Purgatory

Purgatory 1971

1

Daniel accidentally witnesses a kidnapping on the street. After his report to the police didn't get the attention he had hoped for, he looks for an explanation himself and gets more and more entangled in doubts about his surroundings and his own actions. Through his commitment, he finds himself increasingly exposed to violence and eventually kills a person. During the interrogation by the public prosecutor, he experiences the purgatory of his awakening.

1971

Auto Auto

Auto Auto 1964

7.50

The whole world is just cars, cars, cars.

1964

Der sanfte Lauf

Der sanfte Lauf 1967

6.00

Bernhard works as a warehouse clerk in Munich. After being sentenced to probation for a physical altercation with a right-wing extremist, he could no longer continue his engineering studies. Bernhard meets Johanna. She comes from a well-to-do family; her father is a real-estate developer and her brother is in the diplomatic service. Bernhard wants to share his roots with her, so the two go to Prague, where he lived until the end of the war. But her father disapproves of the trip to the Eastern bloc. When Bernhard finds out that he owes his chance to develop new technology, which led to his career advancement, to his girlfriend’s father, he is upset …

1967

Lebewohl, Fremde

Lebewohl, Fremde 1991

1

Set on the deserted North Sea island of Langeness, a lonely woman begins an affair with a stranger; only after he is identified as a political fugitive and deported does she begin to learn about his true identity and his past.

1991

Von 6 bis 6

Von 6 bis 6 1959

7.00

Documentary short by Haro Senft.

1959

An Occasion to Speak

An Occasion to Speak 1966

1

Documentary about the film academy in Prague and the Czech Film in 1965.

1966