Query: West German/French films that are sci-fi
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Hard to Be a God (1989 film)
The Hamburg Syndrome
Mistress of the World
Death Watch
Terminus (1987 film)
Dr. M (film)
Evidence from documents: Hard to Be a God (1989 film): '''''Hard to Be a God''''' (, , ) is a West German-Soviet-French-Swiss science fiction film
The Hamburg Syndrome: '''''The Hamburg Syndrome''''' () is a 1979 West German-French science fiction film directed by Peter Fleischmann and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal and Carline Seiser. The film is about an outbreak of an epidemic and quarantine. The film received attention again in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mistress of the World: West German/French films that are sci-fi: '''''Mistress of the World''''' (, , ) is a 1960 science-fiction spy film
West German/French: ''Mistress of the World'' was developed when producer Artur Brauner invested in a three-hour West German-French-Italian co-production.
Death Watch: '''''Death Watch''''' () is a 1980 science fiction film
Terminus (1987 film): '''''Terminus''''' is a 1986 French-German science fiction film directed by Pierre-William Glenn.
In the year 2037, an international sport has been established, wherein a driver of a truck must cross the country and arrive at a designated terminus, while confronting obstacles and enemies along the way. The lead truck, named "Monster", has been designed by a boy genius (Gabriel Damon) and is to be piloted through the course by a woman named Gus (Karen Allen). Eventually, the truck's AI fails and Gus ends up in uncharted territories. There, she encounters leather-clad "hoods" (hoodlums) that torture her and eventually kill her. Prior to dying, she befriends a fellow prisoner (Johnny Hallyday), who later uses the truck to rescue himself and a young orphan. Meanwhile, the boy genius watches them by an artificial satellite so that he may see how well the truck's software works. The conclusion reveals that as he watches the truck, he is himself watched and evaluated by the sinister doctor (Jürgen Prochnow) who cloned him.
Dr. M (film): West German: In the near future, there is an outbreak of dramatic suicides in Berlin. A police detective suspects that the suicides are really caused by a lone madman, Dr. Marsfeldt, who is using a form of mass hypnosis
that are sci-fi: an outbreak of dramatic suicides in Berlin. A police detective suspects that the suicides are really caused by a lone madman, Dr. Marsfeldt, who is using a form of mass hypnosis. His investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic woman whose image is being used to manipulate the populace.
French films: a 1990 crime film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. The film is loosely based on the plot of Fritz Lang's ''Dr. Mabuse the Gambler'', which was in turn based on ''Mabuse der Spieler'' by Norbert Jacques.