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Michele Apicella, Goffredo, Mirko and Vito are four highschool friends who are on the forefront of the political protests that characterized the second half of the 1960s. Now a few years older, the four friends are no longer politically active and struggle to come to terms with the present. Intellectually marginalized and disenchanted with contemporary society, they form a collective consciousness group to try to understand what to do with themselves. Another friend, Cesare, decides to join them although he has mixed feelings about the whole experience, leading a relatively comfortable life. Things change when Michele starts a relationship with Cesare's girlfriend Flaminia.
The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled Summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover... New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.
In the village of Holfen, a number of young women are found stabbed to death by what is determined to be an ancient dagger with a curved and rusty blade. The superstitious locals believe the murders to be the fulfillment of a curse placed on them in the 17th century by Baron von Klaus, a sadistic libertine, who killed many women before dying in the swamps surrounding his castle. The Baron's spirit is said to live on in his male descendants, but von Klaus' heir Ludwig doesn't arrive in town until the day after the latest murder. He is entrusted with a key to his ancestor's torture dungeon and begged to bring an end to the family curse by visiting it, destroying it, and leaving the castle, never to return again. But will he have the willpower to resist the lure of his horrific heritage?
KIN-DZA-DZA (1986) * with hard-encoded English subtitles * Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
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A sprawling, disturbing, and bizarre epic about the clash of societies within the territory of a Japan rapidly modernizing. On the southern island of Karuge, where ancient tribal customs and animistic worship rituals sill hold most of the inhabitants in a strong grip, an outsider arrivers to convert the island's arable land into a sugar cane plantation and to exploit its inherent value as a future tourist destination. However, the forces of commerce and technology are ill-prepared to deal with the islanders' stubborness or the complex myths and taboos which compel them to live as they do.
Three Hairs was the name of a popular comic character, a street urchin with a bald head save for three thin stalks sticking straight up towards the sky. After a night on the streets, Three Hairs looks for work wherever he can get it; he polishes shoes, picks up garbage and even sells newspapers, but finally decides to give up. He puts a "For Sale" sign on his back and goes looking for a buyer. The war had left literally millions of homeless children in China, and Three Hair's misadventures in the comics were widely read as a rebuke to the government for their neglect of this problem.
Set in the 1950s, The Dupes traces the destinies of three different men brought together by their dispossession, their despair and their hope for a better future. The protagonists are Palestinian refugees who are trying to make their way across the border from Iraq into Kuwait, the 'Promised Land,' concealed in the steel tank of a truck. Representing different dimensions of the Palestinian experience, each one believes he can make a new life for himself, but as the film s title suggests, their flight is no solution. One of the first Arab films to address the Palestinian question, 'The Dupes' is based on the 1962 novella 'Men in the Sun' by assassinated Palestinian writer, artist and resistance leader, Ghassan Kanafani. Set in Palestine and Iraq, and filmed in Syria by Tewfik Saleh, an Egyptian director, the film was banned in several Arab countries due to its implied criticisms of Arab governments.
In a Lisbon neighborhood, a young woman named Rosa falls in love with dandy Renato and gets pregnant. Her troubles begin once the young man refuses to assume his responsibilities. Therefore, to avoid social backlash, Rosa must marry ... and the most suitable husband appears to be her adoptive brother, Jos .
The Errors of Youth was an effort to describe Dimitry Gurianov, a representative of his generation who can't find his place in life. The hypocrisy of the Army; the boring life of the countryside; the hard work and constant drunkenness in the north; plus misadventures with women bring him to Leningrad, where he becomes part of the 'black market' scene. The film was banned after it was made, because it was found to be too close to 'real life.'
THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1990) * with hard-encoded English subtitles * .
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies, banned in Germany (no doubt as potentially dangerous, sort of like romantic comedies from 1942), led the creator of the German Chainsaw Massacre to make his own version after watching bootleg versions of the American horror film. It took 14 days to make the film and was done almost immediately after the Wall came down in Berlin. In the film, bizarre West German murderers see low cost meat in the East Germans moving over the old boundary into the West and start turning them into sausage. Clara flees her sleazy spouse and the rotting East, and lands in the arms of the butchers. She is kept alive simply because the daughter of the family falls in love with her. Who knew that some 4% of the Ossies heading to the Golden West never arrived at their destination, but were instead turned into Wurst?
Disappointed by the marriage of her lover to a woman he does not love, prostitute Harumi drifts from the city to a remote Japanese outpost in Manchuria to work in a "comfort house," or brothel, during the Sino-Japanese War. The commanding adjutant there takes an immediate liking to the new girl, but she is fascinated by and comes to love Mikami, the officer's aide. At first, he is haughty and indifferent to the girl, which enrages her; but they are eventually drawn together. Abused and manipulated, she seeks solace in Mikami's arms. They carry on a clandestine affair, which is a dangerous breach of code for both of them.
Young Doris lives with her father Andr , a gardener for the Chambons, in the South of France. One day, under the harmful influence of his sister Carla, the son of the family, Eric, takes the innocent Doris by force in the greenhouse of the property. To cover up the scandal, Doris' father and his bosses agree to send the young girl to a boarding school for high school girls from good families. A little lost among classmates from another background, she becomes attached to a roommate who introduces her to sapphic embraces....
Max, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper stand, makes enough money out of his business to take a vacation at a fashionable resort. He is given a cruise ticket by an aristocrat, who is an old school friend, and is mistaken for the aristocrat when he uses a camera that has his friend's name on it. A maid falls in love with him, because he is who he is and not who others think he is.
With Greece already under German occupation in the cold Spring of 1941, a long-suffering squad of proud and war-battered Greek soldiers receives orders from the headquarters of the Central Military Command in Athens to fall back, leaving behind the Greco-Albanian Front. As the men retreat --- crossing through the rugged and snow-covered landscapes of the bomb-scarred Greek countryside --- the terrifying certainty that nothing will ever be the same again crushes the weary human souls, blemished forever by war's madness. Under those circumstances --- severely wounded, yet still alive --- most of them will never return home.
Among the thousands of refugees who flock to Berlin at the end of the First World War is the family of a Polish professor and what follows is a terrific struggle for existence. They manage to get a place to live, but their combined resources and the high prices of food during the Great Inflation result in their only being able to get a potato each. Thus, for long periods of time, they have to subsist on horse turnips. Despite this, the love of one son, Paul, for his cousin Inga is so great that they are determined to overcome all obstacles. Inga works overtime in one place and collects a pitiful supply of things for their new home; Paul builds a little hut and finds a little allotment where he grows enough potatoes to keep them through the winter. All is rosy and they start to harvest their little crop, but they are followed by workmen who have been made beasts through hunger.
During the student movement in Bologna, Italy. 1968. Angela and Massimo are friends, lovers and college students. They get to know Guido, the heir of a wealthy family who has never known true love. Impressed by the feeling that binds the two lovers, Guido invites them to move into his house. Soon, in a series of betrayals, confessions, departures and returns, it will create a conscious threesome bound to result in tragedy.
When a Jewish songstress is plucked from the stage and sent to Auschwitz, she and other musicians find themselves assigned a terrible task: using their talents to soothe fellow prisoners who are sentenced to die in the gas chambers.
Young alchemy student Balthazar and his master are forced to flee their home by the Inquisition. They set off on a journey across a plague-stricken Germany, encountering various people, including corrupt priests and Kabbalists, not to mention ghosts and even an angel, before ending up in Venice where Balthazar falls in love with a young actress.
A hot-headed, young fighter enjoys his brand of harmless buffoonery in his town without a care in the world. This calm existence is put in danger, when a mysterious assassin targets his father and will seem to stop at nothing to achieve his goal. The assassin is, in fact, a Japanese Ninja who is seeking revenge for his father s death; a death which mistakenly lands on the father s shoulders. Naturally, the son decides to use his own well-developed skills against the aggressor and, during a series of confrontations, the two are well-matched.
