Director Mauro Bolognini inserts this story in Fascist Italy, with careful attention to details. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Alcuarda / Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas (1977) Juan López Moctezuma, Claudio Brook, David Silva, Tina Romero
A young girl’s arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning Read More »
Kill Barbara with Panic / Patayin mo sa sindak si Barbara (1974) Celso Ad. Castillo, Susan Roces, Dante Rivero, Rosanna Ortiz
In this demonic-possession story devised by the director, religious paraphernalia are largely Read More »
The Magic Blade / Tien ya ming yue dao (1976) Yuen Chor, Lung Ti, Lieh Lo, Li Ching
Two rival swordsmen, the heroic Fu Hung Hsieh and the wealthy Yen Nan-Fei Read More »
Persecution (1974) Don Chaffey, Lana Turner, Trevor Howard, Ralph Bates
Young David Masters drowns his mothers cat Sheba in its milk Read More »
The Cat / Il gatto (1977) Luigi Comencini, Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru
Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent Read More »
Hubal (1973) Bohdan Poreba, Ryszard Filipski, Malgorzata Potocka, Tadeusz Janczar
Based on a true story. After Poland is overrun by Axis forces in 1939 Read More »
Swindle / Squadra antitruffa (1977) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, David Hemmings, Anna Cardini
This movie is known in English as Swindle and this is what is going on in the movie. Read More »
The Kingdom / Ôkoku (1973) Katsu Kanai, Hiroshi Akiyama, Motohiko Hagino, Yoshitaka Hida
A popular poet, Goku, becomes depressed when his editor jokingly suggests that he is a sell-out. Read More »
The Power of Aikido / Gekitotsu! Aikidô (1975) Shigehiro Ozawa, Jirô Yabuki, Shin’ichi Chiba, Yôko Koizumi
An action movie that illustrates the struggle of Morihei Ueshiba who was born Read More »