German Movies and German Cinema
Das deutsche Kino und der deutsche Film hat leider international noch nicht die Beachtung gefunden, die es eigentlich verdient. Denn Deutschland hat eine ganze Anzahl sehr guter Filmemacher zu bieten und die Originalität des deutschen Films ist eine ganz eigene Kategorie. Entdecken Sie mit uns die deutschen Film-Juwelen.
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This site's categories:
| cinema today | cinema Portals | festivals | history of German cinema | directors | actors |
| cinema today | cinema Portals | festivals | history of German cinema | directors | actors |
Cinema today
- The current movie premières in Germany can be found at www.angelaufen.de.
- Cinema.de offers a German-wide cinema program ("Kinotimer"): You can search for a certain film, your favourite cinema, the time, a certain actor or a special city.
- critic.de provides varied information about the medium of film, ranging from reviews of the latest cinema and DVD releases to TV recommendations and specials on film festivals or directors.
- The program guides in Germany's mayor cities also publish current cinema programs. Here is a selection:
- Prinz: With regional editions for Frankfurt, Berlin, Nürnberg...
- Zitty with an event guide for Berlin
- Plärrer with an event guide for Nuremberg and surroundings
- Wiener
- Journal Frankfurt
- Regional information for Bamberg: Cinestar and Lichtspiel in Bamberg down town; close to Bamberg are the cinema centers Cinecitta in Nuremberg and CineStar in Erlangen
Portals for German Cinema
- German-Cinema.de: is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide. With a festival guide and many links (in English)
- Film.de - Here you will find everything about Movies: Cinema, TV, Technique, Media, Shops, Travel and more .... including a large search engine. If you want to find the latest news, go directly to the press releases.
- Film databases with a similar offer are:
- Internet Movie Database
- Filmlexikon at Zweitausendeeins. With the help of a search engine, you will find hundreds of films with information about content, directors and actors.
- Kinoweb with large film archive as well as information about movies that will be released soon or that are currently on stage.
- Short film database at www.kurzfilm.de
- Guide to the German Film (Wegweiser zum deutschen Film), offered by the German Cultural Center (Goethe Institute)
- Linklist to cinema resources with explanations in English is offerd by Duke University
Film Festivals
- Berlinale: International Film Festival in Berlin
- Hofer Filmtage: An important film festival for the "New German Film"
- Babelsberg Film Studios
- Deutscher Filmpreis (German Movie Award)
- Export-Union des deutschen Films (export union of the German Film)
- Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen (Academy for Film and Television, Babelsberg)
- Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (German National Film Board)
- Filmstiftung NRW (Film Foundation NRW)
History of Cinema
- History-vision.de offers history clips for the purpose of supporting learning the German language, German history and German culture
- CineGraph
- DEFA Archive at University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Early German Cinema(pdf)
- German Film Museum, Frankfurt
- German Film Institute
- Munich Film Museum www.artechock.de
- Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (Foundation German Cinemathek)
- Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley
- The German-Hollywood Connection
German Directors
- Buck, Detlef (Wir können auch anders, Männerpension)
- Dörrie, Doris (Bin ich schön?, Erleuchtung garantiert)
- Emmerich, Roland (Stargate, Independence Day)
- Fasbinder, Rainer Werner (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, Angst essen Seele auf)
- Herzog, Werner (Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes)
- Lang, Fritz [1] [2] Metropolis, Dr. Mabuse)
- Link, Caroline (Nirgendwo in Afrika, Jenseits der Stille)
- Lubitsch, Ernst (Ninotschka, Sein oder Nichtsein)
- Petersen, Wolfgang (Airforce One, Outbreak, Das Boot)
- Riefenstahl, Leni (Triumph des Willens, Olympia)
- Schlöndorff, Volker (Die Blechtrommel, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum)
- Tykwer, Tom (Lola rennt)
- Wenders, Wim (Der Himmel über Berlin)
- Wortmann, Sönke (Der bewegte Mann, Das Wunder von Bern)
The most popular German actors and actresses
- Adorf, Mario
- Bleibtreu, Moritz
- Dietrich, Marlene (engl.)
- Elsner, Hannelore
- George, Götz
- Kinski, Klaus
- Krol, Joachim
- Loriot, alias Vicco von Bülow
- Müller-Stahl, Armin
- Potente, Franka
- Riemann, Katja
- Rühmann, Heinz
- Schweiger, Til
- Vogel, Jürgen
- Jan Niklas
- A good source for research on other starlings: www.prominetz.de
Other pages of interest
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