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Tag Archives: 1970s
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
Mame (1974) Gene Saks, Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur
It’s the late 1920s. Upon the death of wealthy Chicagoan Edward Dennis, his nine-year old son Patrick Dennis Read More »
Sweet Games of Last Summer AKA Sladké hry minulého léta (1970) Juraj Herz, Jana Plichtová, Frantisek Velecký, Peter Debnar
One of the gems of the czechoslovak new wave. Impressionism on a film screen inspired by Maupassant’s Mouchette. Read More »
One Hundred Lei AKA 100 Lei (1973) Mircea Saucan, Ion Dichiseanu, Ileana Popovici, Violeta Andrei
In 1970s Romania rebellious and erratic teenager Petre Pantea is struggling to win Read More »
Twinky (1970) Richard Donner, Charles Bronson, Orson Bean, Honor Blackman
A middle-aged author of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. Read More »
The Butterfly Affair (1971) Jean Herman, Claudia Cardinale, Stanley Baker, Henri Charrière
Popsy double-crosses her older partner Silva. Silva has arranged to divert diamonds Read More »
The Goat Horn AKA Kozijat rog (1972) Metodi Andonov, Katya Paskaleva, Anton Gorchev, Milen Penev
The film sends us to the 17th century when Bulgaria was a part of the Ottoman Empire. Read More »
Beyond the Bridge AKA Dincolo de pod (1977) Mircea Veroiu, Leopoldina Balanuta, Maria Ploae, Mircea Albulescu
Mara, a hard-working widow woman brings up his two children in a developing industrial Transylvanian town. Read More »
The Hellhounds of Alaska AKA Die blutigen Geier von Alaska (1973) Harald Reinl, Doug McClure, Harald Leipnitz, Angelica Ott
A fur-trapper battles the elements and robbers when a gold shipment is ambushed – leaving a boy in urgent need of medical attention. Read More »
In the Dust of the Stars AKA Im Staub der Sterne (1976) Gottfried Kolditz, Jana Brejchová, Alfred Struwe, Ekkehard Schall
After a six year journey, the Spaceship Cyrno lands on the planet TEM 4 from where they Read More »
Messiah of Evil (1973) Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang
A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Read More »
Mirror of Illusion AKA Maya Darpan (1972) Kumar Shahani, Aditi, Iqbalnath Kaul, Anil Pandya
In his debut feature film, Kumar Sahahani employs highly innovative forms for depicting Read More »
My Old Man’s Place (1971) Edwin Sherin, Arthur Kennedy, Mitchell Ryan, William Devane
Two soldiers return from Vietnam with serious PTSD. They decide to go for a couple Read More »
Monarch (1979) Johannes Flütsch, Manfred Stelzer, Diethard Wendtland, Ilse Bahrs, Paul Gauselmann
The film takes a look at a professional gambler Read More »