Krabat (
2008) | IMDb:
6.1
A 14-year-old orphan named Krabat flees the horrors of the 30 Years War by becoming an apprentice to an ominous master of a mysterious mill. Krabat is not only taught the craft of milling, but is also instructed in the sinister world of the darker arts. When the life of his friend and protector is threatened, Krabat must struggle to free himself from an evil sorcerer's control in a gripping fight for freedom, friendship and love.
Starring:
David Kross
,
Daniel Brühl
,
Robert Stadlober
,
Hanno Koffler
,
Christian Redl
,
Paula Kalenberg
Directed by:
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Wings of Desire (
1987) | IMDb:
7.9
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.
Das Boot (
1981) | IMDb:
8.4
A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Starring:
Jürgen Prochnow
,
Herbert Grönemeyer
,
Klaus Wennemann
,
Hubertus Bengsch
,
Martin Semmelrogge
,
Bernd Tauber
The Tin Drum (
1979) | IMDb:
7.5
Oskar Matzerath is a very unusual boy. Refusing to leave the womb until promised a tin drum by his mother, Agnes, Oskar is reluctant to enter a world he sees as filled with hypocrisy and injustice, and vows on his third birthday to never grow up. Miraculously, he gets his wish. As the Nazis rise to power in Danzig, Oskar wills himself to remain a child, beating his tin drum incessantly and screaming in protest at the chaos surrounding him.
Starring:
Mario Adorf
,
Angela Winkler
,
David Bennent
,
Katharina Thalbach
,
Daniel Olbrychski
,
Tina Engel
Directed by:
Volker Schlöndorff