German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
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By Lang. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A social melodrama based on the Dusseldorf child murders of 1929. Peter Lorre plays the murderer who is finally hunted down by the city's organized crime syndicate. — PN1995.9.D4 M2 — VHS
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By Lang. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Drama based on the actual case of the Dusseldorf murderer of children who is hunted by police, but is caught and tried by the city's criminals. — PN1997 .M3 — DVD
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By Lang. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A classic film about a child-murderer who is finally hunted down by the city's organized crime syndicate. — F-14,190 — 16MM
Mädchen in Uniform
By Winsloe. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A girl at a strict boarding school for the daughters of Prussian army officers falls in love with one of the teachers. She is isolated from the rest of the students by the headmistress and is driven from her unhappiness to attempt suicide. — PN1997 M233 — VHS
A Man Escaped
[Un condamné à mort s'est échappé, ou, Le vent souffle où il vent], by Bresson. In French with subtitles. Feature Film — A French Resistance fighter is sent to an infamous prison in Lyon in 1943, where 7,000 of the 12,000 prisoners housed there died either by natural means or by execution. Lt. Fontaine is certain that execution awaits him, and begins planning his escape. For a period of time he goes it alone, but reluctantly takes on a partner. He gets some help from a couple of prisoners allowed to stroll in the exercise yard, but for the most part he is a figure of isolation. — PN1995.9.F67 C66 — DVD
Marianne & Julianne
[Bleierne Zeit, Die], by Von Trotta. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Based on a true story, this film relates the emotional and psychological relationship between two sisters. Parallels the personal history of the Ensslin sisters: Gudrun (Marianne in the film) was imprisoned as a terrorist in the Stammheim prison, where she died, supposedly a suicide, in the fall of 1977 ; Christiane (Julianne in the film) worked for some time as an editor of a women's magazine, Emma" — PN1997 .B5675 — VHS
The Marriage of Maria Braun
[Ehe der Maria Braun], by Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Fassbinder's allegorical story of post-war Germany revolves around a young woman as she strives for material wealth while ignoring human values. — PN1997.E3643 M37 — VHS
Marriage of Maria Braun, the ; Veronika Voss ; Lola
By Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — In 1978 Rainer Werner Fassbinder embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of 3 remarkable women. The 3 films would garner him the international acclaim for which he had always yearned and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema. — PN1998.3.F37 B7 — DVD
Martha
By Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — When her domineering father collapses of a heart attack during their vacation in Rome, virginal spinster Martha encounters the man of her dreams, the sadistic engineer Helmut. Their marriage soon becomes a chamber piece of matrimonial terror" — PN1997 .M3752 2004 — DVD
Mephisto
By Szabo. In Hungarian with English dubbing. Feature Film — The story of a star's egotism, narcissism, and sexual opportunism. All are betrayed for political expediency in Hitler's Third Reich. — PN1995.9.P6 .M37 1993 — VIDEO
Merchant of Four Seasons
[Handler der vier Jahreszeiten] By Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film. — Hans, a fruit peddler, watches his unexceptional life disintegrate. Seduced and rejected to the point of a nervous breakdown, Hans drinks himself to death as he toasts his loved ones at the dinner table. — PN1997.5 .H363 2002 — DVD.
The Mistress of Atlantis
By Pabst. In English. Feature Film — Two French legionnaires become lost in the Algerian desert and discover the fabled lost continent of Atlantis. — DT283.6.F3 M37 — VHS
Moloch
[Molokh], by Sokurov. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — In an ominous fortress perched high above the clouds, everything seems in order for a reposing 24 hours. It is the spring of 1942 in Germany and Eva Braun is the only voice that dares contradict the Fuhrer. Eva is caught up in the complexities of a man incapable of human intimacy, making her as volcanic as her beloved Hitler. — BF575.A86 M65 — DVD
Mother Krausen's Journey into Happiness
[Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück], by Jutzi. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Mother Krause lives with her daughter Erna, her jobless son Paul, a tenant, his girlfriend and child in a dark hinter house building in Berlin. The film shows how hard and miserable their situation is. The film has a sad ending. The film was made before a huge economic crisis hit Germany. But even then, the number of jobless people was very high. All the scenes were filmed in original surroundings. — PN1997.5 .M67 — VHS
Münchhausen
[Münchhausen], by von Baky. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — The famous Baron Münchhausen is called to the court of St. Petersburg. He becomes a favorite of the Tsarina, duels with a jealous Potemkin and receives the gift of eternal youth from the diabolical Cagliostro. — PN1997.5 .M86 — VHS
Murderers Are among Us
[Morder sind unter uns, Die], by Staudte. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — In the aftermath of World War II, Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to find that her apartment is occupied by Dr. Martens, a former officer in the German army who has been severely traumatized by the atrocities perpetrated by his superiors. The unlikely pair form a delicate friendship as they struggle to restore some normalcy to their hellishly bleak existence. By chance Martens one day encounters Bruckner, his former Nazi commander who has not only readjusted to civilian life but seems to have economically benefited from his wartime command. — PN1997 .M87 1999— DVD