Danton 1982  PG, 136 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chereau, Boguslaw Linda, Angela Winkler, Roland Blanche, Roger Planchon, Anne Alvaro, Emmanuelle Debever, Krzysztof Globisz, Gerard Hardy, Tadeusz Huk, Ronald Guttman, Andrzej Seweryn
During the French Revolution, Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) and Georges Danton (Gerard Depardieu) represented opposing ideas on how best to carry out the plans for liberty, equality, and fraternity. Robespierre's "Reign of Terror" prevailed, and Danton joined the aristocrats on the guillotine.
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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 1975  R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff, Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf, Dieter Laser, Jurgen Prochnow, Heinz Bennent, Hannelore Hoger, Harald Kuhlmann, Rolf Becker, Herbert Fux, Regine Lutz, Werner Eichhorn, Karl Heinz Vosgerau, Angelika Hellebrecht, Horatius Haberle, Henry van Lyck
Based on Heinrich Boll's novel, this is a film denouncing the German press and police as the story appeals for respect for human rights. The story evolves around Katharina Blum (Angela Winkler) who falls in love and, naively, lets her new lover, Ludwig (Jurgen Prochnow) spend the night. The next morning, he has disappeared, the police are at her door, and she is arrested. Too late, Katharina learns that her lover is a terrorist and traitor, and she will be the victim of persecution.
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Sheer Madness 1983  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Friends and Husbands
Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Angela Winkler, Peter Striebeck, Christine Fersen, Franz Buchrieser, Jochen Striebeck, Wladimir Yordanoff, Therese Affolter, Agnes Fink, Werner Eichhorn
Pianist and feminist literature teacher Olga (Hanna Schygulla) enjoys a relationship with an artist harboring suicidal tendencies, Ruth (Angela Winkler). The friendship is encouraged by Ruth's husband, Franz (Peter Striebeck). However, as the women rely more and more on each other, Franz feels left out, and problems ensue.
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The Tin Drum 1979 R, 144 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Mario Adorf, Angela Winkler, David Bennent, Daniel Olbrychski, Katharina Thalbach, Charles Aznavour, Andrea Ferreol, Tina Engel, Berta Drews, Roland Teubner
Based on Gunter Grass' novel, this movie won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The story is about a little boy who refuses to grow up as a protest to the rise of Nazism and destruction of his world.
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| 1. Danton (1982)
2. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
3. Sheer Madness (1983)
aka: Friends and Husbands
4. The Tin Drum (1979)
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