The Death King
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
Director: Jörg Buttgereit
Actors: Angelika Hoch, Heinrich Ebber, Hermann Kopp, Nicholas Petche
I Am Joe
A quantum physics professor is forced to take action after being drugged by the shaman of a Jewish cult who wants him to come back home and become the man…
Sanctuary
Larry and Sophie are in love. They bribe Tom to book them into a hotel for an afternoon’s tryst and look forward to getting to know each other, like countless…
Assassin of the Tsar
A new doctor from Moscow arrives at a provincial mental institution. His interest is the peculiarities of the psyche of a patient who believes that he is Yakov Yurovsky, the…
Amsterdam
In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Summertime
Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings…
Divines
In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the…
Kitten in a Cage
We meet Julie as she escapes from a mental institution. She seeks refuge with her boss and friend, a nightclub owner. They all have to fight for their lives when…
It Happened Here
It is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Mean Streets of Kung-Fu
Featuring plenty of high-kicking, fist-flying action, a martial arts classic from the vaults of Hong Kong cinema. Summoning his skills to defeat a troublesome local thug, a martial arts student…
Late Summer
An elderly woman has secluded herself in her remote home in the French countryside, when a young foreign couple on vacation suddenly intrudes on her isolated life.