Caspar van den Berg

Geliebte Hochstaplerin

Roberto Bolle smuggles himself as a stowaway on an ocean liner that of Hamburg gen New York sets sail. On board is also his lover Barbara Shadwell, whom he wants to marry, but who, at the request of her mother, the syrup millionaire Ceila Shadwell, should marry the oatmeal millionaire David.

Buddenbrooks - 2. Teil

Second part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in 19th century Germany.

Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil

First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.

The Man Who Sold Himself

Meant to be a diatribe against yellow journalism and current social ills, this weakly limned drama by Josef von Baky features a reporter who works for one of the tabloid papers. The reporter digs up dirt on the past life of a local hotel owner, and wanting to take full advantage of the muck, he strings out his revelations in a series of perjorative, damning articles on the man. The result of this campaign turns out to be much worse than simply ruining the hotel owner's reputation.

Confessions of Felix Krull

Thomas Mann's witty and intimate story of a irresistible scoundrel.

Fleeing No More

One of the more important European avant-garde films of the post-war period, this feature-length work offered a devastating comment on the mid-century European mood. A macabre landscape of impotence and absurdity, peopled by ambiguous travellers, finally explodes into senseless violence.