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- DirectorGustav UcickyStarsWerner KraussHelene ThimigMathias WiemanAfter being seriously wounded in WW1, Heinrich Martin's memory was wiped out for years: he neither knew his name nor what kind of life he led. Now, suddenly, everything has come back to him.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsHanna SchygullaPiotr LysakArmin Mueller-StahlIn May of 1983, a man turns 49 and, with his 17-year old son, journeys to the village in Baden that he left 40 years before. He wants to discover what happened then, the truth about an affair his mother had with a young Polish prisoner of war, how the authorities came to learn of it, the lovers' arrest, and the aftermath. While his son takes Polaroid photographs, he retraces the steps of his childhood and interviews those who should remember. The story is disclosed in flashbacks that focus on the lovers (Paulina and Stanislaus), on a jealous and conniving neighbor, and on Mayer, the local SS commander who wants to find a way out of inevitable consequences.
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsBibiana BeglauRichard KropfMartin WuttkeThe riveting true story of Rita Vogt, a 1970s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi. She lives in constant fear of having her cover blown, until it unavoidably happens after the German re-unification.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBernhard GoetzkeLil DagoverWalter JanssenWhen a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.
- DirectorAndreas ProchaskaStarsSabrina ReiterJulia Rosa PeerMichael SteinocherIn Ebensee, the teenagers Nina, her boyfriend Martin, Clemens, his girlfriend Alex and Mona are best friends since their childhood. On their high-school graduation day, they all receive the same text message, "In three days you will be dead!", but they believe is a stupid joke from their weird schoolmate Patrick. However, when Martin is found dead in the Lake Traunsee, the group realizes that it is not a prank. When Nina is attacked and Patrick is killed trying to save her, they recall a tragic incident from their childhood.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsA man dressed in red is ushered into an antechamber in a Castle and offered a seat. When he tried to sit down the chair moves to the other side of the room causing the man to fall on the floor. Standing up he strides to the chair but on trying to lift it a Spector materializes in the chair, arises and challenges the man. The man pulls out his sword and lunges at the Spector but it changes into a skeleton. Seeing the change the man tried to grab the skeleton but it changes into an armor clad guard. The man attempts to move the guard but a devil appears and waves the man away. The man recoils from the devil and tries to leave but the Spector reappears. Both it and the devil frighten the man from the antechamber.
- DirectorLeo BirinskyPaul LeniStarsEmil JanningsConrad VeidtWerner KraussA wax museum hires a writer to give the sculptures stories. The writer imagines himself and the museum owner's daughter in the stories.
- DirectorArthur RobisonStarsFritz KortnerRuth WeyherGustav von WangenheimA wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsKathy BatesJessica TandyMary Stuart MastersonEvelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRiver PhoenixKeanu ReevesJames RussoTwo best friends living on the streets of Portland as hustlers embark on a journey of self discovery and find their relationship stumbling along the way.
- DirectorAlfred WeidenmannStarsLiselotte PulverNadja TillerHansjörg FelmySecond part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th-century Germany.
- DirectorValie ExportStarsAdelheid ArndtRüdiger VoglerHagnot ElischkaJudith is a maverick reporter who is also seeking a satisfying relationship with various men. She finds corruption and power-games everywhere.
- DirectorGeoffrey SaxStarsMatt SmithImogen PootsLindsay DuncanHow real-life British-American author Christopher Isherwood and his German boyfriend Heinz met and fell in love during the 1930s and the rise of Nazism.
- DirectorJan PeterStarsPascal UlliAnnett RennebergMareike FellAstrud, Iris und Marie sind um die fünfzehn, nicht gerade schüchtern und fürchten nichts mehr als Langeweile. Das Trio verbindet eine Vorliebe für makabre Wetten, und als sie feststellen, für den gleichen Mann zu schwärmen, beschließen sie, das Patt durch eine Wette zu lösen. Ray, Rockstar kurz vor dem Durchbruch, ist der Wettgewinn. Wilde Gerüchte von Drogenexzessen, Sex mit Minderjährigen und Gefängnis prägen seinen Ruf. Wahrheit oder Märchen? Die Mädchen folgen ihm in sein Apartment am Rande der Stadt, und was sie dort erleben, scheint den Gerüchten recht zu geben...
- DirectorThomas RothStarsMarek HarloffJürgen HentschAnnelise HesmeStory of a group of gangsters hiding out in a vacation-bungalow who get more than they bargained for.