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The place where our customers send their friends!
Welcome to the American
Video Store for rare German Movies and volksmusik shows.
Please note:
All video tapes are in the American NTSC VHS video
format
and will play on all VCR's in North America. We are drastically reducing our
VHS inventory. This will be your last chance to obtain these beautiful ZDF
music videos and hundreds of classic German movies and heimatfilme. Due to
the limited demand in the USA, most of these movies will unfortunately never
be available on DVD in America.
Once our videos are gone, they're gone.!!!
We have drastically reduced the prices on over 2000 video titles closeout.
Make sure to buy these classics while they last.
The following video titles are in
German Language with English Subtitles.
They are all VHS in the NTSC U.S. system only.
All VHS tapes are closeout.
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The Harmonists
color, ca. 115 min, German dialogue with English subtitles. (Film is formatted
to fit the TV screen.) - Filled with topflight performances and unforgettable
music, this entertaining and critically acclaimed story was cheered by audiences
everywhere! When Harry, a struggling but highly imaginative funnyman, forms
a singing group with an unusual group of friends, "The Harmonists"
go on to become an overnight sensation in prewar Germany. But as their wave
of success inevitable collides with the nation's changing political tide, the
group's members are forced to face unprecedented challenges that will try their
wills and test their loyalty! An award winner of several prestigious film festivals
- The Harmonists is another outstanding motion picture you don't want to miss!
German language with English subtitles.
| Order # ST 31 | |
Heart of Glass
1974, 93 min. - Werner Herzog's films are characterized by their willingness
to go off the deep end, but Heart Of Glass goes even deeper than usual. During
the filming, Herzog hypnotized his actors in order to help convey what the director
describes as "an atmosphere of hallucination, of prophecy and of visionary."
Set in the pre-industrial past, the story tells of a village that loses the
secret of making its unique Ruby glass. The townspeople turn to magic and madness
in a desperate effort to recover the pure ingredient they have lost. A mixture
of mysticism, apocalyptic grandeur and incredibly photographed visions that
begin and end the film make this possibly the most breathtaking film of Herzog's
career. German language with English subtitles.
| Order #HV 24292 was $79.95 | ||
Hanussen
1988, 120 min. - Dir. Istvan Szabo. Berlin in the 1920's. A dangerous world
of political upheaval and social disorder. Into this world comes Erik Jan Hanussen,
(Klaus-Maria Brandauer) a charismatic magician and clairvoyant. Hanussen is
a mesmerizing drama about one brave man's struggle to change history... German
language with English subtitles. Rated R.
| Order #RC 50293 Out of print. Rental only. | |
Heimat #1
color and b/w, 924 min. on 6 DVDs, German language with English subtitles -
Edgar Reitz' HEIMAT is something quite different. It took Reitz five years and
four months to complete this semi-autobiographical portrait of his own childhood
in this hilly region between Frankfurt and Saarbruecken. The performances are
outstanding, indeed, emotionally moving and credible down to the last word and
gesture. HEIMAT is the incredible saga of a German Family from the end of World
War I to 1982. Prepare yourself for and extraordinary experience. The riveting
16-hour Heimat was also a huge hit in England, France and Germany. As ambitious
and grand an epic as War and Peace. HEIMAT is and incredible motion picture
chronicle - an immersion in the lives, loves, tragedies of the extended Simon
family. Shot over two years, with 28 leading performs, 140 speaking roles and
5,000 nonprofessional actors, Heimat is a singular cinematic achievement and
now, a major video event. The HEIMAT Chronicle was shown on Public Television
nationwide and sponsored by WGBH in Boston. Note: These DVDs contain some nudity!
