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Borchert, Ernst Wilhelm 1907-1990 Concentration camp inmates Germany Drama Ex-Nazis Germany Drama Feature films Feature films Germany (East) Germany Germany Social conditions 20th century Drama Motion pictures Germany (East) Reconstruction (1939-1951) Germany Berlin Drama World War, 1939-1945 Psychological aspects DramaSummary: The nightmare begins when Captain Lansen attempts to transport illegal explosives and a motley group of passengers on a rusty tramp steamer that becomes stranded in the vast floating swamp of the mysterious Sargasso Sea. Under cover of night, the terrified travelers encounter unspeakable monsters, man-eating seaweed, vicious mutant pirates and stupendously endowed women.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Optimim Releasing 2009
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR LOSSummary: Set in a divided Berlin at the beginning of the Cold War, the film is often considered a companion piece to The Third Man with its atmospheric portrayal of a city struggling to survive in a grim post-war reality of poverty and mistrust. Unlike the devilish Harry Lime, Mason's world-weary dealer Ivo Kern is ultimately still a decent man, compelled by his love for a naïve schoolteacher to make...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MANSummary: In the aftermath of World War II, Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to find that her Berlin apartment is occupied by Dr. Hans Mertens, a former officer in the German army who has been severely traumatized by the atrocities perpetrated by his superiors. The unlikely pair form a delicate friendship as they struggle to restore some normalcy to their hellishly bleak existence. By...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International in association with the University of Massachusetts, c1999. 1999