George Stevens’ epic production. “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” Read More »
History
The Shadow Of The Tyrant / La sombra del Caudillo (1960) Julio Bracho, Tito Junco, Roberto Cañedo, Tito Novaro
The movie situated in post-revolutionary Mexico describes the way politics were done in those times Read More »
Victory Through Air Power (1943) James Algar, Clyde Geronimi, Jack Kinney, Alexander de Seversky, Art Baker, Billy Mitchell
This is a unique film in Walt Disney Productions’ history. This film is essentially a propaganda film Read More »
The Man In the Iron Mask (1939) James Whale, Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, Warren William
D’Artagnan and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother Read More »
The Great King (1942) Veit Harlan, Otto Gebühr, Kristina Söderbaum, Gustav Fröhlich
King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) of Prussia is engaged in a major battle Read More »
Karl May (1974) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. Read More »
Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952) Felix E. Feist, Lex Barker, Helen Westcott, Lon Chaney Jr.
In pre-Revolutionary America, the efforts of a Colonial officer trying Read More »
Hungarian Rhapsody / Magyar rapszódia (1979) Miklós Jancsó, György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz
This liturgical-surrealistic parable evokes the model-like events of the second decade of the century as reflected Read More »
All the Mornings of the World (1991) Alain Corneau, Gérard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Anne Brochet
It’s late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. Read More »
Natan (2013) Paul Duane, David Cairns, Lenny Borger, Serge Bromberg, Bart Bull
Bernard Natan could be described as one of the fathers of French cinema. Read More »