Four years after the revolution in Portugal --- and the simultaneous loss of their empire in Africa --- a theatre director must sell guns illegally in order to finance his play.
LE CHAT DANS LE SAC (1964) * with switchable English subtitles * .
A journalist in Quebec is struggling with the question of whether to change society or accept it as it is. An American girl, an actress who runs a theatre, does not share the troubles suffered by the young man. This is, perhaps, unfortunate, for the journalist leaves Montreal for the countryside to reflect on his life and, with this increased distance between them, the love they once had for one another undergoes radical changes.
DESIRE (1936): Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses an American engineer, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
BLOND CHEAT (1938): Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, is the chief assistant to Rufus Trent, a wealthy London loan broker. He has allowed himself to become engaged to the Rufus' daughter, Roberta, the match engineered primarily by socially-ambitious Mrs. Trent. As Michael is closing the shop in the late afternoon, a man named Douglas takes out a large loan, using his niece's earring as a deposit. He scurries right off with the money but, to his dismay, Michael finds that the earrings are fastened to Julie's ears and cannot be removed.
MICKEY (1918): Mickey is an orphan who has been raised since girlhood in poverty near Feather River, California, by an unsuccessful miner, Joe Meadows, and his housekeeper, Minnie. She was the free-spirited, uncultured daughter of the miner's deceased partner. Joe took charge of Mickey at her dying mother's request. Mickey is sent to live in Great Neck, Long Island with her aunt, Mrs. Drake, and her family. Mrs. Drake is under the impression that Mickey is wealthy and well-refined. When Mickey arrives at her aunt's luxurious home, she is disappointed that Mickey is not well-to-do and puts her to work as a servant. Mickey's presence there sparks an awkward love triangle involving her, her cousin Elsie, and young mining executive Herbert Thornhill, whom Mickey first met in California.
HIGH AND DIZZY (1920): A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
THE LIVING COFFIN (El Grito de la Muerte) (1959): A cowboy and his sidekick meet a ranching family that is haunted by spirits and vampires. Okaaaaay.
THUNDER AMONG THE LEAVES (El Trueno entre las Hojas) (1958): The arrival of a boss' young wife in a Paraguayan town stirs up tensions among the workers, who have suffered many years of deprivation and maltreatment. A story about man's exploitation of man.
MYSTERIOUS MISS X (1939): Keith Neville and Dan Casey, two small-time actors, are traveling by bus back to New York City, and have an overnight stay in a small town. They take a room in a local hotel and a murder is committed in an adjoining room. Keith hears the gunfire, goes to investigate, and is there when the local police arrive. He and Casey are both held on suspicion of murder and jailed. While a local policeman is going through their luggage at the hotel, he discovers a letter of introduction, in Keith's suitcase, that reads: "It is requested that all official courtesy be extended to Mr. Geoffrey Desmond, Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Matropolitan Police, during his journey on a dangerous secret mission." The letter is a stage-prop from the play the two actors had just performed in, but the Police Chief thinks it is real and releases them from jail.
SUBMARINE ALERT (1943): Spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an offshore submarine. To nab the spy ring, the government has the West Coast's top radio engineers fired and shadowed.
TWO FILM DVD: MAGYAR REKVIEM (1990) + AGITATOROK (1971)
MAGYAR REKVIEM (1990): In 1958, five men, condemned to death for their roles in the 1956 Hungarian revolt against Soviet rule, relive their recollections and now no-longer realizable aspirations.
AGITATOROK (1971): In the Soviet Republic of Hungary in 1919, the propagandists of the Communist Party have to face the problems of the dictatorship of the proletariat. As the situation worsens, they choose different solutions to cope with their issues.
After the rejection of their latest preposterous scenario, two scriptwriters get back to basics to prepare a new movie. The new scenario centers on Henriette, a pretty, lively Parisian, and how she spends the 14th of July in Paris with her fianc e. We follow the tribulations of Henriette as various other characters enter the story and turn a traditional festive day into something more adventurous than expected.
