Volker Schlöndorff

Palmetto

Palmetto

1998  

Palmetto

After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He’s hired by Mrs. Malroux ...
The Ogre

The Ogre

1996  

The Ogre

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited ...
The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid’s Tale

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum

1979  

The Tin Drum

In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War ...
Le Doulos
7.7

Le Doulos

1962  

Le Doulos

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in ...
Last Year at Marienbad
7.6

Last Year at Marienbad

At a weekend gathering, a man tells a woman that they had spent time there together a year prior. But, the woman has no recollection whatsoever ...
Léon Morin, Priest
7.5

Léon Morin, Priest

Barny, although a Marxist, is intrigued by the mysteries of religion. In confession, she teases a priest, Léon Morin, but he is a young and ...