The Forest for the Trees
Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen

Maren Ade
​Germany  ·  2003
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Ade’s breezily brutal debut displays the same cringe-worthy perfection as her festival hit Toni Erdmann.  A lonely school teacher (Eva Löbau) proves ill-equipped to deal with the bratty students and toxic adults who surround her.

"Compactly-crafted, disarmingly-honest" 
— The Cinematheque

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The Young Karl Marx
Der junge Karl Marx​

Raoul Peck
​France/Belgium/Germany  ·  2017
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From the director of I Am Not Your Negro and Lumumba, this engrossing, classically conceived biopic depicts how Karl Marx, as a struggling family man, and Friedrich Engels, the son of wealthy industrialist, came to create The Communist Manifesto.

​“Bracing and dramatic” – LA Times

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Western

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Valeska Grisebach
Germany/Bulgaria  ·  2017
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Subtly applying themes of the Western to Europe’s eastern frontier, this drama mines the tensions and the bonds that develop between a German construction camp and a nearby Bulgarian village.

"Unfolds in deeply satisfying intimate, brooding encounters." - Sight & Sound

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The Legend of Rita
Die Stille nach dem Schuß

Volker Schlöndorff
​Germany  ·  2000

The riveting true story of a ’70s West German terrorist who escapes to the East with the help of the Stasi.

“Dramatically gripping… Superbly played by a cast mostly of unknowns”
​– Variety
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A German Youth
Eine deutsche Jugend

Jean-Gabriel Périot
France/Switzerland/Germany  ·  2015
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Archive footage charts the evolution of the Red Army Faction from impassioned intellectuals to wanted terrorists in this documentary.

“Essential for anyone interested in cinema and politics”
​– Hollywood Reporter

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