Der Enddreißiger Uwe hat den Eindruck, dass seine 83-jährige Großmutter Hilde in einem Hamburger Pflegeheim nicht gut genug aufgehoben ist. Also holt er sie kurzerhand ab und bringt sie i...
Am 9. Oktober 2013 präsentierte Helge Schneider sein neuestes Werk, die Film-noir-Parodie "00 Schneider - Im Wendekreis der Eidechse", als Preview im Kino des Deutschen Filmmuseums. Vor dem Film stel...
Lene, Barfrau in einer kleinen Kellerbar, kehrt nach einer Auszeit zu ihrem Job zurück. Ihr erster Arbeitstag ist ein besonderer Tag, denn der Kopenhagener Musiker Leif gibt auf Lenes Anregung hin ei...
Eva und Rocco haben fünf gute Freunde zum Abendessen eingeladen. Bei gutem Essen, Wein und angeregten Unterhaltungen verläuft alles nach altbekanntem Muster - bis Eva, inspiriert durch eine Diskussi...
In der Reihe 'Lecture & Film: Ernst Lubitsch' hielt Valerie A. Weinstein, Ph.D. von der University of Cincinnati am 15. Dezember 2016 im Kino des Deutschen Filmmuseums, Frankfurt den Vortrag "Performi...
Der Rentner Pierre war in jungen Jahren ein echter Lebemann. Mit den Jahren aber ist ein etwas missgelaunter älterer Herr aus ihm geworden, der sich in ein einsames Seniorenleben zurückgezogen hat -...
An unidentified (and unfortunately incomplete) exotic melodrama, tends towards De Mille's The Cheat. Considered by specialists as a German film.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
The film reconstructs the repulse of a German column charge by British rifle and field artillery fire in the centre of the battlefield, and then the defence of Nimy bridge on the left by 4th Royal Fus...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...
Animation film by Dusan Vukotic, one of the major Croatian animators and co-founder of Zagreb Film. A charming story about an old magician and all sorts of magic creatures that end up in the world of ...
Just outside the old city walls of Rome, we find a mass of washed-out houses and bumpy streets arranged in a geometrical pattern that makes them anonymous and depersonalized. The documentary fil...
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
French language version of a newsreel item on British troops sitting and eating bread and jam "with proverbial coolness", Western Front, May 1918.
"King And President - The King of the Belgians and President Poincaré leaving Furnes after an inspection of the French Cavalry in the market square".
The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. The lay preacher John Redmond tells Billy his life's story. Many years before, he was a we...
The workforce is mainly women working at benches or on production lines. They test rubber mouthpieces for leaks with a probe. They test the expiratory valves in the same manner. The corrugated tubes a...