Category Archives: German Cinema

Ekateryna Rak and others in “Import/Export” [2007, Austria, France, Germany] BR720

Ulrich Seidl’s beautiful 2007 drama “Import/ Export” is a portrait of two lives – Olga, a Ukranian nurse who travels to Vienna to improve her life, and Paul, an ex security guard who accompanies his stepdad in the opposite direction … Continue reading

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Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung, by Herbert Vesely [1981 – W.Germany, France, Austria]

Here’s something about Herbert Vesely’s 1981 biopic “Egon Schiele – Exzess und Bestrafung” [Eng. Title: Egon Schiele: Excess and Punishment]… It’s about the later years of one the most important expressionists of the twentieth century – Egon Schiele, the great … Continue reading

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