Prince Ehtejab, one of the last remaining heirs of the Qajar royal family, is suffering from tuberculosis, which he knows is fatal. He spends his last days alone in the magnificent rooms of his wintry palace, from where he recollects the glory days of his ancestors as well as days of degradation. Among the latter are the gruesome manner in which his cruel grandfather murdered his mother and brother, and the way that he himself caused the death of his wife.
A beautiful, innocent young girl gives herself to a cruel, Assyrian tyrant who has conquered her city. She plans to gain his affection and then decapitate him. A quality, long unseen sword and sandal gem originally released by Universal.
Following the truce between Italy and the Allies in World War II, German forces occupy Naples and begin to shoot resisters; demolish port facilities; and round up young men to be transported to Germany as forced labor. The city's population, aware that Allied forces are close and determined to disrupt the deportations, revolt against the Germans, following the public execution of an Italian sailor. This sparks a spontaneous insurrection among the Neapolitans who, despite their limited arms and organization, force the Germans to retreat from the city just before Allied troops arrive from the Salerno beachhead.
Wolfgang from Berlin is on vacation in R gen and enjoys playing with the local children in a blown-up beachside bunker. When the children discover an old shipwreck off the coast, they take a boat out one night to explore. What they do not realize is that the wreck is being used as a staging post by a dangerous gang of explosives smugglers.
Ein gesprengter Bunker an der Ostseek ste bietet den einheimischen Kindern den idealen Abenteuerspielplatz. Wolfgang, der aus Berlin zu Besuch ist, interessiert sich jedoch mehr f r das Wrack vor der K ste. Bei einem n chtlichen Bootsausflug dorthin entdecken die Kinder Spuren, die auf andere Besucher hinweisen. Als sie der Sache auf den Grund zu kommen versuchen, geraten sie in die H nde einer Gangsterbande, die das Wrack als St tzpunkt zum Sprengstoffschmuggel in die DDR benutzt. W hrend einer Aktion der Polizei, die dem Schmuggel schon l nger auf der Spur ist, wird die Situation f r die gefangenen Jungen lebensgef hrlich. Durch ihre Cleverness und das rechtzeitige Eintreffen der Polizei k nnen sie gerettet und die Gangster dingfest gemacht werden.
At 18 years old, Katharina Jens is already a successful diver. At an international competition, she is supposed to jump the difficult one-and-a-half somersault with double twist instead of her teammate Claudia, who has failed, in order to secure victory for the team. She fails. In addition to the disappointment, there are doubts about their performance. Coach Korn gives her a week off from training - time to reflect. But Katharina is depressed about this exclusion. The encounter with different people, for example the dramaturge Klemm, who talks to her about the nature of fear, gives her help. And Peter, a young man whom she likes at first sight, sensitively persuades her to jump over her shadow.
Katharina Jens ist mit ihren 18 Jahren bereits eine Erfolg gewohnte Wasserspringerin. Bei einem internationalen Wettkampf soll sie statt der ausgefallenen Teamgef hrtin Claudia den schwierigen anderthalbfachen Salto mit doppelter Schraube springen, um den Sieg f r die Mannschaft zu sichern. Sie versagt. Zu der Entt uschung kommen Zweifel an ihrer Leistungsf higkeit. Trainer Korn stellt sie eine Woche vom Training frei - Zeit zum Besinnen. Aber Katharina ist deprimiert ber diesen Ausschluss. Die Begegnung mit verschiedenen Menschen, dem Dramaturgen Klemm beispielsweise, der mit ihr ber das Wesen der Angst spricht, gibt ihr Hilfe. Und Peter, ein junger Mann, den sie auf den ersten Blick mag, bringt sie auf einf hlsame Weise dazu, ber ihren Schatten zu springen.
Bert Harkus has been promoted to command an artillery regiment, after having studied at a military academy for four years. His friend, Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Weber has impatiently been waiting for his arrival. But not 24 hours after working together, a situation has arisen which will test their friendship. In the following days, unrest and tension will mark the progression of an exercise meant to determine how the regiment would respond to an emergency and whether it would be ready for battle in a timely fashion.
