Der Filmemacher Jan Schmidt-Garre begleitet in seinem Dokumentarfilm drei außergewöhnliche Sopranistinnen. Ermonela Jaho, Barbara Hannigan und Asmik Grigorian geben Einblicke in ihr Leben auf der BÃ...
Am 7. April 2013 war Iris Berben zu Gast im Kino des Deutschen Filmmuseums und stellte "Es kommt der Tag" (DE 2009, R: Susanne Schneider) aus der ihr gewidmeten Reihe CARTE BLANCHE: IRIS BERBEN vor.
Als sich ihre Mutter Hilde mal wieder in emotionalen wie finanziellen Nöten befindet, beschließen die beiden attraktiven Schwestern Biene und Püppi, es den testosterongesteuerten Männern, die die ...
Videobotschaft anlässlich der "Carte Blanche"-Reihe von Jim Rakete im Deutschen Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main im August 2014.
Ein alter Mann arbeitet als Wärter und Hausmeister auf einem abgelegenen Friedhof in Chile. Er genießt die Stille des Ortes, die nur unterbrochen wird, wenn Menschen auf der Suche nach Vermissten zu...
Dokumentarfilm über ein ungewöhnliches Projekt des Musikers Heinz Ratz, mit dem er auf die schwierige Situation politischer Flüchtlinge in Deutschland aufmerksam machen will: Gemeinsam mit seiner B...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
News items West Flanders. Amongst others, a visit by King Baudouin to Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, laying wreaths at the statue of his grandfather King Albert I, shaking hands with veterans and speakin...
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 Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
Shots of London's famous buildings during the First World War.
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.
I. An out-of-focus sequence of General Sir Edmund Allenby (?) reviewing a marchpast by British or Indian Cavalry of the Desert Mounted Corps, Palestine Front, 1918.II. Arab workers filling bottles and...
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...
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...
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...