Coup de Grace 1976  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Cast: Margarethe von Trotta, Matthias Habich, Rudiger Kirschstein, Mathieu Carriere, Marc Eyraud, Valeska Gert, Bruno Thost, Frederik von Zichy, Henry van Lyck, Franz Morek
World War I has just ended and the Soviet Civil War is in full swing in 1919 Latvia where three aristocrats have lived out the war on their estate–despite bombings and fighting around them. One of the aristocrats, Sophie (Margarethe von Trotta), is a Communist sympathizer and continuously falls in love with men who do not love her. An eerie film with abundant symbolism (much of which only a historian can pick up on).
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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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The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser 1975  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Brigitte Mira, Walter Ladengast, Willy Semmelrogge, Hans Musaus, Michael Kroecher, Henry van Lyck, Enno Patalas, Elis Pilgrim, Volker Prechtel
Based on the true story of a boy who was raised in the wilds and was discovered as a young man in Nuremberg, this is a compelling drama.
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Signs of Life 1968  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Peter Brogle, Wolfgang Reichmann, Athina Zacharopoulou, Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg, Wolfgang Stumpf, Henry van Lyck, Julio Pinheiro, Florian Fricke, Heinz Usener, Achmed Hafiz
On the island of Crete, during World War II, German paratrooper Stroszek (Peter Brogle), his wife (Athina Zacharopoulou), and two other soldiers (Wolfgang Reichmann and Wolfgang von Ungern-Sternberg) are sent to guard a munitions depot. Boredom leads to Stroszek's insanity, he drives the others away, and threatens to blow up the fortress. It is now up to the German command to stop the insane renegade.
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| 1. Coup de Grace (1976)
2. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (1975)
3. The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
aka: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
4. Signs of Life (1968)
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