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Almost Peaceful
No. D003
DVD, Region 2, 94 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2002
Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following WWII, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors.

Amen
No. D004
DVD, Region 2, 130 min, Color, In English, 2002
A story of unwavering conscience and unspeakable horror, AMEN, dramatizes the all too true history of how religious leaders in Germany and the Vatican ignored the plight of Europe’s Jews during WWII.
When newly commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein witnesses the chemical disinfectant he’s helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only sympathetic ear Gerstein is able to find is that of young Father Riccardo, a priest with deep ties to the Vatican. While Riccardo takes on the obstructive Vatican hierarchy, Gerstein must walk a tightrope between documenting and enabling the atrocities his fellow SS officers cold-bloodedly commit. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and the world, they discover that the fates of a man of conscience committing treason for the sake of humanity and a man of God committing heresy to thwart genocide are ultimately the same.
Costa-Gavras reveals the heroism and deceit surrounding the Vatican’s response to the Holocaust with both suspenseful urgency and cool detachment, underscoring the disturbing gray areas of character that tolerated the Nazi atrocities that Gerstien and Riccardo beseech the Vatican to condem. Without sanctimoniousness, the bitter ironies and hollow victories that are at the heart of AMEN, incrimnate the Nazis, the Church and ultimately humanity itself.

Beat That My Heart Skipped, (The)
No. D005
DVD, Region 1, 107 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2005
Romain Duris (L’Auberge Espangole), in a standout performance, plays Tom, a 28 year-old who seems destined to follow in his father’s footsteps as a Parisian property shark working in a sleazy and sometimes brutal world. However, a chance encounter with his late mother’s music agent leads him to believe that he can become, like his mother, a concert pianist. In earnst, he starts preparing for the audition with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso pianist who has just arrived from China. She doesn’t speak a word of French; music is their only exchange. But pressures from the ugly world of his day job soon become more than he can handle...

Dinner Game, The
No. D007
DVD, Region 1, 81 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Laughter is on the menu when the creator of La Cage Aux Folles serves up a tasty comic feast with this hilarious farce. Pierre and his snobbish friends have a standing date for dinner. Every week, they compete to see who can bring the biggest "idiot" to the party. Pierre is sure he's found a winner in the unsuspecting François, a ministry accountant whose hobby is making matchstick models of famous monuments. But when circumstances trap Pierre in his apartment with François, the tables are turned and everyone gets their just desserts.
Lesson plans are available.

Eyes Without A Face
No. D010
DVD, Region 1, 90 min, Black & White, French w/English subtitles, 1959
Secluded in the French countryside, a brilliant, obsessive doctor attempts a radical surgery that could restore the beauty of his daughter’s disfigured face--but at a horrifying price. At once ghastly and lyrical, Eyes Without A Face is a true rarity of horror cinema and has influenced countless other films.

Kirikou and the Sorceress
No. D014
DVD, Region 2, 70 min, Color, Animated, French or English, 1998
This animated film exquisitely recounts the tales of tiny Kirikou, born in an African village on which Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse. Kirikou sets out on a quest to free his village of the curse and find out the secret of why Karaba is so wicked. A blend of African folktales, Kirikou has both humor and flair. Kirikou depicts a precocious newborn infant who battles ignorance, and so-called evil, with endearing perseverance. This film speaks to the child within us all who yearns to express and defend the best in others and ourselves. Kirikou’s stunning visuals are accented by a traditional music soundtrack by African music giant Youssou N’Dour of Senefal.

L'Enfant (The Child)
No. D015
DVD, Region 2, 95 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2005
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.

Manon of the Spring
No. D019
DVD, Region 1, 114 min, Color, French with Spanish or English subtitles, 1987
It's been ten years since her father's death left Manon tending goats in the rugged hills of Provence. Struggling to make her way in the world, Manon has no idea that her neighbor César Soubeyran and his nephew Ugolin, cheated her out of her father's land. But when Manon discovers that the Soubeyrans were directly responsible for her father's tragic death, she goes after the two men with a fierce vengeance worthy of her proud and courgeous heritage.
Sequel to Jean de Florette.

Monsieur Ibrahim
No. D020
DVD, Region 1, 95 min, Color, French w/English subtitles
Screen legend Omar Sharif is Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly widower who owns a grocery store in a shabby, working-class section of Paris. His life takes on new meaning when he befriends Momo, a lonely teenage boy. In Ibrahim, Momo finds the father he never had, a patient man infused with kindness and wisdom that he freely shares. And Momo awakens within Ibrahim a taste for grand adventure, which takes them on a journey that will change their lives forever.

Ponette
No. D023
DVD, Region 2, 92 min, Color, French with English subtitles
Named the Best Foreign Film of the Year by the New York Film Critics Circle, Ponette stars 4-year old Victoire Thivisol, Winner of the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival, in the title role. Sent to live with her relatives, Ponette experiences the hopes, dreams and fears of a child following the loss of a parent. Ultimately, it is her faith, love and strength of character that enables Ponette to triumphantly overcome her tragedy.
Lesson plans are available.

