Jost Vacano

In 1981, a film about the misadventures of a German U-boat crew in 1941 becomes a worldwide hit almost four decades after the end of the World War II. Millions of viewers worldwide make Das Boot the most internationally successful German film of all time. But due to disputes over the script, accidents on the set, and voices accusing the makers of glorifying the war, the project was many times on the verge of being cancelled.

The gritty, kinetic, visionary cinema of Roland Klick is ripe for rediscovery. After shooting with international stars, such as Mario Adorf and Dennis Hopper, Klick celebrated international success and achieved cult status. Yet after making only six features, he disappeared from the scene in a rather mysterious way. The story of an uncompromising film maniac.

Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.

A look behind the scenes at the making of this science fiction classic about a policeman killed in the line of duty, only to be reborn as a half-man, half-machine supercop. Includes interviews with star Peter Weller and director Paul Verhoeven, who give their views on the efforts that went into making the film.

天才科学者セバスチャンは、国家の極秘プロジェクトとして生物の透明化と復元を研究している。彼と研究チームは、動物実験において透明化を実現していたが、その状態が長時間続くと精神に影響が及んで凶暴性が増してしまい、復元も成功できる物では無かった。ある日、セバスチャンは透明化した生物を復元させるための薬の開発に成功するが、彼はこの事を国家には報告せず、チームの反対を押し切り、自らを使って初となる人体実験を行う。

主人公ジョニー・リコは、高校卒業後地球連邦軍に入隊して宇宙戦艦のパイロットを志望するカルメン・イバネスに憧れ、両親の反対を押し切って軍に入隊。優秀なカルメンは艦隊アカデミーへ、超能力者の友人・カールは情報部へ配属されるが、リコは機動歩兵隊へ配属され、訓練キャンプでしごかれる日々を送る。訓練中、自らの判断ミスにより同期一人を殉職させる事故を起こしたことで、一旦は軍隊をあきらめようとしたリコだったが、奇襲攻撃で故郷ブエノスアイレスが壊滅したため機動歩兵に復帰し、宇宙での戦いに加わる。

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt.

ラスベガスを舞台にしたエロティックな人間ドラマ。ノエミはこの巨大なショービジネスの世界に、“スターダンサーになる”という夢を果たす為にやって来た。スターとして脚光を浴びる事、それは彼女の中では最高級ホテル“スターダスト”の一流のショー、“GODDESS－女神”でトップに昇りつめることを意味していた……。

心臓に欠陥がある主人公C・スレイターは彼の働くカフェのウェイトレス、M・トメイに焦がれるが、彼女をじっと見守ることしかできない。だが、それが効を奏して、不良に絡まれる彼女を救けた彼は次第に打ち解け、彼女にだけは自分の秘密の世界を覗かせる。待ち受ける死の不安を一人で耐えてきた青年。恋にしくじってばかりいた少女は、やっと掴んだ幸福な恋が束の間に終わると分かって苦しむが、彼の闘病生活を共に闘うことで、女性として成長していく……。

P．K．ディックのSF小説をアーノルド・シュワルツェネッガー主演で映画化。近未来の地球で一般労働者として働くクエイドは“リコール・マシン”の体験で本当の自分が圧政者の片腕だという事実を知る。そして、彼は記憶を取り戻すべく火星に向かう。

A man's family comes for his 77th birthday and while he loves all of his children and their children, he and his children don't exactly connect. However, he connects with his grandchildren. And he tells them what he wants for his birthday and they do what they can to give it to him.

舞台は近未来のデトロイト。かつて自動車産業で栄華を誇ったこの街は犯罪都市と化し、巨大コングロマリット企業オムニ・コンシューマ・プロダクツ（OCP、通称オムニ社）によって警察（民営化されていて警察官から一般職員に至るまで会社員）を含む街全体が支配されていた。 アレックス・マーフィー巡査は、一連の警官殺しにおける犯人とされ指名手配中のマフィアであるクラレンス一味を追っていた。マーフィーはカーチェイスの末に一味の隠家を発見、潜入するも惨殺される。犯罪撲滅のため「警官のロボット化」を企画していたオムニ社は、死亡診断が下されたマーフィーの死していない生体部分を部品として利用、彼をロボコップとして蘇らせる。 ロボコップは驚異的な性能で優秀な成果をあげ、街の治安は少しずつ取り戻されて行った。しかし、ロボコップ自身は人間だった頃の記憶の断片に悩まされ、ついには自分が何者であったかを知ってしまう。

Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.

ミヒャエル・エンデの名作ファンタジー小説を映画化。いじめっ子たちに追いかけられた少年バスチアンが、逃げ込んだ古本屋で手にした『はてしない物語』。読み進めるうちに、彼は不思議な小説の世界に引き込まれていく……。

第2次世界大戦の1941年。ナチスドイツに占領されたフランスのラ・ロシェルの港から、出撃命令によって出航する潜水艦U96にヴェルナー（ヘルバート・グリューネマイヤー）が乗り込む。ベテランの艦長（ユルゲン・プロフノウ）や乗組員に囲まれながら、荒れた海での過酷な哨戒、次々と爆雷を放ってくる敵駆逐艦との攻防、海の藻くずと化していく敵の姿など、戦争の現実を次々と目の当たりにするヴェルナー。そんな中、U96に新たな命令が下される。

Three amateur dirt-bike racers each fall in love with a young woman who, with her brother, sells French fries and hotdogs at the races. Everyone is looking for a better life: she wants out of the business and away from her brother; and the motocross racers want to make their marks as professionals in their sport.

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

Potato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West, settling eventually in the Rockies. They are besieged by what appear to them to be hostile Native Americans. Before too long, it becomes clear that the hostiles are in fact a gang of gold thieves. This movie is notable among German-made Westerns for its use of authentic period costumes and firearms.

1964 in Berlin, not long after the raise of the wall that separated the city: ex-prisoner Bruno is chosen by the eastern secret agency to be sent west with a special order. However as soon as he's crossed the border, he reports to the police. He claims his order was to kidnap someone, but he doesn't know who yet. He's forced to continue feignedly. However the east agents don't really trust him and play a double game...

After a chance encounter with a wanted man, a woman is harassed by the police and press until she takes violent action.

Willi is 18 years old and lives on the street. Without a goal in his life he walks around the city and meets several people, helping but also cheating him. When he meets a girl, Monica, he realizes that there are people out there whose lives are even more desperate than his. So he's trying to help her (and him) by planning a great robbery on a supermarket's money transporter.

Two old school friends, both in their late twenties. One lives on his parent’s rural estate and does nothing; the other half-heartedly pursues work as a journalist in Düsseldorf.

Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contrasted with the mundane reality of life on a film set.

A satirical examination of the ways the influx of German tourists to Spain affects the local population.

A film made secretly in Moscow by Peter Schamoni during the World Festival of Youth and Students in the summer of 1957. His cameraman was Jost Vacano. During their trip, they made authentic film and audio recordings of a kind that had never been seen before in Western countries.