Antonieta 1982  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Carlos Saura
Cast: Isabelle Adjani, Hanna Schygulla, Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Carlos Bracho, Gonzalo Vega, Diana Bracho, Hector Alterio, Bruno Rey, Jose Lavat, Diego Luna
French psychologist Anna (Hanna Schygulla) journeys to Mexico to investigate the life of an author, Antonieta Rivas Mercado (Isabelle Adjani), who committed suicide inside Notre Dame Cathedral in 1931.
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Berlin Alexanderplatz 1980  N/R, 930 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Barbara Sukowa, Gottfried John, Helmut Griem, Udo Kier, Ivan Desny, Hark Bohm, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Karin Baal, Franz Buchrieser, Peter Kollek
World War I Berlin is the backdrop of Alfred Doblin's 1929 novel. Presented as 14 individual episodes, the story follows the life of an ex-convict who tries to live an honorable existence but finds problems at every turn in the Berlin environment during the rise of Nazism.
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Beware of a Holy Whore 1971 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Lou Castel, Eddie Constantine, Marquard Bohm, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Hannes Fuchs, Ulli Lommel, Marcella Michelangeli, Kurt Raab, Karl Scheydt
The cast and crew of a German film company are on location awaiting materials (due to lack of funds) and the director, Jeff (Lou Castel). While they wait, the time is spent drinking, fighting, and sleeping around. When Jeff arrives, the funding has still not shown, and so more of the same antics continue as insights are gained on the filmmakers' lives.
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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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Circle of Deceit 1981  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: False Witness
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jean Carmet, Jerzy Skolimowski, Gila von Weitershausen, Peter Martin Urtel, John Munro, Fouad Naim, Josette Khalil, Khaled El Sayed, Sarah Salem, Tafic Najem
The Lebanon War, as seen through the eyes of German journalist Georg Laschen (Bruno Ganz), is the subject of this film. Laschen stays long after other journalists pull out because of danger as he tries to understand the violence between Christians and Palestinians and report it to the world.
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Dead Again 1991 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Andy Garcia, Robin Williams, Lois Hall, Wayne Knight, Christine Ebersole, Raymond Cruz, Hanna Schygulla, Campbell Scott, Jo Anderson, Richard Easton, Patrick Montes, Patrick Doyle
Los Angeles detective Mike Church (Kenneth Branagh) comes to the aid of amnesia victim Grace (Emma Thompson) who is suffering from nightmares about the murder of pianist Margaret Strauss (also played by Thompson). In an attempt to help Grace regain her identity, Mike takes her to hypnotist Franklyn Madson (Derek Jacobi) who runs an antique shop. While Grace is under hypnosis, surprises concerning both Mike and Grace that link them to the murder of Margaret 40 years ago are revealed.
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The Delta Force 1986 PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Menahem Golan
Cast: Lee Marvin, Chuck Norris, Lainie Kazan, Shelley Winters, Martin Balsam, Joey Bishop, Robert Forester, George Kennedy, Susan Strasberg, Hanna Schygulla
Loosely based on the TWA hijacking in 1985, Delta Force–led by Major McCoy and Colonel Alexander (Chuck Norris and Lee Marvin)–is sent to save the day by rescuing the airline passengers.
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The Edge of Heaven 2007  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Baki Davrak, Nursel Kose, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nurgul Yesilcay, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Hanna Schygulla, Yelda Reynaud, Lars Rudolph, Andreas Thiel, Yusuf Kaba
When widower Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz) invites prostitute Yeter (Nursel Kose) to move in with him, Ali's son Nejat (Baki Davrak) disapproves. But, as time passes, Nejat learns that Yeter sends money to her daughter Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay) in Istanbul, and he softens his views. When Yeter dies, Nejat obtains a false passport to track Ayten down in Istanbul. But, Ayten, who is a political activist, has left Turkey and is now in Germany where she has found a friend in German student Lotte (Patrycia Ziolkowska) whose mother Susanne (Hanna Schygulla) is not pleased with their lesbian friendship. Ayten is arrested and deported back to Turkey. Lotte follows to search for her, meets Nejat, and rents a room from him. Now, Lotte suffers a sudden death, and Susanne travels to Turkey where she meets Nejat who has moved to Istanbul, moves into Lotte's room, and hopes to spiritually reconnect with her daughter.
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Forever, Lulu 1987  R, 85 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
aka: Crazy Streets
Director: Amos Kollek
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Deborah Harry, Alec Baldwin, Annie Golden, Paul Gleason, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Raymond Serra, George Kyle, Bill Corsair, Jonathan Freeman, Amos Kollek, Charles Ludlam
Through a series of bizarre events, aspiring, but out-of-work, writer Elaine (Hanna Schygulla) gets her hands on information that the police could use to break up a drug ring. She turns over the information, gains instant celebrity status, writes a best-selling novel, and finds love as well. But, wait. There are more than a few problems to encounter along the way.
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The Girl of Your Dreams 1998 R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fernando Trueba
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz, Rosa Maria Sarda, Santiago Segura, Loles Leon, Jesus Bonilla, Neus Asensi, Miroslav Taborsky, Johannes Silberschneider, Gotz Otto, Hanna Schygulla
Set in 1938 during the Spanish Civil War, a Spanish film company is invited to Hitler's Germany to shoot their movie and gladly accepts in order to get away from war-torn Spain. But all doesn't go as well as hoped, including being watched over by Propaganda Minister Goebbels (Johannes Silberschneider) who also makes a run on the film's star, Macarena (Penelope Cruz). A good film directed by Fernando Trueba who also Directed the Academy Award-winning "Belle Epoque."
