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Mascha Schilinski’s fragmentary look into the lives of four generations of German women – each affected by violence and abuse in different ways – is as unsettling as it is breathtaking.

I walked onto the floor of the Bayer pharmaceutical plant and it was so loud, just constant noise, that I was worried I ...

A slap, a prank and four secret histories: such is the arc of Sound of Falling. Director Mascha Schilinski’s jagged, heady film is a dark collage of girlhood through time, most clearly held together ...

Set over the 20th and 21st centuries, Mascha Schilinski’s unsettling drama tells the stories of four German girls, exploring cycles of family secrecy and abuse. Here she explains her fascination with ...

From Brazil via Thailand to training with the FC Bayern Munich first team: it sounds like a fairy tale, but it’s become ...

China's Vice Minister of Finance Liao Min on Monday held a video call with Jeanette Schwamberger, state secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, at the latter's request, with the two sides ...

Does the color of a concert venue change how we hear music? German researchers have an answer.

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The Sound of Music' was released on March 2, 1965, based on the real-life Trapp Family Singers. Here's how the story of the ...

Nursing homes and senior communities here have embraced simple, science-backed innovations to improve the lives of older ...

For seafood fans, the Herb Crusted Salmon shows that German restaurants can do more than just meat and potatoes, though they do those exceptionally well too. The Stuffed Portabella is there for the ...