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Tag Archives: 1980s
Unsettled Land / Ha-Holmim (1987) Uri Barbash, Kelly McGillis, John Shea, Arnon Zadok
Set in the Middle East in 1919, a group of European Jews planning on settling in the Sinai Desert are attacked by Bedouin tribesmen. Read More »
The Children of An Lac (1980) John Llewellyn Moxey, Shirley Jones, Ina Balin, Beulah Quo
Based on the true story of film actress Ina Balin and her efforts with American Red Cross Read More »
Shock / Le choc (1982) Robin Davis, Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Léotard
After his last contract, the hitman Martin “Christian” Terrier tells his only friend Michel that he will retire Read More »
Lethal Obsession / Der Joker (1987) Peter Patzak, Peter Maffay, Tahnee Welch, Bernard Freyd
Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer Read More »
The Pirates of Penzance (1983) Wilford Leach, Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt
This movie is an adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta of the same name Read More »
The Veiled Man / L’homme voilé (1987) Maroun Bagdadi, Bernard Giraudeau, Michel Piccoli, Laure Marsac
Pierre is a doctor. He has just returned from Beirut, his head still filled with the images Read More »
Shadow of Victory / In de schaduw van de overwinning (1986) Ate de Jong, Jeroen Krabbé, Edwin de Vries, Linda van Dyck
During WWII, two members of the Dutch resistance share the same goal Read More »
Are We? / ¿Somos? (1982) Carlos Hugo Christensen, Elvia Andreoli, Sandra Ballesteros, Amalia Bernabé
In three corners of the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as Recoleta Read More »
The Father / En far (1988) Bo Widerberg
A TV production of Strindberg’s play Fadren about a tragic family feud. Read More »