German Films - The Undiscovered Cinema!

[superigel]

I am a San Francisco Bay Area resident and local Deutschophile, and I just found out that our beloved Berlin and Beyond Film Festival, the annual German film festival put on by our local branch of the Goethe Institute, has been pushed back from its traditional January date to Fall of 2010

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[courtneydrewb]

I really want to see Die Welle~! A few years back I saw an American adaptation of that book from the 80s i believe with Bruce Davison.

[superigel]

That was the TV movie made about the same story. It's a true story that took place not too far from where I live. Die Welle is a movie that I think could even play in US theaters, but no one seems to want to risk trying to get Americans to watch a foreign film. Beh! >:P

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083316/

[courtneydrewb]

foreign films always have problems here. >:(

[superigel]

Xtra points for McCoy icon! :)

[paperwitch]

You should try and see some of the movies Fatih Akin made as a director.

I loved "Im Juli", "Gegen die Wand" and especially his newest movie "Soul kitchen".

[superigel]

I've seen Im Juli. It's a favorite among the more knowledgable deutschophiles around here. The other movies I don't know about yet though. Thaks for the recommendations!

[begepotam]

"Knocking on Heaven's Door" is one of my all time favs.

I also like everythging related to Til Schweiger, like "Barfuß" or Fatih Akin, like "Im Juli".

I experienced those outside of Germany :)

[superigel]

I've seen I'm Juli, but I've only heard of the others. Thanks for the recommendations!

I've only seen a few movies in Germany. The last movie I saw in Berlin was The Dark Knight, dubbed into German. :P (And they BADLY translated the best scene in the film. D'oh!)

[tigerlilies_x]

I like Sonnenallee, I thought it was a bit underwhelming the first time I saw it but it's really grown on me. :D

[superigel]

I've heard of the film, but have not seen yet. Thanks for the rec!

[knuffs]

Also I'd like to mention Männerpension (D. Buck) and Der Eisbär (also starring Til Schweiger); Der Campus (starring Heiner Lauterbach); Das Experiment (starring Moritz Bleibtreu); Die Apothekerin (starring Jürgen Vogel); Bandits (starring Katja Riemann); Dresden (also starring Heiner Lauterbach); and Rossini oder die mörderische Frage wer mit wem schlief....

Ehm I can't think of anymore, except for Der Krieger und die Kaiserin (Tom Tykwer film). I really liked that one.

[superigel]

Thanks for the recommendations! I own a copy of Der Krieger und Die Kasierin, which I actually like better than the ever ubiquitous Run Lola Run. I've also seen Bandits and Das Experiment but not the rest.

How many movies has Moritz Bleibtreu made anyways?? :/