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We've gathered together some DVDs and videos with a German-Hollywood Connection—in English and German—chosen for their outstanding quality and their Germanic connections. In association with Amazon.com, our DVD/Video Store offers a wide array of DVDs and videos (in the NTSC format for North America) from the silent era to modern Hollywood.
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Featured DVD > Fritz Lang Epic Collection (Box Set) (5 DVD discs)
Five Fritz Lang silent classics with original music scores: METROPOLIS, DIE NIBELUNGEN, WOMAN IN THE MOON, and SPIES. More Fritz Lang on DVD: Woman in the Moon (1931) - Fritz Lang's classic sci-fi film was the first to introduce the rocket launch countdown. - Lang's Spies (1929) - Fritz Lang's Indian Epic (1959) (The Tiger of Eschnapur, The Indian Tomb). > More...
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Paul Muni plays the persecuted French author Emile Zola.
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C l a s s i c H o l l y w o o d
Classic Hollywood films directed by German/Austrian directors or starring German/Austrian actors
For current and more recent Hollywood films, see DVDs/Videos Part 2
Above Suspicion (1943) (VHS)
This WWII spy film features Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, and Conrad Veidt. Pure escapist entertainment directed by Richard Thorpe.
All Through the Night (1942) (VHS)
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre, Judith Anderson, Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason. "Bogart's gang tracks down Fifth Columnists (Veidt, Lorre, Anderson) in WW2 N. Y. C. Interesting blend of spy, gangster, and comedy genres, with memorable double-talk and action scenes." (Leonard Maltin)
Amadeus (1984) (VHS)
Starring: Tom Hulce, F. Murray Abraham, Jeffrey Jones. Milos Forman's award-winning film takes you back to Mozart's time... and his music. Eight Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (for Abraham). - Also see the Amadeus Soundtrack CD album with Mozart's music!
Blonde Venus (1932) (VHS)
One of Marlene Dietrich's first Hollywood films directed by Josef von Sternberg.
The new Special Edition DVD 2-disc set of "Casablanca"
commemorates the classic film's 61st birthday.
Casablanca (1942) (Special Edition DVD)
This new DVD set includes: a new digital transfer, commentary by Roger Ebert and Rudy Behlmer, intro by Lauren Bacall, deleted scenes, and much more. > More about this DVD
Casablanca (1942) (DVD)
Casablanca (1942) (VHS)
What? You didn't know about this classic film's numerous Germanic connections? Germans, Germans, everywhere... actually a lot of Austrians, too. The film features Peter Lorre, Conrad Veidt, Paul Henreid, and other exiled actors from German Europe. - The DVD version of 'Casablanca' includes theatrical trailers, a related documentary, optional French soundtrack, and optional English and French subtitles. More about this film and director Michael Curtiz on our "Casablanca" page here on the German-Hollywood Connection site.
Dark Journey (1937) (VHS)
Starring Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt. Leigh is a British double agent living in Stockholm who delivers doctored Allied information to German intelligence in Paris, only to fall in love with a suave baron (Veidt) who heads up the German intelligence-gathering efforts. Directed by Victor Saville.
Double Indemnity (1944) (DVD)
This classic film noir by director Billy Wilder features Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Edward G. Robinson. Femme fatale Stanwyck suckers shady insurance agent MacMurray into murdering her husband to cash in on the double indemnity policy on his life. Of course, the whole scheme starts to fall apart, making this one of the best noirs ever made. More about this DVD disc from Amazon.com.
A Foreign Affair (1948) (VHS)
Starring: Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich, and John Lund. Set in post-war Berlin, this is a classic Billy Wilder comedy. Staid middle America (Arthur) battles sophisticated Europe (Dietrich) in the rubble of Berlin's American Zone.
   
Judgment at Nuremburg (1961) (VHS)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Marlene Dietrich, Maximilian Schell. Critic Leonard Maltin: "Superior production revolving around US judge Tracy presiding over German war-criminal trials. Schell won Oscar as defense attorney, as did Abby Mann for his screenplay. Fine performances by Dietrich as widow of German officer, [Judy] Garland as hausfrau, Clift as unbalanced victim of Nazi atrocities." Directed by Stanley Kramer.
Gone With the Wind (1939) (VHS, DVD)
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard. The Germanic connection is the memorable music by the Austrian composer Max Steiner in this film classic produced by David O. Selznick. - The DVD version of this film.
Hangmen Also Die! (1942) (VHS)
Starring: Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart. Amazon.com commentary: "This grimly atmospheric noir thriller, a vehement commentary on Nazi terror, conflict, and betrayal, focuses on a gunman hiding out with the Resistance in Prague after the 1942 assassination of Hitler henchman Reinhard Heydrich." Directed by Fritz Lang.
Ninotchka (1939) (VHS)
Starring: Greta Garbo. A classic Lubitsch comedy with a script by Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett.
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) (VHS)
Starring: James Stewart, Joseph Schildkraut, Margaret Sullavan. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947). Leonard Maltin calls this film "the ultimate in sheer charm, a graceful period comedy..." Later made into the musical "In the Good Old Summertime" and now "You've Got Mail," this version is set in Budapest. - See the "You've Got Mail" (German) Connection for this film! - Also see the "You've Got Mail" video.
 The Sound of Music (DVD)
The Five Star Collection DVD
"The Sound of Music" turned 36 in 2001.
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer. Americans love it, Austrians hate it, but Rodgers and Hammerstein's best musical was made into a classic film. Directed by Robert Wise. -
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The Sound of Music (VHS)
The Five Star Collection VHS Video
"The Sound of Music" on videocassette
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Stalag 17 (1953) (VHS)
Starring: William Holden, Otto Preminger, Peter Graves, Sig Rumann. Billy Wilder's award-winning film about a bunch of American POW's is an interesting blend of comedy and drama.
Stalag 17 (1953) (DVD)
Tarzan and His Mate (1934) (VHS)
Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan. Considered the best film of the "Tarzan" series with Weissmuller. Directed by Cedric Gibbons.
More about Tarzan's German-Hollywood Connections
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993) (VHS)
A fascinating look at the 92-year-old woman who went from movie starlet to Hitler's favorite director. Riefenstahl is an active still photographer today. English and German with English subtitles. Directed by Ray Mueller. - The DVD version of this film.
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