THEME EXPLORATION

German division

18 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Deutschland im Herbst
Deutschland im Herbst
1978 · Alexander Kluge
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
1990 · Zhang Yimou
My Little Pony: A New Generation
My Little Pony: A New Generation
2022 · José Luis Ucha
Get Out
Get Out
2017 · Jordan Peele
Clash
Clash
2016 · Mohamed Diab
Corn Island
Corn Island
2014 · Giorgi Ovashvili
Akt
Akt
1961 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
Fatherland
Fatherland
1986 · Ken Loach
Guelwaar
Guelwaar
1993 · Ousmane Sembène
Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
1918 · D.W. Griffith
Kanał
Kanał
1956 · Richard Groschopp
Faust aux enfers
Faust aux enfers
1903 · Georges Méliès
The Road Back
The Road Back
1937 · James Whale
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2004 · Makoto Shinkai
8
8
2025 · Julio Medem
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel
2007 · Robert Eggers
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Wim Wenders Germany

His films like 'Wings of Desire' and 'Until the End of the World' poignantly explore the emotional and spiritual fracture of divided Berlin and Germany.

 Rainer Werner Fassbinder Germany

He examined German identity, post-war trauma, and social division through psychologically intense narratives that confronted the nation's fractured past.

 Wolfgang Petersen East Germany

As an East German filmmaker, his works like 'I Am Soviet' and 'Divided Heaven' directly addressed the human cost and contradictions of German division from behind the Iron Curtain.