Brigitte Mira – MRQE

Angst vor der Angst (TV)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.

Kamikaze 1989

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a totalitarian society of the future, in which the government controls all facets of the media, a homicide detective investigates a string of bombings, and finds out more than he bargained for.

Für mich gab’s nur noch Fassbinder

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews “the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder.”

Einmal Ku’damm und zurück

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An East Berlin woman falls in love with a Swiss cook.

Fabian

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The story of Jacob Fabian, a somewhat liberal Berlin advertising copywriter who witnesses the collapse of the prewar German society during the 1930s.

Chinesisches Roulette

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family’s country house with their lovers.

Satansbraten

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

This fast-paced black comedy by wunderkind director Rainer Werner Fassbinder follows the frantic efforts of a starving and confused writer, Walter Kranz to beg, borrow or steal enough money to survive on, and at the same time make some sense of his confusing life. Unable to write enough to keep his publisher’s royalty advances coming, he seeks out a woman he imagines is a prostitute and interviews her for material. He is also inspired to utter some poetry, which his brassy, outspoken wife identifies as coming from the famous homosexuality-advocating mystical German poet, Stefan George. This inspires Walter to take a closer look at the gay scene, and he quickly becomes a sort of celebrity there.

Mutter Küsters’ Fahrt zum Himmel

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The film follows Kaspar Hauser (Bruno S.), who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time, devoid of all human contact except for a man who wears a black overcoat and top hat who feeds him.

Angst essen Seele auf

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi’s family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.