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Gods of the Plague 1970 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer, Gunther Kaufmann, Ingrid Caven, Carla Egerer, Katrin Schaake, Irm Hermann, Jan George, Lilo Pempeit, Peter Moland
Fresh out of prison, Franz (Harry Baer) attempts to start a new life, but it becomes too hard and he reverts to his old ways. An early Fassbinder effort that displays his original thinking.
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Katzelmacher 1969 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Elga Sorbas, Hans Hirschmuller, Lilith Ungerer, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Peter Moland, Doris Mattes, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
This is the story of a group of Munich men and women who hang out all day and night talking, smoking, and having sex. Circumstances change when an outsider, a Greek immigrant (Rainer Werner Fassbinder), arrives on the scene.
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Love Is Colder Than Death 1969 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Ingrid Caven, Liz Soellner, Ursula Stratz, Irm Hermann, Gisela Otto, Monika Nuchtern, Hans Hirschmuller, Kurt Raab, Peter Moland
A pimp/small-time criminal and the man that is sent to kill him strike up a friendship–even to the extent of sharing the pimp's girlfriend–in this unusual crime story that, though low budget, displays the talents of a young Fassbinder.
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The Marriage of Maria Braun 1978 R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, George Byrd, Claus Holm, Gunter Lamprecht
In this, the first of three parables concerning postwar Germany, Hanna Schygulla takes on the role of Maria Braun who is a young woman who uses her head not only to survive but also to prosper. The other two parables are "Lola" and "Veronika Voss."
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The Merchant of Four Seasons 1972 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hans Hirschmuller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Kurt Raab, Heide Simon, Klaus Lowitsch, Karl Scheydt, Ingrid Caven
This is a bleak, but powerful, portrait of Hans, a fruit peddler on the streets of a German town. Starting with high hopes after returning from a tour in the French Foreign Legion, he settles into a loveless marriage, and his depression gets deeper as his failures mount. He finally drinks himself to death.
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Passion 1982 R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Patrick Bonnel, Sophie Lucachevski, Barbara Tissier, Magali Campos, Myriem Roussel, Serge Desarnanos, Agnes Banfalvy
Polish director Jerzy (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) is working on a film that is a study in light and image and is using paintings by Goya, Velasquez, and other masters for the scenery. There are problems: the actors do not understand the story, and filming is behind schedule because Jerzy cannot get the lighting right. Now the backers are complaining that the film lacks a story. Meanwhile, Jerzy is ending his affair with Hanna (Hanna Schygulla) whose husband just happens to own the hotel where Jerzy's cast and crew are staying. And then there is his other affair with a factory worker Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) who is trying to unionize her fellow workers. And Jerzy still wonders why there must be a story.
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Pioneers in Ingolstadt 1971 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Irm Hermann, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Walter Sedlmayr, Klaus Lowitsch, Carla Egerer, Gunther Kaufmann, Berghard Schlicht, Elga Sorbas
Soldiers are sent to Ingolstadt to build a bridge. This minor work of Fassbinder shows them at their work and their sexual exploits during their time off.
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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 Third Generation 1979 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast: Eddie Constantine, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Udo Kier, Volker Spengler, Gunther Kaufmann, Hark Bohm, Bulle Ogier, Harry Baer, Vitus Zeplichal, Raul Gimenez, Y Sa Lo, Lilo Pempeit, Claus Holm
German terrorists–Rudolf, Paul, and August (Harry Baer, Raul Gimenez, and Volker Spengler)–masquerade as clowns and kidnap prominent industrialist Peter Lurz (Eddie Constantine) in an effort to attract attention to the evils of capitalism, but their inane mistakes prove to be their undoing.
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Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? 1970 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Michael Fengler
Cast: Kurt Raab, Lilith Ungerer, Amadeus Fengler, Lilo Pempeit, Franz Maron, Harry Baer, Peter Moland, Hanna Schygulla, Ingrid Caven, Irm Hermann, Doris Mattes, Vinzenz Sterr, Maria Sterr
Technical designer Herr R. appears to have life going his way: a good marriage and a promising professional future–until he runs amok and kills his wife, child, and neighbor.
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The Wrong Move 1975 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Wrong Movement
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Kern, Ivan Desny, Marianne Hoppe, Lisa Kreuzer, Adolf Hansen, Wim Wenders
Aspiring writer Wilhelm (Rudiger Vogler) sets off on a train ride to Bonn and along the way meets good-looking Therese Farner (Hanna Schygulla), ex-Olympian Laertes (Hans Christian Blech) with his mute teen companion Mignon (Nastassja Kinski), and not-so-great poet Bernhard Landau (Peter Kern). But, within this group, personal connections are not easy to attain.
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| 1. Antonieta (1982)
2. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
3. Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
4. The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
5. Circle of Deceit (1981)
aka: False Witness
6. Dead Again (1991)
7. The Delta Force (1986)
8. The Edge of Heaven (2007)
9. Forever, Lulu (1987)
aka: Crazy Streets
10. The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
11. Gods of the Plague (1970)
12. Katzelmacher (1969)
13. Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
14. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
15. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
16. Passion (1982)
17. Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971)
18. Sheer Madness (1983)
aka: Friends and Husbands
19. The Third Generation (1979)
20. Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
21. The Wrong Move (1975)
aka: The Wrong Movement
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