Library News for German Studies

New DVDs, Nov. 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Bagdad Cafe [videorecording] / by Percy Adlon. German title: Out of Rosenheim. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. DVD, region 2.

Ediths Tagebuch [videorecording] / nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Patricia Highsmith ; Produktion, Buch und Regie: Hans W. Geissendörfer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1983. DVD, region 2.

Fitzcarraldo [videorecording] / Buch und Regie, Werner Herzog. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. DVD, region 2.

Gathering of old men. German Title: Ein Aufstand alter Männer [videorecording] /  [Regie, Volker Schlöndorff ; Buch, Charles Fuller]. Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 1987. DVD, region 2. 

Gegenschuss [videorecording] : Aufbruch der Filmemacher / Regie, Dominik Wessely ; Co-Regie, Laurens Straub ; Buch und Interviews, Rainer Kölmel, Laurens Straub, Dominik Wessely. Originally released in as a motion picture in 2008. SUMMARY: Recounts the history of the German film production company Filmverlag der Autoren, from its inception in the mid-1960s as an artists' collective, through its closure in 1977. Includes interviews with German filmmakers as well as clips from various New German cinema films. DVD, region 2.

Das Geheimnis [videorecording] / Produktion, Buch und Regie, Rudolf Thome ; eine Moana Filmproduktion. Originally released as a motion picture in 1994. DVD, region 2.

Der geteilte Himmel [videorecording] / Icestorm International ; Progress Film-Verleih GmbH ; directed by Konrad Wolf. Based on the novel by Christa Wolf. Originally released in the GDR as a motion picture in 1964. DVD.

Der Kandidat [videorecording] / Arthaus ; [Regie und Buch, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. DVD, region 2.

Krieg und Frieden [videorecording] / [Regie, Stefan Aust, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff ; Buch Stefan Aust, Heinrich Böll, Axel Engstfeld, Alexander Kluge, Volker Schlöndorff]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. DVD, region 2.

Lulu [videorecording] : opera in two acts / by Alban Berg ; based on Der Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora by Frank Wedekind. Recorded at the Opernhaus Zürich, Nov. 2002. DVD.

Manöver [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Helma Sanders Filmproduktion ; [Buch und Regie, Helma Sanders-Brahms]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. DVD, region 2.

Martha [videorecording]. Director/writer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Originally produced in 1974. DVD.

Paris, Texas [videorecording] / [Regie, Wim Wenders ; Buch, Sam Shepard]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. DVD, region 2.

Das schreckliche Mädchen [videorecording] / Buch und Regie, Michael Verhoeven. Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. DVD, region 2.

Tausend Augen [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Buch und Regie, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg. Originally released as a motion picture in 1984. DVD, region 2.

Theo gegen den Rest der Welt [videorecording] / Buch, Matthias Seeling ; ein Film von Peter F. Bringmann ; [Regie, Peter F. Bringmann]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. DVD; Region 2.

Die weisse Rose [videorecording] / Drehbuch, Michael Verhoeven, Mario Krebs ; ein Film von Michael Verhoeven. Originally released as a motion picture in 1982. DVD, region 2.

50 DVDs of New German Cinema NOW AVAILABLE--update

The Libraries acquired a set of 50 DVDs of New German Cinema from Filmverlag der Autoren in May 2009. This is an excellent collection; many of the films have never been released before on DVD!

List of titles in collection: http://www.filmverlagderautoren.de/filme

All of the titles have now been cataloged and are ready to be checked out and viewed. Note: all of these are region 2 DVDs which means they may not play on DVD players coded for only US-region DVDs.

List of titles in WU Catalog: http://catalog.wustl.edu/search/t?filmverlag+der+autoren+(series)

There is also an accompanying book which discusses the films and Filmverlag der Autoren.  

New Books and Films in Jewish Studies, June-Nov. 2009

If you're interested in Jewish Studies and/or Holocaust Studies, please consult Debbie Katz's post about new books and films in Jewish Studies

June-Nov. 2009.

New DVDs, Oct. 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Der amerikanische Freund [videorecording] / Arthaus ; eine Coproduktion der Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH ... [et al.] ; [Regie und Buch, Wim Wenders]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. DVD, region 2.

Buddenbrooks [videorecording] / ein Film von Heinrich Breloer ; nach dem Roman von Thomas Mann ; [Drehbuch, Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein ; Regie, Heinrich Breloer]. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. DVD, region 2.

