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In association with Amazon.com and Amazon.de, we offer the following recommended films from the German-speaking countries and Hollywood. All of the films are in German with optional English subtitles (or the original English soundtrack). See the categories below.
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German Films on Blu-ray
In German with English subtitles
The following Blu-ray films will play on normal US/Canadian players (Region A):
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Blu-ray, 2008)
This film about German home-grown terrorism in the 1970s and '80s stars Martina Gedeck and Moritz Bleibtreu. Directed by Uli Edel. In German with English subtitles. > Buy it!
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| The Counterfeiters |
From the back cover: “Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters tells the true story of Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a swindler who made a name for himself as Berlin’s ‘King of the Counterfeiters.’ However, his life of women and easy money is cut short when he's arrested and placed in a Nazi concentration camp. ...Sorowitsch makes a sobering deal with his captors: in exchange for a comfortable bed, good food and fair treatment, Sorowitsch, along with the other hand-picked specialists, must counterfeit bank notes to fund the Nazi War effort. If he does as they say, he lives another day. If he rebels, he faces the same fate as the rest of the camp’s prisoners. But if he lives, will he be able to live with himself?” > Buy it!
Also available on DVD.
Das Boot (The Boat, 2-disc set - Blu-ray)
Amazon: “This 282-minute version of Das Boot is the full-length TV series, originally shown in six parts but here edited into a seamless whole. Director Wolfgang Petersen has since graduated to mega-budget Hollywood productions (2004's Troy for example), but has never managed to even come close to this, his German-language masterpiece. Petersen and his sterling cast (including Jürgen Prochnow in his best role as the U-boat Captain) went to great lengths to ensure that this claustrophobic depiction of life aboard the German sub U-97 while attacking British convoys in the Atlantic is thoroughly authentic, and totally convincing.”
> Buy it!
Downfall (Der Untergang, Blu-ray)
From Amazon: “The riveting subject of Downfall is nothing less than the disintegration of Adolf Hitler in mind, body, and soul. A 2005 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language film, this German historical drama stars Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire) as Hitler, whose psychic meltdown is depicted in sobering detail, suggesting a fallen, pathetic dictator on the verge on insanity, resorting to suicide (along with Eva Braun and Joseph and Magda Goebbels) as his Nazi empire burns amidst chaos in mid-1945.”
> Buy it! - Also on DVD.
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| The Lives of Others |
From Amazon: “Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, this is a first-rate thriller that ... opts for character development over car chases. The place is East Berlin, the year is 1984, and it all begins with a simple surveillance assignment: Capt. Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe in a restrained, yet deeply felt performance), a Stasi officer and a specialist in this kind of thing, has been assigned to keep an eye on Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch, Black Book), a respected playwright, and his actress girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck, Mostly Martha).” > Buy it!
Also available on DVD.
The White Ribbon (Das Weiße Band, Blu-ray, 2009)
Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Amazon: “Like a 'Twilight Zone' episode directed by Antonioni, The White Ribbon weaves an unsettling and enigmatic spell. Michael Haneke's film is set just before World War I in a village in northern Germany, where a series of strange occurrences take place over several months. These occurrences are sinister and cruel and often involve the children of the village–not merely as victims (although child abuse seems to be a far-from-isolated event) but also as perpetrators…” > Buy it!
Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin, Blu-ray)
Wim Wenders’ 1987 classic – shot in divided-Berlin – looks great in high-definition Blu-ray! > Buy it! - Also available on DVD.
Run Lola Run (Lola rennt, Blu-ray, 1996)
Lola (Franka Potente) runs through the streets of Berlin — and to box-office records. If you only own one German movie on Blu-ray, this is the one! A modern classic by director Tim Tykwer. > Buy it! - Also available on DVD
Hollywood Films in German • Blu-ray
In German with English subtitles and/or original English soundtrack
The following Blu-ray films will play on normal US/Canadian players (Region A):
Casino Royale (Blu-ray SteelBook [Region Free])
This is the German version of the James Bond film with Daniel Craig.
Men in Black (Blu-ray SteelBook [Region Free])
This is the German version of the sci-fi classic. It will play on a regular US Blu-ray player and also has the original English soundtrack option.
Paris, Texas (Blu-ray)
This Wim Wenders’ classic, set in the USA, stars Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski.
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