer Grace is devastated after she was forced to take a picture of the killing of her guide in Iraq. Back in Belgium she withdraws the picture after it had already been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her husband Max is an oculist and leaves to work at an eye clinic in the Andes in Peru. A local mine spills mercury that causes many people of the nearby village Turubamba to succumb to illness. Max and his fellow physicians suspect toxins to be the reason for the affection. They decide to collect more data in Turubamba.
To the Limit
To the Limit (2007)
, 1h35
Directed by Pepe Danquart
Origin German
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Documentary films about sports, Documentaire sur une personnalité

Le réalisateur Pepe Danquart suit les frères Thomas et Alexander Huber lors d'ascension en Patagonie et du El Capitan, dans la vallée de Yosemite. Une grande partie est consacrée à la tentative en escalade de vitesse de The Nose et de battre le record.
Amen.
Amen. (2002)
, 2h15
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Origin German
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ion Caramitru, Michel Duchaussoy, Ulrich Mühe, Marcel Iureș

The film Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. Gerstein attempts to notify Pope Pius XII (Marcel Iureş) about the gassings, but is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy. The only person moved is Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young Jesuit priest. Fontana and Gerstein attempt to raise awareness about what is happening to the Jews in Europe but even after Fontana appealing to the pope himself, the Vatican makes only a timid and vague condemnation of Hitler and Nazi Germany.
Angry Harvest
Angry Harvest (1985)
, 1h45
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Gerd Baltus, Tilly Lauenstein, Margit Carstensen

In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. They are separated in the woods, and Leon, a local peasant who's now a farmer of some wealth, discovers the woman, Rosa, and hides her in his cellar. Leon's a middle-aged Catholic bachelor, tormented by his sexual drive. He doesn't tell Rosa he's seen signs her husband is alive, and he begs her to love him. Rosa offers herself to Leon if he'll help a local Jew in hiding who needs money. Leon pays, and love between Rosa and him does develop, but then Leon's peasant subservience and his limited empathy lead to tragedy.
Class Relations
Class Relations (1984)
, 2h7
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub et Danièle Huillet
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Mario Adorf, Laura Betti, Georg Brintrup, Thom Andersen

Karl Rossmann, adolescent de seize ans a eu des relations avec une servante de ses parents qui est maintenant enceinte. Ceux-ci l'envoient en Amérique. À l'arrivée du navire à New York, il accompagne chez le capitaine un soutier (der Heizer, le chauffeur) qui se prétend victime de brimades. Malgré la diplomatie de Karl, la situation devient tendue. Un homme survient qui dit être son oncle Jakob, un homme riche et influent. Jakob débrouille l'affaire, puis invite Karl chez lui.
Canaris
Canaris (1954)
, 1h32
Directed by Alfred Weidenmann
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors O. E. Hasse, Barbara Rütting, Adrian Hoven, Martin Held, Wolfgang Preiss, Peter Mosbacher

L'amiral Canaris dirige à Berlin l'Abwehr depuis 1937. Comme tout homme puissant, il a des rivaux comme Reinhard Heydrich, le directeur du Reichssicherheitshauptamt. Canaris est tourmenté par d'autres problèmes : il se rend compte de plus en plus de l'inhumanité de la dictature d'Adolf Hitler et commence à douter. Il prend contact avec la Résistance et son chef, le comte Claus von Stauffenberg. Après le complot du 20 juillet 1944, Canaris est écarté de ses fonctions. Peu avant la fin de la guerre, la participation de Canaris est découverte, il est alors exécuté.
Amoklauf
Amoklauf (1994)
, 1h5
Directed by Uwe Boll
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Christian Kahrmann

Ce film raconte l'histoire d'un homme seul, qui vit dans un isolement total. Il travaille comme serveur et passe son temps libre en regardant Face à la mort, ainsi qu'un grand nombre de films pornographiques en se masturbant, nu sur son lit. Un jour, il tue sa voisine avec un couteau; c'est là le début de sa folie meurtrière…
Amour, tango et mandoline
Amour, tango et mandoline (1955)
, 1h37
Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Origin German
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Georges Guétary, Willy Fritsch, Gerhard Riedmann, Claude Farell, Christiane Kubrick, Hans Richter

