Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. Read More »
Author Archives: rarefilm
Torch Singer (1933) Alexander Hall, George Somnes, Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Drama, Musical, Romance
Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. Read More »
The Haunted Castle (1969) Tokuzô Tanaka, Kôjirô Hongô, Naomi Kobayashi, Mitsuyo Kamei, Horror
The film takes place during the rule of the eighth shogun Yoshimune, placing the film’s setting somewhere between 1716 and 1745 Read More »
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) William Nigh, Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge, Mystery
Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. Wong Read More »
Die Beischlafdiebin (1998) Christian Petzold, Constanze Engelbrecht, Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Richy Müller, Drama
Petra professionally works as a thief abroad to finance the studies of her younger sister Franziska in Germany. Read More »
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) Phil Rosen, Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer Read More »
Pokerface (1972) Diego Spataro, Joe D’Amato, Stelvio Rosi, Gordon Mitchell, Luciano Conti, Western
After several unsuccessful fraud attempts, Con man Jonathan Duke and his partner Sebastian Carter teams up with Ringo and his gang to rob the Mexican general Eldorado. Read More »
The Magic Sword (1962) Bert I. Gordon, Basil Rathbone, Estelle Winwood, Gary Lockwood, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
George, the son of the sorceress Sybil, has been watching the beautiful Princess Helene from afar and is very much in love with her. Read More »
The Golden Mass (1975) Beni Montresor, Lucia Bosé, Maurice Ronet, Eva Axén, Drama, Erotic
David and Helene are a bored, rich, bourgeois couple stuck in a stale sexless marriage, who lives in a lush Art Nouveau chateau on the outskirts of Paris, France. Read More »
The Man from Acapulco (1973) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book. Read More »