Barbara Sukowa

A government official falls in love with a woman leading a double life.

During the year 1961, the influential German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt reported for the New Yorker magazine on the war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann. Her articles introducing her now-famous concept of the "Banality of Evil" triggered off an unprecedented controversy. Using footage from the actual Eichmann trial and weaving a narrative that spans three countries, Margarethe von Trotta turns the often invisible passion for thought into immersive dramatic cinema.

Nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1986, Rosa Luxemburg is Margarethe von Trotta's remarkable biopic of one of the most fascinating figures in modern European history.

Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist. In VISION, New German Cinema auteur Margarethe von Trotta reunites with recurrent star Barbara Sukowa to bring the story of this extraordinary woman to life. In a staggering performance, Sukowa portrays Hildegard’s fierce determination to expand the responsibilities of women within the order, even as she fends off outrage from some in the Church over the visions she claims to receive from God. Lushly shot in original medieval cloisters of the fairytale-like German countryside, VISION is a profoundly inspirational portrait of a woman who has emerged from the shadows of history as a forward-thinking and iconoclastic pioneer of faith, change and enlightenment.

After carrying on a passionate affair in secret for decades, two retired neighbors find their relationship put to the test by an unforeseen event.

The Port of Last Resort presents the little-known story of nearly 20,000 European Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai in the years 1938-41, seeking a safe haven from the Nazis. This lost world is revealed through stories of survivors, and a dazzling collage of rare and remarkable film footage. An enthralling score by avant-garde composer John Zorn punctuates this story of exile and resilience.

This early triumph by Lars von Trier, which won no less than three prizes at Cannes, is one of his most bizarre yet accessible works: a feverish retooling of film noir, an unhinged thriller, and a visually mind-blowing odyssey into a nightmare of our past.

Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe tells the story of the Austrian writer and his life in exile from 1936 to 1942. Zweig was one of the most famous writers of his time, but as a Jewish intellectual he struggled to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Germany. Driven to emigrate to South America at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig fell into despair at the sight of Europe’s downfall. This visually stunning and emotionally powerful film explores what it means to be a refugee, and exposes the difficult decision to speak out or remain silent in the face of tyranny.

In 1973, a young gallery assistant is drawn into the wild, never-ending party that is artist Salvador Dalí's life in New York City. As he helps the aging genius prepare for an important show, he discovers not everything is as it seems.

Love's mysteries and betrayal's cruelties are boldly portrayed in this fictional tale of French diplomat Rene Gallimard and Beijing Opera star Song Liling.

Walter Faber has survived an airplane crash. His next trip is by ship. On board, he meets the enchanting Sabeth, and they have a love affair.

"What are you doing today?" "Running from the law".... The Sky is Blue is a hilariously cross-cultural, irreverent bi-lingual comedy. A road movie with a surprise romantic and dramatic twist. It follows the misadventures of two wealthy Mexicans, Oscar and Arturo, who come to party in New York. They are at a trendy club when a corrupt homeland security officer arrives to collect his weekly shakedown. When he mistakes Arturo for an illegal immigrant, the pair must run for their lives. The shakedown, the cop car, the escape, all combine to turn the next five days into an adventure not soon forgotten. Lost in space, they end up in the Hamptons. They make love, steal many cars, squat in fancy homes, smoke a lot of pot, and yes, they drink when they drive. As they meet the beauty who runs the Latino beauty shop, and the forger who trades false passports and illegal documentation out of the Riverhead correction facility, something changes. The hysterical and moral journey our heroes most go on to get back to Mexico City could turn into a different sense of life. If they could only get out of the Hamptons...

A pair of bored retirees try out a new role that inserts them in the lives of overprotective parents, hyperactive kids and all sorts of family mayhem.

A priest who has lost his faith finds new purpose when the Vatican sends him to investigate a deceased woman's candidacy for sainthood.