Achtung all German film buffs! HELP University College is hosting the 24th German Film Weekend where five German films will be screeened for your pleasure. Some of these films may be hard to stomach if you're used to the usual fluff and buff of Hollywood blockbuster material but why tread waters you're familiar with? Here are six films you can sit down to:

Rotation (Wolfgang Staudte, 1949)
Wolfgang was called ‘Germany’s Conscience’, and until the middle of 1960s, his movies threw light on Nazism. The movie portrays Mr Behnke who mostly stays away from politics. But when he’s offered a promotion on the condition that he becomes a Nazi party member, he accepts.

Young Törless (Volker Schlöndorff, 1966)
Based on Robert Musil’s ‘Confusions of Young Törless’ published in 1906, the movie reveals the shy and intelligent Törless who observes the sadistic behaviour of his fellow students. Törless eventually struggles with the dilemma of evil and finds himself going against the moral values that he has been brought up to respect.

Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Directed by the father of sci-fi cinema Fritz Lang, ‘Metropolis’ depicts a dystopian future in which society is thoroughly divided into two castes: while anonymous workers conduct their endless drudgery below ground, their rulers enjoy a decadent life of leisure and luxury.

Nosferatu (FW Murnau, 1922)
The first screen adaptation of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, ‘Nosferatu’ remains among the most disturbing horror films ever made. While other screen Draculas are portrayed as cultured and aristocratic, Nosferatu is verminous and evil. The oblique camera angles and jarring close-ups will crank up the tension in Murnau’s chilling masterpiece.

The Divided Sky (Konrad Wolf, 1964)
Rita Seidel returns to her childhood village to mull over her past and meets Manfred Herrfurth, a chemist ten years her senior. Rita falls in love with Manfred, but he leaves for West Berlin. His departure eventually triggers a psychological crisis and breakdown for Rita.