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The Counterfeiters
(Die Fälscher)
Jewish counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch finds himself entangled in the Nazi's nefarious Operation Bernhard, an effort to destabilize the British economy.
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- Austria, Germany • 2007
- Director Stefan Ruzowitzky
- Cast Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow, Martin Brambach, August Zirner, Veit Stübner
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Beyond The Visible - Hilma af Klint
(Jenseits des Sichtbaren - Hilma af Klint)
The life and artwork of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint, who's abstract works predate the origin of the style.
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- Germany, Sweden, Switzerland • 2019
- Director Halina Dyrschka
- Cast Iris Müller-Westermann, Julia Voss, Josiah McElheny, Johan af Klint, Ulla af Klint
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Into Great Silence
(Die große Stille)
After sixteen years of waiting, Philip Gröning was finally allowed inside a French monastery.
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- France, Switzerland, Germany • 2005
- Director Philip Gröning
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
My Little Sister
(Schwesterlein)
The bond of twin siblings is tested by a diagnosis of leukemia in this poignant Swiss drama.
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- Switzerland, Germany • 2020
- Director Stéphanie Chuat
- Cast Nina Hoss, Lars Eidinger, Marthe Keller, Jens Albinus, Thomas Ostermeier
- Genre
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Hitler's Hollywood
(Hitlers Hollywood)
What does the cinema know that we don't?
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- Germany • 2017
- Director Rüdiger Suchsland
- Cast Rüdiger Suchsland
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Chai Flicks, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Paradise: Hope
(Paradies: Hoffnung)
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
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- Austria, France, Germany • 2013
- Director Ulrich Seidl
- Cast Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz, Verena Lehbauer, Michael Thomas, Vivian Bartsch, Johanna Schmid
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free
Styx
A successful doctor’s solo sailing voyage is turned upside down when she comes across a group of refugees at sea.
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- Germany, Austria, Netherlands • 2018
- Director Wolfgang Fischer
- Cast Susanne Wolff, Alexander Beyer, Inga Birkenfeld, Gedion Oduor Wekesa, Kelvin Mutuku Ndinda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Lassie Come Home
(Lassie - Eine abenteuerliche Reise)
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Hanno Olderdissen
- Cast Nico Marischka, Sebastian Bezzel, Anna Maria Mühe, Bella Bading, Matthias Habich, Johann von Bülow
- Genre Adventure, Family
- Available on No streaming locations found.
For Heaven's Sake
(Um Himmels Willen)
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- Germany • 2002
- Creator
- Cast Fritz Wepper, Andrea Sihler
- Genre Comedy, Family, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Run Lola Run
(Lola rennt)
Every second of every day, you're faced with a decision that can change your life.
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- Germany • 1998
- Director Tom Tykwer
- Cast Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri, Armin Rohde, Joachim Król
- Genre Action, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Victoria
A Spanish woman newly relocated to Berlin meets a group of mysterious men at a club and decides to follow them on their dangerous escapade in this film shot in one continuous take.
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- Germany • 2015
- Director Sebastian Schipper
- Cast Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff
- Genre Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
In Search of Memory
(Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis)
He was one of the most important neural scientists that ever lived.
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- Austria • 2008
- Director Petra Seeger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Amazon Video, Hoopla
Transit
Georg, after assuming the identity of a dead writer, meets Marie — the wife of the man whose identity he stole.
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- Germany, France • 2018
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Franz Rogowski, Paula Beer, Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
And Tomorrow the Entire World
(Und morgen die ganze Welt)
How far is too far?
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Julia von Heinz
- Cast Mala Emde, Noah Saavedra, Tonio Schneider, Luisa-Céline Gaffron, Andreas Lust, Nadine Sauter
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Wetlands
(Feuchtgebiete)
Get ready for Helen.
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- Germany • 2013
- Director David Wnendt
- Cast Carla Juri, Axel Milberg, Meret Becker, Peri Baumeister, Christoph Letkowski, Edgar Selge
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV
World on a Wire
(Welt am Draht)
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
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- West Germany • 1973
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Klaus Löwitsch, Barbara Valentin, Mascha Rabben, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Wolfgang Schenck, Günter Lamprecht
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel
Deutschland 89
Martin Rauch experiences the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 during his activities as an East German spy.
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- Germany • 2020
- Creator Anna Winger, Jörg Winger
- Cast
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
(Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage)
The true story of a young woman who did what few in Nazi Germany dared even think!
