Peter Märthesheimer
1) Lola
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Deutsch
Description
When an upright new commissioner arrives in a small town, Lola, a cabaret singer and prostitute, sets out to seduce him in order to gain power over him for her boyfriend and a respectable marriage for herself.
Series
Criterion collection volume 203-206
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In 1978 Rainer Werner Fassbinder embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of 3 remarkable women. The 3 films would garner him the international acclaim for which he had always yearned and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema.
5) Despair
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and successful chocolate magnate, starts to experience hallucinations. One day, he meets Felix and is sure that this man is his doppelganger. His delusional thinking leads him to hatch a plan to relieve him of his mental anguish.
Series
Criterion collection volume 411
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Deutsch
Description
After spending four years in prison for killing his girlfriend, lumbering man-child Franz Biberkopf is finally released back into society. He wants to stay honest now he has left jail, but it is tough in the Alexanderplatz section of Berlin. After failing to succeed in several 'regular' jobs, he falls in with some old cohorts and an on-again, off-again association with thugs. Post-war society is crumbling, and it appears that nothing will bring it...
Series
Criterion collection volume 598
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.
Series
Criterion collection volume 598
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Description
The noir-spiked tale of a reluctant action hero, a cybernetics engineer who uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy substituting simulations for reality.
Series
Criterion collection volume 203-206
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Deutsch
Description
In 1978 Rainer Werner Fassbinder embarked upon a project to trace the history of postwar Germany in a series of films told through the eyes of 3 remarkable women. The 3 films would garner him the international acclaim for which he had always yearned and place his name foremost in the canon of New German Cinema.
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An ordinary man seemingly has a perfect life. He just got married to a beautiful girl, moved to the city, and has a family to look after and love. During his childhood, his parents constantly made him feel rejected and worthless. Those issues slowly creep into his family life, resulting in a nervous breakdown and violence.
Series
Criterion collection volume 411
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Description
After spending four years in prison for killing his girlfriend, lumbering man-child Franz Biberkopf is finally released back into society. He wants to stay honest now he has left jail, but it is tough in the Alexanderplatz section of Berlin. After failing to succeed in several 'regular' jobs, he falls in with some old cohorts and an on-again, off-again association with thugs. Post-war society is crumbling, and it appears that nothing will bring it...