Après avoir fait le conservatoire de piano, la jeune Helga Lindenberg s'en va à Athènes auprès de son petit ami, le Dr. Klaus Weinert, qui fait des recherches avec son père, le Dr. Lindenberg, à l'Institut biologique. Elle a hâte de ces quelques jours avec Klaus et ne sait pas que les deux hommes doivent travailler sous la pression de l'assistante Angela Brinkmann qui mène certaines recherches pour les présenter au Congrès biologique à Rome dans dix jours. Klaus est tellement absorbé par son travail qu'il ne semble pas à l'heure à l'aéroport pour prendre Helga. C'est le chanteur Mario qui lui sert de taxi. Le père de Helga et Klaus tentent de rendre le séjour de Helga parfait. Ils vont dans un bar où Mario chante. Le jour suivant, les hommes travaillent tandis que Helga se balade dans Athènes le jour de la Saint-Georges. Bien que Klaus lui ait promis de lui montrer l'Attique, il ne peut le faire, car il doit faire une plongée sous-marine qui n'était pas prévue. Helga en profite pour revoir Mario. Quand elle rentre à la maison dans la nuit, elle refuse d'expliquer son absence à Klaus.
The Third Sex
The Third Sex (1957)
, 1h44
Directed by Veit Harlan, Erik Ode
Origin German
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paula Wessely, Germaine Damar, Joséphine Baker, Walter Giller, Loni Heuser, Christian Wolff

Fips Kluger, Franz Hempel et le trompettiste Macky sont arrêtés par la police, parce que leur groupe gêne la circulation, puis libérés. Fips raconte comment on en est arrivé là :
Anatomy
Anatomy (2000)
, 1h43
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Franka Potente, Benno Fürmann, Rüdiger Vogler, Anna Loos, Traugott Buhre, Werner Dissel

Medical student Paula Henning (Franka Potente) wins a place in a summer course at the prestigious University of Heidelberg Medical School. Her grandfather had a great name there before retiring, including being the discoverer of a useful drug, Promidal. They are tutored by Professor Grombek, who announces the hard work ahead. He also tells them that he will be using the elimination system, where the six lower grades will be periodically discarded. During one of their courses on anatomy, the body of David, a young man that Paula met and helped on the train trip, turns up on her dissection table. She is then humiliated by Professor Grombek, who dares her to cut and dissect the heart. She remarks that the body presents strange cuts, but this is dismissed as bad handling by the morgue caretaker. She decides to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. When she goes to cut a sample for an independent test she is amazed to find a triple "A" mark near David's ankle. She is then startled by the medical school's mortuary preparetor, who wants to know if Professor Grombek is aware of her acts.
Anatomy 2
Anatomy 2 (2003)
, 1h41
Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Origin German
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Franka Potente, Hanno Koffler, Barnaby Metschurat, Heike Makatsch, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Rosel Zech

The Heidelberg chapter of the Anti-Hippocratic Society for unrestricted medical research has been shut down, but at a prestigious Berlin hospital the society still thrives. The young neurosurgeon Jo from Duisburg gets caught up in a research group led by doctor Mueller LaRousse, who urges his students to test their progress on themselves. Jo participates in the trials to eventually help his brother, who has Muscular Dystrophy. When Jo and some of his fellow students show some reluctance, Mueller LaRousse uses alternative means to punish them before they can give up the society to Paula Henning, who is now investigating the society for the police.
Andreas Schlüter
Andreas Schlüter (1942)
, 1h51
Directed by Herbert Maisch
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Heinrich George, Olga Tschechowa, Mila Kopp, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Theodor Loos, Dorothea Wieck

L'Électeur de Brandebourg Frédéric III veut que sa résidence à Berlin soit un monument remarquable parmi les plus grands. Les dessins représentatifs mettent en avant par leur aspect la magnificence de Frédéric. Mais les intrigues de la Cour rendent difficile le choix d'un artiste qui puisse répondre aux désirs du souverain. Finalement on prend Andreas Schlüter après qu'il a présenté une statue équestre de l'Électeur. Frédéric en est très satisfait et fait de lui son architecte de cour. La première mission sera d'agrandir le château de Berlin et de l'orner grandement.