German Cinema Resources
I designed this page to bring together a series of helpful resources for the
study of German cinema. This is very much a work in progress, and you should
feel free to email me with useful sources that I have not yet listed. Keep in
mind that most of these sites feature texts on German cinema but do not exclusively
focus on German cinema. As well, some of these site are in German only, whereas
others are in English or offer multiple language versions.
General Sites
- The German
Film Portal: the best site to find basic informations about thousannds
of German films and people involved in filmmaking; also includes a number
of topical essays
- German Films:
is the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German
films worldwide. Lots of useful information.
- Internet Movie Database:
lists the basic information of many German film productions, occasionally
points you to a film's website or a photo gallery
- FFA (German Federal Film Board): Lots of
facts (such as box office numbers) about the German film industry
- Fluter.de: Run by the
Federal Office for Political Education; follow link to "Film"
- DEFA:
German film foundation/archive, with lots of information about German film
history, including biographies (web site in German)
Film Journals/Magazines (German Language)
- Revolver: Interviews,
roundtables, critical essays, and other goodies
- Kolik.film: A film magazine from
Austria with features on both German national and Austrian national cinema
- Filmtext.com:
Film critiques, reviews, critical essays, and interviews
- Nach dem Film: Academic
essays, reviews, discussion forum (some contributions in English)
- New Filmkritik
fûr lange Texte: Essays, Criticsm
- Jump Cut Magazine:
Film critiques and reviews
- F.lm: Film critiques, discussion, critical essays, scholarship
- Artechock:
Critiques and reviews
- Filmzentrale:
Film critiques
- Steadycam: Essays,
reviews, critques, interviews
- Filmzeit:
Daily selection on films taken from German feuilletons
- Inside Kino:
Boxoffice Numbers
Film Journals (English Language)
- Senses of Cinema:
The best internet film journal, it also features various essays, etc. on German
cinema
- Bright
Lights Film Journal: Another good internet film journal, it, too, features
occasional pieces on German film
Sites by or about Individual German Directors
- Harun Farocki:
Legendary German Avant-Garde Filmmaker
- Benjamin Heisenberg: One of
the most promising young German directors
- Coop 99: A
cooperative of filmmakers from Austria, often associated with the "Vienna
School"
- Oskar
Roehler: some links to stuff about one of the "enfent terribles"
of contemporary German film
- X-Filme: Homepage of
the company that brought you Run Lola Run, Goodbye, Lenin!,
Go for Zucker!, and many others
- Christoph Hochhäusler's
blog