German Films at Ames Public Library
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In German with English captions, unless otherwise noted.
Adventures of Prince Achmed (DVD FOREIGN ADV) 67 min. 1926.
Premiered in Germany in 1926, and based on The Arabian Nights, this movie has been hailed as the first full-length animated film. A wicked sorcerer tricks Prince Achmed into mounting a magical flying horse to send him on a flight to his death.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (DVD FOREIGN AGU) 94 min. 2000.
Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. The soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature, and each other. Don Lope de Aguirre is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt. Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a death trip.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (DVD FOREIGN ALI) 93 min. 2002.
Tells the outrageous, touching story of a bumpy love affair between a German floor washer and an inarticulate Arab mechanic.
As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me (DVD FOREIGN AS) 122 min. 2001.
German soldier Clemens Forell makes his dramatic escape from a Siberian labor camp after World War II. Through bitter cold and life-threatening adventures, Forell is determined to reunite with his family.
Beresina (DVD FOREIGN BER) 108 min. 1999.
Irina, a Russian call girl, finds herself in a fairy-tale Alpine country, where an intricate plot unfolds after she inadvertently sets in motion a long-since forgotten series of events involving greed, the government, and the fate of a nation.
Berlin Jerusalem (DVD FOREIGN BER) 85 min. 1989.
This moving drama of the birth of Israel focuses on two women - Else Lasker-Schuler, a German poet, and Tania Shohat, a Russian revolutionary. They meet first in Berlin, where utopian ideals and fear of the Nazis force their escape to Palestine. Re-united in Jerusalem, they confront a harsh reality in the city idealized in their dreams.
Beyond Silence (VIDEO FOREIGN BEY) 107 min. 1999.
Since her early childhood, Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both of her parents are deaf-mute, and Lara has to translate when her parents want to communicate with other people. Lara is interested in music and plays the clarinet successfully, but her parents cannot share her musical career. Lara has to decide between her parents and her own ambitions.
The Blue Angel (VIDEO FOREIGN BLU) 107 min. 1994.
An obsessive fascination with a cafe singer slowly destroys a quiet professor.
Das Boot (DVD FOREIGN BOO) 209 min. 1981.
Follows the daring patrol of the U-96, one of the famed German U-boats known as the gray wolves. The crew is graphically portrayed in a life-and-death struggle, challenging the British Navy at every turn.
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (VIDEO FOREIGN CAB) Silent film with English captions. 91 min. 1919.
A somnambulist commits murders under a hypnotist's influence. Also included is a lengthy excerpt of Genuine, a vampire tale. Both films are examples of the German Expressionist movement.
Cobra Verde (DVD FOREIGN COB) 110 min. 1987.
A 19th-century Brazilian rancher, born Francisco Manoel da Silva, turns to banditry after being driven from his land by drought and famine. Taking the name Cobra Verde, he is a solitary figure, roaming the backlands, shooting, drinking and womanizing. When he is hired as an overseer by a decadent sugar planter, he runs into trouble when his employer's three daughters wind up pregnant. The locals ship him to Africa to administer the faltering slave trade, assuming he will not come back alive. He arrives to find the garrison deserted, and the King, apparently, gone mad. Cobra Verde however, is a special kind of diplomat, and before long he is training an army of amazons to launch a rebellion against the King.
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