Here are the directions for the project assigned on December 14, 2009 and due January 15, 2010.
GEHEN WIR INS KINO!!!!! (Let's go to the movies!)
Please type-- (or write very neatly and clearly)
FINAL COPY DUE: Friday, January 15, 2010! (Or earlier)
Project is worth 200 points.
20 POINTS: Complete the movie project assignment sheet and return it with your parents' signature.
40: Complete the Movie Report Worksheet. DO THIS FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20 points: Picture. Size: 8 1/2 X 11. Create a movie poster advertising the film or simply create a scene from the film. You may use clipart or draw it by hand. Be creative and informative. Be sure to credit your sources. Colorful is best. USE ONLY GERMAN WORDS ON YOUR PICTURE!!!
100 points: (20 points per paragraph) Write a letter to your penpal. It must be FIVE (5) paragraphs. Each paragraph should contain at least TEN sentences. Use the examples provided to assist you in forming your own paragraphs. I use the Wizard of Oz for an example as it is NOT on the approved list for German and most of you have seen it.
20 points: turning it in ON TIME!!!!
Extra credit: Watch the film in German with English subtitles and have a parent sign a statement that you watched the entire film in German. This gets you 25 extra credit points.
Hint: The directions, the film list, the example letter, and the grade sheet are all posted on the following website. http://www.quia.com/pages/lafkydecember.html
Second hint: If you want to see the website with quotes on movies from previous students visit the following website:
http://www.quia.com/pages/movies.html
Third hint: You can find movie reviews in German to help you with phrasing your sentences at: www.amazon.com/de
That is the German website. Type in the German title of the movie, and then you can click on the left for "Kundenrezensionen"-- that means "customer reviews." The language you will see will be fairly complicated, but some things may help you.
Specific Directions:
1.Open as a letter and close as a letter
2. First paragraph explain the project and tell which film you choose and why.
3. Second paragraph- Explain the plot,(Handlung) the setting (Schauplatz) and the theme (das Thema.)Use the following terms in retelling the story. You must use: Zuerst (first)Dann (then) Danach (after that) and Zuletzt (lastly). Remember when starting a sentence with those terms, your VERB must come directly afterwards.
4. Third paragraph- Explain the mood(Stimmung) of the movie and give examples and describe scenes (Szene(n))
5. Fourth paragraph- Say whether or not you can recommend this film or not and why or why not. (Ich kann diesen Film (nicht) empfehlen. )
6. Fifth paragraph- Ask your penpal questions about his/her taste in movies. Tell him/her your favorite movie(s) and tell something about them. Inquire about favorite actors or actresses and share your opinions. Tell which movie you would like to see. Please finish this paragraph with good wishes for the new year.
REMEMBER: Each paragraph must have at least ten sentences.
7. Include a colorful movie poster either advertising the film or showing a scene from the movie. USE ONLY GERMAN WORDS ON YOUR ARTWORK. If you are unsure- see me or e-mail me or write me a note. The "poster" must be 8 1/2 X 11-- the same dimensions as your paper. Again- clipart, photos, drawings, etc. are all acceptable.
8. COMPLETE THE WORKSHEET FIRST!!! TURN IT IN WITH YOUR PROJECT-- USE IT TO HELP YOU ORGANIZE YOUR PROJECT.
9. You must turn in the parental signature paper as well. See below for BOTH the signature sheet and the worksheet.
MOVIE PROJECT ASSIGNMENT SHEET
WITH PARENTAL SIGNATURE
DUE: NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2010 (earlier is better)
I have read the movie project assignment packet along with the list of suggested movies. I understand that I am responsible for choosing the film my child will watch. I understand that my child,
____________________________________,
will complete the project and turn it in by January 15, 2010.
Listed below are three films of which I approve, and my child will watch one of them.
______________________________________
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Parent's signature_________________________
Date___________________________________
WORKSHEET
Ich heisse________________________________
Arbeitsblatt für meinen Film (worksheet for film)
1. Wie heisst der Film?
Der Film heisst.........
