On offer was one of the weakest crops of German movies since Dieter Kosslick took over as festival director in 2002. This year’s Berlin International Film Festival could hardly quell worries about the German patient. Even the more accessible works of the excellent Berlin School including Christian Petzold’s Yella, moreover, have failed to break out of a very limited arthouse niche. Enterprising or provocative films which might lure locals to the movies, such as Am Ende kommen Touristen ( And Along Come Tourists), Vier Minuten ( Four Minutes) or Fatih Akin’s Auf der anderen Seite ( The Edge of Heaven) were scarce. However, one can hardly blame the audience for avoiding movie theatres or for German films’ market share decrease (to 17% from 26% in 2006). Cinema ticket sales dropped 9% in 2007 vis-à-vis 2006, a period in which most European territories experienced admissions increases. Industry trade papers have pronounced yet another German crisis.
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