Safe Conduct
No. D026
DVD, Region 2, 163 min, Color, French w/English subtitles, 2002
Dedicated to "those who lived through these events," Bertrand Taverier's Safe Conduct celebrates the artists who kept the French film industry alive during the Nazi occupation. Tavernier meticulously recreates this tumultuous period in French history, when filmmakers were forced to weigh career with conscience, and their real-life heroics rivaled any adventure they created for the screen. Jacques Gamblin stars as Jean Devaivre, who leads a double life as an assistant director for the leading German production company, and a member of the Resistance. Denis Podalydes costars as Jean Aurenche, a womanizing screenwriter who is determined not to work for the enemy. Packed with incredible incidents and populated by fascinating real characters, the thrilling Safe Conduct is a labor of love from one of the world cinema's most distinguished directors.

Salut Cousin!
No. D027
DVD, Region 2, 98 min, Color, No subtitles, 1996
Salut Cousin! is the tale of two Algerian cousins and their mishaps in the racially volatile environment of Paris.

To Be And To Have
No. D031
DVD, Region 1, 104 min, Color. French w/English subtitles
To Be and To Have, France’s highest grossing documentary of all time is an intimate and touching portrait of life inside a one-room schoolhouse in a rural French village and one of the most emotionally gratifying films about teaching ever made.
At the center of the story, and now an international celebrity, is George Lopez - a remarkably devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11 in all their school subjects and life lessons. Whether mediating fights, flipping omelets, or discussing a father’s illness with a troubled student, Lopez upholds a firm, but gentle paternal approach.
Director Nicholas Philibert’s incredible film demonstrates how a teacher, if well trained, dedicated and sensitive to a child’s educational and emotional needs, can hugely influence a generation of children at their most critical time of development. Those with warm memories of a favorite teacher will be deeply moved by this film.

German

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
No. D001
DVD, Region 1, 93 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 1974
Lonely widow Emmi Kurowski (Brigitte Mira) meets Arab worker Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) in a bar during a rainstorm. They fall in love, to their own surprise, and to the shock of family, collegues, and drinking buddies. In Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (Angst essen Seele auf), Fassbinder expertly uses the emtional power of the melodrama to reflect the ethnic tensions with German society.

Das Leben der Anderen
No. D054
DVD, Region 2, 132 min, Color, German
Ost-Berlin, November 1984. Der DDR-Staat sichert seinen Machtanspruch mit einem erbarmungslosen System aus Kontrolle und Überwachung. Als Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz (Ulrich Tukur) den linientreuen Stasi-Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) auf den erfolgreichen Dramatiker Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) und seine Lebensgefährtin, den Theaterstar Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck) ansetzt, verspricht er sich davon einen Karriereschub. Womit er nicht gerechnet hat: Das intime Eindringen in die Welt der Observierten verändert auch den Stasi-Mann. Das Eintauchen in DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN - in Liebe, Literatur, freies Denken und Reden - eröffnet Wiesler eine nie gekanntz Welt, der er sich immer weniger entziehen kann. Ein gefählt kompromisslos ein Thema aus Deutschland, das so authentisch, spannend und einfühlsam bisher noch nie inszeniert wurde.

Das Versprechen
No. D047
DVD, Region 2, 111 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 1994
Ostberlin im Herbst 1961. Sophie und Konrad wollen gemeinsam fliehen. Durch die Kanalisation in den Westen. Sophie schafft es. Konrad wird von einem Armeewagen überrascht und bleibt zurück. Von nun an nimmt das Leben der beiden Liebenden einen grundlegend verschiedenen Verlauf. In fast dreißig Jahren sehen Sophie und Konrad sich viermal. Bei einem Treffen in Prag wird Sophie schwanger. Als ihr gemeinsamer Sohn zur Welt kommt, hält Sophie die Ungewißheit nicht länger aus, und es folgen Jahre des Schweigens, bis Konrad ein einziges Mal in den Westen reisen darf. In der langen Nacht vom 9. auf den 10. November 1989 fällt die Mauer. Auf einer Brücke, im Freudentaumel einer Menschenmenge, bewegen sich drei Menschen aufeinander zu...