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- Germany • 2005
- Director Marc Rothemund
- Cast Julia Jentsch, Fabian Hinrichs, Alexander Held, Johanna Gastdorf, André Hennicke, Florian Stetter
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Baader Meinhof Complex
(Der Baader Meinhof Komplex)
The children of the Nazi generation vowed fascism would never rule their world again.
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- Germany, France, Czech Republic • 2008
- Director Uli Edel
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Johanna Wokalek, Nadja Uhl, Stipe Erceg, Niels-Bruno Schmidt
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Vudu, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
This Ain’t California
A coming-of-age tale of three teenagers and their passionate love for skateboarding in the German Democratic Republic.
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- Germany • 2012
- Director Marten Persiel
- Cast David Nathan, Bill Clinton, Žaneta Fuchsová, Erich Honecker, Helmut Kohl
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Soul Kitchen
Zinos decides to reopen his restaurant with a hotshot chef, possibly alienating his loyal customer base that is used to a family style atmosphere.
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- Germany, France, Italy • 2009
- Director Fatih Akin
- Cast Adam Bousdoukos, Birol Ünel, Moritz Bleibtreu, Anna Bederke, Pheline Roggan, Dorka Gryllus
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Lore
When your life is a lie, who can you trust?
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- Germany, Australia, United Kingdom • 2012
- Director Cate Shortland
- Cast Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Seidel
- Genre Drama, War, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
Dreamgirls
(Traumfrauen)
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- Germany • 2015
- Director Anika Decker
- Cast Hannah Herzsprung, Karoline Herfurth, Palina Rojinski, Iris Berben, Elyas M'Barek, Frederick Lau
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dave
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- Austria • 2018
- Creator
- Cast David Scheid
- Genre Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Europa Europa
A boy in Nazi Germany, trying to conceal that he is Jewish, joins the Hitler Youth.
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- Germany, France, Poland • 1990
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, René Hofschneider, Piotr Kozlowski, André Wilms
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Mario
Two young gay soccer players struggle to make their relationship work in the high-pressure environment of the sport.
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- Switzerland • 2018
- Director Marcel Gisler
- Cast Max Hubacher, Aaron Altaras, Jessy Moravec, Jürg Plüss, Doro Müggler, Andreas Matti
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
The Specialist
(Ein Spezialist)
A documentary of Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem in 1961, which inspired Hannah Arendt's phrase 'the banality of evil'.
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- Israel, France, Germany • 1999
- Director Eyal Sivan
- Cast Adolf Eichmann
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Heimat Is a Space in Time
(Heimat ist ein Raum aus Zeit)
Descendants of a family torn apart in the early 20th century retrace their heritage.
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- Germany, Austria • 2019
- Director Thomas Heise
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
(Vor der Morgenröte)
In 1936, the Jewish writer Stefan Zweig flees Nazi Germany for Brazil, and falls in love with a new country.
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- Austria, Germany, France • 2016
- Director Maria Schrader
- Cast Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Kanopy
Joy
A drama that tackles the vicious cycle of sex trafficking in Europe.
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- Austria • 2018
- Director Sudabeh Mortezai
- Cast Anwulika Alphonsus, Mariam Precious Sanusi, Angela Ekeleme, Gift Igweh, Sandra John
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix
Undine
A woman recently betrayed by her boyfriend fights off her doomed fate in the love of an industrial diver.
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- Germany, France • 2020
- Director Christian Petzold
- Cast Paula Beer, Franz Rogowski, Maryam Zaree, Jacob Matschenz, Anne Ratte-Polle, Rafael Stachowiak
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Titanic
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- Germany • 1943
- Director Werner Klingler, Herbert Selpin
- Cast Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Karl Schönböck, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schafheitlin
- Genre Action, Drama, History
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
2 or 3 Things I Know About Him
(2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß)
The filmmaker investigates the life of his late father, who was convicted as a Nazi war criminal.
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- Germany • 2005
- Director Malte Ludin
- Cast
- Genre Documentary, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
In Darkness
To serve humanity is to serve one's inner self.
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- Poland, Germany, Canada • 2011
- Director Agnieszka Holland
- Cast Robert Więckiewicz, Benno Fürmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader, Marcin Bosak, Julia Kijowska
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
A Woman in Berlin
(Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin)
World War II ends and her story begins.
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- Germany, Poland • 2008
- Director Max Färberböck
- Cast Nina Hoss, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Juliane Köhler, August Diehl, Irm Hermann, Rüdiger Vogler
- Genre Drama, War, History
- Available on Hoopla, Amazon Video
Forbidden Films
(Verbotene Filme)
The hidden legacy of Nazi Film.