Deutschland im Herbst [videorecording] / Filmverlag der Autoren ; [principal directors, Heinrich Böll, R.W. Fassbinder]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Doktor Faust [videorecording] / von Ferruccio Busoni ; aus dem Opernhaus Zürich. Opera. Sung in German, with subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. DVD.

Die dritte Generation [videorecording] eine Komödie in 6 Teilen um Gesellschaftsspiele voll Spannung, Erregung und Logik, Grausamkeit und Wahnsinn ähnlich den Märchen die man Kindern erzählt ihr Leben zum Tod ertragen zu helfen / [Regie und Buch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. DVD, region 2.

Die freudlose Gasse [videorecording] / Regie, Georg Wilhelm Pabst ; Drehbuch, Willy Haas, nach dem Roman von Hugo Bettauer ; Sofar-Film-Produktion GmbH, Berlin ; Produzenten, Michael Salkin und Romain Pinès. Originally produced as motion picture in 1925. Silent film, with German intertitles and optional English subtitles. DVD.

Die gläserne Zelle [videorecording] /  Buch, Klaus Bädekerl, H.W. Geissendörfer ; nach Motiven des gleichnamigen Romans von Patricia Highsmith ; Regie, Hans W. Geissendörfer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Messer im Kopf [videorecording] / [Regie, Reinhard Hauff ; Drehbuch, Peter Schneider ; Coproduktion Bioskop Film, München, Hallelujah Film, München]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Pnima-- [videorecording] : ins innere/ Mode Records presents ; [written by] Chaya Czernowin ; directed by Claus Guth. An opera in three acts referencing the Holocaust deals with the way that people react to traumatic experiences. The actors on stage do not sing or speak. DVD.

Die Reise [videorecording] / Buch und Regie: Markus Imhoof ; frei nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Bernward Vesper. Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. DVD, region 2.

Stammheim [videorecording] : die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht / Arthaus ; Drehbuch, Stefan Aust ; Regie, Reinhard Hauff ; eine Coproduktion der Bioskop-Film München und des Thalia Theaters Hamburg. Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. DVD, region 2.

Stroszek [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Reigie und Buch, Werner Herzog]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. DVD, region 2.

Tarot [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; Buch Max Zihlmann ; Produktion und Regie, Rudolf Thome ; eine Moana-Anthea Produktion in Zusammenarbeit mit der ZDF. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. DVD, region 2.

Der unbekannte Soldat [videorecording] = The unknown solder /  Ein Film von Michael Verhoeven. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. DVD.

New DVDs/VHS, Sept. 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Bonhoeffer, agent of grace [videorecording] / NFP Teleart GMBH & Co. KG and Norflicks Productions Ltd. in cooperation with Aid Association for Lutherans present. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. VHS.

Céleste [videorecording] / Pelemele Film GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk ; Regie und Buch, Percy Adlon ; frei nach dem Buch Monsieur Proust von Céleste Albaret. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. DVD, region 2.

La chute de la maison Usher [videorecording] / un film de Jean Epstein ; d'apres les motifs d'Edgar A. Poe. Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1928. English translation of French intertitles spoken by narrator. DVD.

Rosa Luxemburg [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Bioskop-Film ; Drehbuch und Regie, Margarethe von Trotta. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.  DVD, region 2.

New DVDs, Aug. 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

40 m² Deutschland [videorecording] / Filmverlag der Autoren ; Buch und Regie, Tevik Başer. In Turkish with optional German subtitles; credits in German. Originally released in 1986. The tale of a young Turkish woman who, after an arranged marriage, follows her much older husband to Hamburg. DVD; Region 2.

Die bleierne Zeit [videorecording] / Arthaus ; eine Produktion der Bioskop-Film München ; Buch und Regie, Margarethe von Trotta. Original motion picture release, 1981. DVD; Region 2

David [videorecording] / von Peter Lilienthal ; Regie, Peter Lilienthal ; Drehbuch, Peter Lilienthal, Jurek Becker, Ulla Ziemann. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. DVD; Region 2.

Deutschland bleiche Mutter [videorecording] / Arthaus ; ein Film von Helma Sanders-Brahms ; [Buch und Regie, Helma Sanders-Brahms ; Produktion, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Westdeutscher Rundfunk]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. DVD; Region 2.