Das Wunder Von Bern
No. D040
DVD, Region 2, 118 min, Color, German w/English or Spanish subtitles, 2004
Das Ruhrgebiet im Sommer 1954: Nach zehn langen Jahren kehrt Richard Lubanski aus der sowjetischen Gefangenschaft zurück-- und versteht die Welt nicht mehr. Selbstbewusst hat seine Frau Christa die Familie durchgebracht, seine erwachsenen Kinder führen ihr eigenes Leben und sein Jüngster, den er überhaupt noch nie geschen hat, schwärmt für Fußballstars, deren Namen Lubanski nicht kennt--allen voran für Helmut Rahn, den “Boss” von Rot-Weiß-Essen. Während Lubanski verzweifelt um einen Platz in dieser ihm fremd gewordenen Welt kämpft, treffen bei der WM in der Schweiz die weltbesten Fußballmannschaften aufeinander. Und wie durch ein Wunder kämpfen sich dabei die krassen Außenseiter aus Deutschland bis ins Endspiel gegen Ungarn vor. Der 4 Juli 1954 wird der Tag, an dem sich alles entscheidet...

Deutschland - Ein sommermärchen
No. D055
DVD, Region 2 (PAL), 2-discs, 107 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 2006
Während der FIFA - Fußballweltmeisterschaft 2006 versetzte die deutsche Nationalmann-schaft ganz Deutschland in eine unglaubliche Euphorie. Sie ließ uns allen den Traum vom Weltmeistertitel in greifbare Nähe rücken. Voller Emotionen und Begeisterung durchlebten Tausende von Fans in den vier Wochen einen nie gekannten Freudentaumel, der mit Platz 3 ein versöhnliches Ende fand. Filmregisseur Sönke Wortmann hatte während dieser Zeit die einmalige Möglichkeit, hautnah bei den WM-Helden zu sein. Er folgte ihnen bis in die Kabine, er filmte Klinsmanns mitreißende Ansprachen, die Freudenfeiern und die Enttäuschung nach dem verlorenen Halbfinale. Endlich ist es möglich, all jenes über die Nationalelf zu erfahren, was man nicht auf dem Rasen zu sehen bekam - und noch viel mehr: DEUTSCHLAND, EIN SOMMERMÄRCHEN enthält unter anderem knap zwei Stunden bisher unveröffentlichte Szenen aus dem Filmmaterial von Sönke Wortmann.

Die Architekten
No. D046
DVD, Region , 102 min, Color, German w/English, French or Spanish subtitles, 1990
Der engagierte Architekt Daniel Brenner ist Ende Dreißig und projecktiert Busstationen und Telefohhäuschen. Ab und an nimmt, er an Wettbewerben teil, die ihm aber bisher nicht, den großen Auftrag eingebracht haben. Eines Tages bekommt, er überraschend ein überaus lukratives Angebot, von höchster Ebene: Für eine riesigne Berliner Trabantenstadt soll Brenner ein kulturelles Zentrum entwerfen. Unter der Bedingung, sich seine Mitarbeiter selbst, aussuchen zu dürfen, nimmt, er schießlich an. Er bildet ein Team aus f¨nf ehemaligen Studienfreunden und zwei neuen Absolventen. Mit großern Engagement und viel Fantasie gehen sie an die Arbeit. Aber ihre Vision geht, nicht auf. 1989 fliehen viele DDR-Bürger in den Westen, auch Daniels Frau und Kind. Der Zerfall des SED-Systems schreitet unvermindert voran und mündet am 9, November 1989 im Fall der Berliner Mauer. Auch innerhalb des Teams macht sich nun zunehmend Misstrauen breit. Die anfängliche Hoffnung erweist sich einmal mehr als Illusion.

Die Dritte Generation
No. D042
DVD, Region 2, 105 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 2004
Westberlin 1978. Ein internationaler Computerkonzern manipuliert eine ahnungslose Gruppe von Möchtegern-Terroristen. Durch deren terroristische Aktivität, die ohne jede politische Motivation ist, verspricht sich der Computer-Multi höhere Absatzzahlen, denn der Staat soll sich dadurch gezwungen sehen, neue Fahndungscomputer anzuschaffen.

Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei
No. D044
DVD, Region 2, 126 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 2005
Dass die Güter dieser Welt ungerecht verfeilt sind, ist allen klar, wie das zu ändern ist, hingegen nicht so ganz. Die Freunde Jan (Daniel Bruühl) und Peter (Stipe Erceg) haben ihren eigenen Weg gefunden: Nachts brechen sie in Villen ein, nicht um zu klauen, sondern um das Mobiliar auf den Kopf zu stellen. Die Botschaften, die sie hinterlassen, lauten: "Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei" oder "Sie haben zu viel Geld"--unterzeichnet mit "Die Erziehungsberechtigten." Doch dann wird ihre Freundschaft auf eine harte Probe gestelllt: Peters Freundin Jule (Julia Jentsch) und Jan verlieben sich ineinander. Im Überschwang der Gefühle steigen die beiden in eine Villa ein und werden dabei vom Besitzer überrascht. Dafür haben die selbsternannten Erziehungsberechtigten keinen Plan und plötzlich werden sie zu Entfühern wider Willen...

