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• Long men ke zhan / Lian bang ying ye you xian gong si chu pin ; Zhang Taoran jian zhi ; bian dao, Hu Jinquan = Dragon Inn / a Union Film production ; produced by L.S. Chang ; written and directed by King Hu
  After having the emperor's minister of defense executed, a power-grabbing eunuch sends assassins to trail the victim's children to a remote point on the northern Chinese border. But that bloodthirsty mission is confounded by a mysterious group of fighters who arrive on the scene, intent on delivering justice and defending the innocent
• Sacco e Vanzetti / una realizzazione Jolly Film ; co-produzione Italo Francese Unidis ; Theatre le Rex ; un film di Giuliano Montaldo ; Arrigo Colombo, Giorgio Papi ; prodotto da Arrigo Colombo, Giorgio Papi ; regia di Giuliano Montaldo
  Dramatic account of the arrest, murder trial and execution of the Italians Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the Boston area during the 1920's
• I mostri / Mario Cecchi Gori presenta ; un film di Dino Risi
  "The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes."--imdb.com
• Hokus pokus : eine Justizkomödie / Domnick Filmproduktion ; Herzog Film
  "A highly amusing courtroom play full of unexpected turns in the plot and some brilliant dialogue, Hocus Pocus is written by and starring playwright, comedian and sometimes director Curt Goetz. He plays a lawyer defending a widow who is suspected of having murdered her husband. The end is more than a surprise."--Container
• Frauenarzt Dr. Prätorius / Domnick Film Produktion ; hergestellt in dem Film-Atelier Göttingen ; Regie, Dialog, Curt Goetz ; Regie, Bild, Karl P. Gillman
  "In the face of two world wars, Professor Prätorius, a philanthropist and surgeon, wants to exterminate the one danger to mankind, the microbe of stupidity, as he states to his students. When he tries to help a pregnant girl, he gets involved more and more in her life and is forced to marry her."--Container
• Der bomberpilot ; Nel regno di Napoli / directed, written and photographed by Werner Schroeter
  "Der Bomberpilot tells the story of three eccentric women in Germany during the Nazi period who try to become show stars in America after the war."--Container
• Sex, lies, and videotape / an Outlaw production ; written and directed by Steven Soderbergh ; produced by Robert Newmyer, John Hardy
  Focuses on the complexities of human intimacy and deception in the modern age. Housewife Ann (Andie MacDowell) feels distant from her lawyer husband, John (Peter Gallagher), who is sleeping with her sister, Cynthia (Laura San Giacomo). When John's old friend Graham (James Spader) comes to town, Ann is drawn to the soft-spoken outsider, eventually uncovering his startling private obsession: videotaping women as they confess their deepest desires. A piercingly intelligent chamber piece, in which the video camera becomes a charged metaphor for the characters' isolation
• A matter of life and death / J. Arthur Rank presents ; a production of the Archers ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
  After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth
• When two worlds collide / a film directed by Heidi Brandenburg Sierralta, Mathew Orzel ; Yachaywasi Films presents ; in association with Ford Foundation/Just Films ; produced by Taira Akbar, Heidi Brandenburg Sierralta, Mathew Orzel
  Chronicles the conflict that arises when indigenous Peruvians take a stand against the government when President Alan Garcia begins an aggressive program of oil, gas, and mineral extraction in untouched lands in the country's Amazon region
• Testről és lélekről / a Mozinet és az Inforg-M&M Film bemutatja ; rendező, Enyedi Ildikó ; forgatókönyvíró, Enyedi Ildikó ; producerek, Mécs Mónika, Muhi András, Mesterházy Ernő
  "When slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams - where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love - they decide to make their dreams come true but it's difficult in real life."--IMDb
• The devil is a woman / director, Josef von Sternberg
  A tale of erotic passion and danger set amid the tumult of carnival in turn-of-the twentieth century Spain. Through a series of flashbacks, Captain Costelar recounts to the young Antonio Galvan the story of his harrowing affair with the notorious seductress Concha Perez, warning his listener to gird himself against her charms