Bert Harkus wird zum Kommandeur eines Artillerieregiments berufen, nachdem er vier Jahre an der Milit rakademie studiert hatte. An seinem neuen Einsatzort wird er schon mit Ungeduld von seinem Freund, Oberstleutnant Kurt Weber, erwartet. Doch schon nach 24 Stunden Zusammenarbeit kommt es zu einer Situation, in der die Freundschaft der beiden einer Zerrei probe unterzogen wird. In Tagen der Unruhe und Spannungen, der Pr fungen und Bew hrungen muss sich zeigen, wie das Regiment diese Situationen meistert und wie die Offiziere es verstehen, mit der ihnen anvertraute Truppe eine bestm gliche Gefechtsbereitschaft zu garantieren.
Part 1 - Target Peenemunde: The German Army has been working in great secret on a ballistic rocket since 1936, with the goal of using it in a war expected to begin in the near future. In 1939, the anti-fascist scientist Dr. Kummerow sends an anonymous report to the English embassy in Oslo; a report which has been ignored in London for years. Resistance groups in France, Poland and Germany, on the other hand, are trying to find the trail leading to Hitler's "Wonder Weapon". Borawski, a Varsovian, is snuck into the secret project at Peenemunde. A Polish cleaning lady for the scientist Grunwald and the scientist's guard, Drager (who is later successfully recruited to assist the Resistance) help Borawski accomplish his task. After resistance members pass on further materials, London decides, maybe it would be best to bomb the place. Part 2 - Password Paperclip: The Allied bombing raid causes great damage. However, it doesn't do much to stop the production of the dreaded rockets. Among the casualties of the British raid is Grunwald's girlfriend and the cleaning lady. Having experienced pangs of conscience for a while already, Grunwald decides to assist the Resistance. The manufacturing of the rockets are now moved from Peenemunde to an underground factory in the Harz Mountains, which was prepared long before the move. The Anti-Fascists attempt to cripple the rockets with sabotage. They do this, even though brutal reprisals by the SS thin their ranks. Little does the Resistance know, however, that the leader of the rocket program has made an arrangement with the advancing Americans to work for them as an expert.
Teil 1 - Target Peenem nde: Seit 1936 wird in der Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenem nde unter gr ter Geheimhaltung an der Entwicklung einer ballistischen Fernrakete, die im geplanten Krieg eingesetzt werden soll, gearbeitet. 1939 gibt der antifaschistische Wissenschaftler Dr. Kummerow einen anonymen Bericht dar ber an die englische Botschaft in Oslo, den man in London aber jahrelang ignoriert. Widerstandsgruppen in Frankreich, Polen und Deutschland dagegen versuchen, Hitlers "Wunderwaffe" auf die Spur zu kommen. Der Pole Borawski aus Warschau wird in das Peenem nder Objekt eingeschleust. Das polnische Hausm dchen des Wissenschaftlers Grunwald und deren Bewacher Dr ger, der sp ter f r die Aufkl rungsarbeit gewonnen werden kann, helfen ihm. Nachdem die Widerstandsgruppen immer neues Material weitergeleitet haben, entschlie t man sich in London endlich zu einem Luftangriff. Teil 2 - Password Paperclip: Der alliierte Angriff richtet gro en Schaden an, trifft die Raketenproduktion jedoch nicht im Kern. Unter den Opfern befinden sich auch Grunwalds Freundin und sein Hausm dchen. Schon lange im Gewissenskonflikt, begibt sich Grunwald jetzt auf die Seite des Widerstands. - Die Produktion wird von Peenem nde in eine seit langem vorbereitete unterirdische Anlage im Harz verlegt. Mit organisierter Sabotage versuchen die Antifaschisten, die Raketen untauglich zu machen. W hrend sie sich auch von brutalsten Vergeltungsschl gen der SS nicht einsch chtern lassen, bereitet der Leiter des Unternehmens sein Arrangement mit den anr ckenden Amerikanern vor, die den Experten brauchen.