Die Kinder Von Golzow: 1961-1975
No. D048
DVD, 141 min, Black & White, German, No subtitles
Die Chronik der Kinder von Golzow berichtet von Menschen der Jahrgänge 1953-1955, die in der DDR geboren wurden, hier aufwuchsen und in der Mitte ihres Lebens Bürger der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wurden. Im Jahre 1961 - wenige Tage nach dem Bau der Berliner Mauer - gemeinsam in Golzow (Oderbruch) eingeschult und erstmals gefilmt, führte sie das Leben nach acht, zehn oder zwölf Jahren auf verschiedenen Wegen auseinander.
Die Geschichten der "Kinder von Golzow" und die mit ihnen verbundenen Blicke auf ihre Lebenswirklichkeiten veranschaulichen ein Stück Geschichte der DDR und auch des DEFA-Dokumentarfilms bis 1989. Seitdem dokumentiert die Chronik das Leben der "Kinder von Golzow" in der Zeit der Wende und danach.
1961 Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh'
1962 Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse
1966 Elf Jahre alt
1969 Wenn man vierzehn ist
1971 Die Prüfung
1975 Ich sprach mit einem Mädchen

Die Manns--Ein Jahrhundertroman
No. D039
DVD, Region 2, 3 discs, 105 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 2000
Teil 1--1923-1933: Zusammen mit seiner Frau Katia und seinen sechs Kindern lebt Thomas Mann in finanzieller Sicherheit in München und genießt seinen literarischen Ruhm. Doch die wachsende Macht der Nazis verändert das Leben der Manns dramatisch: Sie müssen aus Deutschland fliehen.
Teil 2--1933-1941: Eine rastlose Flucht beginnt, die erst 1941 in Amerika endet.
Teil 3--1942-1955: Die Manns leben im Exil in Amerika. Schicksalsschläge erschweren den neuen Anfang. Erst im Alter von 80 Jahren besucht Thomas Mannseine Heimatstadt Lübeck und stirbt 1955 in Zürich.

Die Mörder sind unter uns
No. D037
DVD, Region 2, 81 min, Black & White, German, No subtitles, 1946
Berlin 1945, Susanne Wallner, eine junge Fotografin, Kehrt aus dem Konzentrationslager zurück, doch ihre Wohnung ist besetzt. Hier lebt seit kurzem der aus dem Krieg heimgekommene Chirurg Mertens, der seine furchtbaren Erinnerungen mit übermäßigem Alkoholgenuss zu verdrängen sucht. Die beiden arrangieren sich, und mit Susannes Hilfe findet Dr. Mertens langsam wieder zu sich selbst. Da begegnet ihm sein ehemaliger Hauptmann Brückner, nun eiin aalglatter Geschäftsmann, dem es egal ist, ob er aus Stahlhelmen Kochtöpfe macht oder umgekehrt. Mertens Gewissen rebelliert, und am Weihnachtsabend 1945 will er Sühne fordern für ein von Brückner drei Jahre zuvor im Osten befohlenes Massaker an Frauen, Kindern und Männern.

Die Unendliche Geschichte
No. D038
DVD, Region 2, 98 min, Color, German & English versions
Auf der Flucht vor ihene rettet er sich eines Tages in ein Antiquariat, wo er einem alten Buchhändler begegnet, der ihn vor einem geheimnisvollen Buch warnt. Bastian kann nicht widerstehen und "leight" sich das Buch mit dem setlsamen Titel hemlich aus, um es auf dem dunklen Dachboden der Schule zu lesen. Er gerät in eine abenteuerliche Reise durch Phantasiens Welt der Winzlinge, Rennschnecken, Felsenbeißer und Glücksdrachen, die vom Untergang bedroht ist und verzweifelt nach einem Retter sucht. Phantasien scheint verloren, als Bastian begreift, welche Rolle er in der unendlichen Geschichte spielen kann...

Die Weisse Rose
No. D041
DVD, Region 2, Color, German, No subtitles, 1982
Die fesselnde Geschichte der Geschwister Scholl und iher Widerstandsgruppe!
München 1942. Eine Gruppe von fünf Studenten, unter ihnen die Geschwister Hans und Sophie Scholl, ruft mit Flugblättern, unterzeichnet mit "Die Weiße Rose", zum Widerstand gegen Hitler auf. Unter Einsatz ihres Lebens bringen sie die Flugblätter auch in andere Städte. Während sich die Schlinge der Gestapo immer enger ziecht, nehmen sie Kontakt zu anderen Gruppen und zu Widerstandskreisen in der Wehrmacht auf. Im Frühjahr 1943 schlägt die Gestapo zu. Der Volksgerichtshof unter Freisler hat das letzte Wort.
Dieser herausragende Film basiert auf Gesprächen mit Mitgliedern der Weißen Rose und Verwandten der Widerstandskämpfer sowie Zeitdokumenten und den Tagebüchern der Geschwister Scholl.

