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Köln 75, from today in Theaters.
The film tells the true story behind one of the best-selling jazz records of all time, Keith Jarrett's “Köln Concert” from 1975.
Written and Directed by Ido Fluk
Starting: Mala Emde and John Magaro
Marianne Bachmeier was a woman who shot and killed a man on trial for the rape and murder of her daughter.
A few movies about her story:
https://kinemadb.com/film/annas-mutter (1984)
https://kinemadb.com/film/no-time-for-tears-the-bachmeier-case (1984)
https://kinemadb.com/film/das-langsame-sterben-der-marianne-bachmeier (1996)
Movie of the Day: The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel)
It's a 1979 comic war drama film adaptation of Günter Grass's novel of the same name. The story follows Oskar, a precocious child living in Danzig, who wields seemingly preternatural abilities.
The title refers to Oskar's toy drum, which he loudly plays whenever he is displeased or upset.
The film won the Palme d'Or and Germany first Oscar for Foreign Film.
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
It's a comic war drama film adaptation of Günter Gross's novel of the same name. The story follows Oskar, a precocious child living in Danzig, who wields seemingly preternatural abilities. The title refers to Oskar's toy drum, which he loudly plays whenever he is displeased or upset.
Movie of the day: "The Captain from Köpenick" from 1956.
It's a German comedy film based on the play of the same name by Carl Zuckmayer. It's based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, an impostor who pretended to be a military officer and became famous as the Captain from Köpenick.
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards.
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Movie of the day: “Wintergartenprogramm“.
This collection of shorts was presented to a public audience for the first time on 1 November 1895 by Max Skladanowsky at the Berlin Wintergarten theater (Berliner Variete Wintergarten).
Max Skladanowsky is considered to be the German inventor of film.
The Wintergartenprogramm is a film compilation by the Skladanowsky brothers from 1895. It contains the following shorts: Italienischer Bauerntanz: Kindergruppe Ploetz-Larella Komisches Reck: Brüder Milton Das boxende Känguruh: Mister Delaware Jongleur: Paul Petras Akrobatisches Potpourri: Familie Grunato Kamarinskaja. (Russischer Nationaltanz): Gebrüder Tscherpanoff Serpentintanz: Mademoiselle Ancion Ringkämpfer: Greiner und Sandow Apotheose. Die Erfinder des Bioscops: Gebrüder Skladanowsky