German films

[Sgt Sunshine]

I'll kick off the German film section with a trailer for my favourite German film....Wim Wenders spellbinder "Wings of Desire" 1987...



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Sgt S

[Sgt Sunshine]

Here come some more goodies.....

Franka Potente in Tom Tykwer's fast paced film....."Run Lola Run" 1998



Enjoy..
Sgt S

[Sgt Sunshine]

Controversial but still deserving of its Oscar....Volker Schlondorff's "The Tin Drum". 1979



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Sgt S

[Moor Larkin]

I went to see The Tin Drum and quite liked it although I'm not sure I ever knew what it was all about....
I then bought the book, but don't think I ever quite finished it, so still none the wiser. I recently *discovered* Wings of Desire on t'internet.

Goodbye to Lenin was superb:

[Sgt Sunshine]

Cheers Moor L......
The Tin Drum is certainly an acquired taste........
Try and get hold of the DVD of Wings Of Desire.....its worth it alone for his (Wim Weders)interpretations and his out-takes etc....
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Sgt S

[Sgt Sunshine]

The opening scenes to Fassbinder's 1978 classic "The Marriage of Maria Braun"....



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Sgt S

[icetorch]

I do love the Tin Drum (and the novel), and saw it in West Berlin, where I was working, on its official release in the festival. Later that year I was visiting a chemist in Berlin, in which the young David Bennent, the star of the film, and his family were also shopping. They were very noisy, but then that's the Berliners for you - as they say of themselves: "The Berliner has a big heart - and a big mouth!", and it's very true!

I must take issue with you over your title for this thread, though, Sergeant: "german films...............". Why all those annoying full stops? Only one is necessary. It's enough to give you a migraine. And it's "German", not "german". Put on your dunce's cap and go and stand in the corner!

[Sgt Sunshine]

I do love the Tin Drum (and the novel), and saw it in West Berlin, where I was working, on its official release in the festival. Later that year I was visiting a chemist in Berlin, in which the young David Bennent, the star of the film, and his family were also shopping. They were very noisy, but then that's the Berliners for you - as they say of themselves: "The Berliner has a big heart - and a big mouth!", and it's very true!

I must take issue with you over your title for this thread, though, Sergeant: "german films...............". Why all those annoying full stops? Only one is necessary. It's enough to give you a migraine. And it's "German", not "german". Put on your dunce's cap and go and stand in the corner!

.........lots of these are ............part of my persona that go to make up the enigma that is Sgt S.......
My advice would be to take some Asprin if you feel one coming on.........I can only think in small chunks anyhow..........
The idea with the small "g" was in direct response to the French films thread......which "lo & behold starts with a small "f"......
Rant over......mate
Put in some of your favourites ice t old chum.......

[icetorch]

Put in some of your favourites ice t old chum.......

Now there was one called "The German Sisters", from the 1980s I think, which I have only seen once. It was based on the lives of a couple of the German Baader-Meinhof women, and was actually very thoughtful. I well remember being in Germany in the mid-70s and seeing "wanted" posters showing photos of young women (Baader-Meinhof terrorists), and some of them absolute "babes". I remember wondering what on Earth was going on in Germany.

As for Wenders, I liked his "The American Friend" from the 1970s - a very enigmatic film.

[Sgt Sunshine]

Now there was one called "The German Sisters", from the 1980s I think, which I have only seen once. It was based on the lives of a couple of the German Baader-Meinhof women, and was actually very thoughtful. I well remember being in Germany in the mid-70s and seeing "wanted" posters showing photos of young women (Baader-Meinhof terrorists), and some of them absolute "babes". I remember wondering what on Earth was going on in Germany.

As for Wenders, I liked his "The American Friend" from the 1970s - a very enigmatic film.

I'll try and find some trailers of them later .....they sound really interesting.....

[Sgt Sunshine]

This is the film you mean from 1981...."Die Bleierne Zeit"........managed to find a clip for you.......



Plus a very short clip from "The American Friend" (also starring Bruno Ganz & Dennis Hopper who I saw a few days ago in Easy Rider)



Cheers
Sgt S

[jimw1]

Werner herzog has always been my favourite German film director, producer, screenwriter..etc

I can strongly Recommended His documentary "The White Diamond"




Quote " The White Diamond is a 2004 documentary film by Werner Herzog. It illustrates the history of aviation and depicts the struggles and triumphs of Graham Dorrington, an aeronautical engineer, who has designed and built a teardrop-shaped airship which he plans to fly over the forest canopies of Guyana"








And Of course his 1979 Film Nosferatu the Vampyre (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht)

With Bruno Ganz ' Klaus kinski and the Beautiful Isabelle Adjani.........

[Sgt Sunshine]

Great clips there Jim......thanks
That "Nosferatu" is one I'd like to borrow sometime, providing you have it....
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Sgt S

[will.15]

[jimw1]

Great clips there Jim......thanks
That "Nosferatu" is one I'd like to borrow sometime, providing you have it....
Cheers
Sgt S

Yes no Problem Sgt your Welcome......had it in my collection for a long time....

Nice thread BTW.......

[jimw1]

Another one of Herzog's Fascinating Documentaries.....



The Seals that sound like Pink Floyd

[icetorch]

This is the film you mean from 1981...."Die Bleierne Zeit"........managed to find a clip for you.......

Brilliant! Will try to find the whole film or DVD now.

Plus a very short clip from "The American Friend" (also starring Bruno Ganz & Dennis Hopper who I saw a few days ago in Easy Rider)

Excellent film. Another one to re-watch.

You've put those bloody dots back on the title, haven't you? After all I've done for you - and STILL you want to kill me.

[TimR]

I just watched Murnau's Faust with Emil Jannings. The design is remarkable, as with so many of the great German silents.

[Wolfgang]

[Moor Larkin]

I recall watching Triumph des Willens some years ago, when it was shown on British TV - as I understood it, for the first time.... 1980's ? - I think it was paired up with a documentary about Leni Riefenstahl, including interviews with her. I had heard so much about the film over the years I suppose I was expecting something more *sensational* but to be honest I was pretty neutral about it. I recall the documentary explaining about all the radical camera techniques Riefenstahl used, but not being (then) hugely interested in how these things were done, it made little difference to me and I couldn't really see what all the fuss had been about. I suppose I had watched so many episodes of All Our Yesterdays that the posturing National Socialists no longer seemed especially surprising and the athletes seemed curiously amateurish by comparison with the modern day.

I think the same season included that other, rather more more infamous Nazi movie, Der ewige Jude and that just seemed outlandishly strange and left me feeling a bit sorry for Liefenstahl and her post-war fate, by comparison with what happened six years later.