Downfall
No. D008
DVD, Region 1, 155 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2005
Called “dramatic, accurate and harrowing” by the San Francisco Chronicle and nominated for the oscar for Best Foreign Film, Downfall, takes you into Hitler’s bunker during the brutal and harrowing last days of the Third Reich. Seen through the eyes of Hitler’s infamous secretary Traudl Junge, optimism crumbles into grim realization and terror as it becomes clear that Germany’s defeat is inevitable. As the Russian army circles the city, the dimly lit halls of the underground refuge become an execution chamber for the Fuhrer and his closest advisors.

Europa Europa
No. D009
DVD, Region 1, 114 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 1990
This incredible, true story is at once eye-opening, harrowing and humorous as it recounts the severe actions a young boy must take in order to survive, the Holocaust. Based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel, a young German Jew, the film bounds from one jaw-dropping episode to the next and puts you in the middle of war-torn Europe where ingenuity, timing and luck are the key to survival.
Separated from his family at the age of thirteen, Solly (Marco Hofschneider) takes on various identitles to hide his Jewish heritage. First passing himself off as an orphan and later as one of the “Hitler Youth,” Solly carries on his charade, hoping desperately to keep his identity hidden...and make it through the war alive.

Good Bye Lenin!
No. D011
DVD, Region 1, 121 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2003
Hysterically historial. This coming-of-age adventure blends the fall of Communism with the salient emotions of a family’s love. Destined to become one of Germany’s biggest international hits, Good Bye Lenin! is a beautiful introduction to a whole new free world.
In 1989, Christiane Kerner has lost her husband and is completely devoted to the Socialist East German state. A heart attack leaves her in a coma, and when she awakens eight months later, the Berlin Wall has fallen and it’s a whole new world. To protect her from the shock, her son Alex hatches a plan to keep her in the dark.
It’s easy... all he has to do is turn back the hands of time.

Harmonists, (The)
No. D012
DVD, Region 1, 115 min, Color, German w/English subtitles
Filled with topflight performances and unforgettable music, this entertaining and critically acclaimed story was cheered by audiences everywhere! When Harry, a struggling but highly imaginative funnyman, forms a singing group with an unusual group of friends, “The Harmonists” go on to become an overnight sensation in prewar Germany. But as their wave of success inevitably collides with the nation’s changing political tide, the group’s members are forced to face unprecedented challenges that will try their wills and test their loyalty! An award winner at several prestigious film festivals The Harmonists is another outstanding motion picture you don’t want to miss!

In July
No. D013
DVD, Region 1, 96 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2004
What are you waiting for? Getting there is all the fun in this sunny, award-winning romantic comedy about following and finding your destiny. Moritz Bleibtreu stars as Daniel a shy Hamburg student teacher who impulsively resolves to follow a beautiful tourist he just met to Istanbul. His hapless odyssey is complicated by the irrepressible Juli (Christiane Paul), a street vendor who sold him an enchanted ring she guaranteed would help him find his true love. Through many mishaps and detours, Daniel’s wayward journey is a wild ride.

Jenseits der Stille
No. D036
DVD, Region 2, 108 min, Color, German, No subtitles
Jenseits der Stille schenkt Ihnen eine große Liebe, hinreißende Hauptdarsteller, ein Bad in einem Waldsee und eine wunderschöne Filmmusik. Lachen Sie mit, weinen Sie mit, und schwärmen Sie mit der gesamten Presse von dem gefühlvollsten Film des Jahres.
Das Mädchen Lara hat als Kind gehörloser Eltern eine schwierige, aber dennoch glückliche Kindheit--bis sie ihre Liebe zur Musik entdeckt, einer Welt, in die ihr ihre Eltern nicht folgen können.

Martin Luther--Ein Leben zwischen Gott und Teufel
No. D045
DVD, Region 2, 45 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 2003
Wittenberg, 1517. Obwohl ihm der Scheiterhaufen droht, fordert ein deutscher Mönch die Inquisition, den Papst und das ganze Kaiserreich heraus--Martin Luther.
Sein Glauben an Gott und die Angst vor der Hölle machen ihn zum Wahrheitsfanatiker und Tabubrecher. Seine Worte bringen Aufruhr und Krieg, Tod und Elend--aber auch neue Hoffnung, Freiheit und Selbstbestimmung. Luther spaltet ganz Europa und das Christentum, wird zum Revolutionär wider Willen und so zum Geburtshelfer einer neuen Epoche.

Momo
No. D035
DVD, Region 2, 100 min, Color, German, No subtitles, 1986
Erzählt wird die Geschichte vom Waisenkind Momo, das mit seinen Freunden ein idyllisches Leben führt, bis eines Tages die "grauen Herren" kommen. Sie stehlen den Menschen die Zeit und machen dadurch die Welt kalt und lieblos. Aber mit Hilfe der weisen Schidkröte Kassiopeia und von Meister Hora, dem Hüter der Zeit, nimmt Momo den Kampf gegen die Zeitdiebe auf...