August 1961. The former Foreign Legionnaire, King, has collected a gang of hooligans, with whom he creates mischief in the DDR. After some careless work on a construction site, an event during which two people lose their lives, they move to a campsite on the Baltic Sea. With sputtering mopeds, loud radios, and occasional outbursts, the gang makes the vacationers' lives living hell. Unfortunately for them, Lieutenant Czernik discovers the connection between them and the accident at the construction site. To stop them from fleeing to West Berlin, Lieutenant Czernik and the police need to arrest them, one at a time, with King being the last.
Ende August 1961. Der ehemalige Fremdenlegion r King hat eine Band Rowdys um sich versammelt, mit der er in der DDR sein Unwesen treibt. Nach schlampiger Arbeit auf einer Baustelle, in deren Folge zwei Menschen ums Leben kamen, ziehen sie auf den Zeltplatz Bansin an der Ostsee. Mit Mopedgeknatter, Radiol rm und Gewaltt tigkeiten macht die Bande Kahlk pfiger den Urlaubern das Leben zur H lle. Leutnant Czernik stellt durch Zufall eine Verbindung zwischen dem Unfall auf der Baustelle und den Randalierern in Bansin fest. Da ihnen der Fluchtweg nach Westberlin abgeschnitten ist, gelingt es der Polizei und Czernik, die Bandenmitglieder nacheinander zu verhaften. Als Letzten, nach einer aufregenden Verfolgungsjagd, den Anf hrer King.
In 1917, shortly after the October Revolution, the Communist Party sends a former tsarist officer as commander and a pretty young woman commissar aboard the cruiser Emperor Paul to consolidate political power and convert the sailors, who have embraced anarchism, into an effective fighting force. Despite the opposition of the anarchist "Boss," the crew, who at first abuse the commissar, are gradually won over. The ship sails to the Black Sea. The woman's courage and the corrupt actions of the Boss and his mute henchman, "Husky," cause the crew to rethink their anarchism.
During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi, a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor Inagaki, at his seaside home. There he meets the professor's lovely young wife, Sachiko, and is unsettled by the striking resemblance she bears to his wife, who died three years earlier. Attracted to Sachiko, he does his best to hide his feelings. The couple, however, senses a deep-seated melancholy in him. Attributing it to the loss of his wife, they urge him to marry their niece, Kaoru, but he is not interested. Shortly after, Fumiko , Sachiko's older sister, realizes that Sachiko and Kawasaki have feelings for each other, but she holds her tongue. One day Kawasaki, Sachiko, and Kaoru go boating when a storm forces them to stay overnight at a hotel. Unable to sleep, Kawasaki takes a walk along the beach where he finds Sachiko, also unable to sleep.
Three erotic tales: The first episode tells the story of two lesbian high school girls, Bia and Maria. The first one tries to convince the second to come out the closet every way she can. The second episode is about Romano and Ilona. They meet at a boring party and he takes her to his place and, without knowing anything about each other, they start an erotic game. The third episode is about a man Marcos trapped in a mansion by a blind lady, who has the power to watch him through mirrors.
Tightrope walker Tibul is in love with beautiful Suok. He has no way of winning her affection, however, because in the empire of the Three Fat Men --- run by the tyrants Tutti, Gaspar, and August --- all feelings have been outlawed. So, Tibul decides to grow some. On the way to the empire, he discovers the weak spots of each of the rulers; and when he finally summons up enough courage, he leads the people in revolt and defeats each tyrant in order. The people are liberated; but, more importantly, now Tibul can get some from Suok.
Der Seilt nzer Tibul ist in die sch ne Suok verliebt. Aber er kann sie nicht gewinnen, da das Reich von den drei Dickw nsten Tutti, Gaspar und August tyrannisiert wird, die alle Gef hle verboten haben. Also zieht Tibul aus, um sich mit Mut zu wappnen. Unterwegs lernt er die Schw chen der Dickw nste kennen. Als er genug Wagemut aufgebracht hat, st rzt er sich in den Kampf gegen die drei Unholde, die er auf jeweils verschiedene Weise besiegt. Das Volk ist befreit. Endlich kann Tibul Suok in die Arme schlie en.