2. Was für einen Film siehst du? (eine Komödie, eine Liebesgeschichte, einen Kriegsfilm, einen Horrorfilm, einen Aktionfilm, einen Zeichentrickfilm, ein Dokumentar, eine Biographie, ein Musical, ein Western, einen Science-Fictionfilm, einen Krimi, ein Drama, eine Fantasie)
Dieser Film ist....
3.Was für Filme siehst du am liebsten?
Ich sehe am liebsten...
4. Warum wählst du diesen Film?
Ich wähle diesen Film weil…____________________________________
(put your verb on the end.)
4. Wo ist der Schauplatz ?
5. Worum geht die Handlung?
Die Handlung geht um wie…(verb at end)______________________________________
Was passiert? (what happens?) (Remember that your verb will come second)
Zuerst....
Dann....
Danach....
Zuletzt...
6. Wie ist Stimmung des Filmes? (spannend, deprimierend, irrsinnig lustig, witzig, traurig, ernst, romantisch, phantasievoll, tragisch, )
Die Stimmung dieses Filmes ist...
7. Kannst du diesen Film empfehlen? Warum oder warum nicht?
Ich empfehle diesen Film weil ich ihn gut finde. Er ist..
OR:
Ich empfehle diesen Film nicht weil ich ihn schlecht finde.
Er ist...
Here is a sample ws page based on the film we watched in class, "Silent Night."
Arbeitsblatt für meinen Film (worksheet for film)
(Sample film answers based on the film “Silent Night.”
1. Wie heisst der Film?
Der Film heisst.”Stille Nacht.”........
2. Was für einen Film siehst du? (eine Komödie, eine Liebesgeschichte, einen Kriegsfilm, einen Horrorfilm, einen Aktionfilm, einen Zeichentrickfilm, ein Dokumentar, eine Biographie, ein Musical, ein Western, einen Science-Fictionfilm, einen Krimi, ein Drama, eine Fantasie)
Dieser Film ist eine wahre Geschichte. Er ist Drama und Kriegsfilm.
3.Was für Filme siehst du am liebsten?
Ich sehe am liebsten Horrorfilme und Krimis.
4. Warum wählst du diesen Film?
Ich wähle diesen Film weil wir diesen Film in der Klasse sehen. (Put your verb on the end.)
4. Wo ist der Schauplatz ?
Der Schauplatz ist im Dezember 1944 in Deutschland.
5. Worum geht die Handlung?
Die Handlung geht um wie…(verb at end)eine Frau mit ihrem Sohn Heiligen Abend mit amerikanischen und deutschen Soldaten verbringt.
Was passiert? (What happens?)
Zuerst gehen Frau Vincken und ihr Sohn zur Hütte.
Dann kommen amerikanische Soldaten.
Danach kommen deutsche Soldaten.
Zuletzt werden die Feinde Freunde.
Wie ist Stimmung des Filmes? (spannend, deprimierend, irrsinnig lustig, witzig, traurig, ernst, romantisch, phantasievoll, tragisch, )
Die Stimmung dieses Filmes ist meistens spannend, manchmal ernst und manchmal lustig und witzig.
Kannst du diesen Film empfehlen? Warum oder warum nicht?
Ich empfehle diesen Film weil ich ihn gut finde. Er ist sehr interressant. Ich finde ihn besonders gut weil er eine wahre Geschichte ist.
OR:
Ich empfehle diesen Film nicht weil ich ihn schlecht finde.
Er ist...
DIE FILMREZENSION
GRADESHEET
1. PARENTAL SIGNATURE _____/20
2. ARBEITSBLATT (WORKSHEET) _____/40
3. POSTER (8 ½ x 11) _____/20
4. PAR. 1-PROJECT/FILM/WHY _____/20
5. PAR.2- HANDLUNG/SCHAUPLATZ/
THEMA (PLOT/SETTING/THEME)
Zuerst, dann, danach, zuletzt _____/20
6. PAR.3- STIMMUNG/SZENEN _____/20
(MOOD/SCENES)
7. PAR.4- EMPFEHLUNG? JA ODER NEIN,
WARUM ODER WARUM NICHT?
( RECOMMENDATION? YES OR NO? WHY OR WHY NOT?) _____/20
8. PAR. 5- FRAGEN? WAS FÜR FILME?
LIEBLINGSFILM? SCHAUSPIELER?