Mostly Martha
No. D021
DVD, Region 1, 106 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2002
Martha is a single woman who lives for one passion: cooking. The head chef at a chic restaurant, Martha has no time for anything, or anyone, else. But Martha's solitary life is shaken when a fateful accident brings her sister's eight-year-old daughter, Lina, to her doorstep. As Martha struggles to care for her headstrong niece, the restaurant hires a charming and carefree Italian chef named Mario. Suspicious of Mario's intentions, Martha slowly discovers that he has a special recipe for living--one that will touch her home and her heart.

Nowhere in Africa
No. D022
DVD, Region 1, 142 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2002
Nowhere in Africa is a story about love, about family, about leaving one home to create another. Spanning two continents, it's the true tale of a Jewish attorney and his family who flee the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya.
As the war rages on the other side of the world, his relationships with his wife and daughter become increasingly complicated; they struggle between resisting and embracing their new life, while reaching out to each other.

Rosenstrasse
No. D024
DVD, Region 1, 136 min, Color, German w/English subtitles, 2003
In the cold Berlin winter of 1943, hundreds of women stood, and waited, in defiance of the Nazis. While countless Jews were being sent to concentration camps for execution, Jewish husbands of Aryan wives suffered a different fate; they were separated from their families and imprisoned in a factory on a street named Rosenstrasse. On that street these women stood in protest, in the name of love until they were reunited with their men.
This is the striking story of Rosenstrasse; where the power of the human will stands inconquerable for hope, dignity and love.

Run Lola Run
No. D025
DVD, Region 1, 81 min, Color, German with English or French subtitles
A thrilling post-MTV, roller-coaster ride, Run Lola Run is the internationally acclaimed sensation about two star-crossed lovers who have only minutes to change the course of their lives. Time is running out for Lola (Franka Potente). She's just received a frantic phone call from her boyfriend Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who's lost a small fortune belonging to his mobster boss. If Lola doesn't replace the money in twenty minutes, Manni will surely suffer severe consequences. Set to a throbbing techno score, "Lola's like a human stun gun!"
Lesson plans are available.

Sophie Scholl--Die Letzten Tage
No. D043
DVD, Region 2, 105 min, Color, German, 2005
Februar 1943: Bei einer Flugblatt-Aktion gegen die Nazi-Diktatur wird die junge Studentin Sophie Scholl zusammen mit ihrem Bruder Hans in der Münchner Universität verhaftet.
Nervenaufreibende Verhöre bei der Gestapo entwickeln sich zu Psycho-Duellen zwischen der Widerstandskämpferin und dem Vernehmungsbeamten Robert Mohr.
Sophie kämpft zunächst um ihre Freiheit und um die ihres Bruders, stellt sich schließlich durch ihr Geständnis schützend vor die anderen Mitglieder der "Weißen Rose" und schwört ihren Überzeugungen auch dann nicht ab, als sie dadruch ihr Leben retten Könnte...

Irish

Aistear Saoil - le fotheidil i mBéarla
No. D059
DVD, Region 1, 25 min, Color, Irish w/English subtitles
This story takes us to India and tells the extraordinary story of Anita Tracey, an inspiring woman who abandoned her conventional lifestyle in Ireland to become a Buddhist nun in a remote monastry in the Himalayas.

Turas Teanga
No. D032
DVD, Region 1, 20 min lessons, Color, Gaelic w/English subtitles, 2004
Turas Teanga is RTÉ’s new multimedia course for those who already know some Irish but wish to brush up on their knowledge. The course is aimed primarily at those who have studied Irish in the past and understand a great deal of the language, but have had few opportunities to use it in recent times. It aims to give learners the confidence to speak the language and to help them understand speakers of the various dialects.

Italian

C'ervamo Tanto Amati
No. D034
DVD, 124 min, B/W & Color, Italian and English subtitles, 1999
In a restrospective allegory, Ettore Scola examines the lives of three resistance fighters and their transformation over thirty years. Each of these friends falls in love with the beautiful Luciana, an aspiring actress, testing the friendship and idealism they all shared. Throughout the story Scola pays tribute to the masters of Italian cinema by weaving classic film clips and iconic personalities into the background, as the film reveals which of the three friends remains true to the spirit of liberation they had once fought to achieve.

Oggi in Italia
No. D052
DVD, 65 min, courseware, No subtitles, 8th Edition
Lesson 1: Ciao!
Lesson 2: Ti piacciono i tuoi corsi?
Lesson 3: Che facciamo di bello oggi?
Lesson 4: Ci vediamo al caffe
Lesson 5: Che bel costume!
Lesson 6: Hai visto tanate cose nel mondo
Lesson 7: Al mercato rionale
Lesson 8: Ti prego, papà
Lesson 9: Studiare all'estero
Lesson 10: Che tipo di film preferisci?
Lesson 11: Non mi piace per niente la neve!
Lesson 12: Sarà una partita da vedere
Lesson 13: Tanti auguri!
Lesson 14: Questo è l'appartamento per lei
Lesson 15: Avete sentito la notizia?
Lesson 16: Che musica ascolti?
Lesson 17: Una scelta difficile
Lesson 18: Cosa fai quest'estate?

