German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Waxworks
[Wachsfigurenkabinett], by Leni. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid. — PN1995.75 .W32 — VHS
Werner Herzog: Documentaries and Shorts
By Herzog. In German with subtitles. Feature & Documentary films — 1. Herakles (10 min.), 1962 -- Last words (13 min.), 1967 -- The unprecedented defence of the Fortress Deutschkreutz (15 min.), 1966 -- Huie's sermon (42 min.), 1980 -- The flying doctors of East Africa (44 min.), 1969 -- Wings of hope (66 min.), 1999 -- Precautions against fanatics (12 min.), 1969 -- 2. Land of silence and darkness (82 min.), 1971 -- Handicapped future (43 min.), 1971 -- Fata Morgana (74 min.), 1970 -- 3. God's angry man (44 min.), 1980 -- Echoes from a sombre empire (87 min.), 1990 -- How much wood would a woodchuck chuck (45 min.), 1976 -- 4. La soufriére (30 min.), 1977 -- I am my films / directed by Christian Weisenborn and Erwin Keusch (92 min.), 1978 -- Jag Mandir (83 min.), 1991 -- 5. Werner Herzog eats his shoe (21 min.), 1980 -- The great ectasy of Woodcarver Steiner (46 min.), 1973 -- The dark glow of the mountains (45 min.), 1984 -- No one will play with me (14 min.), 1976 -- Ballad of the little soldier (45 min.), 1984 -- 6. Wodaabe : herdsmen of the sun (49 min.), 1989 -- Lessons of darkness (55 min.), 1992 -- Bells from the deep (60 min.), 1993 -- Portrait Werner Herzog (29 min.), 1986. — PN1998.A3 H444 2000 — DVD
Westfront 1918
[Vier von der Infanterie], by Pabst. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Examines the experiences of four German soldiers from different backgrounds in the last stages of World War I and shows the disruptive effects of war on the individual, the family, and society. — PN1997 .W4784 — VHS
White Hell of Pitz Palu
[Weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü], by Pabst. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — A prime example of the German "mountain film" genre, notable for its impressive photography and uniquely Germanic combination of terror and idealism, about a man who sets out with two companions to conquer an Alpine peak that has already claimed his wife. A rescue attempt is begun on foot and by air when the climbers are trapped on the mountain by avalanches and a sudden storm. — PN1997 .W45 — VHS
The White Rose
[Weisse Rose], by Verhoeven. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Based on a true story, this suspenseful film tells of a secret society, The White Rose, composed of German university students and their professor, which conspired against the Nazis in Munich in 1942. — PN1997.5 .W4413 — VHS
The Whity
By Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Centers around the illegitimate son of the seriously deranged Ben Nicholson. Despite being their slave — PN4251 .B7 — DVD
The Whore's Son
In Croatian and German with English subtitles. Feature Film — "At the age of three, Ozren only has to watch his mother while she's sleeping to know that she's the most beautiful woman in the world. A queen. At the age of nine, he doesn't understand why people swear at him on the street, calling him a whore's son, a sonofabitch: his mother works as a waitress and that's the only reason she's hardly ever at home in the evening. At the age of 16 Ozren has learned a lot: about money from his mother, about God from his Auntie Ljiljana, about the world from his Uncle Ante and about whores from Pepi. Now he's determined to clear up the mystery surrounding his mother" — PN1997 .W534 2006 — DVD
Why Are You Crying Antonio?
[Warum weinst du, Antonio?], by Kluge. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Fantasy mix of stories: Chamberlain, Mussolini and their aides attend a 1938 performance of Macbeth in Rome, a Nazi officer's romance is interupted by war and captivity, two bodies are shown amidst war's destruction, and French soldiers celebrate the end of World War I. — N6494.V53 K682 — VHS
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok?
[Warum luft Herr R. amok?] By Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Herr R. seems perfectly normal, until one night when he calmly picks up a lamp and bludgeons to death, his wife, son and a visiting neighbor. — PN1997 .W37 1993 — VIDEO
Wildcat: A Grotesque in Four Acts
by Lubitsch. Silent with English intertitles. Feature Film — The commander of a remote fort (and his lovely daughter) eagerly awaits a new lieutenant. En route, he is captured by outlaws who roam the snow-covered mountains and the daughter of their leader quickly falls for the young officer, setting in motion an outrageous farce. — PN1997.5 .W55 2007 — DVD
Wings of Desire
By Wenders. In English. Feature Film — Fantasy about an angel who wanders through the streets of West Berlin and wishes he were mortal so that he could fall in love. — PN1997 .W55 2003 — DVD
Woman Men Yearn For
[Frau, nach der Man sich sehnt, Die], by Bernhardt. Silent / German with subtitles. Feature Film — Femme fatale wreaks romantic havoc, pays with her life. — PN1997 .W655 — VHS
Woman's Destinies
[Frauen Schicksale], by Slatan Dudow. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — "Conny, a womanizer from West Berlin, is the archetypal bourgeois adventurer. The film presents him in relation to four women: a law student who is almost ruined by her love for him; a designer who becomes pregnant with his child, loses her job in West Berlin and moves to East Berlin; another woman who, in an attempt to impress him, steals a dress and later becomes guilty of the death of her brother; and lastly, another student who rebuffs Conny the first time they meet."-- — PN1997 .F738 — VHS
Woyzeck
By Herzog. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he cannot control. Abused and tortured, both physically and psychologically by commanding officers, doctors and his unfaithful wife, Marie, Woyzeck struggles to hold on to his humanity and his fragile sanity. In the film's shattering climax, he is finally driven over the brink into madness and murder. — PN1997 .W699 — VHS
Wrong Move
[Falsche Bewegung], by Wenders. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — A would-be writer drives across Germany in search of a first-hand experience. Along the way, he meets an ex-Nazi and his mute companion, a wandering poet and an actress who together challenge him to become a writer. — PN1997 .F325 — VHS