The young carpenter Michael Kirchner is a true ski ace, which is why his friends call him Black Lightning . But Michael is not only very skilled on skis: he also knows how to conquer women's hearts. Now, Michael has really fallen in love for the first time ... with the skeptical Gretl. In addition to Gretl's heart, he also wants to win the "Hahnenkofel Race". However, this project turns out to be more difficult than expected, because a competitor has arrived in the village: Herbert Thanner, also a highly talented skier. Events come to a head when Thanner's self-invented miracle wax disappears and is found in Michael's home. In addition, the original racing track has to be closed due to bad weather. The alternate route has a dangerous curve and someone has changed the warning flag...
Der junge Tischler Michael Kirchner ist ein wahres Ski-Ass, weshalb ihn seine Freunde nur "Der schwarze Blitz" nennen. Aber nicht nur auf den Skiern ist Michael sehr geschickt, auch Frauenherzen wei er zu erobern. Nun hat Michael sich zum ersten Mal richtig verliebt: in die skeptische Gretl. Au er Gretls Herz will er auch das "Hahnenkofelrennen" gewinnen. Dieses Vorhaben gestaltet sich jedoch schwieriger als gedacht, weil ein Konkurrent im Dorf eingetroffen ist: Herbert Thanner, ebenfalls ein hochbegabter Ski-L ufer. Die Ereignisse spitzen sich zu, als Thanners selbst erfundenes Wunderwachs verschwindet und bei Michael gefunden wird. Au erdem muss die urspr ngliche Rennpiste wegen F hn gesperrt werden. Die Ausweichstrecke jedoch hat eine gef hrliche Kurve, und irgendjemand hat die Warnflagge umgestellt ..
Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon, they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.
The beginning of the Great Patriotic War until the middle of the winter of 1941/42 is portrayed in this film. Ivan Sintsov is a correspondent with an army newspaper. The war starts while he is on vacation with his wife. He tries to return to his unit which is located in western Byelorussia; however, it is impossible, since the unit has been overrun by the advancing Germans. Near the town of Borisov, he meets another officer, also trying to reach his unit. They stop a car going in the direction they need. As the officer stops the car, a German air raid begins. A direct hit blows up the officer and the car he stops. Sintsov continues his journey alone. He is eventually assigned to a military newspaper, located in Mogilev and, later, another near Yelnia. The movie describes his work as a war correspondent during these trying times.
1944: Soviet partisans are making progress in their fight against the German occupation of their homeland and Eastern Europe. Lt. Colonel Mlynsky is in charge of a special group of partisans, who are to work with their Polish and Czechoslovakian counterparts to attack behind enemy lines.
August 1941. Major Mlynsky is in charge of aspecial group of partisans. His unit is absorbing small groups of Russian soldiers, who've managed to survive the attacks of the overwhelming German forces. Now, the Germans are advancing towards Moscow. Major Mlynsky is organizing partisan resistance behind enemy lines.
Toru Matsushita, a hired killer, is commissioned to break up a gang of gold smugglers. Just as he thinks his job is completed, he hears of another killer, Katakura, who has been given a contract on the lives of both Toru and his employer. Akiko, a model who loves Toru, urges him to leave the country, but he realizes he cannot escape with Katakura still alive.
Based on the dramatic events of the Second Silesian Uprising of August 1920: Seven brothers go into battle and, together with other insurgents, take over the town. The youngest, Gabriel, gets a German uniform and sneaks into a settlement controlled by the Germans, where he falls in love with a very young German nurse. During the fighting, a Polish officer with a cannon comes to the aid of the insurgents. However, German pressure is getting stronger.