ALLES GUTE IM NEUJAHR!
(QUESTIONS? WHAT KIND OF MOVIES? FAVORITE
MOVIE? ACTORS? ALL THE BEST FOR THE NEW YEAR!) _____/20
9. TURNED IN BY JAN. 15, 2010 _____/20
EXTRA CREDIT-
DEUTSCH MIT ENGLISCHEN UNTERTITELN
Parent’s signature____________________ _____25 points
(I certify that my student watched the entire film and listened to it completely in German)
Sample letter
Beispiel für die Filmrezension (Example for the film review)(Underlined portions may/should be copied.)
Hallo _______________!
Wie geht’s? Mir geht’s prima. Der Winter gefällt mir. Ich finde die Ferien wunderbar! Leider habe ich Hausaufgaben. Für Deutschklasse müssen wir einen Film sehen. Dieser Film soll etwas mit Deutsch zu tun haben. Frau Lafky gibt uns eine Liste von Filmen. (Eine sehr lange Liste!) Ich wähle "Wizard of Oz,” weil er interessant aussieht. Meine Schwester meint er soll ein guter Film sein und der Film ist ein Musical. Ich mag Musik. Normalerweise sehe ich Horrorfilme und Komödien.
Ich erzähle dir(euch) jetzt worum dieser Film geht. Zuerst ist der Schauplatz in Kansas im Jahre 1930 und dann später in Oz. Der Hauptcharakter ist ein Mädchen, namens Dorothy. Sie wohnt bei ihrer Tante und ihrem Onkel auf dem Land in Kansas. Zuerst kommt ein Wirbelsturm. Dann wird Dorothy ohnmächtig und wenn sie weckt, ist sie nicht mehr in Kansas, sie ist in Oz. Nur ihr Hund, Toto, ist dabei. Danach hat sie viele Abenteuer. Sie lernt einen Strohmann, einen Blechmann, und einen Löwen kennen. Sie hat Probleme mit einer Hexe. Die Hexe ist böse. Zuletzt muss Dorothy die Hexe töten. Am Ende des Filmes kommt Dorothy zurück nach Kansas. Das Thema ist: “daheim ist daheim.” (There is no place like home.)
Die Stimmung dieses Filmes ist phantasievoll, manchmal spannend, manchmal lustig oder witzig, zum Teil ernst, aber meistens süß. Die Szenen mit der Hexe sind sehr spannend. Die fliegenden Affen machen meine kleine Schwester Angst. Die Szene mit dem Strohmann ist sehr witzig und der Löwe ist auch sehr lustig. Mein Lieblingscharakter ist Toto, der Hund. Er ist sehr klug. Alle spielen sehr gut.
Ich kann diesen Film empfehlen. Wenn du Musicals magst, oder wenn du Fantasie interessant findest, sollst du diesen Film sehen. Sie singen und tanzen sehr gut. Wenn du auch spannende Geschichten magst, sollst du diesen Film sehen. Ich finde ihn sehr gut, meine Großmutter findet ihn auch sehr gut und meine kleine Schwester findet ihn auch gut. Dieser Film ist sehr interessant für die ganze Familie. Der Film ist auf Englisch.
*Was für Filme siehst du am liebsten? Wie oft gehst du ins Kino? Ich gehe nur dreimal im Jahr. Wie heißt dein Lieblingsfilm? Hast du einen Lieblingsschauspieler oder eine Lieblingsschauspielerin?* Ich finde Denzel Washington und Sandra Bullock sehr gut. Mein Lieblingsfilm heißt “The King of Hearts.” Dieser Film kommt aus Frankreich und ist auf Französisch, Deutsch und Englisch. Er ist sehr lustig und das Thema ist “Krieg ist sinnlos.” Ich möchte auch andere Filme sehen. Ich möchte „Invictus,“ „Blindside“ und „Precious“ sehen. Wahre Geschichten finde ich sehr interessant. *Was machst du während der Ferien? Ich bleibe bei mir zu Hause hier in Springfield. *Ich wünsche dir einen guten Rutsch ins Neujahr! Tschüs! (Denk Schnee!! Keine Schule!!)
