The plot is set in an underdeveloped and remote area of a fictitious country Read More »
Violent Panic: The Big Crash AKA Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Yayoi Watanabe
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil. Read More »
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes AKA Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war (1937) Karl Hartl, Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann, Marieluise Claudius
Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes Read More »
Hans Christian Andersen (1952) Charles Vidor, Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Zizi Jeanmaire
The inimitable Danny Kaye stars as famed storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this charming fictionalized biopic that blends music Read More »
The Other One (1981) Conversa Acabada
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. Read More »
Parsifal (1982) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Edith Clever, Martin Sperr, Robert Lloyd
Richard Wagner’s last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious Read More »
Native Son (1951) Pierre Chenal, Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Nicholas Joy
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family Read More »
The Bridge AKA Most (1969) Hajrudin Krvavac, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Slobodan ‘Cica’ Perovic, Boris Dvornik
In order to check German offensive, Partizans send elite team of explosive experts to blow up strategically important bridge. Read More »
Four Sons (1928) John Ford, James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton
In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Read More »
Jesse James (1939) Henry King, Irving Cummings, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
The railroads are squeezing farmers off their land. When a railroad agent kills their mother Read More »