Alexander Allerson Movies
Chico Rei
1986
Weighing in heavily on the side of atrocities against the black slaves of 18th-century Brazil, this uneven drama is centered on the legend of Galanga, King of the Congo. Galanga...
Lili Marleen
R 1981
Inspired a song that was extremely popular with the German soldiers during WW II, this fictional story begins in 1938 while Wilkie Bunterberg (Hanna Schygulla), a third-tier...
Die Flucht
1980
This is a fast-paced, well-acted, gripping drama about a man (Goetz George) especially singled out for physical abuse in a Nazi prison camp. The reason for the abuse soon...
Michael Kohlhaas
1979
This historical drama, based on a play by romantic era dramatist Heinrich von Kleist, tells of the transformation worked in the life of a horse trader who, in the law courts,...
Zwischengleis
1978
In the years immediately following World War II, chaos and violence touched the lives of many Germans. In this story, Anna (Pola Kinski) has been damaged by some such incident....
Despair
1978
Having made as many films as he had years, at 31, Rainer Werner Fassbinder essayed a slightly different approach for his 32nd film, Despair. Here, he uses a witty screenplay...
Halbe-Halbe
1977
An out of work architect and a recently discharged military man meet at a critical moment in their lives. Each of them has been deprived of an occupation which gave meaning to...
Adolf & Marlene
1977
In this scandalous film, footage from Marlene Dietrich's early films is combined with documentary footage of Adolf Hitler, along with newly filmed dramatic re-enactments,...
Teufelscamp Der Verlorenen Frauen
1977
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Chinese Roulette
1976
Angela is the crippled daughter of two separated but still-feuding parents. In this Rainer Werner Fassbinder film, the wealthy parents are both induced to come to their country...
Who?
PG 1975
In 1970, Elliot Gould was the hottest male star in Hollywood; by 1975, he was making do with indifferent projects like Who?. This interesting British/German sci-fier, also...
Eine Armee Gretchen
1974
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I Like the Girls Who Do
1973
A young European man awaiting a large inheritance from his libidinous uncle finds that he must live up to his uncle's Romeo reputation before receiving payment in this sexy...
Piu Forte, Ragazzi!
1972
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Hausfrauen-Report
1971
What do attractive German housewives do when their career-minded husbands leave the house for a long day at the office? This docudrama-styled film makes an attempt to appear...
The McKenzie Break
PG 1970
The McKenzie Break is an unusual POW escape drama in that the would-be escapees are German prisoners, held in a Scottish camp. When a Luftwaffe pilot is murdered in the...
Wilst Du Ewig Jungfrau Bleiben?
1969
Eva (Maria Liljedahl) is the virginal teenager who wishes to hold onto her status for a while longer. She and her girlfriend Yvonne (Karin Schubert) are pursued by two...
Battle of Britain
G 1969
James Bond-flick director Guy Hamilton helmed this episodic, all-star World War II film. With Sir Laurence Olivier heading up an ensemble cast as flight commander Sir...
Willst du Ewig Jungfrau Bleiben?
1968
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Assignment K
1967
This lugubrious spy yarn finds Philip Scott (Stephen Boyd) posing as a toy manufacturer to hide his real purpose in life. He and his faithful operative Harris (Michael...