Mit vielen Grüssen,
Susanne
*These are written as though you are writing to one person. IF you are writing to two people, you must ask in the plural. Here it is for plural:
Was für Filme seht ihr am liebsten? Wie oft geht ihr ins Kino? Ich gehe….
Wie heissen euere Lieblingsfilme? Habt ihr Lieblingsschauspieler or Lieblingsschauspielerinnen?
Was macht ihr während der Ferien? Ich wünsche euch einen guten Rutsch ins Neujahr! Tschüs! (Denkt Schnee! Keine Schule!)
Here is alist of suggested films with short plot outlines. Students wishing to use a film not on this list must have it pre-approved by Frau Lafky.
PLOT OUTLINES (mostly taken from the Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com)
L- indicates that Frau Lafky has seen it personally and could possibly offer advice on it.
** indicates that it is MOST likely equivalent to a “G” or “PG” rating
P--indicates that a parental note MUST accompany work on this film. Your parent must be aware that you are watching a film that may include language or scenes that would NOT be standard Middle School material.
21 Hours at Munich:
A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes. A made-for-TV movie.
L-**39 Steps, The:
Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to 1930's London. After a disturbance at a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is on the run from foreign agents. He takes her back to his apartment, but they are followed and later that night Annabella is murdered. Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring and thus prove his innocence.
L-P Advertising Rules
Comedy from Germany. Edward Kaminsky, an aging ad man, wants a golden parachute from his agency; he must first land the Opel auto contract. Rosa, a youth with wealthy parents, wants to establish herself as an artist. The clumsy and enthusiastic Viktor, not quite honest, wants work. When he wanders into Kaminsky's meeting with Opel and says something about irony, the Opel director wants him in on the campaign. Then he steals an idea from Rosa that the Opel director loves. Before Rosa discovers he's expropriated her idea, Rosa and Viktor fall in love. Father-son feelings materialize between Kaminsky and Viktor. Can the impulsive Viktor hold it together before Rosa learns the truth and flies away?
Alice In The Cities (Alice in den Städten):
After wandering aimlessly across America, alienated journalist Vogler meets a woman--and finds himself saddled with her
nine-year-old daughter when she mysteriously disappears. Film reflects on the effect of American pop culture on post-war Europeans.
L-**All Quiet On The Western Front:
This is an English language film (made in America) adapted from a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The
film follows a group of German schoolboys, talked into enlisting at the beginning of World War 1 by their jingoistic teacher.
The story is told entirely through the experiences of the young German recruits and highlights the tragedy of war through the
eyes of individuals.
L-**Amadeus:
Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart's music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he
can praise the Lord through composing. But he can't understand why God favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument.
American Friend, The (Amerikanische Freund, Der):
Jonathan Zimmermann, a picture framer in Hamburg, is diagnosed as having leukemia. Ripley, an American art dealer dealing in forgeries, uses this fact to arrange for a mob associate of his to recruit Zimmermann as a hit man. Zimmermann agrees to this because this would ensure his family's financial future. Zimmermann descends into a nightmare world of deceit and double-dealing. The narrative acts as a metaphor for the relationship between American (Hollywood) and
post-war German culture. The appearance of several Hollywood directors in cameo roles underlines this.
Beethoven Lives Upstairs:
Young Christoph is convinced his mother has rented out the upstairs room to a madman. That boarder is Ludwig Van Beethoven, who is busy composing his Ninth Symphony, one of his greatest works. The boy and the cantankerously eccentric deaf composer eventually meet and Christoph begins to see the softer side of Beethoven as his music begins to win the boy over.
Blue Angel, The (Blaue Engel, Der):
Immanuel Rath, an older single man, is a teacher at the town's high school. When he discovers that some of his pupils often go into a joint, The Blue Angel, to visit a dancer, Lola Lola, he comes there to confront them. But he is captivated by Lola and
comes back again.
L-Bonhoeffer:
Portrait of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was imprisoned and killed by the Nazis for plotting to assassinate Hitler, conveys the essence of a man and his world. Bonhoeffer's life is lyrically presented, with his friends and family shedding light on his breakaway seminary, his travels to America and Harlem, his calls to change the world for better, and his noble attempts to respond to Nazi Germany as a Christian.
