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 -...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...
Panoramic shot over Santiago de Compostela. A crowd in the streets attends a procession followed by a parade of men with hats, women with veils, people with masks and music bands.
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
i. AMERICAN MISSION IN LIVERPOOL AND LONDON. DR PAGE WITH DELEGATES WHO WILL TELL U.S. OF OUR WAR WORK. U.S. Ambassador W.H. Page and his group embark from ship in Liverpool. They talk with women work...
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 ...
Ralph and Edith Norton, two Protestant missionaries from Philadelphia, came to Britain for a period of three years to provide assistance to refugees and wounded Belgian soldiers from the war zone. Mon...
Subtitled "The work of the Department of the Director General Voluntary Organisations including the Camps Library". Introductory shot of the Director General Sir Edward Ward seated in his office in Sc...
Short reportage about seaplanes, stationed on an aircraft carrier. On the ship the seaplanes are repaired and getting ready. The seaplane is being lifted on board and takes off. Subsequently aerial sh...