Genre: Germany
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Anatomy 2 (2003)
Cast: Barnaby Metschurat, Herbert Knaup, Heike Makatsch …
Directed by: Stefan Ruzowitzky
Franka Potente and Herbert Knaup star in this thriller as a med student and the detective she enlists to help her when she discovers a nefarious plot -- hatched by the aptly named…
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December Kisses (2003)
Directed by: Gabriel Bornstein
Max Schmidt, Lisa Marie Fix and Achim Amme star in this dramatic love story. In desperate need of safe haven and medical attention, Freddy is taken in by his old friend, Father Thomas. Hidden…
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The Puppet Grave Digger (2003)
Cast: Suzanne von Borsody, Sven Honig, Bernd Tauber …
Directed by: Peter Henning, Claudia Prietzel
The mentally handicapped son of a protective mother may be at the root of a series of grisly murders in a small German village. Like the character Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird,…
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Gun-Shy (2003)
Cast: Fabian Hinrichs, Lavinia Wilson, Johan Leysen …
Directed by: Dito Tsintsadze
During a bus ride, a beautiful young woman (who happens to be a martial arts expert) drops a cryptic note on a man's lap asking for help. Question is, what kind of help could the man --…
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Rosenstrasse (2003)
Cast: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade …
Directed by: Margarethe von Trotta
After her father dies, Hannah Weinstein (Maria Schrader) notices that her mother, Ruth (Jutte Lampe), is acting very strangely. Is Ruth's behavior brought on by her understandable grief…
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The Net: The Unabomber, LSD and the Internet (2003)
Cast: Eva Mattes, Thomas Vogt
Directed by: Lutz Dammbeck
German filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck explores the history of the Internet through the gripping true-life story of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous "Unabomber," who's often viewed as the ultimate…
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Wheel of Time (2003)
Cast: Dalai Lama
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Tracing the foundation of a lifelong spiritual journey, German filmmaker Werner Herzog captures the faith of thousands on an annual pilgrimage to Bhod Gaya, the Indian village in which Buddha…
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The Forest for the Trees (2003)
Cast: Eva Loebau, Daniela Holtz, Jan Neumann …
Directed by: Maren Ade
Naive educator Melanie Pröschle (Eva Lobau) leaves her small town behind to teach at an upscale metropolitan high school in this engrossing character study. Determined to make a good…
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Goff in the Desert (2003)
Cast: Bruce Goff, Heinz Emigholz
Heinz Emigholz's documentary reveals the remarkable career of American architect Bruce Goff. Known for his creative designs and use of organic and borrowed materials, Goff was formally…
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Schultze Gets the Blues (2003)
Cast: Horst Krause, Harald Warmbrunn, Ursula Schucht …
Directed by: Michael Schorr
Schultze (Horst Krause), a reserved, retired man living in Teutschenthal, Germany, finds his life of visiting pubs, fishing and playing traditional polka music on his accordion forever…
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Stalingrad (2003)
Directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt
The long and bloody battle that marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany is the subject of this Emmy-nominated World War II documentary. Filmmakers Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian…
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As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2003)
Cast: Irina Pantaeva, Bernhard Bettermann, Michael Mendl …
Directed by: Hardy Martins
After escaping from a Siberian labor camp in the wake of World War II, German soldier Clemens Forell (Bernhard Bettermann) makes his way toward his wife and children, traveling more than…
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The Haunting of Rebecca Verlaine (2003)
Cast: Bela B. Felsenheimer, Natacza Boon, Daryl Jackson …
Directed by: Olaf Ittenbach
A killer wipes out all members but one of the Verlaine Commune on an idyllic Christmas Eve. The lone survivor is Rebecca (Natacza Boon), who falls into a long coma. When she awakes two years…
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A Little Bit of Freedom (2003)
Cast: Cagdas Bozkurt, Necmettin Çobanoglu, Leroy Delmar …
Directed by: Yüksel Yavuz
Denied political asylum when he came to Germany from Turkey, young Baran (Cagdas Bozkurt) works as a bicycle delivery boy for a kebab shop, keeping a low profile to elude the authorities.…
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Big Girls Don't Cry (2002)
Cast: Anna Maria Mühe, Karoline Herfurth, Josefine Domes …
Directed by: Maria von Heland
Seventeen-year-olds Kati (Anna Maria Mühe) and Steffi (Karoline Herfurth) are best friends. But while Steffi has a great boyfriend and a loving home, Kati is lovelorn amid her…
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Mostly Martha (2002)
Cast: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto …
Directed by: Sandra Nettelbeck
This tragicomic tale follows an uptight professional chef named Martha, who finds her world turned upside down when she takes in her newly orphaned niece, Lina, and tries her hand at parenting.
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What to Do in Case of Fire (2002)
Cast: Til Schweiger, Martin Feifel, Sebastian Blomberg …
Directed by: Gregor Schnitzler
Six friends linked by their anarchist activities in 1980s Berlin reunite in 2002. Although two men still fancy themselves revolutionaries, the other four lead comfortable, middle-class lives…
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The Child I Never Was (2002)
Cast: Tobias Schenke, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Ulrike Bliefert …
Directed by: Kai S. Pieck
This chilling drama is the fictionalized biography of Jurgen Bartsch (Tobias Schenke), a sexually repressed teenage butcher's assistant who became notorious in Germany when he was…
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Forget Baghdad (2002)
Cast: Shimon Ballas, Ella Shohat, Moshe Houri …
Directed by: Samir
This compelling documentary traces the experience of "Arab Jews" -- people of Jewish religion and Arab culture, also known as Sephardis or Mizrahim -- offering a rare look at a community that…
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Tattoo (2002)
Cast: August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadeshda Brennicke …
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Rookie cop Marc (August Diehl) and his veteran partner, Minks (Christian Redl), are assigned to a case involving a serial killer whose intense feelings for tattoo art propel him to prey on…
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Fuehrer Ex (2002)
Cast: Christian Blümel, Aaron Hildebrandt, Jule Flierl …
Directed by: Winfried Bonengel
Starring Christian Blumel and Aaron Hildebrand, this award-winning German drama portrays two teenagers -- Heiko and Tommy -- in Communist East Berlin who long to move to Australia, a land…
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Dead Man's Memories (2002)
Cast: Sylvie Testud, Miguel Guilherme, Ana Bustorff …
Directed by: Markus Heltschl
Along a stretch of the Portuguese coast, a man's body is found. Police detective Pinto (Miguel Guilherme) then finds a tantalizing clue: a video camera in a car parked nearby with a tape…
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Hilfe! (2002)
Cast: Sarah Hannemann, Nick Seidensticker, Philipp Blank …
Directed by: Oliver Dommenget
Two enemies must work together when they swap bodies in this German take on the hit comedy Freaky Friday. Eleven-year-old Emma (Sarah Hannemann) hates her life; everyone pushes her to excel,…
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The Longing (2002)
Cast: Susanne-Marie Wrage, Tarik Qazi, Daniel Batscher …
Directed by: Iain Dilthey, Jürgen Brüning
Sun-soaked Brazil provides the backdrop for this 2003 drama about three German friends who spend the summer at a lavish beach house -- and pay for the trip by broadcasting their sexual…
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Bungalow (2002)
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Lennie Burmeister, Nicole Gläser …
Directed by: Ulrich Köhler
Out of sheer boredom, slacker soldier Paul (Lennie Burmeister) goes AWOL and takes refuge at his family's bungalow, where he rekindles his romance with an old flame. But it's his…