This drama follows the last few days in the life of Elvira (formerly Erwin) Weisshaupt. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Manô (2005) George Felner, Diogo Infante, Adelaide de Sousa
A crew of construction workers starts destroying a distant ancient film production factory, regarded as an eye sore. Read More »
Mistress of the World AKA Les mystères d’Angkor (1960) William Dieterle, Richard Angst, Martha Hyer, Micheline Presle, Carlos Thompson
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough Read More »
Holiday Hookers AKA Natale in casa d’appuntamento (1976) Armando Nannuzzi, Ernest Borgnine, Françoise Fabian, Corinne Cléry
Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as soon as she makes Read More »
Mazeppa (1993) Bartabas, Miguel Bosé, Brigitte Marty
Based on Lord Byron’s poem “Mazeppa” from 1819 and revolving around the painter Théodore Géticault Read More »
Rising Son (1990) John David Coles, Brian Dennehy, Piper Laurie, Graham Beckel
A factory foreman with 36 years experience becomes despondent after being laid off by his company Read More »
The Man Who Put His Will on Film AKA Tôkyô sensô sengo hiwa (1970) Nagisa Ôshima, Kazuo Goto, Sukio Fukuoka, Kenichi Fukuda
A metaphysical mystery involving a university student’s camera getting stolen, and the thief then committing suicide. Read More »
Blind Alley (1939) Charles Vidor, Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak
Following a prison break, Hal Wilson, a ruthless killer takes refuge in the home of a psychiatrist, Dr. Shelby. Read More »
Vasilisa the Beautiful AKA Vasilisa prekrasnaya (1940) Aleksandr Rou, Georgiy Millyar, Sergei Stolyarov, Lev Potyomkin
Based on a Russian folk tale, Vasilisa Prekrasnaya (Vasilisa the Beautiful) is about a father whose three sons go out to finds themselves brides. Read More »
Lost in Munich AKA Ztraceni v Mnichove (2015) Petr Zelenka, Václav Neuzil, Jana Plodková, Alena Doláková
Sir “P” a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier Read More »