WestGermany &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:WestGermany @settima@zirk.us Sat, 16 May 2026 06:44:24 +0200 Normalsatz [Ordinary Sentence] (Heinz Emigholz, 1982) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qltn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Normalsatz [Ordinary Sentence] (Heinz Emigholz, 1982)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1975/div div class="img" Normalsatz (1982)/div div class="caption" A woman, seated on a bed, speaks to a second woman who is pressed against the side of a bookcase. Still via. DP: Heinz Emigholz./div div class="txt" Part of the Trilogie der Siebziger Jahre ("Trilogy of the Seventies"). /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #HeinzEmigholz #PeterBlegvad #MarciaBronstein #SilkeGrossmann #HannesHatje #ExperimentalFilm #WestGermany #1980s/div /section ]]>

Normalsatz [Ordinary Sentence] (Heinz Emigholz, 1982)

Apr

30

1975

Normalsatz (1982)

A woman, seated on a bed, speaks to a second woman who is pressed against the side of a bookcase. Still via. DP: Heinz Emigholz.

Part of the Trilogie der Siebziger Jahre (“Trilogy of the Seventies”).

#FilmDuJour #April #HeinzEmigholz #PeterBlegvad #MarciaBronstein #SilkeGrossmann #HannesHatje #ExperimentalFilm #WestGermany #1980s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qltn Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)/div div class="caption" One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky./div div class="txt" And November 9, January 14, and January 21. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte [Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet] (Alexander Kluge, 1969)

Apr

27

Willi Tobler und der Untergang der 6. Flotte (1969)

One of many many handmade, overly complicated title cards. The date is May/June 42. DPs: Dietrich Lohmann, Thomas Mauch & Alfred Tichawsky.

And November 9, January 14, and January 21.

#FilmDuJour #April #AlexanderKluge #AlfredEdel #DietrichLohmann #ThomasMauch #AlfredTichawsky #SciFi #war #satire #TVMovie #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5fvp Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nm3d <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio Tessari, 1971)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Fri/div div class="img" Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)/div div class="caption" Sarah Marchi (Wendy D'Olive) with Giorgio (Helmut Berger) in the background, just out of focus behind her. DP: Carlo Carlini./div div class="txt" "Because, in the way I see it, the killer could only be one of two types. Either a person who was seized by a sudden impulse and in all probability has no police record, or else, a sex maniac." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #DuccioTessari #HelmutBerger #WendyDOlive #GianniFerrio #CarloCarlini #giallo #thriller #Italy #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio Tessari, 1971)

Apr

26

Fri

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)

Sarah Marchi (Wendy D'Olive) with Giorgio (Helmut Berger) in the background, just out of focus behind her. DP: Carlo Carlini.

“Because, in the way I see it, the killer could only be one of two types. Either a person who was seized by a sudden impulse and in all probability has no police record, or else, a sex maniac.”

#FilmDuJour #April #DuccioTessari #HelmutBerger #WendyDOlive #GianniFerrio #CarloCarlini #giallo #thriller #Italy #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nm3d Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Supermarkt (1974)/div div class="caption" Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)

Mar

30

Supermarkt (1974)

Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano.

#FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" 1976/div div class="img" Grauzone (1979)/div div class="caption" The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti./div div class="txt" Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Grauzone [Zones] (Fredi M. Murer, 1979)

Mar

21

1976

Grauzone (1979)

The anonymous, urgent newspaper announcement referencing the oath of secrecy considering a mysterious epidemic, starting March 21, 1976. It lists all the symptoms. DP: Hans Liechti.

Eine mysteriöse EPIDEMIE ist ausgebrochen.

#FilmDuJour #March #FrediMMurer #GiovanniFrüh #OlgaPiazza #MarioBeretta #BeoOertli #HansLiechti #SciFi #Ballardian #drama #mystery #outbreak #Switzerland #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mm94 Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)/div div class="caption" Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein./div div class="txt" "Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben." ### – Walter Steiner /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner [The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner] (Werner Herzog, 1974)

Mar

13

Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner (1974)

Walter Steiner, flying. DP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein.

“Ich sollte eigentlich ganz allein auf der Welt sein, ich, Steiner, und sonst kein anderes lebendes Wesen. Keine Sonne, keine Kultur, ich nackt auf einem hohen Fels, kein Sturm, kein Schnee, keine Straßen, keine Banken, kein Geld, keine Zeit und kein Atem. Ich würde dann jedenfalls keine Angst mehr haben.”

– Walter Steiner

#FilmDuJour #March #WernerHerzog #WalterSteiner #WestGermany #PopolVuh #JörgSchmidtReitwein #Olympics #sports #documentary #biography #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-y8zj Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dyd7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Fata/Morgana (1966)/div div class="caption" Gim (Teresa Gimpera) modelling in a photo studio. The photographer, another woman in silhouette, has an identical hairstyle and outfit. DP: Aurelio G. Larraya./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #VicenteAranda #TeresaGimpera #AntonioPérezOlea #AurelioGLarraya #mystery #drama #crime #SciFi #Barcelona #Spain #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Fata/Morgana [Left-Handed Fate / Panik 75] (Vicente Aranda, 1966)

Mar

9

Fata/Morgana (1966)

Gim (Teresa Gimpera) modelling in a photo studio. The photographer, another woman in silhouette, has an identical hairstyle and outfit. DP: Aurelio G. Larraya.

