10 German Horror Films first published by BFI, 18 Sept 2025, occasioned by the release of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on UHD, Blu-ray and digital via BFI Includes capsules of: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, M, Vampyr, Jonathan, The Fan, Nekromantik, Antibodies, We Are The Night, Der Samurai, Sleep The history of German…
Till Kleinert on Der Samurai interview first published by Film4 Berlin-born Till Kleinert has led a double life. He started out writing and directing the feature-length apocalyptic horror The Longest Night – shot on poor-quality DV in 2004, and screened at two festivals (including Raindance) in 2008 before in effect disappearing – but he now regards…
Der Samurai first published by Grolsch FilmWorks “Everybody knows everybody. Everybody making sure no-one steps out of line. Did you never want to leave?” Just passing through in the evening on her way to the Eastern border, a free-spirited, spliff-smoking driver (Kaja Blachnik) is giving young, uptight local policeman Jakob Wolski (Michel Diercks) a lift into…