Goethe on Demand

In cooperation with Filmgalerie 451, the Goethe-Institut presents an online streaming programme called Goethe on Demand. It contains an exquisite selection of films that is free of charge on Vimeo until 31 July 2020.

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Knistern der Zeit – Christoph Schlingensief und sein Operndorf in Burkina Faso

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Documentary
Knistern der Zeit

Christoph Schlingensief and his opera village in Burkina Faso
Director: Sibylle Dahrendorf
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes
Language: German
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

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Feature Film/Drama
Umsonst

2014 (D)
Director: Stephan Geene
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Language: German, English
Subtitles: German, English

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Feature Film/Drama
Tangerine

2008 (D/MAR)
Director: Irene von Alberti
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Language: German and OV
Subtitles: English, French, German

Feature Film/Drama
Unten Mitte Kinn

2011
Director: Nicolas Wackerbarth
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Subtitles: English

Feature Film/Drama
Ferien

2007
Director: Thomas Arslan
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Feature Film/Drama
Otomo

2000
Director: Frieder Schlaich
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes
Subtitle: English, French, Spanish

8 DEFA children’s animation films without dialogue
Chidren's Animation Special

1954-1988
Director: Monika Anderson, Lutz Dammbeck, Sieglinde Hamacher, Heinz Nagel, Günter Rätz, Otto Sacher, Christl Wiemer, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
Language/Subtitles: without dialogue

Documentary
Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands

2015
Director: Christian Braad Thomsen
Duration: 1 hour 47 minutes
Subtitles: English

Feature Film/Drama
Beethoven – Days of a Life

1976
Director: Horst Seemann
Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes
Subtitles: English, French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Latvian, German

Feature Film
Things I Don't Get

2018
Director: Henning Beckhoff
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes
Subtitles: English, French

Music and Apocalypse (Weitermachen Sanssouci)

Feature Film
Weitermachen Sanssouci

2019
Director: Max Linz
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Feature Film
The Long Summer of Theory

2017
Director: Irene von Alberti
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Feature Film
Naomi's Journey

2017
Director: Frieder Schlaich
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes
Subtitles: English, Spanish, German

Feature Film
Afternoon

2007
Director: Angela Schanelec
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Subtitles: Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German

Feature Film
The Dreamed Path

2016
Director: Angela Schanelec
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes
Subtitles: German, English, French, Arabic, Czech, Spanish, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese