Screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel which begins in the years after the American Civil War Read More »
Tag Archives: 1981
Stand by Your Man (1981) Jerry Jameson, Annette O’Toole, Tim McIntire, Cooper Huckabee
The rags-to-riches tale of country western queen, Tammy Wynette Read More »
Berlin kaputt (1981) Milivoje ‘Mica’ Milosevic, Svetozar Cvetkovic, Milan ‘Lane’ Gutovic, Ljiljana Krstic
Story of three partisans whose fates are determined by different encounters with women. Read More »
The Train to Kraljevo AKA Kraljevski voz (1981) Aleksandar Djordjevic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Zvonko Lepetic, Sanja Vejnovic
It is 1941 and the German occupying forces are taking over Yugoslavia Read More »
The Last Hole AKA Das letzte Loch (1981) Herbert Achternbusch, Annamirl Bierbichler, Franz Baumgartner
Comedy shot without a script on Super-8mm as a silent film, with intertitles later inserted between scenes. Read More »
A Gun for a Cop AKA Il carabiniere (1981) Silvio Amadio, Fabio Testi, Valeria Valeri, Massimo Ranieri
A family of farmers wage war against a group of unscrupulous Read More »
Choice of Arms AKA Le choix des armes (1981) Alain Corneau, Yves Montand, Gérard Depardieu, Catherine Deneuve
Two men break out of prison; a rival gang ambushes them. One is mortally wounded and tells the other, Mickey Read More »
A Foolish Love AKA Oi apenanti (1981) Giorgos Panousopoulos, Betty Livanou, Aris Retsos, Giorgos Siskos
The story of a young man who every day watches the inhabitants of the apartment across the street. Read More »
The Games of Countess Dolingen AKA Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz (1981) Catherine Binet, Michael Lonsdale, Carol Kane, Katia Wastchenko
In Paris, a young woman, Louise Haines Pearson, visits her disturbed friend Nena Read More »
Phantom Killer AKA Fen ku lou (1981) Stanley Sui-Fan Fung, Pai Wei, Nora Tsang, Susan Yam-Yam Shaw
Talented, young and handsome, Siu is a hero to the town folks and idol of the girls. Read More »
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981) John Badham, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti
Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident Read More »
Night Riders AKA Nocní jazdci (1981) Martin Hollý, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Michal Docolomanský, Sona Valentová
Two men of principle face each other. One is backed by a whole, however poor village Read More »
Escape from New York (1981) John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Read More »
Liten Ida (1981) Laila Mikkelsen, Sunniva Lindekleiv, Lise Fjeldstad, Arne Lindtner Næss
Little Ida’s mother is working for the Germans during WW2, and she is also having Read More »
Stefan Luchian (1981) Nicolae Margineanu, Florin Calinescu, Ion Caramitru, George Constantin
Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey Read More »