When one thinks of East German movies, car racing films are not the first things that come to mind, but they did make one. Rivals Behind the Wheel (Rivalen am Steuer) tells the story of a racecar driver who discovers that the world of international car racing is filled with exploitative capitalists, only interested in …
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Elective Affinities
Ask the average American who Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is, and you’ll either get: “He was a writer, wasn’t he?” Or: “I don’t know.” A well-read American might be familiar with Faust and The Sorrows of Young Werther, but that’s about it. In Germany, on the other hand, Goethe resides deep in the soul. He’s …
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