Melody of a Great City

Oct 4, 1943

1h 47m

★ 7.8

Overview

A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Berlin-Film

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Cast

Renate Heiberg

Hilde Krahl

Dr. Rolf Bergmann

Werner Hinz

Dr. Pauske, Berolina-Press

Will Dohm

Buchverlagsdirektor Heinze

Paul Henckels

Kajetan Orff

Peter Mosbacher

Geldbriefträger

Beppo Brem

Berliner an einer Straßenbahnhaltestelle

Walter Gross

Gast

Johannes Heesters

Klaus Nolte

Karl John

Ein Berliner an der Strassenbahnhaltestelle

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Polizeiwachtmeister

Karl Morvilius

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Ghosts

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6.3

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7.6

Blood Diamond

Dec 8, 2006

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

5.6

No Songs of Love

Oct 26, 2005

As Tobias, a young director, supposes that his girl-friend Ellen had an affair with his brother Markus, front man of "Hansen", one year ago, he decides to shoot a documentary about the band's next tour. When Ellen joins the project, everybody's emotions boil over, although they are observed all the time.

6.3

Learning to Lie

Jul 2, 2003

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.

7.3

The Mortal Storm

Jun 20, 1940

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

6.6

The Great Love

Jun 12, 1942

The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in Berlin to deliver a report he is given a day's leave, and on the stage of the cabaret theatre "Skala" sees the popular Danish singer Hanna Holberg. For Paul it is love at first sight. When Hanna visits friends after the end of the performance, he follows her, and speaks to her in the U-Bahn. After the party in her friends' flat, he accompanies her home and chance throws them further together when an air raid warning forces them to take cover in the air raid shelter. Hanna reciprocates Paul's feelings, but after a night spent together Paul has to return immediately to the front. There now follows a whole series of misunderstandings, and one missed opportunity after another. While Hanna waits in vain for some sign of life from Paul, he is flying on missions in North Africa. When he tries to visit her in her Berlin flat, she is giving a Christmas concert in Paris.

6.9

The Murderers Are Among Us

Oct 15, 1946

After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.

5.8

Lucy

Feb 14, 2006

A young teenage single mother (Maggi) struggling to raise her baby daughter (Lucy) finds the weight of responsibility bearing down on her shoulders. Maggy was forced to grow up before her time. Thankfully for Maggi, her mother is always willing to help though Maggy still lives at home with her mother, it's obvious that she longs to gain some independendence. Meeting Gordon at a local club, who is a few years older, makes a living and has his own apartment. One night, after a heated argument with her mother, Maggi makes the decision to move in with Gordon. Though the pair subsequently make a sincere attempt to be good parents.and do what's best for Lucy, they soon find that taking on the responsibilities of adulthood aren't so easy when you've barely moved past childhood yourself.

7.3

The Bourne Supremacy

Jul 23, 2004

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

6.8

Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger

Oct 1, 2006

This drama is based on the childhood memories of Hans Jürgen Massaquoi, who was one of the few black native Germans in Nazi Germany. In 1935 at the age of nine, he lives with his German mother in a small flat in Hamburg's working class district Barmbek, while his father and grandfather had left the country. Although the boy is not persecuted by the Nazis and dreams of joining the Hitler Youth, his skin color makes him a target for racist abuse...

7.5

The Insider

Oct 28, 1999

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

6.8

It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks

Sep 17, 2008

The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publishing of twelve satirical cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed that was commissioned for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, provides the incendiary framework for Daniel Leconte's provocative documentary, It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks.

6.0

Cocoon

Aug 13, 2020

In the heat of a shimmering Berlin summer, Nora spends her days as a third wheel to her older sister Jule and her best friend Aylin. When Romy comes onto the scene, a friendship blossoms. Nora instantly falls for her, opening up a whole new world and unexpected summer of love.

7.9

Dersu Uzala

Aug 2, 1975

A military explorer meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.

6.9

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

May 14, 1932

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”

7.8

Annaluise & Anton

Aug 26, 1953

Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn his own money in order to afford life for his sick mother and himself. Together they undergo different adventures, even preventing a theft in Pünktchens home

8.0

Judgment at Nuremberg

Dec 18, 1961

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

8.1

M

May 11, 1931

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Cast

Renate Heiberg

Hilde Krahl

Dr. Rolf Bergmann

Werner Hinz

Dr. Pauske, Berolina-Press

Will Dohm

Buchverlagsdirektor Heinze

Paul Henckels

Kajetan Orff

Peter Mosbacher

Geldbriefträger

Beppo Brem

Berliner an einer Straßenbahnhaltestelle

Walter Gross

Gast

Johannes Heesters

Klaus Nolte

Karl John

Ein Berliner an der Strassenbahnhaltestelle

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Polizeiwachtmeister

Melody of a Great City

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Melody of a Great City Trailers

Cast

Hilde Krahl

Werner Hinz

Will Dohm

Paul Henckels

Peter Mosbacher

Beppo Brem

Walter Gross

Johannes Heesters

Karl John

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Karl Morvilius

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Cast

Hilde Krahl

Werner Hinz

Will Dohm

Paul Henckels

Peter Mosbacher

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Walter Gross

Johannes Heesters

Karl John

Kurt Mikulski

Angelo Ferrari

Karl Morvilius

Melody of a Great City Trailers