The engineer Linda falls in love with not with one, but two of the men on her construction team, in a film that raises questions about the importance of work, love and happiness in socialist East Germany of the 1970s. When Iris Gusner, one of very few East German female directors, previewed the rough-cut of her debut film, she was accused of presenting an "unrealistic picture of life," and officials banned the film. It did not become widely available...

In this sweeping yet intimate romantic drama, which is also Germany's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, acclaimed director Dominik Graf illuminates the lives of two bold young women and one of classical literature's most celebrated figures with charm and contemporary energy. BELOVED SISTERS depicts the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet who took the European literary...

When a German POW is signed to the Manchester football club as a goalie, the public outcry from fans -- especially Jews -- is overwhelming. With the support of Rabbi Alexander Altmann and the British woman he loves, together they overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy.

While vacationing by the Baltic Sea, writer Leon and photographer Felix are surprised to encounter Nadja, a mysterious young woman staying as a guest at the holiday home of Felix's family. Nadja soon distracts Leon from finishing his latest novel, not only because of her passionate liaison with lifeguard Devid but also because her brutal honesty forces Leon to confront his artistic inadequacies. As Nadja and Leon grow closer, an encroaching forest...

Undine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water. Will Undine defy fate when she meets a diver offering her a chance at new love?

With a promising law enforcement career and a child on the way, Marc's life is going according to plan until he meets the free spirited Kay. They start jogging together, bringing a breath of fresh air into Marc's life, and for the first time, he develops feelings for a man. Torn between the life he knows so well and the exhilaration of this new adventure, Marc finds himself in a state of free fall, unable to make anyone happy anymore, least of all...

There's a ripple of disquiet in the locker-room when Leon, a new striker, joins the soccer team. Sharing a flat with keen rival Mario sets the scene for an unexpected love affair, but the path of gay love in this macho world is not an easy one. With the prospect of a professional career a strong possibility, will Mario forsake the hope of emotional satisfaction for professional gain?

Lou Andreas-Salome, the woman who enraptured nineteenth century Europe's greatest minds, recounts her life to Ernst Pfeiffer in this German film directed by Cordula Kablitz-Post. A published novelist, poet and essayist, Salome's desire to live a life free from convention scandalized society but spurred genius and passion in others, including Friedrich Nietzsche, Paul Ree and her lover, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Working with Sigmund Freud, she became...

Freedom and sexual attraction collide, sparking an intense, erotic love story. Bigna, a twenty-eight-year-old scientist, is used to having everything under control, even her erotic desires always follow rules. Thirty-three-year-old Frank searches for meaning in a haze of drugs, feeding on other people's affection. Their different worlds collide, and they become obsessively entwined in a passionate affair.

A landmark in the history of queer cinema, this is an honest film about nascent love between women at a boarding school for girls. Vulnerable and quiet, Manuela struggles to adjust to the stern discipline of the heavily regimented institution. In time, she gains confidence through a friendship with one of her teachers. But no relationship between women, no matter how chaste, is to be permitted, and under the constant threat of punishment, Manuela...