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Barbara
Germany, 2012, 105 min.
A suspenseful, enigmatic, rigorously controlled film from leading German filmmaker Christian Petzold, focussed on the arrival of an inscrutable, evidently sophisticated Berlin doctor (Nina Hoss) in a provincial hospital in Cold War East Germany. Winner, Best Director, Berlin Film Festival... more
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Hannah Arendt
Germany, 2012, 113 min.
In Margarethe von Trotta’s stirring and emotionally rewarding biopic, Barbara Sukowa perfectly embodies the philosopher famous for her concept of “The Banality of Evil” and her controversial reporting on the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann.... more
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In The Fog
Germany, 2012, 127 min.
From the director of My Joy, “a mysterious, compelling and grim story from the Nazi-Occupied Soviet Union in 1942, shrouded in the fog of war, the fog of fear and the fathomless fog of European history.” The Guardian Winner: Fipresci Prize, Cannes Film Festival... more
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More Than Honey
Germany, 2012, 90 min.
As entrancing as March of the Penguins but without Morgan Freedman, More than Honey features the most spectacular footage of bees ever put on film in pursuit of the mystery of the devastating decline in the world’s honeybee population.... more
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Shores of Hope
Germany, 2012, 116 min.
Reminiscent of Lives of Others, this compelling drama follows two young dockworkers Conny and Andreas whose quest to escape East Germany in the early 80s runs foul of the Stasi.... more
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Two Lives
Germany, 2012, 97 min.
An East German spy in Norway has built a life around a fake identity. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, her happy existence is threatened in this story of trauma, intrigue and espionage.... more
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