Nanga Parbat (
2010) | IMDb:
6.5
Drama about the tragic Nanga Parbat expedition by the two Messner brothers in 1970, on which Reinhold Messners younger brother Günther died.
Starring:
Florian Stetter
,
Andreas Tobias
,
Karl Markovics
,
Volker Bruch
,
Sebastian Bezzel
,
Jule Ronstedt
Directed by:
Joseph Vilsmaier
Produced by:
Joseph Vilsmaier
Die Geschichte vom Brandner Kaspar (
2008) | IMDb:
6.1
70-year old Brandner Kaspar lives with his granddaughter Nannerl in the mountains at the Schliersee. As he is visited by the Death and wants to take him, Brandner Kaspar tricks him and gets another 20 years of life.
Starring:
Franz Xaver Kroetz
,
Michael Herbig
,
Lisa Maria Potthoff
,
Alexander Held
,
Jörg Hube
,
Herbert Knaup
Directed by:
Joseph Vilsmaier
The Baader Meinhof Complex (
2008) | IMDb:
7.3
'Der Baader Meinhof Komplex' depicts the political turmoil in the period from 1967 to the bloody "Deutschen Herbst" in 1977. The movie approaches the events based on Stefan Aust's standard work on the Rote Armee Fraktion (RAF). The story centers on the leadership of the self named anti-fascist resistance to state violence: Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin.
Starring:
Martina Gedeck
,
Moritz Bleibtreu
,
Johanna Wokalek
,
Nadja Uhl
,
Stipe Erceg
,
Niels-Bruno Schmidt
Directed by:
Uli Edel
The Wave (
2008) | IMDb:
7.6
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.
Starring:
Jürgen Vogel
,
Frederick Lau
,
Max Riemelt
,
Jennifer Ulrich
,
Christiane Paul
,
Elyas M'Barek
Downfall (
2004) | IMDb:
8.2
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the east and the Allied Expeditionary Force attacking from the west. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his generals and advisers to fight to the last man. When the end finally does come, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender.
Starring:
Bruno Ganz
,
Alexandra Maria Lara
,
Corinna Harfouch
,
Ulrich Matthes
,
Juliane Köhler
,
Heino Ferch
Before the Fall (
2004) | IMDb:
7.4
In 1942, Friedrich Weimer's boxing skills get him an appointment to a National Political Academy (NaPolA) – high schools that produce Nazi elite. Over his father's objections, Friedrich enrolls. During his year in seventh column,Friedrich encounters hazing, cruelty, death, and the Nazi code. His friendship with Albrecht, the ascetic son of the area's governor, is central to this education.
Starring:
Max Riemelt
,
Tom Schilling
,
Devid Striesow
,
Joachim Bißmeier
,
Justus von Dohnányi
,
Michael Schenk
Directed by:
Dennis Gansel
Schindler's List (
1993) | IMDb:
9
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Starring:
Liam Neeson
,
Ben Kingsley
,
Ralph Fiennes
,
Caroline Goodall
,
Jonathan Sagall
,
Embeth Davidtz