Servais Mont, a photographer, matches Nadine Chevalier who makes her cash starring in economical soft-core films. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
The Bridesmaid (2004) Claude Chabrol, Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Thriller, Drama, Romance
A middle class household in Loire, in which matters look only a bit off kilter. Read More »
Hitlers Hollywood (2017) Rüdiger Suchsland, Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Zarah Leander, Documentary
Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed. Read More »
The Cannibals (1988) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Musical, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
This odd film is a major representative of an even odder film genre: direct-to-celluloid opera. Read More »
Forbidden (1984) Anthony Page, Jacqueline Bisset, Jürgen Prochnow, Irene Worth, Drama, Romance, War
In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. Read More »
The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (1969) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Action, Crime, Drama, Western
This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »
The Flying Dutchman (1995) Jos Stelling, René Groothof, Veerle Dobbelaere, René van ‘t Hof, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Late 16th century, persecuted protestantism and general dissatisfaction with the Catholic Habsburg rule in the Netherlands lead to large-scale plundering and vandalizing of churches Read More »
White Star (1983) Roland Klick, Dennis Hopper, Terrance Robay, Ramona Sweeny, Drama, Music
A rock music reporter and his view of the angry excited punk generation. Read More »
If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death (1968) Gianfranco Parolini, Gianni Garko, William Berger, Sydney Chaplin, Western
After a stagecoach is robbed and the passengers murdered, a long and tangled series of surprise attacks a murderous double-crosses leaves the coach’s strongbox Read More »
Fear (1954) Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Mathias Wieman, Renate Mannhardt, Drama
Irene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover’s jealous ex-girlfriend. Read More »
Eight Hours Dont Make a Day (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich, Drama
The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. Read More »
The Missing Scientists (1955) Steve Sekely, Paul Campbell, Irene Papas, Kurt Kreuger, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two international atomic scientists working in London go missing in mysterious circumstances. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
S.O.S. Noronha (1957) Georges Rouquier, Jean Marais, Yves Massard, José Lewgoy, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Story of a group of radio-men, on the isle of Noronha, off the coast of Brazil, whose post was attacked by escaped convicts Read More »
Waxworks (1924) Leo Birinsky, Paul Leni, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Fantasy, Horror
The owner of a Waxmuseum needs for three of his models stories to be told to the audience. Read More »