Some DVDs may contain more than one part
| Order # WN 966 DVD $99.95
set (6 DVDs) sold as set only $8 Shipping in the U.S. |
Heimat #2
In color and black and white, on 13 video cassettes 26 hours, German language
with English subtitles - The second section of Edgar Reitz's "film novel"
focuses on 10 years (1960 to 1970) in the life of a young classical musician/composer
who moves from his small village to Munich. It is a massive sequel of sorts
to 1984's Heimat #1, Reitz's 16-hour chronicle of the life in Germany from 1919
to 1982. Although the second Heimat is not a direct continuation of the first
Heimat (which roughly translated means "homeland"), its lead character,
Hermann Simon (played by Henry Arnold), was featured in the original. Both "Heimats"
were shot like theatrical features. The second Heimat had a four year, 552 day
shooting schedule, with a cast of 71 major and 310 minor speaking roles and
2,300 extras. Initially shown to record audiences on German TV. Milos Stehlik,
director of Facets Video, likens its effect in Germany to that of the 1970's
"Roots" in America. Once people get hooked, like a novel, they can't
put it down. It has a solid dramatic structure, with characters moving in and
out; but it doesn't go overboard like a soap opera. Note: These videos contain
some nudity! Some cassettes may contain more than one part. Tapes contain ca.
100 to 130 minutes each. 13 tapes, 26 hours. Sold by set only.
| Order # WN 808 DVD $149.95
sold as set only $8 Shipping in the U.S. (7 DVDs) |
Heimat Part 3
For a great deal on Heimat VHS click here .......
How to Live in the German Federal Republic
1990, color, ca. 83 min. - Harun Farocki's amazing dissection of modern life
in Germany - a country he calls "a training camp in which techniques for
living are practices by the professionally living." German language with
English subtitles. Contains short scenes of 'adult only' material.
| Order # FA 5753 was $79.95 | ||
Hunde wollt ihr ewig leben (Stalingrad)
Drama, b/w, 1959, ca. 97 min. - The film from the bestseller book! Russlandfeldzug.
Die 6. Armee ist hoffnungslos in Stalingrad eingekesselt und wartet verzweifelt
auf den Ausbruchsbefehl. Vergebens. Mit dem Angriff des weit ueberlegenen Feindes
bricht ein hoellisches Inferno ueber die Eingekesselten zusammen. Es ist das
ausweglose Schicksal der Vernichtung einer ganzen Armee. Es spielen: Joachim
Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, P. Carsten. German language with English subtitles
| Order # BB 925 DVD $29.95 | ||
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Images of the World and the Inscription of War
1988/89, color, ca. 75 min. - Direcor Farocki zigzags through different subject
matters like photos of Auschwitz, one you will not soon forget, and a half philosophical
treatise on photographs of other subjects. German language with English subtitles.
| Order # FA 5773 was $79.95 | ||
I Am My Own Woman
91 min., documentary - Charlotte von Mahlsdorf has lived through the Nazis,
domestic violence, East German Communism and the personal pain of anti-gay prejudice.
Charlotte von Mahlsdorf (born Lothar Berfelde in 1928) was brought up by her
Nazi father who wanted to make her into a proper soldiers. She grew up in Nazi
Germany, survived World War II, the East Germany of the Stasis and now the re-united
Germany of the skin heads. In this film, Rosa von Praunheim relates the incredible
life story of a warmhearted human being who is also a courageous outsider and
born fighter. Starring Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, Ichgola Androgyn and Jens Taschner.
Please note: Contains male nudity, adults only. N/R. German language with English
subtitles.
| Order #CV 1008 was $79.95 | ||
In a Year of Thirteen Moons
1970, color, ca. 129 min. - One of Fassbinder's most unusual and daring films,
In a Year of Thirteen Moons, stars Erwin Spengler as a man desperately in love
with his business partner. He decides to have a sex change operation, becomes
Elvira, but this fails to attract the love of his beloved. German language with
English subtitles.
