Volker Schlöndorff
1970 • 84 minutes • 1.37:1 • West Germany
Spine: #914 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray
Volker Schlöndorff transported Bertolt Brecht’s 1918 debut play to contemporary West Germany for this vicious experiment in adaptation, seldom seen for nearly half a century.
Volker Schlöndorff
1976 • 98 minutes • 1.66:1 • Germany
Spine: #192 Edition: DVD
A startling tale of heartbreak and violence set against the backdrop of bloody revolution, Volker Schlöndorff’s Coup de grâce is a powerful film that explores the interrelation of private passion and political commitment.
Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta
1975 • 106 minutes • 1.77:1 • Germany
Spine: #177 Edition: DVD
When Katharina Blum spends the night with an alleged terrorist, her quiet, ordered life falls into ruins. Suddenly a suspect, Katharina is subject to a vicious smear campaign by the police and a ruthless tabloid journalist, testing the limits of her dignity and her sanity.
Volker Schlöndorff
1979 • 163 minutes • 1.66:1 • Germany
Spine: #234 Editions: DVD, Blu-Ray, iTunes
The Tin Drum, is Volker Schlöndorff’s visionary adaptation of Nobel laureate Günter Grass’s acclaimed novel, characterized by surreal imagery, arresting eroticism, and clear-eyed satire.
Volker Schlöndorff
1966 • 87 minutes • 1.77:1 • Germany
Spine: #279 Edition: DVD
At an Austrian boys’ boarding school in the early 1900s, shy, intelligent Törless observes the sadistic behavior of his fellow students, doing nothing to help a victimized classmate—until the torture goes too far. Young Törless is adapted from Robert Musil’s acclaimed novel.