After the failure of his recent criminal exploits, international con artist Alexandre Dupré sets off for Venice to try to dupe some Japanese business men Read More »
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Volga – Volga (1938) Grigori Aleksandrov, Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Volodin, Pavel Olenev, Sergei Antimonov
Widely claimed to be Joseph Stalin’s favorite movie, this classic musical comedy is a must-see. Read More »
The Red Tent (1969) Mikhail Kalatozov, Sean Connery, Peter Finch, Mario Adorf
The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the “Italia” airship flight, crash and subsequent rescue efforts. Read More »
In July (2000) Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus
Daniel is a young teacher in-spe, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Read More »
Whispering Pages (1994) Aleksandr Sokurov, Aleksandr Cherednik, Sergey Barkovskiy, Elizaveta Koroleva
The existential protagonist is a hungry, homeless, socially isolated, and socially alienated young man living on the streets of an anonymous Russian big city in the 19th Century. Read More »
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Michael Curtiz, Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson
The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
Attila (1954) Pietro Francisci, Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal
The king of the Huns, whose hordes from various tribes and allies have been sweeping the Asian steppes and both Roman empires, dies, leaving the throne to two sons. Read More »
Hostile Waters (1997) David Drury, Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Thriller
The True story of how an antiquated Soviet Project 667a “Yankee” Class Submarine Read More »
The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) Lev Kuleshov, Porfiri Podobed, Boris Barnet, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Comedy
The movie chronicles the experiences of an American,”Mr. West,” along with his loyal bodyguard and slave Jeddie, as they see the territory of the dreadful, evil Bolsheviks. Read More »
Female Agents (2008) Jean-Paul Salomé, Sophie Marceau, Julie Depardieu, Moritz Bleibtreu, Drama, War
May 1944, a group of French servicewomen and resistance fighters are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive commando group under the command of Louise Desfontaines and her brother Pierre. Read More »