Die Entdeckung der Currywurst [videorecording] / Tag/Traum Filmproduktion zeigt in Co-Produktion mit Kãnguruh Film in Zusammenarbiet mit Norddeutscher Rundfunk ; einen Film von Ulla Wagner ; nach der Novelle von Uwe Timm. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. DVD; Region 2.

Escape from Sobibor [videorecording] : true life escape from a Nazi death camp / directed by Jack Gold, screenplay by Reginald Rose. True story of the mass escape of Jewish prisoners from the Nazi death camp at Sobibor, Poland. DVD.

Der Fangschuss [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren zeigt eine deutsche-französische Gemeinschaftsproduktion der Bioskop-Film München und Argos Films Paris ; nach dem Roman von Marguerite Yourcenar ; Drehbuch, Genevieve Dorman, Margarethe von Trotta, Jutta Brückner ; Regie, Volker Schlöndorff. DVD; Region 2.

Die Hamburger Krankheit [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie, Peter Fleischmann; Buch, Peter Fleischmann, Roland Topor, Otto Jägersberg. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. DVD; Region 2.

Die linkshändige Frau [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Reverse Angle ; [Regie und Buch, Peter Handke]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978.  DVD; Region 2.

Nordsee ist Mordsee [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Buch und Regie, Hark Bohm. Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. "Two wildly different children from the slums of Hamburg become friends and attempt to find freedom in a raft out on the North Sea..." DVD, Region 2.

Die ortliebschen Frauen [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; eine Solaris-von Vietinghoff-Frankenberg-WDR Produktion ; Regie, Luc Bondy ; [Buch, Luc Bondy, Libgart Schwarz, Ellen Hammer]. Based loosely on the novel by Franz Nabl, Grab des Lebendigen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1980. DVD, Region 2.

Der Schneider von Ulm [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Drehbuch, Petra Kiener, Edgar Reitz ; Regie, Edgar Reitz. Produced by Zweites Deutsches Fernsehn for television in 1978. DVD; Region 2

Stunde Null [videorecording] / Arthaus ; [Regie Edgar Reitz; Buch, Peter Steinbach ... et al. ]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. DVD, Region 2.

Der Verwandlung der Welt in Musik [videorecording] / ein Film von Werner Herzog ; ein Werner Herzog Filmproduktion im Auftrag von ARTE/Unitel und ZDF = The transformation of the world into music / a film by Werner Herzog ; a Werner Herzog film production for ARTE/Unitel and ZDF. Werner Herzog's The transformation of the world into music is an elegant and adroitly executed documentary which captures the cultural excitement inherent in the annual Bayreuth Festival. DVD.

 

New DVDs, July 2009

Alice in den Städten [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Reverse Angle ; Buch, Wim Wenders, Veith von Fürstenberg ; Regie, Wim Wenders ; Produktion 1. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. DVD--Region 2.

Angst essen Seele auf [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Tango-Film Produktion Nummer fünf ; ein Film von Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; [Regie und Buch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder]. Originally released as a motion picture in Denmark in 1974. DVD--Region 2.

Einer von uns beiden [videorecording] / eine Luggi Waldleitner Produktion der Roxy-Film ; Buch, Manfred Purzer ; Regie, Wolfgang Petersen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. DVD--Region 2.

Im Lauf der Zeit [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie und Buch, Wim Wenders. Originally released as a motion picture in 1976. DVD--Region 2.

Lina Braake [videorecording] / Drehbuch und Regie, Bernhard Sinkel. Originally released as a motion picture in 1974. DVD--Region 2.

The myth of the "clash of civilizations" [videorecording] / Media Education Foundation ; executive producer & director, Sut Jhally. "... Edward Said takes aim at one of the central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking - that conflicts between different and clashing "civilizations" (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world. ..."--Container. DVD.

The seventh seal [videorecording] / produced by Allan Ekelund ; written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. A DVD release of the motion picture produced in 1957. Swedish dialogue with English subtitles.DVD.

Die Verrohung des Franz Blum [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Drehbuch, Burkhard Driest ; Regie, Reinhard Hauff ; eine Produktion der Bioskop-Film München. Originally premiered on television in 1974. DVD--Region 2.

New DVDs, June 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Adele Spitzeder [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie, Peer Raben ; Buch, Martin Sperr, Peer Raben. Originally released as a made for TV movie in 1972. DVD; Region 2.