#FilmDuJour #March #VicenteAranda #TeresaGimpera #AntonioPérezOlea #AurelioGLarraya #mystery #drama #crime #SciFi #Barcelona #Spain #WestGermany #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-dyd7 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-66h4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" winter solstice/div div class="img" Die Blechtrommel (1979).jpg)/div div class="caption" Little Oskar with his tin drum. DP: Igor Luther./div div class="txt" Something short for winter solstice. "He's growing! Look! See how he's growing! I have seen the Lord! The Lord! The Lord!" ### – Schugger-Leo On the eve of World War 2, little Oskar – just three years old – decides he doesn't want to grow anymore. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #WinterSolstice #solstice #VolkerSchlöndorff #GünterGrass #MarioAdorf #AngelaWinkler #DavidBennent #KatharinaThalbach #DanielOlbrychski #CharlesAznavour #ErnstJacobi #JeanClaudeCarrière #MauriceJarre #FriedrichMeyer #IgorLuther #drama #history #war #WW2 #Christmas #BookAdaptation #WestGermany #France #Poland #1970s/div /section ]]>

Die Blechtrommel [The Tin Drum] (Volker Schlöndorff, 1979)

Dec

21

winter solstice

Die Blechtrommel (1979)

Little Oskar with his tin drum. DP: Igor Luther.

Something short for winter solstice.

“He's growing! Look! See how he's growing! I have seen the Lord! The Lord! The Lord!”

– Schugger-Leo

On the eve of World War 2, little Oskar – just three years old – decides he doesn't want to grow anymore.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #WinterSolstice #solstice #VolkerSchlöndorff #GünterGrass #MarioAdorf #AngelaWinkler #DavidBennent #KatharinaThalbach #DanielOlbrychski #CharlesAznavour #ErnstJacobi #JeanClaudeCarrière #MauriceJarre #FriedrichMeyer #IgorLuther #drama #history #war #WW2 #Christmas #BookAdaptation #WestGermany #France #Poland #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-66h4 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:15:00 +0100 The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cs54 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lickerish Quartet (1970).png)/div div class="caption" A 70s couple in a grainy black-and-white still. The frame looks damaged, suggesting a stag reel. The seemingly nude blonde pours a drink for her dark-haired man. She holds the cork between her teeth, seducingly. DP: Hans Jura./div div class="txt" – I've never seen a film like this before. – Oh, it's different, alright. /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #RadleyMetzger #SilvanaVenturelli #FrankWolff #ErikaRemberg #PaoloTurco #StelvioCipriani #HansJura #drama #mystery #BookAdaptation #Italy #USA #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lickerish Quartet (Radley Metzger, 1970)

Dec

5

The Lickerish Quartet (1970)

A 70s couple in a grainy black-and-white still. The frame looks damaged, suggesting a stag reel. The seemingly nude blonde pours a drink for her dark-haired man. She holds the cork between her teeth, seducingly. DP: Hans Jura.

– I've never seen a film like this before.

– Oh, it's different, alright.

#FilmDinner #RadleyMetzger #SilvanaVenturelli #FrankWolff #ErikaRemberg #PaoloTurco #StelvioCipriani #HansJura #drama #mystery #BookAdaptation #Italy #USA #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-cs54 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:09:45 +0100 Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält [Mark of the Devil] (Michael Armstrong + Adrian... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xm65 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält [Mark of the Devil] (Michael Armstrong + Adrian Hoven, 1970)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" cheese /div div class="img" Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält (1970).png)/div div class="caption" A young, pretty Udo Kier seated at a dinner table. There are various fruits on a platter and Udo's eating cheese. His outfit suggests the 18th century. DP: Ernst W. Kalinke./div div class="txt" "I accuse you of having trampled on the cross, of having ridden to the Sabbath, of throwing the Holy Cross of our Saviour into manure so that the skies grew dark, and the rain fell upon the earth!" ### – Albino /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #fruit #cheese #MichaelArmstrong #AdrianHoven #HerbertLom #UdoKier #OliveraKatarina #ReggieNalder #HerbertFux #GabyFuchs #MichaelHolm #ErnstWKalinke #drama #witches #horror #history #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält [Mark of the Devil] (Michael Armstrong + Adrian Hoven, 1970)

Nov

28

cheese

Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält (1970)

A young, pretty Udo Kier seated at a dinner table. There are various fruits on a platter and Udo's eating cheese. His outfit suggests the 18th century. DP: Ernst W. Kalinke.

“I accuse you of having trampled on the cross, of having ridden to the Sabbath, of throwing the Holy Cross of our Saviour into manure so that the skies grew dark, and the rain fell upon the earth!”

– Albino

#FilmDinner #fruit #cheese #MichaelArmstrong #AdrianHoven #HerbertLom #UdoKier #OliveraKatarina #ReggieNalder #HerbertFux #GabyFuchs #MichaelHolm #ErnstWKalinke #drama #witches #horror #history #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-xm65 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:29:30 +0100