• The scarlet empress / directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay by Eleanor McGeary ; produced by Emanuel Cohen
  A spoiled princess is sent to Russia to marry Grand Duke Peter, but is horrified to discover her intened is a half-wit and depravity rules in her new home. She soon is transformed into the notorious libertine Catherine the Great
• Blonde venus / director, Josef von Sternberg
  Tasked by studio executives with finding the next great screen siren, visionary Hollywood director Josef Von Sternberg joined forces with rising German actor Marlene Dietrich, kicking off what would become one of the most legendary partnerships in cinema history
• Shanghai express / directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay by Jules Furthman
  An opulent romantic adventure that focuses on a diverse group of passengers traveling by express train from Peking to Shanghai. Among them is Captain Doc Harvey, who finds himself reunited with his former lover, now an infamous adventuress who calls herself Shanghai Lily. Desire and deception follow, culminating in a tense hostage situation when their train is hijacked by a Chinese warlord
• Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt ; & Melodie der Welt / Fox Europa Film ; Walther Ruttmann
  "With Berlin, die Sinfonie der Großstadt, Walther Ruttmann directed the landmark film of the 1920s symphonic cityscapes, with Melodie der Welt he shot the first German sound feature. This 2-disc DVD set presents both these classics in newly restored versions and adds all the surviving short films he directed between 1921 and 1931. Ruttmann's innovative experimentations in movement, color and sound confirm his status as a pioneer of modern media art."--Container
• Die rache der berge : blinde ehemänner
  An Austrian army officer wishes to seduce an American woman travelling with her husband in the Alps. The couple's mountaineering guide keeps his eye out for her since the husband seems oblivious to the flirtation
• Napoleon ist an allem schuld = Napoleon is to blame for everything / directed by Curt Goetz ; written by Curt Goetz and Karl Peter Gillmann ; produced by Tobis-Filmkunst GmbH
  "Lord Cavershot is so fascinated with the history of Napoleon, that he neglects his wife Josephine while pursuing his spleen. But when he goes to Paris for a conference on Napoleon, he experiences his very own Waterloo: Taking pity on a young dancer, he causes a lot of misunderstandings and gets caught in risky entanglements, from which Josephine emerges victorious."--Container
• Vom Reiche der sechs Punkte / zum Wohle der Blinden schuf der Rheinische Blindenfürsorgeverein ; Manuskript, D.H. Rütters, unter Mitwirkung von Dr. med. Robert Wirtz und Direktor Hubert Horbach ; Regie und aufnahmeleitung, D.H. Rütters, Neulandfilm
  This silent film premiered in Düren, Germany on December 13, 1927. The story deals with a steel engineer who looses his sight and has to accept making a living as a blind man. The film shows life and work within institutions for the blind in Cologne, Neuwied and Düren. Additional features are a new musical accompaniment, and an audio description in German
• Dishonored / director, Josef von Sternberg
  A widowed streetwalker is recruited to spy for Austria during World War I
• Morocco / directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay by Jules Furthman ; produced by Hector Turnbull
  A cabaret singer arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight, until she finally falls in love. Blonde Venus: An aspiring young actress gives up the stage to marry a scientist who becomes afflicted with radium poisoning. She returns to cabaret life and meets a wealthy playboy who gives her the money for her husband's treatment. The devil is a woman: At the turn of the century, in the port town of Seville, it's carnival week, and the blood of enemies and the passions of lovers run hot. But, none so much as those of a young revolutionary, his old friend, and the new woman who comes between them both. The flame of New Orleans: An impoverished countess arrives in New Orleans with one thing in mind, to marry a wealthy man. Golden earrings: A Hungarian gypsy rescues a British intelligence officer and helps him to accomplish his mission