Cult and Quirky

Selects #11

1 Feb – 30 Apr 25

Spies, cosmonauts, megalomaniacs, and drop-outs dance, sing, and murder their way through nine films that veer between cult, trash, and genre film. The big picture – love, sex, the depths of the soul, and how to save the world from evil – is always in sight. Sometimes moving, sometimes funny, these films are all offbeat in style and their stories are a test ground for visual and narrative experiments. In a tongue-in-cheek manner, the 11th edition of ‘Selects’ complements the film program of this year’s Berlinale Retrospective, which presents German Genre Films of the 70s.

All films

  • The German Chainsaw Massacre

    ‘Das deutsche Kettensägenmassaker’, GER 1990, directed by Christoph Schlingensief, 63 min, with English subtitles, rated: 16 

  • Anita – Dances of Vice

    ‘Anita – Tänze des Lasters’, FRG 1978, directed by Rosa von Praunheim, 87 min, with English subtitles, rated: 16 

  • Fucking City

    FRG 1982, directed by Lothar Lambert, 89 min, with English subtitles, rated: 16

  • Macumba

    FRG 1982, directed by Elfi Mikesch, 88 min, with English subtitles, rated: 18 

  • This is an End

    ‘Das ist ein Ende’, FRG 1981, directed by Ulrike Pfeiffer, 15 min, with English subtitles, rated: 6

  • Bel Canto or May a Hooker Sob?

    ‘Belcanto oder Darf eine Nutte schluchzen?’, FRG 1977, directed by Robert van Ackeren, 95 min, with English subtitles, rated: 12 

  • In the Dust of the Stars

    ‘Im Staub der Sterne’, GDR 1976, directed by Gottfried Kolditz, 96 min, with English subtitles, rated: 6

  • The Man Who Replaced Grandma

    ‘Der Mann, der nach der Oma kam’, GDR 1971, directed by Roland Oehme, 93 min, German with no subtitles, rated: 6

  • Serenade for Two Spies

    ‘Serenade für zwei Spione’, FRG 1965, directed by Michael Pfleghar, Alberto Cardone, 85 min, German without subtitles, rated: 16