Ep 7, Remember—An Oath can be Amputated; Franz has lost his right arm, but is looked after by Eva and her boyfriend.
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BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ DISC 4 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
Ep 10, Loneliness Tears Cracks of Madness Even in Walls; Mieze can't have children, but Eva tells her that she'll have a child by Franz for Mieze to raise. Frank gets freaked by the idea, thinking Mieze's trying to dump him on to Eva, and then a rich client turns up to take Mieze away for 3 days.
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RED ANGEL (1966)
Certification15 Our Rating
Set in the Sino-Japanese war, Yasuzo Masumura's black-and-white anti-war film tells of an army nurse who sexually services an amputee and falls in love with a drug-addicted surgeon. This can't be recommended to the squeamish, but neither can its nuanced eroticism nor its passionate, unpredictable moral focus, be easily shaken off. Comparable with Altman's MASH, it suggests a less comic treatment of the same theme, how to preserve one's humanity in impossible circumstances, but its ethics are con
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WHITE COUNTESS (2005)
Certification12 Our Rating
A somewhat cliched period drama set in 1930s Shanghai. Russian refugee Sofia works as a 'hostess' in a nightclub, where she develops an odd relationship with an ageing blind American diplomat, and together they open a new club. Unfortunately the chemistry between them is poor and the movie somewhat lifeless.
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