Films with: Friedrich, Georg

71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls 71 fragments of a chronology of chance /

"A meticulous depiction of the numbing and normalizing effects of television" -- container.

DVD 5505

Faust frei nach Johann Wolfgang von Goethe /

Dr. Faust is a restless scholar, bored and disgusted by the filthy, mundane and money-driven society he inhabits. But after meeting a mysterious moneylender and a beautiful young girl his fate is irrevocably altered, sending him on a spiralling path of lust, greed and the will to power. Through intense, dreamlike camerawork Sokurov tackles the existential dilemmas of a chaotically surreal world in this award-winning, visionary tour-de-force.

DVD 9390

Nordwand North face /

An adventure drama, based on a true story, about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps, the north face of the Eiger. Set in 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German alpinists to conquer the mountain, and two reluctant young climbers, Toni and Andi, attempt a daring ascent, closely followed by two Austrian climbers. All goes well at first, but then the climbers lose their advantage over the mountain and the race against time and forces of nature begins.

DVD 7541