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Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (188 min.) : sound, color with black and white segments ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Depicts the long, turbulent, and productive life of Leni Riefenstahl, former dancer and filmmaker to Hitler, whose Triumph des Willens and Olympia were prime Nazi propaganda documents. In disrepute after World War 2, Riefenstahl turned to anthropological filmmaking and underwater cinematography.
Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Though almost forgotten today, Veit Harlan was one of Nazi Germany's most notorious filmmakers. Millions across occupied Europe saw his films, the most infamous of which was the horrific anti-Semitic propaganda film Jew Suss, which was required viewing for all SS members. Harlan was also the only artist from the Nazi era to be charged with war crimes. Included are never-before-seen archival footage, unearthed film excerpts, rare home movies, and new...
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a hotel doorman who is demoted to washroom attendant because of his age. Humiliated, he considers suicide. Then he experiences a strange twist of fate. This silent film is told entirely by camera, without title cards.
Publisher
MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Filmed entirely on location in the streets and clubs of New York City's lower' east Side in 1979, the film became a sensation of the London underground scene in the early '90s. A punk rock musician in New York must choose between his developing career and his love/hate relationship with a journalist who is trying to track down Andy Warhol.
Publisher
Kino
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Fullscreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the gambling episode in the ancient Hindu epic the Mahabharata, this rare classic of silent cinema tells of two kings who share a passion for reckless gambling, and for the same woman. A throw of dice is the third film in a pioneering trilogy of silent films made through a unique partnership between German director Franz Osten and Indian actor-producer Himansu Rai.
11) 3
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
"Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. With their 20th anniversary looming, they both become restless despite being truly and deeply in love. Unbeknownst to one another, they separately become acquainted with Adam, a younger man, and fall in love with him. Clearly not your typical 1930's romp, this reinvention of those classic films ... is a playful update: an intellectual study of a modern couple looking for redefinition...
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
[Restored version].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While enjoying a romantic stay in a remote cabin, Maria and Hans come across the tale of Dr. Krafft, who lost his wife in an avalanche. On the anniversary of her death, Dr. Krafft appears at the cabin and the couple offers to help him in his search.
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Rebecca, a young translator, lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. René, local cinema projectionist, steals Marco's car and gets into a car crash with local farmer Theo, whose daughter is almost killed. René suffers amnesia as a result of a crash and starts a relationship with Laura. Meanwhile Marco is looking for the man who stole his car. The convoluted relationships between these characters...
15) Holy motors
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen [version].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Monsieur Oscar, a mysterious, shadowy character, spends a day traveling through Paris in a limousine driven by his loyal chauffeur, Celine. During his travel, he journeys from one life to the next, taking on the appearances of a wide variety of characters, including a captain of industry, an assassin, a beggar, a monster, a reptilian sex god, a melancholy father, and a dying old man.
16) Die Nibelungen
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Special ed.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (281 min.) : sound, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Siegfried establishes larger-than-life heroic characters who are defined by tests of valor and rigid codes of honor. In order to win the hand of Kriemhild, Siegfried must win a bride for her brother, King Gunther. Kriemhild's Revenge begins after the death of Siegfried, and weaves the treacherous tale of his widow's ungodly vengeance upon his murderers. The noble qualities of the first film become liabilities in the second, as the blood oaths and...
17) Mustang
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Türkçe
Description
It's the beginning of the summer. In a village in the north of Turkey, Lale and her four sisters come home from school, innocently playing with boys. The supposed debauchery of their games causes a scandal with unintended consequences. The family home slowly turns into a prison, classes on housework and cooking replace school, and marriages begin to be arranged.
Series
Criterion collection volume 760
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (121 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
Français
Description
Costa-Gavras puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence.
Series
Criterion collection volume 763
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
Deutsch
Formats
Description
"... the first major antiwar film to come out of Germany after World War II, as well as the nation's first postwar film to be widely shown internationally, even securing an Oscar nomination. Set near the end of the conflict, it follows a group of teenage boys in a small town as they contend with everyday matters like school, girls, and parents, before enlisting as soldiers and being forced to defend their home turf in a confused, terrifying battle....
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