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Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south west U S in 1878 The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage the homosexual Frank and th

In early 1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian emigre and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelganger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one Will he get over the de

A small time pimp is torn between his lover and Bruno the gangster

A handsome sailor is drawn into a vortex of sibling rivalry, murder, and explosive sexuality

A wildly anarchic satire of urban guerrilla warfare in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its authoritarian policies

After the death of her abusive father, the lonely librarian Martha marries an equally vile businessman Helmut The cruel and torturous nature of their relationship leads Martha to believe Helmut might be trying to kill her

Margot, who lives in a comfortable middle class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having her second child Her husband Kurt, who is busy studying for an exam, does not understand her situation Her mother in law

A suggestible working class innocent wins the lottery but lets himself be taken advantage of by his bourgeois new boyfriend and his circle of materialistic friends

Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality

A seductive cabaret singer prostitute pits a corrupt building contractor against the new straight arrow building commissioner, launching an outrageous plan to elevate herself in a world where everything and everyone is for sale

A man is released from prison and finds the society on the outside less than appealing With several women as well as the police on his tail, he sets out to find an old friend

Jorgos, a migrant worker from Greece, joins a group of young people in Munich usually hanging around This foreigner incites hostility and jealousy among them, and he is insulted as a Communist and Greek dog After having been

Partially based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, who found fame under the Nazi regime, but whose career was destroyed afterward Veronika Voss is a once prominent UFA actress, kept by her doctor, who raises suspicion in a sports

Berta, a naive young maid, searches for love when the army engineers come to town to build a bridge

A transgender woman tries to salvage something from the wreckage love has made of her life by confronting her anguished past, hoping to find ultimate acceptance among former acquaintances and herself

On a film set there are two things missing, the film material and the director So the actors and actresses as well as the crew try to make the best out of the situation When the director arrives the material is still missing an

Frau Kusters is preparing dinner late one seemingly ordinary afternoon in her seemingly ordinary kitchen in Frankfurt, Germany She wants to add canned sausages to the stew her annoying daughter in law thinks otherwise But the p

A famous poet who hasnt written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim witted brother, and a murder investigation