L-P-Boat, The (Boot, Das):
A detailed look into the claustrophobic and terrifying world of a German U-boat (submarine) crew hunting ships from undersea. Gritty, realistic, and peppered with black humor.
L-P-Cabaret:
Stylish film based on Fred Ebb-John Kander Broadway musical, from John van Druten's play I Am a Camera (filmed before in 1955), now more a vehicle for Minnelli in her Oscar-winning performance as Sally Bowles, American girl caught up in phony glitter of pre-war Berlin.
P-Colonel Redl (Oberst Redl):
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political
deception.
P- Deckname Dennis:Dennis, an American private eye, is sent to Germany to find out as much as possible about typical Germans and typically German behaviour. Disguised as a TV reporter he sets sail for Germany where we follow him interviewing a wide variety of people, from politicians and intellectuals to policemen, demonstrants and ordinary people in the street. All this, however, is not what the film is really about, for "Deckname Dennis" is actually a satirical documentary about all those extremely odd people, groups and societies whose attitudes and behaviour are far too outrageous for anybody to take seriously. Therefore ALL the documentary bits are real, i.e. the people really thought they were being interviewed by an American reporter, and so they gladly presented an insight into their beliefs, ideas and goals.
**Emil And The Detectives:
Disney version of Erich Kastner's children's book about a young boy who is robbed and determines to nail the thief with the help of young detective friends.
P- Europa:
Just after WW2, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
P- Fette Welt ( Fat World)
Munich, Germany. Homeless people live under bridges, in boxes, in the subway. A life that is hard but manageable for those who do not want to or who cannot leave. Hagen Trinker, still quite young and definitely not out of possibilities to give his life a meaning, meets Judith. She is 15 and decided to quit home as she had a fight with her parents. Hagen has a crush on her but also wants to send her back into a life without a daily struggle for living. When she also falls in love with him, he takes this present gratefully. But their happiness is over as quickly as it started. Only that Hagen now has the will to do something with his life again.
P- Fetten Jahre sind vorbei, Die..(The Edukadors)
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor.
Foreign Affair, A:
A congressional committee visits occupied Berlin to investigate G.I. morals. Congresswoman Phoebe Frost, appalled at widespread evidence of human frailty, hears rumors that cafe singer Erika, former mistress of a wanted war criminal, is "protected" by an American officer, and enlists Captain John Pringle to help her find him...not knowing that Pringle is Erika's lover.
P-Germany in Autumn (Deutschland im Herbst):
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 1970s. The movie covers the two-month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
P-Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, The (Angst des Tormannes beim Elfmeter, Die):
A portrait of alienation, following a professional soccer goalie (Brauss), who abandons his team and sets out on an odyssey. Scripted by Peter Handke, based on his novel.
L-P- Good-bye, Lenin : East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set up the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot! A sweet comedy about a son’s care for his mother.
L-P-Harmonists, The (Comedian Harmonists):
Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934 when they become banned by the Nazis, because three of them are Jewish.
L-**-Heidi (all versions):
When little Heidi is stolen by her cruel aunt (who sells her), her grouchy grandfather searches for her. Meanwhile she brings happiness to the invalid daughter of a wealthy man. Classic children's story set in 19th-century Switzerland.
L-P-Immortal Beloved:
Ludwig van Beethoven biography is told in picture-puzzle style, as Beethoven's most ardent admirer and confidant tries to learn the identity of the composer's ``immortal beloved,'' addressed in a passionate letter found after his death. Filmed in
and around Prague, it takes as many liberties with the facts as those corny Hollywood composer biopics of yore.
L-Jakob The Liar (Jakob, der Lugner):
Touching, sometimes comic tale of Polish Jew Brodsky, whose false tales to fellow ghetto dwellers give some hope against their Nazi captors. (NOTE: this is NOT the recent remake with Robin Williams.)
L**Judgment At Nuremberg:
Story of the later trials of Nazi war criminals: it has been three years since the most important Nazi leaders had been tried.
