A huge panorama of Richard Wagner’s life and work, from before the 1848 revolution Read More »
History
Sasuke and His Comedians / Sanada fûunroku (1963) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Wataru Ômae
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara Read More »
The Invisibles / Die Unsichtbaren (2017) Claus Räfle, Max Mauff, Alice Dwyer, Ruby O. Fee
Berlin, February 1943: The NS regime declares the Reich’s capital “free of Jews.” Read More »
Soviet Bus Stops (2022) Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Christopher Herwig, Victor Sheptunov Illarionovich, Konstantinas Jakovlevas-Mateckis
Architecture, like anything else during the Soviet period, was under strict centralized supervision. Read More »
Rasputin / La tragédie impériale (1938) Marcel L’Herbier, Harry Baur, Marcelle Chantal, Pierre Richard-Willm
Story of the Siberian monk Gregory Rasputin and the hold he exerted Read More »
The Last Relic / Viimne reliikvia (1969) Grigori Kromanov, Aleksandr Goloborodko, Igrida Andrina, Elza Radzina
A medieval love story with lots of adventures. The times are troubled – there’s a revolt of peasants going on. Read More »
Artemisia (1997) Agnès Merlet, Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Predrag Manojlovic
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. Read More »
Inside the Third Reich (1982) Marvin J. Chomsky, Rutger Hauer, John Gielgud, Maria Schell
A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler’s young architect and onetime confidant Read More »
The Revolt of the Mamalukes / El mamalik (1965) Atef Salem, Nabila Ebeid, Mohamed El Sebai, Aminah Rizq
After suffering Egyptians from the oppression of the Mamluks and despotism clump Read More »
Safe Conduct / Laissez-passer (2002) Bertrand Tavernier, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »