German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Pandora's Box
[Büchse der Pandora], by Pabst. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — Lulu, an effervescent chorus girl .. destroys everyone she comes in contact with before she is murdered by Jack the Ripper."-- — PN1997 .B78513 — VHS
Paracelsus
By Pabst. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Paracelsus is named head physician of Basel and orders the city gates to be closed against the Plague. He heals the dancer Fliegenbein but the authorities don't approve of his methods and seek to arrest him. Fliegenbein helps Paracelsus escape. — PN1997 .P37 — VHS
A Perfect Pair
[Perfektes Paar, oder, die unzucht Wechselt ihre Haut], by Widl. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A spoof concerning exploitation of the human body for advertising. — HF5827 .P57 1987 — VHS
The Pianist
By Polanski. In English. Feature Film — Based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew, who was a brilliant pianist. He watched as his family was shipped off to Nazi labor camps. He managed to escape and lived for years in the ruins of Warsaw, hiding from the Nazis. — PN1997 .P473 — DVD
The Plot to Kill Hitler
By Schiller. In English. Feature Film — In the waning days of Nazi Germany, a daring plot is hatched. A group of senior army officers, led by suave aristocrat Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, risks all to save what's left of their war-ravaged nation. Their goal: to kill the Fuhrer during a strategy meeting at his Wolf's Lair. — DD247.H5 P56 — VHS
Princess and the Warrior
[Krieger und die Kaiserin, Der], by Tykwer. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — When shy, beautiful Sissi is the victim of a horrible car accident, a handsome small-time criminal comes to the rescue and saves her life. Once she recovers, she sets out to find him and discovers that he is a violent man with a conflicted past and dangerous future. It doesn't take long for the two to meet again - during a deadly bank robbery. Now it is her turn to save his life. — PN1997 .K7 — DVD
The Promise
[Versprechen, Das], by Von Trotta. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — The story of two lovers trapped on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall after one successfully escapes to the West. — PN1995.9.L6 V4 — VHS