German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Georg Büchner's Wozzeck
[Wozzeck], by Klaren. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Der Füsilier Franz Wozzeck erduldet jede Demütigung seiner Vorgesetzten — PN1997.5 .W69 — VHS
Germany in Autumn
[Deutschland im Herbst], by Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A collective film chronicling seven weeks of political terrorism by the Red Army Faction and political repression in Germany during the fall of 1977. It begins with the kidnap and murder of industrialist Hans-Martin Schleyer and ends with the deaths of three imprisoned Baader-Meinhof terrorists. Includes the work of many of Germany's top directors. — PN1997 .D486 — VHS
Germany, Pale Mother
[Deutschland bleiche Mutter], by Sanders-Brahms. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Love story set during and after the Nazi era. Explores the private lives of a young bride and her Nazi soldier husband, and her parents, by-standers who tolerated Hitler. While not excusing the actions of its protagonists, it uses them to show how easily the unthinkable can happen. — PN1997.A23 G47 — VHS
Gods of the Plague
[Gotter der Pest], by Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Fassbinder's third feature about the alienated, aimless post war generation in Munich. A flashy nightclub singer, whose petty criminal boyfriend has left her for another woman, betrays him to a police detective. — PN1997 .G56835 — DVD
Golden City
[Goldene Stadt, Die], by Harlan. In German without subtitles. Feature Film — In Czechoslovakia, a German farmer's daughter leaves her father to go Prague, where she is seduced and deserted by Czechoslovakian cousin. — PN1997 G6544 — VHS
The Golden Goose
[Goldene Gans], by Hartmann. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Claus, a good-hearted shoemaker, has a golden goose. When Claus decides to make the bored princess laugh, he and his goose attract attention and more. The end results is a ludicrous spectacle that causes the princess to burst into peals of laughter. — PN1997 .G65 — DVD
The Golem
[Golem, Der : wie er in die Welt Kam], by Wegener. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — Set in medieval Prague, a rabbi gives life to the Golem who falls in love with the rabbi's daughter and is eventually destroyed by an innocent child. Based on the legend of the Golem, a popular figure in Jewish tradition. — PN1997 .G58 — VHS
Good Bye Lenin!
[Lenin lernt fliegen], by Becker. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Alex's proud, socialist mother falls into a coma for eight months. When she wakes, her heart is weak, so Alex has to keep the secret that the Berlin Wall has fallen and capitalism has triumphed. What begins as a little white lie turns into a major scam. — PN1997 .G592 — DVD