Parliamo italiano!
No. D051
DVD, 60 min, Color, No subtitles
Filmed in Italy, this 60 minute video for introductory Italian contains, twelve modules that feature the adventures of Piero and Gabriella who are sent by a travel agency to produce a new and original travel guide of Italy. Students see and hear Piero and Gabriella interact with other native speakers in a variety of high frequency, everyday situations, and, as the pair travel throughout Italy's cities and regions, students experience each locale with them through stunning on-location and documentary shots.
1. Visitare - Roma
2. Studiare - Bologna
3. Abitare - Sicilia
4. Comprare - Umbria
5. Mangiare - Liguria
6. Rilassarsi - Venezia
7. Vestirsi - Milano
8. Lavorare - Torino
9. Viaggiare - Sardegno
10. Divertirsi - Napoli
11. Leggere - Firenze
12. Sognare

Japanese

Go
No. D028
DVD, Region 2, 122 min, Color, No subtitles, 2001

Laundry
No. D016
DVD, Region 2, 127 min, Color, Japanese w/English or Chinese subtitles, 2001
He's handicapped but contented; she looks normal but her soul is empty. Magically, they complete a wonderful love story with perfect harmony. Teru works at the laundry and meets Mizue who intends to leave behind a dress with a sad story. Teru decides to clean it but never does he know, he restores her heart as well. Unfortunately, the time comes when her secret is exposed, and both of them are brought into a dramatic tragedy. From which, telling the most sincere but simple kind of love, a story that will wash away the deepest wounds in one's soul...

Lost in Translation
No. D018
DVD, Region 1, 102 min, Color, English, 2003
Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) are two Americans in Tokyo. Bob is a movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial, while Charlotte is a young woman tagging along with her workaholic photographer husband (Giovanni Ribisi). Unable to sleep, Bob and Charlotte cross paths one night in the luxury hotel bar. This chance meeting soon becomes a surprising friendship. Charlotte and Bob venture through Tokyo, having often hilarious encounters with its citizens, and ultimately discover a new belief in life’s possibilties.

Swing Girls
No. D030
DVD, Region 2, 105 min, Color, Japanese w/English subtitles, 2004
A group of girls who are stuck in a mind-numbing summer math class decide to cut school one day to deliver lunches to the school's brass band. But the lunches are bad by the time they get there, and the entire band (save one member) becomes sick. So the girls decide to take over and fill in for the ailing band members. There's just one problem: none of them can play an instrument. Understandably frustrated by this turn of events, the remaining original band member suggests that they abandon their normal repertoire of brass band music and instead attempt to play swing music. Can this ragtag bunch of spazzes pull it off and get their musical act together in time for the battle-of-the-bands competition.

Umi Zaru
No. D006
DVD, Region 2, 119 min, Color, Japanese w/English subtitles, 2004
The exciting tale of Daisuke, a man who has dreamt of becoming an elite coast guard rescue diver all his life. He finally gets his chance, and enrolls at the training academy, where he forms an unlikely friendship with Kudo, the class flunky.

Water Boys
No. D029
DVD, Region 2, 91 min, Color, Japanese w/English subtitles, 2001
It's springtime in Japan and the Tadano High School swimming team is barely keeping afloat. When a pretty new coach turns up with the nutty idea of creating a top synchronized swimming team of her own, she has a few problems to overcome. First, she's teaching at an all-boys school; second, the five boys who have committed to the team are all hopelessly bad swimmers; third, she suddenly discovers she's 8 months pregnant and due for maternity leave.
Inspired by their darling coach's dream, the boys bumble through the spring and summer, preparing a routine for Tadano High's festival. They face great adversity: the derision of their fellow students, a swimming pool full of dead fish, the mounting pressures of college entrance exams, and worst of all, their own dismal record of constant failure. Their only encouragement comes from a gaggle of local drag queens and the crazy owner of an aquarium, whose idea of training them is making them polish fish tanks round the clock.
When autumn finally rolls around, the boys have not only miraculously perfected a truly unique routine, they've won the respect and participation of a whole crew of new teammates. On the eve of the festival, the performance is threatened by one last catastrophe. Will the waterboys' hard work be wasted, or can they paddle their way to the success and recognition they've worked so hard to win?