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Regie und Buch, Werner Herzog. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. German and English audio. DVD; Region 2

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant [videorecording] : ein Krankheitsfall / Arthaus ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Regie und Buch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; Tango Film Produktion. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. DVD; Region 2

The doll [videorecording] : four amusing acts from a toy box / loosely based on "Wilner" by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; Union ; directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin : from Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood / producer, Loy W. Arnold ; written and directed by Robert Fischer. German title: Die Puppe. The doll: silent film with English intertitles translated from the German. Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: English and German with English subtitles. DVD.

Ein grosser graublauer Vogel [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie, Thomas Schamoni ; Story & Buch, Thomas Schamoni, ... [et al.] ; eine Coproduktion der TS-Film, Thomas Schamoni & Prodi-Cinematografica. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. DVD, Region 2.

Ich liebe dich, ich töte dich [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; Buch, Regie, Produktion, Uwe Brandner. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. DVD; Region 2

The idiots [videorecording] / written and directed by Lars von Trier; produced by Vibeke Windelov. Danish dialog with English subtitles. DVD.

Lebenszeichen [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Buch, Regie, Produktion, Werner Herzog. Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. DVD, Region 2.

Murnau, Borzage and Fox [videorecording] / a Cloverland Production ; writer, Steven Smith ; produced and directed by John Cork and Lisa van Eyssen. "When William Fox brought German Expressionist F.W. Murnau to Fox, a period of artistic freedom and experimentation began. Murnau's techniques were studied by Fox's roster of directors, including John Ford, Raoul Walsh and most notably, Frank Borzage"--Container. Documentary film. DVD.

La ronde [videorecording] / Euro-London Films ; Cofradis ; a film by Max Ophuls ; adaptation by Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls ; dialogue Jacques Natanson. Based on the play, Reigen, by Arthur Schnitzler. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. French with optional English subtitles. DVD.

Sumurun [videorecording] : an oriental play in six acts / adapted by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920. Silent film with English intertitles translated from the German .DVD.

Tschetan, der Indianerjunge / [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Buch und Regie, Hark Bohm. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. DVD; Region 2;

Warum läuft Herr R. amok? [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie und Buch, Michael Fengler und Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. DVD, Region 2.

The wildcat [videorecording] : a grotesque in four acts / by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; directed by Ernst Lubtisch. Silent film with English intertitles, translated from the original German. Originally premiered on film in 1921. DVD.

New DVDs, May 2009

Jakob der Lügner [videorecording] = Jacob the liar / DEFA Studio für Spielfilme, Gruppe Johannisthal und Fernsehen der DDR ; eine Gemeinschaftsproduktion in Zusammenarbeit mit Filmové studio Barrandov. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1974. DVD.

Låt den rätte komma in [videorecording] = Let the right one in / EFTI ; in co-production with Filmpool Nord, Ljudligan, Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB, Sveriges Television and WAG ; produced by Carl Molinder, John Nordling ; screenplay by John Ajvide Lindqvist ; directed by Tomas Alfredson. In Swedish with optional English subtitles. DVD.

The Restless conscience [videorecording] : resistance to Hitler within Germany, 1933-1945 / a film by Hava Kohav Beller. Documents the motivating principles and activities of the anti-Nazi resistance within Germany from 1933 to 1945. DVD.

New DVDs, April 2009

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD list.

Beowulf [videorecording] / Charles Morrow Productions LLC and Jon Aaron ; Other Media ; director, Stellan Olsson. DVD.

Joyless street [videorecording] / New Era National Pictures Limited ; directed by G.W. Pabst. DVD.

Lebenszeichen [videorecording] = Signs of life / written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog. DVD.

Linie 1 [videorecording] / Buch und Songs, Volker Ludwig ; Drehbuch, Volker Ludwig, Reinhard Hauff ; Regie, Reinhard Hauff. DVD (PAL), Region 2.  

Short films by Werner Herzog [videorecording] / a New Yorker Films release. DVD.

The white diamond [videorecording] / Marco Polo Film ; a film by Werner Herzog ; producer, Werner Herzog, Annette Scheurich, Lucki Stipetic ; writer, Werner Herzog ; original storyline, Rudolph Herzog, Annette Scheurich ; directed and narrated by Werner Herzog. DVD.

The wild blue yonder [videorecording] / Norm Hill, Peter Langs, and Carl Tostevin in conjunction with 518 Media, Inc. ; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, West Park Pictures, Tetra Media co-production for BBC and France 2 ; by Werner Herzog. DVD.