Retired American Judge Dan Haywood has a daunting task ahead of him. The Cold War is heating up and no one wants any
more trials as Germany and allied Governments want to forget the past. But the tribunal must decide the right thing to do. Did a Judge who carried out the law of the 3rd Reich commit a crime? Or simply uphold the law?
P- Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen):
The horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don't always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more...
Looking Glass War, The:
From the John le Carre Cold War novel about a British spy who sends a Polish defector to East Germany to verify missile sites.
L-P-Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The (Verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum, Die):
Solid drama about a woman persecuted because she is suspected of aiding terrorists that is also a stinging commentary on individual freedom, political repression, and the dangers of media manipulation. Based on the Hen rich Boll novel.
M:
Harrowing melodrama about psychotic child murderer brought to justice by Berlin underworld. Riveting and frighteningly contemporary. Original 111m. version, available on video, features a different ending: a brief courtroom coda that subtly changes film's final message.
L**-Miracle of the White Stallions:
In WWII Austria, Col. Alois Podhajsky must protect his beloved Lipizzaner stallions and make sure that they are surrendered
into the right hands. But U.S. General George Patton is something of a horse fancier and can help...if he sees the stallions
perform.
L-P- Mostly Martha (Bella Martha)
In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff and woe to any customer who would dare criticize her cooking. Her life is firmly centered around cooking. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. She is forced to examine her values in life.
P-Munich Mambo
Karl Lubeck is Munich. The city's heart... soul... streets... all run together like blood in his veins. He's a gumshoe... a dick... a private eye in the mold of those great 40's movie detectives. But unfortunately, Karl Lubeck has seen better days. After his wife is murdered, Karl loses his fire and disappears into underground Munich. He resurfaces as a hired snoop for, Earth Now, a radical ecology group. Enter the beautiful and mysterious secret agent Petra Schmitt. She hires Karl to find her missing sister and Karl soon finds himself drawn into a world of half-truths and lies as his simple missing-person case develops into a murder case that quickly becomes international in scope.
L-**-Mystery of Kaspar Hauser, The:
Based upon the true and mysterious story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to speak or walk, and bearing a strange note; he later explained that he had been held captive in a dungeon of some sort for
his entire life that he could remember, and had only just been released, for reasons unknown. His benefactor attempts to
integrate him into society, with intriguing results.
L-P-Nasty Girl, The (Schreckliche Mädchen, Das):
Biting serio-comic story of a high school student from a small Bavarian town whose attempts to enter a national essay contest on the subject of ``My Hometown During the Third Reich'' results in her obsessive quest for the truth. As she digs
deeper, she must struggle against the town's vocal and violent opposition to her search. Based on a true story.
L-P- Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) : A Jewish family in Germany emigrate short before the Second World War. They move to Kenya to start running a farm, but not all members of the family come to an arrangement with their new life. Shortly after their departure, things are changing in Germany very quickly, and a turning back seems impossible. So everyone has to arrange himself with the new life in a new continent.
L-Odessa File, The:
After reading the diary of an eldery Jewish man who commited suicide, freelance German journalist Peter Miller begins to investigate the alleged sighting of a former SS-Captain who commanded a concentration camp during World War II. Miller eventually finds himself involved with the powerful orginization of former SS members, called ODESSA, as well as with the
Israeli secret service.
P-One Day in September:
This is the German documentary-style film based on the handling and terror at the 1972 Olympics when terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes. Contains some violent and graphic images. It is NOT available on video. It is in the theatres now. It is dubbed in English.
One, Two, Three:
MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin in 1961, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, his
boss’s daughter, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task. After
MacNamara has found out that Scarlett is seeing an East German communist named Otto, he goes to extreme lengths
trying to conceal this from the girl's father in order to save his job.
L-P-Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt):
At home, Lola gets a call from her frightened boyfriend who has lost a large amount of gang money he was smuggling into the country. His only chance of staying alive is if she can get replacement cash to him in twenty minutes. Lola decides to try her father at the bank where he works. But exactly how things will turn out depends crucially, almost to the microsecond,
on how she sets off on her errand.
Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The:
Sherlock Holmes meets Sigmund Freud in Vienna, and Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux. Shifts gears from serious drama to tongue-in-cheek adventure.
L-P-Shining Through:
Spy drama/romance set in WWII, with Melanie Griffith as an outspoken young woman who falls in love with her boss, and convinces him to let her take a dangerous assignment in Berlin--though she has no espionage experience except what she's
seen in movies.
L- ** Silent Night: Fact-based World War II story set on Christmas Eve, 1944, finds a German Mother (Linda Hamilton) and her son seeking refuge in a cabin on the war front. When she is invaded by three American soldiers and then three German soldiers, she successfully convinces the soldiers to put aside their differences for one evening and share a Christmas dinner. (made for TV-Hallmark)
Sissi and
Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin and
Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin:
A very young and innocent girl marries the ruler of the most powerful empire on earth. A trilogy of movies about the Austrian princess Sissi. The films recreate the entire period of history of the romance between young Sissy, Princess of Bavaria, and the young Franz Josef, from the very beginning to the period after the "Ausgleich" (establishment of the dual monarchy of
Austria-Hungary). It ends on a high note, while all involved was at its peak, leaving out the all the subsequent tragic events.
L-**-Sound Of Music, The:
Popular Rodgers & Hammerstein musical based on Austria's real-life Von Trapp family, who fled their homeland in 1938 to
escape from Nazi rule.
L-P-Spring Symphony (Fruhlingssinfonie):
Follows the true story of Clara Wieck, extraordinary pianist, and her father’s musical protégé, Robert Schumann.
Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The:
Alec Leamas, a British spy during the Cold War, is sent to East Germany supposedly to defect, but in fact to sow disinformation.
As more plot turns appear, Leamas becomes more convinced that his own people see him as just a cog. His struggle back from dehumanization becomes the final focus of the story.
L**Student Prince, The:
Venerable Sigmund Romberg operetta about heir to throne sent to Heidelberg for one last fling, where he falls in love with a barmaid.
P- Taking Sides ( Der Fall Furtwängler);A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order--and justice--to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing. Orchestra members vouch for Furtwangler's morality--he did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra. To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod; to Major Arnold, he is just a lying, weak-willed Nazi.
L-**-Third Man, The:
An American pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in post-WWII Vienna only to find that the friend who wired for him
was killed under mysterious circumstances. The ensuing mystery entangles him in his friend's involvement in the black
market, with the multinational police, and with his Czech girlfriend.
P- Untergang, Der ( Downfall)It's the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler's personal secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer's bunker. Facing inevitable defeat, Hilter's moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last hours in the Bunker.
L-P-Versprechen, Das (The Promise)East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.
L-Valkyrie-( Walküre) PG13: Based on actual events. In Nazi Germany during World War II, a cadre of senior German officers and politicians desperately plot to topple the Nazi regime before the nation is crushed in a near-inevitable defeat. To this end, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, an Army officer convinced he must save Germany from Hitler, is recruited to mastermind a real plan. To do so, he arranges for the internal emergency measure, Operation: Valkyrie, to be changed to enable his fellows to seize control of Berlin after the assassination of the Fuhrer. However, even as the plan is put into action, a combination of bad luck and human failings conspire on their own to create a tragedy that would prolong the greater one gripping Europe.
Vitus: The film tells the story of a highly-gifted boy whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him - they want him to become a pianist. However, one day the boy, Vitus, is no longer willing to comply with his parents' plans and ambitions because he wants to follow his own star.
P- Weisse Rose, Die (The White Rose) Based on actual events. During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University begin to question the decesions and sanity of Germany's Nazi government. The students form a resistance cell which they name the "White Rose" after a newsletter that is secretly distributed to the student body. At first small in numbers and fearful of discovery, the White Rose begins to gain massive support after a Nazi Gauleiter nearly incites a student riot after a provocative speech. At this point, the matter is taken over by the German Gestapo, who pledge to hunt down and destroy the members of the White Rose.
L-P-Wings Of Desire (Himmel uber Berlin, Der):
Lyrical meditation/fairy tale about a pair of angels who wander through the streets of West Berlin. They observe life around them and ponder what it would be like to be human.
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