German Films at Ames Public Library
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The Nasty Girl (VIDEO FOREIGN NAS) 94 min. 1989.
Sonja undertakes a school project to investigate her town's past. In this provocative comedy, she discovers many secrets - secrets the town wants to hide.
Nosferatu (DVD SCI-FI NOS) Silent with musical score and English captions. 81 min. 1922.
In the first film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Transylvanian vampire, Count Orlock (Nosferatu), leaves his Carpathian castle and travels by ship to Bremen, bringing coffins filled with dirt and plague-infected rats.
Nowhere in Africa (DVD FOREIGN NOW) In German, Swahili, and English with English captions. 142 min. 2001.
Critically acclaimed, this is the award-winning true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 and learns to cope with their new life, and each other, on a remote farm in Kenya.
The Princess and the Warrior (VIDEO FOREIGN PRI) 133 min. 2000.
When shy, beautiful Sissi is the victim of a car accident, a handsome small-time criminal saves her life. Once she recovers, she sets out to find him and discovers that he is a violent man with a conflicted past and a dangerous future. It doesn't take long for the two to meet again - during a deadly bank robbery. Now it is her turn to save his life.
Run Lola Run (DVD FOREIGN RUN) 81 min. 1998.
Two star-crossed lovers have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Lola has just received a frantic call from her boyfriend Manni, who has accidentally lost a small fortune he was to deliver to his mobster boss. If they cannot replace the money within twenty minutes, Manni will suffer severe consequences.
Schultze gets the Blues (DVD FOREIGN SCH) 109 min. 2003.
Schultze is a recently retired miner who, like his father, entertains polka audiences with his accordion. When he discovers the energy of zydeco music on his radio, the monotony of his routine takes a spicy turn. Schultze learns to play his accordion with a new snap and style. His fascination ultimately leads him on a life-changing journey to the Louisiana delta.
Sophie Scholl: the Final Days (DVD FOREIGN SOP). 117 min. 2005.
The true story of Germany's famous anti-Nazi heroine, Sophie Scholl, of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. The last six days of Sophie Scholl's life is dramatized, from arrest to interrogation, trial, and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.
Stalingrad (DVD FOREIGN STA) In German and English with English captions. 150 min. 1993.
This film features the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare - the legendary battle of Stalingrad.
Tin Drum ( VIDEO FOREIGN TIN) 142 min. 1979.
At age three, Oskar Matzerath decides to stop growing. For two decades, during the Nazi reign, he remains frozen in size, suspended in the outraged innocence of childhood. Oskar has two weapons to see him through: his tin drum, which he bangs to drown out horror and hypocrisy, and his childish voice, which he raises in a shriek that can break glass.
Verdict on Auschwitz: the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 (940.5318 DVD VER) 180 min. 1993.
On August 20, 1965, after 20 months of proceedings, the verdict was announced in one of the most significant trials in German legal history. The court heard from 360 Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp survivors and other eyewitnesses from 19 countries in a trial against 22 members of Hitler's SS squad. The SS members were accused of taking part in the mass murder of millions.
Wings of Desire (DVD FOREIGN WIN) In German or English with English, French, or Spanish captions. 128 min. 1987.
This is a romantic fantasy about an angel who wishes he were mortal and is willing to fall from the sky for a chance to fall in love. It is based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Winter Sleepers (VIDEO FOREIGN WIN) 124 min. 1997.
Passions, emotions, love, and death are set in motion by a mysterious car accident.
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