German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
The David
[David], by Lilienthal. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — David is a young German Jewish teenager who is caught up in the Nazi regime's persecution, eventually losing his home and family to the Holocaust. He survives as a victim and witness in this poetic but brutal drama filmed in Germany. — PN1997 .D383 — VHS
Despair
[Reise ins Licht], by Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A film based on Nabokov's novel about a schizophrenic businessman who understands the shadow falling over Germany in the early 1930's and attempts to use that knowledge to feather his own nest. — PN1997 .D48 — VHS
Destinies of Women
[Frauen Schicksale], by Dudow. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Conny, a womanizer from West Berlin, is the archetypal bourgeois adventurer. The film presents him in relation to four women: a law student who is almost ruined by her love for him; a designer who becomes pregnant with his child, loses her job in West Berlin and moves to East Berlin; another woman who, in an attempt to impress him, steals a dress and later becomes guilty of the death of her brother; and lastly, another student who rebuffs Conny the first time they meet."-- — PN1997 .F738 — VHS
The Devil's General
By Köutner. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A terrific suspense thriller loosely based on the life of Ernst Udet, the highest scoring German ace to survive WWI. General Harras (Udet).., a talented Luftwaffe designer, has the technical expertise to develop newer and deadlier fighters and bombers..His standing with the Nazi leadership is shaken when they begin to wonder whether the loss of his aircraft is due to poor design or..could it be sabotage. Harras is a man of his time, yet a man of honor in a dishonorable Vaterland — PN1997 .D48 — VHS
Devious Path
[Abwege], by Pabst . Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — Neglected by her work-obsessed husband, Brigitte Helm falls in with a fast crowd of Berlin nightclub denizens which eventually leads to disastrous results. — PN1995.75 A29 — VHS
Diary of a Lost Girl
[Tagebuch einer verlorenen], by Pabst. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — Pharmacist's daughter is seduced by her father's assistant, has a child as a result, and is placed in a militarisitic house of correction. — PN1997 .D527 — DVD
Different from the Others
[Anders als die Anderen], by Oswald. In German / French / Silent with subtitles. Feature Film — First film originally produced in Germany in 1919, second film originally produced in France in 1928. — PN1997 .A525 — VHS
The Downfall
[Undergang], by Klausmann. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Takes you into Hitler's bunker, in 1945, during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler's infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany's defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors. — PN1997 .D695 2005 — DVD
Dracula
[Nosferatu], by Murnau. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — An edited version of the 1922 German motion picture Nosferatu (Dracula) directed by F. W. Murnau. — D-10,153 — 16MM
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
By Lang. Silent with English intertitles. Feature Film — Dr. Mabuse, the mastermind of crime, uses hypnosis to subvert his opponents and control his victims. His thirst for power and wealth reflect the decadence of post World War I German society. — PN1995.9.F67 D63 1980 — VHS (2 tapes)