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- Germany • 2014
- Director Felix Moeller
- Cast Stefan Drößler, Johanna Liebeneiner, Ernst Szebedits, Margarethe von Trotta
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
(Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant)
Sex is the ultimate weapon.
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- West Germany • 1972
- Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Cast Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Eva Mattes, Gisela Fackeldey, Irm Hermann
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Whores' Glory
Several stories of sex work around the world.
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- Germany, Austria • 2011
- Director Michael Glawogger
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, Kanopy
Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
(Beltracchi - Die Kunst der Fälschung)
Forging masterpieces takes a stroke of genius.
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- Germany • 2014
- Director Arne Birkenstock
- Cast Wolfgang Beltracchi, Helene Beltracchi
- Genre Crime, Documentary, History
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Kanopy
The Hidden Life of Trees
(Das geheime Leben der Bäume)
An exploration of the hidden side of trees - their social life, personality, and emotions
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- Germany • 2020
- Director Jörg Adolph
- Cast Peter Wohlleben
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Freevee, Redbox, Plex, Plex Channel
Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Süss
(Harlan - Im Schatten von Jud Süss)
A documentary biopic about Veit Harlan, one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers.
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- Germany, Finland • 2008
- Director Felix Moeller
- Cast Thomas Harlan, Jan Harlan, Christiane Kubrick, Caspar Harlan, Stefan Drößler
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Kanopy
Karl Marx City
A filmmaker goes on a personal journey through East Berlin to investigate her father’s suicide.
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- Germany • 2016
- Director Michael Tucker
- Cast Petra Epperlein, Christa Epperlein, Uwe Epperlein, Volker Epperlein, Udo Grashoff, Hubertus Knabe
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
The Sea Wolf
(Der Seewolf)
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- Germany • 2008
- Director Christoph Schrewe
- Cast Thomas Kretschmann, Florian Stetter, Petra Schmidt-Schaller, Vinzenz Kiefer, Henning Baum, Gennadi Vengerov
- Genre Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Dark
The complicated lives of locals living in a small German town are revealed during a search for missing children.
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- Germany, United States • 2017
- Creator Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Tunnel
(Der Tunnel)
An East German Olympic swimmer hatches an unlikely plot to defect from East Germany through an underground tunnel.
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- Germany • 2001
- Director Roland Suso Richter
- Cast Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara, Claudia Michelsen, Felix Eitner
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Nowhere in Africa
(Nirgendwo in Afrika)
One family's tale of a homeland lost --- and a homeland found.
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- Germany • 2001
- Director Caroline Link
- Cast Juliane Köhler, Merab Ninidze, Sidede Onyulo, Matthias Habich, Lea Kurka, Karoline Eckertz
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Farewell, Herr Schwarz
(Schnee von gestern)
One missed meeting, two families, and three generations.
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- Germany, Israel • 2014
- Director Yael Reuveny
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, Chai Flicks, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Aimee & Jaguar
Berlin, 1943. Bombs are falling and the city's Jewish population is in danger. Amidst all the violence, two women find love.
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- Germany • 1999
- Director Max Färberböck
- Cast Maria Schrader, Juliane Köhler, Johanna Wokalek, Heike Makatsch, Elisabeth Degen, Detlev Buck
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hoopla, OVID, Chai Flicks, Kanopy, myfilmfriend
Mostly Martha
(Bella Martha)
Martha, the head chef at a chic restaurant, must reevaluate her life and priorities when a fateful accident brings her niece to her doorstep.
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- Germany, Italy, Austria • 2001
- Director Sandra Nettelbeck
- Cast Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto, August Zirner, Sibylle Canonica, Katja Studt
- Genre Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Kanopy
Master of the Universe
A tense documentary about the psychology of the most powerful people in the banking world.
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- Austria, Germany • 2013
- Director Marc Bauder
- Cast Rainer Voss, Angela Merkel
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
Earth
(Erde)
Stories of the people and machines that transform the Earth.
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- Austria • 2019
- Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Kanopy
The Silence
(Das letzte Schweigen)
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night, in the same spot where a girl was killed 23 years ago.
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- Germany • 2010
- Director Baran bo Odar
- Cast Ulrich Thomsen, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Katrin Sass, Sebastian Blomberg, Burghart Klaußner, Oliver Stokowski
- Genre Crime, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Topic Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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