Composer Edvard Grieg is struggling to get his music noticed by other musicians and publishers in Norway and Denmark. Grieg wants to write lyrical music representing his country. He gradually promotes his works with the help of composer and friend Rikard Nordraak. During these early years (the 1860's), Norway wasn't especially looking for a composer of nationalistic music. In the film, Grieg complains about the lack of local interest in Norwegian folk music. An old flame helps subsidize a series of concerts for Grieg. He then applies for a travel grant, and his wife Nina befriends a local pianist, who then writes a letter to Franz Liszt on Grieg's behalf. Grieg receives the grant, and leaves for Rome, while Nina remains in Norway.
In 1941, the British Admiralty is worried about the large number of Allied ships being destroyed in the Pacific Ocean by a mysterious enemy vessel. Initially, British Admiral Russell suspects that a German submarine is the culprit. However, the few revealed pieces of the mystery point to a German Navy surface warship. The British don't know it yet, but the enemy ship in question is the German raider Atlantis commanded by Captain Rogge. His success in sneaking upon unsuspecting enemy vessels is due in large part on Atlantis' ability to disguise itself as a benign, non-combatant, neutral ship. To achieve this ruse, the Atlantis uses props, camouflage, paint, fake foreign flags and even theatrical costumes for its crew to make itself appear something it's not. When the Atlantis is close to its prey, it reveals its true identity and opens fire sinking the duped victim. Finally realizing the truth, Admiral Russell decides to set traps in order to persuade the Atlantis to reveal its position to a task-force of British warships laying in ambush .But first, Admiral Russell must gain Atlantis' confidence by pretending he's sending messages from the German Navy High Command.
Charles van Eyck, owner of a nice yacht, gets into a fight with one of his sailors. The sailor's okay; but Charles has fallen overboard. That's a problem, because Charles knew where to find some lost treasure and now the secret's gone to the bottom of the sea with him. Nevertheless, that won't stop lots of people from trying to get their hands on the valuables. Will they also recover Charles van Eyck's drowned body? If there's time ... if there's time.
Reporter Klausen infiltrates a girls' boarding school by posing as a teacher. His purpose: he's heard a rumor about an affair between one of the teachers and a pupil at the institution. He hopes to write a juicy expose for his paper's gossip column. Little does he know that the little vixens have a ringleader who's quite the spoiled brat and is intent on insulting and destroying every one of the school's teachers --- and that includes our nosy reporter. Reporter Klausen schleust sich als Erzieher in ein M dchenpensonat ein. Er will die dort herrschenden lockeren Sitten skandaltr chtig in die Klatschspalten zu bringen. Der Neue hat es jedoch nicht leicht mit den verw hnten G ren: Es werden Intrigen gesponnen und jede Menge Streiche gespielt.
Tot feels overwhelmed by a wife who, according to him, keeps making his life impossible. The only place that constitutes a haven of peace for him is the attic of the building in which they live. And that's where he dedicates himself to reflecting on the means that women use to overwhelm men.
Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife and marries his new secretary Marie. Unable to find success in France, he travels to an African outpost without his new wife. He tells his young assistant Gilbert about her. When Gilbert gets sick and returns to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Marie. Now, that isn't the way to get a promotion!
The war in Europe is coming to an end. Soviet troops are advancing and liberating the Germans' notorious concentration and extermination camps. In one of them, a group of prisoners manages to escape with the help of a Polish doctor. In a forest hideout, they encounter other victims of the Germans who have been living there for months, afraid of being discovered by the Fascists. Fearing discovery by the retreating German forces, they dare not leave the forest, even when their food runs low.
W hrend gegen Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs die sowjetischen Truppen auf dem Vormarsch sind, kann eine Gruppe von KZ-H ftlingen mithilfe eines polnischen Arztes fliehen. In einem Waldversteck treffen sie auf weitere Verfolgte, die dort schon seit Monaten in st ndiger Angst vor Entdeckung ausharren. Aus Furcht vor deutschen Patrouillen wagen sie sich nicht aus dem Wald, auch als die Nahrungsmittel knapp werden.
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