Martha is trapped in a loveless and controlling marriage, where she finds solace in sadomasochism and neglects her own needs. The story explores themes of sexism, manipulation, and the struggle for independence.
In Munich, a gay man who wins the lottery becomes entangled in a complex web of love, friendship, and betrayal, leading to his untimely demise. The film explores themes of homosexuality, class differences, and financial struggles.
The Merchant of Four Seasons follows the life of a fruit salesman in Munich who is dealing with alcoholism, an unhappy marriage, and disappointment in his life. As he tries to navigate his problems, he faces disdain from his domineering mother and finds solace in heavy drinking. The film explores themes of self-destructiveness and the struggles of working-class life.
In 1940, Leon Trotsky is living in exile in Mexico City when he is targeted by an assassin sent by the Russian secret service. The plot follows the events leading up to Trotsky's assassination and explores the themes of communism, politics, and betrayal. The story is filled with symbolism and foreshadowing, showcasing the fanaticism and hatred that surround Trotsky and the lengths to which his enemies will go to silence him.
A sculptor in Venice is devastated when his young daughter is found murdered. As the investigation unfolds, he must confront his traumatic past and come face-to-face with a deranged killer.
After unearthing an ancient bas-relief sculpture of the gradiva or ‘woman who walks’ a young archaeologist begins to dream of the figure eluding him, while also pursuing a mysterious woman who eludes him in his waking life. Based on the novella by Wilhelm Jensen.
A small carnival is in dire financial straits. Their show is attracting fewer and fewer paying customers, as their "attractions" are ageing, out of shape and beset by internal feuds and bickering. One day a beautiful young woman shows up and suggests a way of attracting customers: put on a strip show, with her as the main attraction. Her act attracts customers in droves, but it turns out that the girl has her own agenda, and it isn't to help out the carnival.
Relatives brawl over the estate of a deceased grandmother who owned an insecticide factory.They stop at nothing, including bumping each other off.
A thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one
Film extras take possession of a bogus film production company and acting as ideal world of film to persuade one associates mother-in-law of marriage.
An African-American GI retires from the US Army in West Berlin to live with his (white) girlfriend, who already has a baby with another black man. After an argument with her family, she deserts him as well. Despite finding a job and a new place to live, he keeps running into racism, which also manifests itself in sexual intimidation.
Nightclub singer La Paloma succumbs to the persistent courting of a chubby rich admirer and marries him. Before the marriage, she was thought to be dying, but soon she is well. She believes her husband's love has cured her, but her efforts to love him begin to fade as she discovers true love with her husband's old school friend.
A fun journey through the history of the automobile, this film is about a group of future computer hackers that wire an arcade game to work as a time machine. Among appearances in the movie are Henry Ford, Mercedes Benz, and modern race car driver Niki Lauda, as one of the boys becomes trapped within the newly created game.
Two life stories. That of Malou, a French woman, married to a German Jew, a refugee stranded in South America: a picture of the pre-war generation reflected in the unusual destiny of an individual woman. And that of Hannah, an alert, independent, modern woman, seeking after freedom and her own identity, and trying in present-day Berlin to save her shaky marriage.
Tonys Freunde is a musical film released in 1969. The movie revolves around Tony and his group of friends who embark on a musical journey filled with love, friendship, and music.
Satire on 19th-century class relations and thinly veiled commentary on the failure of the 1968 political revolution.
An old lady named Jane, believes she is Tarzan's widow. She wears a leopard skin bathing suit under her black coat when she visits the zoo to talk to the animals, and keeps African mementos in her home. She also has pictures of famous screen incarnations of Tarzan, including Johnny Weissmuller, Lex Barker, etc. up on the walls of her flat, and longs to 'return' to Africa and visit 'Tarzan's tomb'.