German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Hamlet
[Hamlet : ein rachedrama], by Gade. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — This Hamlet remains one of the least known partly because the title role is played by a woman and the plot also borrows from Danish legends and a German play. For reasons of state the heiress to the throne has been brought up as a boy, and she has conceived a hopeless passion for Horatio. Dying she gets the longed-for kiss from him, as his wandering hand encounters a breast. Death reveals thy tragic secret!"" — PR2782.H3 S3 — VHS
The Harmonists
By Vilsmaier. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Harry and his friends form "The Harmonists", a singing group in pre-war Germany. Changes in the nation's political tide force them to make decisions that will test their loyalty. — PN1997.H27 V45 — VHS
Heart of Glass
[Herz aus Glas], by Herzog. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Set in the pre-industrial past, the story tells of a German village that looses the secret of making its unique Ruby glass. The townspeople turn to madness, murder, and magic in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient they have lost. During the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey the atmosphere of hallucination, prophecy and the visionary. — PN1997 .H39 — DVD
Heimat
[Heimat], by Reitz . In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Heimat is an extraordinary succession of mostly ordinary events and characters--history seen from ground level--vividly acted bya huge cast of both professionals and nonprofessional actors.;"A massive chronicle of life in Germany from 1919 to 1982. A massive chronicle of life in Germany from 1919 to 1982, as reflected in the fluctuating fortunes of the members of one family, initially peasant-farmers, in the fictitious village of schachbach in the Rhineland. In 9 parts. — DD232 .H45 — VHS
House by the River
By Lang. In English. Feature Film. A second rate writer strangles his maid when she rejects him and frames his brother for the crime, after they dispose of the body. — PN1997 .H687 2005 — DVD