Based on an actual strike against the Empire Zinc Mine in New Mexico, the film deals with the prejudice Read More »
History
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank / Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan Read More »
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) George Stevens, Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston
George Stevens’ epic production. “My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me?” Read More »
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 »