Who says you never get to see a German movie in Bowling Green?  The Blockbuster on Scottsville Road has an impressive collection of German videos!  If you have comments about or additions to this list, send them to laura.mcgee@wku.edu.  To help you select a film for home viewing, you might want to look at oneline reviews at sites such as: http://uk.imdb.com/ or http://www.mrqe.com/.

* sehr gut! indicates this would be a good film for a general audience with little knowledge of German language or culture

(1) Blockbuster has placed most of its foreign films at its location on Scottsville Road, rather than the 31W Bypass.  Films are listed with director name and date, where available.  Most of these films are in German with English subtitles, but be sure to check before you rent!

The American Friend - Wim Wenders, 1977 (based on Patricia Highsmith's Ripley's Game)
Anita, Dances of Vice - Rosa von Praunheim
Christiane F. - Ulrich Edel, 1982
Death in Venice - Visconti, 1971 (film version of Thomas Mann's novel, in italian)
Europa, Europa - Agniesz Holland, 1990
Faraway, So Close - Wim Wenders, 1993 (sequel to Wings of Desire) * sehr gut!
The Inheritors - Walter Bannert, 1984 (documentary about neo-nazi youth)
Kameradschaft - Pabst, 1931
Mädchen in Uniform - Leontine Sagan, 1931
Mephisto - Istvan Szabo, 1981 (film of Heinrich Mann's novel)
The Nasty Girl - Michael Verhoeven, 1990 * sehr gut!
Testament of Dr. Mabuse - Fritz Lang, 1933
The Threepenny Opera - Pabst, 1931 (film of Brecht's play)
Westfront - Pabst, 1918
The White Rose - Michael Verhoeven, 1982  (about the Scholl siblings; Nazi resistance) * sehr gut!
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders, 1987 (also known as Himmel über Berlin) * sehr gut!
Zentropa - Lars Trier, 1991

(2) WKU Language Lab (excluding documentary/pedagogy videos) Free, in-lab viewing for students only

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul - a Fassbinder film about foreigners in Germany
Apaches - DEFA western, starring Gojko Mitic
The Bicycle - Evelyn Schmidt, a DEFA film from 1982 (Das Fahrrad)
The Blue Angel - classic early German cinema
Das Boot - suspenseful story of U-Boot during WWII
The Bridge - set in the last days of WWII
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - Robert Wiene, 1919; silent film, expressionist period
Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog; adventure in the Amazon
Germany in Autumn - work of 11 directors/artists, aftermath of Schleyer kidnapping
Der Hauptmann von Köpnick - film of the book by Carl Zuckmayer
Immensee - film of the novella by Theodor Storm
Ironhand - film of the drama by Goethe
Die Kasermandl - traditional "Heimatfilm"
Lost Honor of Katharina Blum - film of the novel by Heinrich Böll
M - Fritz Lang, starrring Peter Lorre, suspense film based on a real case * sehr gut!
The Marriage of Maria Braun - a classic of "new German cinema", dir. by Fassbinder
Metropolis - Fritz Lang, 1926
The Murderers are Among Us - set in immediate postwar Germany
Die Nibelungen Saga - film of the famous German saga
Rosa Luxemburg - historical film, with Barbara Sukowa, Margarethe von Trotta
Die Sennerin von St. Kathrein - "Heimatfilm"
Tin Drum - film of the novel by Günter Grass
Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl
The White Rose - about the Scholl siblings, Nazi resistance * sehr gut!
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders, 1987 (also known as Himmel über Berlin) * sehr gut!
Woyzeck - Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski, film of the book by Georg Büchner
Der zerbrochene Krug - film of the novella by Heinrich von Kleist

(3) Hollywood Video on Campbell Lane

Bandits - Katja von Garnier, 1997 * sehr gut!
Beyond Silence - Caroline Link, 1996 * sehr gut!
Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant - Fassbinder, 1972
The Boat - director's cut; about 4 hours
Europa, Europa - Agniesz Holland, 1990
The Harmonists - Joseph Vilsmaier
The Inheritors - 1998
Mädchen in Uniform - Leontine Sagan, 1931
Mephisto - Istvan Szabo, 1981 (film of Heinrich Mann's novel)
The Nasty Girl - Michael Verhoeven, 1990 * sehr gut!
Run, Lola, Run - Tom Tykwer, 1999 * sehr gut!
Triumph of the Will - Leni Riefenstahl, 1935
Wings of Desire - Wim Wenders, 1987 (also known as Himmel über Berlin) * sehr gut!

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