Literature

The owner of a detective bookstore finds himself entangled in a murder case reminiscent of the famous Sherlock Holmes stories.

The long shadow of Sorel's stalker ex-boyfriend seems to extend to every last corner of the Lüneburg Heath.

Together with his new servant, Casanova embarks on a journey to the Carpathians, to Dracula.

A road movie – on the trail of Don Quixote's mythical locations.

Albert Serra distills the philosophical and spiritual core of Miguel de Cervantes' classic tale.

Already in 18th century Germany, early Romanticism developed a spiritual worldview that many today seek in Far Eastern spirituality.

Rainer Maria Rilke was not only one of the greatest German poets, but also a spiritual seeker who walked his very own path.

This film essay traces the life of influential poet Paul Celan, and illuminates his interest in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah.

To mark the 90th birthday of the legendary manga artist Osamu Tezuka, his son filmed the live-action version of his Manga, 'Barbara'.

The only documentary about Czech writer Milan Kundera's legacy.

Despite its disarmingly strange erotic scenes, The Skin of Others is a deeply romantic love story.

A European merchant in South-East Asia who dreams of riches for his beloved daughter collapses under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.

Set in the rolling hills of the English countryside, Philophobia by Guy Davies takes a fresh look at the high school film genre.

Discover the extraordinary impact of a renowned author who revolutionized American literature by popularizing science fiction.

Hélène writes with biting humor. And yet this poet can't hold a pen, can't speak, and has never learned to read or write.

A scandal forces literary critic Anders to change careers.

Based on the fairy tale classic by the Brothers Grimm, a farmer is tricked by the devil and accidentally sells his daughter for a bit of gold.

Gabriel García Márquez, known as "Gabo", achieved world fame with his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967).

East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back.

On a forest road in the Brandenburg, local village teacher Pötsch encounters the distinguished Professor Menzel, who got stuck there in his car.

Sarah and Victor have been a couple for 45 years. How did they manage that? Love, ambition and secrets define this couple's odyssey.

While students protest in 1960s Tokyo, Toru Watanabe fights for his love.

The film is about love and hate, about right and wrong words. At its centre are Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan, who met in post-war Vienna.

A dramatization of actual events portraying both the contentious rise and success of Jean Senac in Algeria and a friendship that ends in tragedy.

This comical satire on the movie business and its pitfalls is a very modern interpretation of a German literature classic, Heinrich von Kleist’s “Michael ...

A new edition of Goethe's material, with a musical Faust in a Kreuzberg setting.

A group of armed men storms the stage at a theatre. It's unclear, if this is part of the play or the brutal reality.

William S. Burroughs: cult figure, novelist and pioneer of the underground cultures. In the docu his closest friends: Laurie Anderson, David Cronenberg, ...

This documentary chronicles the life of writer Angelika Schrobsdorff's family, who fled from Berlin and Nazi Germany to Bulgaria in 1939.

The sad story of brilliant mathematician and German war refugee Wolfgang Doeblin, who died as a French soldier.

An equally bitter, hilarious and poetic meditation on love, relationships and life itself. Awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes.

This movie chronicles ten crucial years between 1796 and 1806 in the life of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843).

Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella.

The tragicomedy won 5 Italian Oscars. Family saga, against the backdrop of Italian politics. Young Accio chooses the path of rebellion - and loves the ...

Little Liam becomes a superhero at night with the power of a gemstone.

Popular author Patrizia D'Anhuite publishes a book that offers solutions for every problem imaginable - except maybe the problem of selling books...

Sixties legend Lou Castel participates in Rosana Cuellar's German-Mexican short-film fairy tale, about a young woman in a mysterious land.

At the centre of the experimental film-collage TESTSTAND 7 is the V-2 rocket, the so-called “Wunderwaffe” (wonder weapon) developed by the Nazis.