M Peter Lorre is unforgettable as the compulsive child murderer on the run from both police and criminals alike, in Fritz Lang’s seminal crime film. Crime Thriller 1931 111 mins Fritz Lang The Marriage of Maria Braun With a blazing star performance from Hanna Schygulla in the title role, this was the greatest critical and commercial success of Fassbinder’s career. Drama 1978 120 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany, Pale Mother Set during the Third Reich and its aftermath, this lyrical, harrowing tale of love and war is a neglected classic of New German cinema. Drama 1980 151 mins Helma Sanders-Brahms The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Fassbinder's visual and verbal extravaganza about a successful but lonely fashion designer who falls in love with a beautiful younger woman. Drama 1972 124 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Fitzcarraldo One of Werner Herzog's most acclaimed and audacious films, Fitzcarraldo tells the incredible story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an opera-loving fortune hunter who dreams of bringing opera to the heart of the Peruvian jungle. Drama Historical drama 1981 157 mins Werner Herzog Fear Eats the Soul Fassbinder’s international breakthrough, this unconventional love story combines lucid social analysis with devastating emotional power. Melodrama 1974 93 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Metropolis Fritz Lang’s expressionist, dystopian vision is one of the first science fiction feature films, and is arguably the most influential. Science Fiction 1927 150 mins Fritz Lang Fox and His Friends Fassbinder's brilliantly caustic and cynical drama follows an ex-fairground worker who wins the lottery but is still mocked and exploited by his boyfriend’s family and friends. Drama 1975 124 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Nosferatu This influential Dracula adaptation contains some of the most famous images of expressionist film, and remains shocking and stylish after 100 years. Horror 1922 89 mins F.W. Murnau Alice in the Cities A German writer leaving the USA finds himself unwittingly embarking on a road trip with an eight-year-old girl. Road movie 1974 113 mins Wim Wenders Katzelmacher A Greek immigrant unleashes jealousy and xenophobia among a group of Munich neighbours in Fassbinder’s shocking adaptation of his own play. Drama 1969 89 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Woyzeck Werner Herzog’s adaptation of Georg Büchner’s play about a tormented soldier, filmed mere days after the completion of Nosferatu the Vampyre. Drama 1979 80 mins Werner Herzog Aguirre, Wrath of God This early masterpiece from Werner Herzog stars Klaus Kinski as a power-crazed explorer in sixteenth-century South America who leads a band of conquistadors through the Amazon in search of El Dorado. Historical drama 1972 94 mins Werner Herzog The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Werner Herzog’s poetic account of the historical character who captivated 19th-century Nuremberg after emerging from isolation after 16 years in a cellar. Biopic 1974 109 mins Werner Herzog Cobra Verde Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog’s final collaboration is a typically wild and adventurous story of a bandit who trains an army of women to topple a slave-trading king Drama 1987 110 mins Werner Herzog The Merchant of Four Seasons Fassbinder’s first foray into melodrama follows an ex-policeman forced to become a fruit-seller, while his wife craves bourgeois respectability and his family despises his lowly status. Drama 1972 88 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Stroszek Werner Herzog’s uniquely askew take on Americana follows the journey of Bruno S. as he leaves Berlin for the bleak trailer parks of Wisconsin. Drama 1977 108 mins Werner Herzog Nosferatu the Vampyre English language version of Herzog’s stimulating take on the Dracula story starring Klaus Kinski, with echoes of Murnau’s 1922 Nosferatu. Horror 1979 107 mins Werner Herzog The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner Werner Herzog’s moving portrait of a record-breaking ski jumper. Documentary 1975 46 mins Werner Herzog Fata Morgana Herzog’s intense, dreamlike mediation on desert life as if seen by an alien. Animation & Artists Moving Image 1971 76 mins Werner Herzog Land of Silence and Darkness Werner Herzog’s profound and deeply moving documentary about the experiences of a community of deaf-blind people. Documentary 1971 85 mins Werner Herzog Love Is Colder than Death Fassbinder stars in his debut feature as a petty criminal whose desire for freedom is undermined by his emotional needs. Gangster 1969 89 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany, Year Zero The concluding part of Roberto Rossellini’s celebrated War Trilogy, set amid the war-torn ruins of Berlin. War 1948 73 mins Roberto Rossellini Fear Roberto Rossellini’s film with Ingrid Bergman exploring the inner turmoil of a woman pushed to the edge through the guilt of her infidelity. Drama 1954 83 mins Roberto Rossellini Beware of a Holy Whore In an elegant Spanish hotel lobby, a film cast and crew outdo one another in displays of professional and sexual rivalry while waiting endlessly for shooting to begin. Drama 1971 104 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Effi Briest Fassbinder's exquisitely subtle rendition of Fontane’s great novel, starring the great Hanna Schygulla as the titular 17-year-old who is forced into a socially advantageous marriage with a much older man. Drama 1974 140 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Chinese Roulette Psychodrama with a vengeance: Anna Karina stars in Fassbinder’s first international co-production; another deadly assault on the institution of marriage. Drama 1976 86 mins Rainer Werner Fassbinder Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler Part 1 (The Great Gambler - A Picture of the Time) Fritz Lang's legendary epic of silent cinema, following the diabolical crimes of the titular arch-villain, is a masterpiece of conspiracy, fear and paranoia. Crime 1922 155 mins Fritz Lang Dr Mabuse, the Gambler Part 2 (Inferno, A Game for the People of Our Age) The second part of Fritz Lang's legendary epic of silent cinema, following the diabolical crimes of the titular arch-villain. Crime 1922 115 mins Fritz Lang Woman in the Moon Fritz Lang’s second silent sci-fi classic after Metropolis is a space exploration saga about scheming scientists searching for gold on the moon. Science Fiction 1929 170 mins Fritz Lang Vampyr The first sound-film by one of the greatest of all filmmakers, Carl Theodor Dreyer, is akin to a waking-dream; guiding the viewer on a trance-like journey between reality and the supernatural. Horror 1932 73 mins Carl Th. Dreyer
