Being Julia (2004)
Rumpy-pumpy and Pimms in Thirties theatre-land.
Colonel Redl (1985)
An ambitious young army officer rises to the top of the military, but politics and blackmail make his world come crashing down.
Dear Emma, Sweet Böbe (1992)
Story of two teachers after the fall of Communism.
Mephisto (1981)
A provincial actor's rise to fame and glory within the protective patronage of Nazi Germany before the war.
Sunshine (1999)
Sobering and powerful film that follows three generations in upper-class Jews amid the early 20th Century.
Taking Sides (2001)
An American Major interrogates the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1945.
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The changing light Yoon Dan-bi on music, sound, Moving On and The World Before

Flipping the script Ghasideh Golmakani on using absurdist comedy to tackle misogyny in Head To Head

Spotlight on forgotten history Miwa Nishikawa on telling the story of post-war street orphans in Children Untold

A compulsion for cinema Thomas Bond on the secret of being a producer, the value of flaws, and Imposters

Streaming spotlight: off with their heads! Hold onto your noggin as we reflect on characters who have lost theirs entirely

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