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Tag: Germany

Posted on February 28, 2021

Come Before Winter (2017)

A dramatized documentary pairing the story of a UK propaganda team with that of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer & his friends prior to the latter’s execution.

Posted on November 16, 2019November 16, 2019

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

Near the end of WW 2 10-year-old Jojo adores Hitler, whom he imagines is his companion, but changes when he meets the Jewish girl his mother has hidden in their house.

Posted on February 8, 2019February 11, 2019

Calm at Sea (2011)

Set in Vichy France, the film follows the fate of a group of hostages whom the Nazis ordered killed when one of their officers is shot.

Posted on February 1, 2019February 4, 2019

They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

Don’t miss this terrific film. Click on the film title to read my entire review.

Posted on August 31, 2017September 3, 2017

Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World (2017)

A superb six-hour production debuting on PBS September 12. Click this image to read my entire review.

Posted on April 15, 2017April 22, 2017

Frantz (2016)

A remarkable drama about the legacy of World War I. Click the image to read my entire review.

Posted on March 4, 2017March 4, 2017

Toni Erdmann (2016)

A German father follows his estranged business-obsessed daughter to Romania in order to win her back & help her to regain a passion for life.

Posted on October 28, 2016October 31, 2016

The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

Catch this fascinating German film while it’s still in theaters. (5 stars!) Click the image to read my entire review.

Posted on October 24, 2016October 24, 2016

Luther (2003)

German monk Martin Luther unwittingly launches the Protestant Reformation when he posts his “95 Theses” which list reforms that the church badly needs.

Posted on July 8, 2016July 8, 2017

The Good German (2006)

In post-WW 2 Berlin a cynical American journalist searches for the woman he had once loved & encounters Germans trying to escape to the West, some ex-Nazis.

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