| Order # FA 998 was $39.95 | ||
I Only Want You to Love Me
1976, Unrated, ca. 104 min. - Deprived of parental affection throughout childhood,
Peter takes his wife and leaves his small town home and moves to the city. Determined
to disprove his father's belief that he will never be able to support a family,
Peter lands a job and begins a new life. Soon the strains of work, money and
marriage aggravate his anxieties. He becomes a compulsive worker and consumer,
slowly falling deeper into debt and despair. Finally, Peter snaps and in a terrifying
moment of psychological displacement, commits a senseless murder. Written and
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Starring: Vitus Zeplichal, Elke Aberle,
Ernie Mangold, Joanna Hofer, and Alexander Allerson. German language with English
subtitles.
| Order # WF 765 was $49.95 | ||
The Inheritors
1984, Drama, Not Rated. 89 min.- Director Walter Bannerts critically acclaimed
film exposes the terrifying resurgence of new fascist groups who prey on today's
youth. On his way home from school, 16-year -old Thomas Feigl (Nikolas Vogel)
helps Charley (Roger Schauer), an unemployed teenager, escape from the police.
Despite their differing backgrounds, the boys become good friends, and Charley
persuades Thomas to join a Neo-Nazi youth group Featured at the 1984 Cannes
film Festival, and winner of the Jury Award for Best New Cinematographer at
the World film Festival in Montreal. German language with English subtitles.
| Order #EB 7598 | |
Die Siebtelbauern - The Inheritors
1999, Heimatfilm, 94 min. - When a cruel and merciless farmer is murdered, his
last will and testament discloses an ironic gift: to everyone's astonishment,
the old man leaves his land to the peasant woerkers he constantly humiliated.
Rather than sell the land to a tyrannical rival farmer, the strong-willed laborers
decide to keep the land for themselves. Their bold decision threatens to disrupt
the rigid social order of their town, but not before secrets are revealed and
lives changed forever. A compelling tale of love, defiance and tragedy set in
a small Austrian village during the turn of the 20th century. German language
with English subtitles.
| Order # CT 627 For rental only. | |
Invisible Adversaries
1977, 112 min. - Set in contemporary Vienna, this controversial film has been
called a feminist Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Anna, a Viennese photographer,
discovers that extraterrestrial beings are colonizing the minds of her fellow
citizens by raising the human aggression level. The outer world immediately
becomes disjointed, the the inner world, too, as Anna and her lover try to hang
on to their deteriorating relationship. German language with English subtitles.
| Order #FV 111 | ||
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Journey of Hope
ca. 111 min. - A Academy Award-winning movie based on the true story of one
man's dream for a better life. Haydar and his wife Meryem are poor Kurdish villagers
living with their seven children in Turkey, dreaming of a 'paradise' in Switzerland.
Haydar decides to sell his possessions and emigrate illegally to build a better
life, and taking his wife and one child, they set off on a journey across the
mountains. Haydar and his family are at the mercy of their smugglers, and as
the journey progresses, they find that every step they take is more expensive
than promised. By the time they reach the Swiss borders, they have lost most
of their possessions and all of their money. With nothing but their dream to
guide them, they face the most difficult part of their journey, crossing by
foot the brutally cold and dangerous Swiss Mountain slopes. Journey of Hope
takes you every step of their passage, a perilous adventure towards the promise
of a new life - a search for that greater land where every dream you dream comes
true.
| Order # HV 90675 Out of print. Rental only. | |
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Kaspar Hauser,
The Mystery of
1993, ca. 137 min. - The plot to control the throne of the Duchy of Baden is
explored in this eerie, lavish drama of deception and mystery. With the twists
and turns of a complex political thriller, Peter Sehr's film is a damning portrait
of a corrupt, malignant aristocracy that will stop at nothing to conceal the
connection between Kaspar Hauser and the throne. Starring Andre Eisermann, Uwe
Ochsenknecht, Katharina Thalbach. German language with English subtitles.
| Order # KIN 981 was $79.95 | ||
Also see another Kaspar Hauser video under "Every Man For Himself And God For All."
