Originally produced for German TV, Improvised and Purposeful is a firsthand look at the "Cinema Novo" movement (otherwise known as the 'Brazilian New Wave'). Di

Rosel Zech was a German theater and film actress. Born on July 7, 1940, in Berlin, Germany, she is known for her association with the "Autorenkino" movement, wh

Father Brown is only too happy to interfere with the work of the police in solving tricky criminal cases, usually with resounding success. That's why the clergy

Ulli Lommel was a German actor. He was born on December 21, 1944, and died on December 2, 2017, at the age of 72. Lommel was known for his collaborations with R

Barbara Rütting was a German actress, politician, and author born in Berlin, Germany on November 21, 1927. She passed away on March 28, 2020 at the age of 92. A

Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (born 14 August 1945) is a German filmmaker and playwright, who is a major figure in New German Cinema. Among the honors he has rece

Volker Schlöndorff, born 31 March 1939 in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany, is a Berlin‑based German filmmaker and director. He is a leading figure of the New German C

Werner Herzog is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director. He is regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feat

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a German film director, screenwriter, dramatist and actor born in Bad Wörishofen, Germany, and died in

Margarethe von Trotta is a German film director, screenwriter, and actress who was born on February 21, 1942, in Berlin. She has been referred to as a leading f

Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, was a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germ

At an Austrian boys' boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a

Peter Kern was an iconoclastic Austrian independent director and former New German Cinema actor. Born in Wien, Austria on February 13, 1949, he appeared in more

Saskia-Sophie Rosendahl is a German actress born on July 9, 1993, in Halle an der Saale, Germany. She began her career with the children's ballet of the Halle O