Saverio Luparello is the manager of Sicilian baron Occipinti’s estate. The cunning greedy man intentionally lets the land turn into a wasteland, hoping that his employer Read More »
Drama
Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923) Curt Goetz, Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin, Isabel Heermann, Biography, Comedy, Drama
In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself Read More »
Liste noire / Black List (1995) Jean-Marc Vallée, Michel Côté, Geneviève Brouillette, Sylvie Bourque, Drama, Thriller, Film-Noir
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. Read More »
Fickende Fische / Do fish do it? (2002) Almut Getto, Tino Mewes, Sophie Rogall, Hans Martin Stier, Drama
16-year old Jan is absent-mindedly strolling through the streets when he’s run over by roller-skating Nina. Read More »
Pygmalion (1938) Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller, Wilfrid Lawson, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The snobbish & intellectual Professor of languages, Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can take a London flower seller Read More »
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists Read More »
Anima nera (1962) Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio Gassman, Nadja Tiller, Annette Stroyberg, Drama
A man with a past gets married and it seems that he will be able to start a new life, but an unexpected inheritance gets in the way and deteriorates the relationship with his wife. Read More »
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Harold Young, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. Read More »
L’uomo dalla croce / Man with a Cross (1943) Roberto Rossellini, Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt, Attilio Dottesio, War, Drama
An extremely rare film by Roberto Rossellini, his third feature, made under the Fascist control of Italy. Read More »
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977) Silvio Narizzano, Laurence Olivier, Joanne Woodward, Carrie Fisher, Drama
An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger. Read More »
The 7th Dawn (1964) Lewis Gilbert, William Holden, Susannah York, Capucine, Adventure, Drama, War
Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.
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Anima persa / Lost Soul (1977) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Deneuve, Danilo Mattei, Drama, Mystery
Bizarre events keep occurring in an old mansion, and it’s soon obvious that something mysterious is up in the attic.
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Il Viale della Speranza (1953) Dino Risi, Cosetta Greco, Liliana Bonfatti, Maria Pia Casilio, Drama
Joys and disappointments of three young men who aspire to fame: Luisa has talent and triumphs Read More »
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard, Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened Read More »
Budapesti Tavasz (1955) Félix Máriássy, Gábor Rajnay, Miklós Gábor, Mária Mezei, Drama
The film begins a few days before the end of the Second World War and tells the story of the people of Budapest Read More »