Kameradschaft
1931, French and English subtitles 92 min., b&w - Directed by G. W. Pabst
with Alexander Granach, French and German miners work in their section of a
mine located at the border of both countries, bitter towards one another because
of the war. But one day an explosion traps the Frenchmen and the German miners
come to the rescue. Based on the tragic mining disaster that claimed the lives
of fourteen hundred Frenchmen, Kameradschaft is a plea for international coopertion.
The film transcends national boundaries and nationalistic prejudices to unite
people in a spirit of friendship. Starring George Chalia, David Mendaille, Ernest
Busch u.v.a.
| Order #OL 311 was $34.95 | ||
Kamikaze '89
1938, 106 min., Color - bizarre, outrageous - a high punk thriller! The late,
great Rainer Werner Fassbinder stars in a riveting fantasy thriller based on
Per Wahloeoe's bestselling novel, "Murder On The 31st Floor." It's
1989, and Germany is the richest country in the world - an ideal society where
all economic, social and political problems have been solved. Well, almost all.
A bomb has been planted in the highrise headquarters of The Combine, a giant
conglomerate that controls all media. Police Lieutenant Jansen (Fassbinder)
has four days to solve the mystery and a spate of "unexpected deaths."
Who or what is Krystopompas? And what's happening on The Combine's 31st floor?
Through a nightmarish urban landscape, Jansen stalks his suspects. Starring
also Franco Nero, Brigitte Mira and Guenther Kaufmann. German language with
English subtitles.
| Order #MV 600 Out of print. Rental only. | |
Killer Condom
ca. 90 min. - A living, squirming, and worst of all biting condom is menacing
the city. When detective Mackeroni loses a testicle to the latex menace, his
pursuit becomes personal. Bizarre, touching, provocative. Adult. Some Nudity.
German language with English subtitles.
| Order # TROM 4310 | |
Kings of the Road(A Wim Wender Film)
1976, 176 min., b&w - Written and Directed by Wim Wenders. A sweeping
"road" picture about two men who journey along the underpopulated
forgotten border regions between East and West Germany. Robert, despondent over
the breakup of his marriage, crashes his VW into a river and swims ashore, where
he meets Bruno, a projector repairman who akes a living calling on isolated
movie houses that dot the German countryside. Together, the two set off on a
funny, warm and unforgettable journey across Germany, listening to rock'n'roll,
visiting shuttered movie theaters, encountering strangers with strange tales
and discovering what it means to be living in Germany today. German language
with English subtitles.
| Order #PA 671 Out of print. Rental only. | |
Knife In The Head
1978, 108 min. - This gripping psychological thriller stars Bruno
Ganz (Wings of Desire) as Hoffman, a scientist who one night goes searching
for his estranged wife. He arrives at the youth center where she works, only
to be caught in a police raid on the radicals who hang out there. In the struggle,
he is shot in the head. The damage leaves Hoffman partially paralyzed, unable
to speak and without memory. He must rebuild his entire personality. Both the
police and radicals try to manipulate Hoffman for their own ends, whole he desperately
tries to uncover the truth behind this shooting. German language with English
subtitles.
| Order #NYV 29994 Out of print. Rental only. | |
Kolberg
1945, color, ca. 118 min., English subtitles - One of the Third Reich's most
ambitious spectaculars, three years in the making, mobilized Germany's most
talented artists and thousands of extras to recreate the true story of a Prussian
town's rebellion against Napoleon's army of occupation. Laced with anti-Christian
symbolism and National Socialist ideology, the film is a mirror of Hitler Germany's
own war for survival. In its characterization of Kolberg's besieged citizenry,
the epic allegorically reflects the spirit of fanatical resolve to fight on
that Nazi propaganda was attempting to instill in the German population during
the final years of World War 2. The film was directed by Veit Harlan.
| Order # IH 286 DVD | ||
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