In seinem Dokumentarfilm begibt sich der Regisseur Mahmoud al-Massad auf den Weg in seine Geburtsstadt Sarka in Jordanien, die gleichzeitig die Heimatstadt des 2005 von den US-Truppen getöteten iraki...
Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Bestsellers von David Mitchell. In parallelen Handlungssträngen werden sechs Einzelschicksale aus unterschiedlichen Zeitaltern erzählt, die auf ungeahnte Weise miteinand...
"Der Junker und der Kommunist" zeichnet das Leben Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenbergs (1891-1958) und Fritz Perlitz′ (1908-1972) nach, zweier Männer, deren Ideale unterschiedlicher kaum se...
Dokumentarfilm über Christoph Wackernagel, der im Deutschland der siebziger Jahre als Schauspieler, vor allem aber als Mitglied der RAF zu Bekanntheit kam. In den siebziger Jahren zu einer hohen Haft...
In einer Mischung aus Dokumentarfilm, Road-Movie und poetischem Film-Essay begibt Peter Sempel sich auf eine Spurensuche nach den Wurzeln des Flamencos. In Andalusien zeigt er Menschen, die sich dem T...
As indicated by the title, this is an obvious melodrama, where a beautiful rich girl (Miranda), departs from family norms and traditions by falling in love with a poor singer – obliging her to leave...
Videobotschaft zu "Hannah And Her Sisters" ("Hannah und Ihre Schwestern", USA 1986) anlässlich der "Carte Blanche"-Reihe von Andreas Dresen im DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am ...
An officer, possibly Major-General H B de Lisle, presenting medals to a kilted battalion, who then march past. A pan over a group from the battalion sitting and smoking. They are possibly the Canadian...
The parade starts and ends with contingents of light horse. In between them are foot soldiers, two companies each with a Maxim gun on a hand cart. All the men are in slouch hats and shirtsleeve order....
An honour guard of Infantry marches into position beside the dock, past Roberts' ship, the SS Dunnottar Castle. Roberts, in Field Marshal's dress blue uniform, comes down the gangplank, followed by hi...
(Reel 1) The opening shows the destruction near Bapaume and Péronne caused by the German retreat. Buildings have been blown up, trees cut down. A British cyclist patrol is greeted by the population o...
I. The steam catapult trials carried out at the Armstrong Whitworth plant, Elswick, and later at the Experimental Aircraft Depot, Isle of Grain. A steam catapult fitted to HMS Slinger is used first to...
I. Troops and transport camels of 52nd (Lowland) Division in the streets of El Mejdel (captured 9 November) including the well inside a mosque. Part of a squadron of 1st Hyderabad Lancers riding throu...
Australian troops practising bomb (hand grenade) throwing from slit trenches. The explosions are filmed at various angles and distances. The 'cup final' of 7th (Meerut) Division football championships...
The film opens with Oxford Street in London and declares that "luxury shopping" is not helping the war effort. This is contrasted with the ways in which women do help: a mother looking after her two s...
Views of Baghdad and Babylon in Mesopotamia and of Baalbec on the Palestine Front, 1918.
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre, the Valley of Kidron and (in silhouette) a tree where, according to legend, Judas...
I. A long sequence of 2/4th Battalion, the Dorset Regiment, with its band leading, marching into Bethlehem (poor quality film). II. Allenby's visit to Bethlehem, 25 December 1917. He can be seen among...
(Reel 1) The arsenal entrance in Beresford Square, with the internal train taking the workers to various departments. Women and boys in the Tailors' Shop make gloves, felt "buttons" for 15-inch shells...