The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant 1972  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann
Lesbian fashion designer Petra von Kant (Margit Carstensen) mistreats her assistant, Marlene (Irm Hermann), and "enjoys" a love/hate relationship with her lover, Karin (Hanna Schygulla), in this slow-paced psychodrama. The film is set entirely in Petra's bedroom and has only three main characters, but the result is an entertaining two hours.
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 Enemy at the Gates 2001 R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Gabriel Thomson, Eva Mattes, Matthias Habich, Sophie Rois, Ivan Shvedoff, Mario Bandi, Mikhail Matveyev, Hans Martin Stier, Clemens Schick
This film is based on true facts of a cat-and-mouse game of survival played between a Russian, Vassily Zaitsev (Jude Law), and his enemy, German businessman Major Koenig (Ed Harris) during World War II. When fate brings them together, Zaitsev and Koenig, who have both fallen in love with Tanya (Rachel Weisz), engage in their own battle while the Battle of Stalingrad rages.
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In a Year of 13 Moons 1978  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Eva Mattes, Gunther Kaufmann, Lilo Pempeit, Isolde Barth, Karl Scheydt, Walter Bockmayer, Bob Dorsay, Peter Kollek
Formerly a man, Elvira Weishaupt (Volker Spengler) had a sex change after telling Anton Saitz (Gottfried John) that she loved him and being told, "Too bad, you aren't a woman." Now, Elvira tries to win Anton's love, but Anton is simply not interested.
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My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski 1999 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Eva Mattes, Beat Presser, Andres Vicente
This documentary revolves around the professional and personal relationship between the German actor, Klaus Kinski, and the great director, Werner Herzog. Clips–both on stage and off–are shown during work on a number of their movies, including "Aquirre, the Wrath of God," "My Best Friend," and "Fitzcarraldo."
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Otomo 1999 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Frieder Schlaich
Cast: Isaach De Bankole, Eva Mattes, Hanno Friedrich, Barnaby Metschurat, Lara Kugler, Siegrid Burkholder, Gottfried Breitfuss, Traute Hoess, Haseyin Cirpici, Bernd Gnann
One morning when a West African immigrant, Otomo (Isaach De Bankole), goes job hunting in Stuttgart, Germany, racism shows its ugly face on the subway. Events accelerate until, by day's end, Otomo loses it: two West German police officers lie dead and Otomo is bayoneted and shot to death by the police. Based on a shocking true story.
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Stroszek 1977  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Eva Mattes, Bruno S., Clemens Scheitz, Wilhelm von Homburg, Burkhard Driest, Clayton Szaplinski, Pitt Bedewitz, Ely Rodriguez, Alfred Edel, Scott McKain, Ralph Wade, Michael Gahr, Vaclav Vojta, Yuecsel Topcuguerle, Bob Evans
Three German emigrants–street musician Bruno Stroszek (Bruno S.), prostitute Eva (Eva Mattes), and elderly Scheitz (Clemens Scheitz)–arrive in America looking for fame and fortune and end up in Railroad Flats, Wisconsin. After discovering that they can buy on credit, they move into a motor home but soon find that their lives have not changed and sadly resemble those that they had lived in Germany. This is an excellent social satire.
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| 1. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
2. Enemy at the Gates (2001)
3. In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
aka: In a Year of Thirteen Moons
4. My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski (1999)
5. Otomo (1999)
6. Stroszek (1977)
7. Woyzeck (1978)
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