German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Taking Sides
By Szabó . In English. Feature Film — After Hitler took over power in 1933, many Jewish artists were forced to leave Germany. Wilhelm Furtw?ngler choose to stay. Though never a member of the party, he was a receipient of honors associated with party membership. However, the conductor often used his position and contacts to save hundreds of Jewish musicians from concentration camps. When U.S. Major Steve Arnold is tasked with the pre-trial investigations, his aim is to prove that the conductor's genius contributed to the Nazi propaganda, while Furtw?ngler insisted he stayed to bring comfort to the German people with his music. — DD232 .T24 — DVD
Terror 2000
By Schlingensief. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A film which lampoons neo-Nazism and xenophobia in post cold-war Germany. — PN1997 .T398 — VHS
Tiefland
By Riefenstahl. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Set in 18th century Catalonia, the story of the love of a selfish feudal lord and a handsome, brave shepherd for the same beautiful gypsy dancer. — PN1997 .T475 — VHS
The Tiger of Eschnapur
[Tiger von Eschnapur, Der], by Lang. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Western architect Harald Berger (Paul Hubschmid), called to India by Chandra, the Maharajah of Eschnapur, falls in love with the beautiful temple dancer Seetha (Debra Paget), although she is promised to the Maharajah. Their betrayal ignites the wrath of a vengeful Chandra, who is fighting his own battle for power with his scheming brother, and the lovers are forced to flee into the desert. — PN1995.9.A3 T54 — DVD
The Tin Drum
[Blechtrommel, Die], by Schlondorff. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Chronicles Danzig in the 1920s/1930s and the life and times of Oskar Matzerath the son of a local dealer, a most unusual boy. Equipped with full intellect right from his birth, he decides at his third birthday not to grow up as he sees the crazy world around him at the eve of World War II. So he refuses the society and his tin drum symbolizes his protest against the middle-class mentality of his family and neighborhood, which stand for all passive people in Nazi Germany at that time. — PN1997 .B543 — DVD
Trace of Stones
By Beyer. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — The Party's construction foreman, loved and supported by his workers, is king of the building site. When the new Party Secretary and a young female engineer arrive, the foreman changes his view of life. The hero's swaggering pose is reminiscent of Hollywood's Western heroes. After its release in 1966, the film was banned for 25 years by East Germany. — PN1997 .S6438 — VHS
Treasure of the Aztecs
By Siodmak. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Follows the exploits of heroic Dr. Sternau as he brings support from President Lincoln to the Mexican leader Juarez against the French. While in Mexico, Sternau looks for the legendary Aztec treasure, leading to greed and gunfight, pyramid and waterfall. — PN1995.9.W4 T73 — VHS
Two Brothers
By Grune. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — The story of two brothers, one a financier and womanizer, the other a philanthropist, set against the backdrop of the hardships of post-war Germany of the 1920s. — PN1997.5 .T86 — VHS