In the Post-World War II, the British Susanne Mallison travels to Berlin to visit her older brother Martin Mallison, a military that has married the German Bettina Mallison. The naive Susanne snoops on Bettina and suspects that she is hiding a secret from her brother.
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A Room with a View (1985) James Ivory, Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Denholm Elliott, Drama, Romance
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperone Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy’s life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
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The Nature of the Beast (1988) Franco Rosso, Lynton Dearden, Paul Simpson, Tony Melody, Drama
A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.
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London in the Raw (1965) Arnold L. Miller, David Gell, Caron Gardner, Emmett Hennessy, Documentary
‘The World’s greatest city laid bare! Thrill to its gay excitement, its bright lights, but be shocked by the sin in its shadows!’
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Blunt: The Fourth Man (1986) John Glenister, Ian Richardson, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Williams, Drama
Sir Anthony Blunt, celebrated art historian and Surveyor of the Royal family’s pictures since 1945, was exposed in 1979 as a KGB traitor in Andrew Boyle’s book The Climate of Treason.
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Primitive London (1965) Arnold L. Miller, David Gell, Bobby Chandler, Terry Dene, Documentary
Exploitation film documentary on ‘Swinging London’ as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of ‘Nudist Memories’, interviews mods, rockers and beatniks.
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Cage of Gold (1950) Basil Dearden, Jean Simmons, David Farrar, James Donald, Crime, Drama
A young bride believes her husband has been killed. After a suitable period of mourning, she re-marries. But then her “dead” husband comes back and tries to extort money from her.
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Hedda Gabler (1981) David Cunliffe, Elizabeth Bell, Philip Bond, Kathleen Byron, Drama
Beautiful and willful Hedda Gabler, a very ambitious and controlling woman, enters into a loveless marriage with the respectable but dull George Tesman to insure herself economic and social security.
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Daughters of the Dust (1991) Julie Dash, Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbarao, Drama, Romance
Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastions of these mores in America. Set in 1902.
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) Simon Callow, Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A tangled triangle. In the rural South of the early 20th century, Miss Amelia is the town eccentric, selling corn liquor and dispensing medicine. She takes in her half-sister’s son, a diminutive crook-back named Lymon. He suggests they open a café in the downstairs of her large house.
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