Best German movies of 1970s

Actors : Willy Semmelrogge, Eva Mattes, Klaus Kinski, Wolfgang Reichmann,
Directors : Werner Herzog,

Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Libuse Safránková,
Directors : Václav Vorlícek,

Life changes dramatically for a Czech housemaid when the house driver gives her three magical hazel nuts.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Rudolf Schündler, Lisa Kreuzer, Hanns Zischler,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

A traveling projection-equipment mechanic works in Western Germany along the East-German border, visiting worn-out theatres. He meets with a depressed young man whose marriage has just broken up, and the two decide to travel together.

Actors : Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broaderup, Peter Fahrni, Orpha Termin,
Directors : Frank Ripploh,

Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he's a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher, and he's gay with a very active sex life and an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life and ...

Actors : Kurt Raab, Margit Carstensen, Volker Spengler, Helen Vita,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

Walter, a German anarchist poet, is short of money after his publisher refuses to give him an advance. He tries various ways of raising money, including shooting one of his mistresses and ...

Actors : Katrin Schaake, Hanna Schygulla, Harry Baer, Ron Randell,
Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a ...

Actors : Peter Kern, Hellmut Lange, Rainer von Artenfels, Heinz Schubert,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

Director Hans-Jurgen Syberberg examines the rise and fall of the Third Reich in this brooding seven-hour masterpiece, which incorporates puppetry, rear-screen projection, and a Wagnerian ...

Actors : Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech, Yelena Samarina, Lou Castel,
Directors : Wim Wenders,

In 17th-century Salem, Hester Prynne must wear a scarlet A because she is an adulteress, with a child out of wedlock. For seven years, she has refused to name the father. A vigorous older ...

Actors : Ewa Strömberg, Soledad Miranda, Fred Williams, Horst Tappert,
Directors : Jesús Franco,

A mineral is discovered which can turn metal to gold or humans into zombies. When the mineral is stolen, secret agents are sent in to get the mineral back!

Actors : Rolf Hoppe, Vsevolod Sanaev, Ivan Andonov, Cox Habbema,
Directors : Herrmann Zschoche,

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist ...

Actors : Vadim Glowna, Michel Galabru, Romy Schneider, Brad Dourif,
Directors : Aleksandar Petrovic,

The story follows the life of a regular German women Leni Gruyten during 1930s and 1940s. Through her interactions with friends, family and other people she knows, the regular folks' perception of the Nazi era is shown.

Actors : Lou Jacobi, Brett Marx, Rod Steiger, Louise Fletcher,
Directors : Max Fischer,

In the war-torn Netherlands, a local Jewish boy has vivid escapist fantasies of being in a Hollywood western where good always triumphs.

Actors : Paul Jabara, Pierre Clémenti, Tina Aumont, Nicoletta Machiavelli,
Directors : Franco Brocani,

Bizarre Art Movie which purports to be a 'statement about life'. The longer 120 minutes 35mm. version includes bloody Countess Elizabeth Bathory (here called Marthory), the Frankenstein ...

Actors : Helmut Käutner, Käthe Gold, Kristina Söderbaum, Attila Hörbiger,
Directors : Hans-Jürgen Syberberg,

This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg's "German Trilogy" on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich.

Actors : Magdalena Montezuma, Ellen Umlauf, Carlos De Muna,
Directors : Werner Schroeter,

Michael Courtland, a real estate agent from New Orleans, celebrates his tenth wedding anniversary with his wife Elizabeth in 1959. This night, Elizabeth and Amy, the daughter of the two, are abducted.

Actors : Tabea Blumenschein, Irene von Lichtenstein, Monika von Cube, Roswitha Janz,

Several women, all bored with their menial lives, join a lesbian pirate ship and set sail on a kooky adventure.