German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
The Rabbit Is Me
[Kaninchen bin ich, Das], by Maetzig. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A 19-year-old East German girl named Maria Morzeck is denied university admission because her brother is in jail for political reasons. She later falls in love with the judge who passed the harsh sentence on her brother. — PT2662.I38 M35 — VHS
Raskolnikow
By Wiene. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — The story of a poor, imperious, eccentric former law student who believes that he is a special kind of superman exempt from any moral law. He murders a woman and her sister and is then sent to prison for years. — PN1997.5 .R37 — VHS
Rosa Luxemburg
In German / Polish with subtitles. Feature Film — Rosa Luxemburg, a Polish Jewess was born on March 5, 1871. She became German through an unconsumated marriage and at the beginning of the century, played an important role in the political and moral fields. She was at the sides of Bebel, Jaures, Lenin during all the major international congresses. She was also an ardent pacifist and spent the greatest part of the war in prison. — PN1997 .R67 — VHS
Rosenstrasse
By Von Trotta. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — After her husband dies, Ruth seems to be acting very distraught, according to her daughter Hannah. When Hannah starts probing into the past, she finds out that her mother, whose Jewish parents were deported during World War II, was raised by an Aryan" woman named Lena. Hannah travels to Berlin and finds the now almost 90-year-old Lena. The old woman tells Hannah her story: the story of the women of the Rosenstrasse";" Die New Yorkerin Ruth Weinstein hat soeben ihren Ehemann beerdigt. In ihrem Scherz besinnt sie sich auf ihre jüdisch-orthodoxe Religion und lehnt überdies die Heirat ihrer Tochter Hannah mit dem Südamerikaner Luis ab. Um den Grund für das Verhalten ihrer Mutter — PN1997.2 R67 — DVD
Rotation
By Staudte. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — "The main character, the mechanic Behnke, wants to join the Nazi party to secure a good living. However, after his Jewish neighbors are taken away, he changes his views. Trying to remain 'a non-political man, ' he withdraws from reality and becomes a Nazi laborer."-- — PN1997 .R683 — VHS
Rumpelstiltskin
[Zaubermännchen, Das], by Engel. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — The lazy miller spent all his money on wine and has nothing left to pay his taxes. So he lies to the tax-collector that his daughter can spin straw into gold. For three nights, she is locked in the castle tower and ordered to spin straw into gold. A little elf performs the task for her, and on the last night requests her firstborn child as payment. She marries the King and in one year the elf returns for payment. The elf does not want the baby raised by those who value gold above all else. The miller's hard working assistant saves the day. — PN1997 .R867 — VHS
Run Lola Run
[Lola rennt], by Tykwer. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out: Lola has just received a frantic call from her boyfriend Manni, who's accidentally lost a small fortune he was to deliver to his mobster boss. If they cannot find a way to replace the money within twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. — PN1995.9.G3 L6 — VHS