Russian

Anna Karenina
No. D049
DVD (2 discs), 145 min, Color, Russian w/English subtitles, 2002
The film is based on the novel of the same name by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. "All happy families resemble each other, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," goes the novel’s opening sentence. The melodrama centers around a tragic story of love and infidelity, the destiny of a woman who irrevocably changes her life for the sake of a passion. Anna Karenina finds it impossible to renounce her feelings for the loved one. She rejects the morals of society and tries to defend her right to love. Her husband bars Anna from her son, her acquaintances turn their backs on her...
Starring in the title role was the famous Russian actress Tatiana Samoilova

Irony of Fate
No. D050
DVD, 185 min, Color, Russian w/English subtitles, 2002
Four friends went to the bath-house not suspecting how surprising and incredible the consequences will be. Such a joke the fortune can play with the man only once on a New Year night.

Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears
No. D056
DVD (2 discs), 140 min, Color, Russian w/English subtitles, 2004
An Oscar winner for "best foreign film." This is a melodrama about the life stories of the three girls. Three friends, Antonina, Liudmila and Yekaterina, come to Moscow in search of their dream. Sharing a hostel room, they work and play together. Antonina soon marries a good man and settles down to raise a family. For Liudmila, Moscow is a sort of lottery, in which you have to pick the lucky ticket. She attempts to conquer the big city, but ends up a loser. The life of the third girl, Yekaterina, is a contemporary Cinderella story. She had her share of disappointments, but did not despair. In twenty years she built up a career and became the director of a big enterprise. A single parent of a daughter, she finally meets the right man and, after long and bitter years of loneliness, finds true happiness…

Spanish

All About My Mother
No. D002
DVD, 102 min, Color, Spanish with French and English subtitles
Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is the perfect mother. A hard-working nurse, she's built a comfortable life for herself and her teenage son, an aspiring writer. But when tragedy strikes and her beloved only child is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. The heartbroken woman learns her son's final wish was to know of his father-the man she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier. Returning to Barcelona in search of him, Manuela overcomes her grief and becomes caregiver to a colorful extended family: a pregnant nun (Penélope Cruz), a transvestite prostitute (Antonia San Juan), and two troubled actresses (Marisa Paredes and Candela Peña). With riveting performances, unforgettable characters and creative plot twists, this touching screwball melodrama is "An absolute stunner."

Like Water for Chocolate
No. D017
DVD, 105 min, Color, Spanish with English subtitles
Based on the best-selling book--now, experience for yourself the erotic tale of forbidden love that seduced both critics and audiences nationwide! Tita and Pedro are passionately in love. But their love is forbidden by an ancient family tradition. To be near Tita, Pedro marries her sister. And Tita, as the family cook, expresses her passion for Pedro through preparing delectable dishes. Now, in Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion. Her creations bring on tears of longing, heated desire or chronic pain--while Tita and Pedro wait for the moment to fulfill their most hidden pleasures!

Machuca
No. D053
DVD, 116 min, Color, Spanish with English or French subtitles
Chile, 1973. Gonzalo Infante y Pedro Machuca son dos niños de once años que viven en Santiago. El primero en un barrio acomodado y el segundo en un humilde poblado ilegal recientemente instalado a pocas manzanas de distancia. Las vidas de ambos se cruzan cuando un colegio religioso pone en funcionamiento un programa de integración social. Dos mundos separados por una gran muralla invisible que algunos, en su afán por hacer realidad los sueños de una época llena de esperanzas revolucionarias, quieren derribar.

Pan's Labyrinth
No. D057
DVD, 119 min, Color, Spanish with English or Spanish subtitles
From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro (Blade II, Hellboy) comes a dark fantasy/thriller about a young girl who enters a mysterious labyrinth and finds herself at the center of the ferocious battle between Good and Evil.

Volver
No. D058
DVD, 121 min, Color, Spanish with English subtitles, 2006
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) and her sister Sole lost their parents in a tragic fire years ago... or did they? Superstitious villagers claim that the girls' departed mother Irene (Carmen Maura), has been seen wandering around their Aunt Paula's home. When Irene appears to Sole, she explains that she has returned to set right her daughters' troubled lives and reveal shocking secrets that will impact everyone! Raimunda has "female troubles" of her own, least of which is a corpse in the freezer!

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
No. D033
DVD, 89 min, Color, Spanish with French and English subtitles, 1988
High atop one of Spain's poshest penthouses, three women have come to the end of their mental ropes. Super-sexy Pepa (Carmen Maura), is forever teetering around atop her skyscraper spikes as she obsesses over Iván (Fernando Guillén), the lover who just jilted her over the answering machine! Her neurotic best friend Candela (María Barranco), is seeking refuge at Pepa's place because she recently realized her lover is a Shiite terrorist. And Iván's ex-wife Lucía (Julieta Serrano), was just released from a 20-year stint in a mental institution. They're all mighty mad -- in fact, they're on the verge of a nervous breakdown...and one of them is about to commit murder unless the other half-crazed femmes fatales can stop her!