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The Hireling (1973)Botschaft für Lady Franklin
Shattered by the death of her husband, Lady Helen Franklin (Sarah Miles) is confined to a sanatorium. When she is at last released, she struggles to rebuild her life, striking up a nervous and hesitant relationship with her chauffeur, Steven Ledbetter (Robert Shaw). As the months progress, Lady Helen becomes more and more reliant on his company and Steven finds himself drawn to Lady Helen in turn. The promise of a forbidden relationship hangs over them - until Lady Helen meets the charming and aristocratic Captain Hugh Cantrip (Peter Egan), her social equal. What Lady Helen doesn't know is that both the roughly hewn Ledbetter and the smooth Cantrip are concealing secrets from her - and that she is trapped in a love triangle that could explode into a violent and heartbreaking confrontation... - Director:
- Alan Bridges
- Cast:
- Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan
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Born to Kill (1947)Lady of Deceit / Deadlier Than the Male
Sam Wild (Lawrence Tierney) is a real lady-killer. He's irresistible to women - but has a murderous and uncontrollable temper. He's already killed twice, without conscience or remorse - and he's ready to kill again.... Helen Brent (Claire Trevor) already has her suspicions about Sam when he marries her vulnerable half-sister and heiress Georgia (Audrey Long). At the same time she's irresistibly drawn to his brutal animal magnetism. Should she turn him into the police - or seduce him and share in his vicious crimes? - Director:
- Robert Wise
- Cast:
- Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak
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Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)Висконсин: Путешествие к смерти
A most extraordinary experience awaits those with a taste for the strange and the bizarre in the small town of Black River Falls. Rocked by an inexplicable confluence of events in the late 1890s, this sleepy Wisconsin town generated some of the most unlikely news reports and stories ever told. Previously harmless residents - including children - commit a series of gruesome, violent murders. Sightings of ghosts, and reports of haunting and possession run rife. An epidemic sweeps through the town and takes with it some of the residents' newest born sons and daughters. Extreme cases of paranoia, insanity and delirium plague the townsfolk. And the population finds itself terrorised by a cocaine-snorting madwoman with a taste for smashing windows... Based on documented accounts, this haunting and surreal film beautifully evokes the otherworldly spirit and wayward madness of a time and place marked by an altogether unreal set of circumstances. Bizarre. But true. - Director:
- Jamie Marsh
- Cast:
- Jeffrey Golden, Ian Holm, Jo Vukelich
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With his daughter about to marry, Manhattan dentist Sheldon Kornpett is getting in over his head. The groom's father Vince Ricardo (who may/may not be CIA) has been in over his head so long he may have lost it totally. As played by Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, they're as different as night and day - and one of the funniest screen teams ever as 'The In-Laws'. - Director:
- Arthur Hiller
- Cast:
- Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Richard Libertini
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A young reporter, Mike Ward (John McGuire) stumbles upon a murder victim and identifies a nervous cabbie (Elisha Cook Jr) as the person he saw previously arguing with the dead man. On the strength of Mike's testimony, the cabbie is convicted. Mike however is haunted by the knowledge that he may have sent an innocent man to the electric chair for murder and that means the real maniac is still on the loose! Things take a turn for the worse when another murder is committed, a murder which may point, ironically enough, back to Mike... - Director:
- Boris Ingster
- Cast:
- Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet
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A young couple is at the centre of the movie maestro's keen-eyed lens. She (Daria Halprin) is a sometime secretary whose duties may extend to the boudoir of her boss (Rod Taylor). He (Mark Frechette) is a sometime student who may be involved in a cop's death. The two meet, connect, play, love, move on: he to tragedy, she to an open road. - Director:
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Cast:
- Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix
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The Long Hot Summer (1958)Dugo toplo ljeto
When suspected barn burner Ben Quick (Paul Newman) drifts into a town dominated by Will Varner (Orson Welles), he is recruited to husband Varner's spinster daughter (Joanne Woodward) so that Varner can keep an eye on him. But the two men soon lock horns, and a chain of events leaves them all changed forever. - Director:
- Martin Ritt
- Cast:
- Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa
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Classe Tous Risques (1960)The Big Risk
French gangland boss Abel Davos (Lino Ventura) has been on the run in Italy for a decade in order to escape a death sentence. But when police finally close in, he turns to his old criminal friends to help him and his young family return to Paris. With loyalty in short supply, it takes an insouciant stranger (Jean-Paul Belmondo) to come to the rescue. - Director:
- Claude Sautet
- Cast:
- Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Jean-Paul Belmondo
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Thérèse Raquin (1953)The Adultress
Married at a very early age to her cousin, Therese Raquin (Simone Signoret) leads an uneventful and joyless existence void of romance with her selfish husband and authoritarian aunt. The arrival of the handsome Italian Laurent (Raf Vallone) to whom Camille (Jacques Duby) has taken a liking, turns her life upside down. Straight away, sparks of love and passion fly between Thérèse and Laurent, however Camille refuses to agree to a divorce and plans to take Thérèse to Paris, away from temptation. En route, Camille is pushed off the train after a violent dispute with Laurent. The inquiry draws the conclusion of accidental death. However, a young sailor who witnessed the entire scene starts blackmailing Laurent... - Director:
- Marcel Carné
- Cast:
- Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby
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When Father Was Away on Business (1985)Otac na sluzbenom putu
Celebrated Balkan filmmaker Emir Kusturica won his first Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour, for this exuberant portrait of 1950s Yugoslavia, as seen through the eyes of six-year-old Malik. As the country resists the pressures of Stalinism, many find themselves taken away 'on business' by the police for making imprudent statements against the government. But Malik's father Manojlovic finds himself imprisoned for an altogether less noble reason when his affair with the mistress of a high-ranking party official is discovered. Naively believing his Papa to be away on business, Malik must face up to life's sometimes poignant, often comic tribulations without him. - Director:
- Emir Kusturica
- Cast:
- Moreno D'E Bartolli, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Mirjana Karanovic
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Anna Karina stars as the questing anti-hero searching for the murderer of her lover.
- Director:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Cast:
- Anna Karina, Jean-Pierre Léaud, László Szabó
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The Castle (1997)Dome, slatki dome
"The Castle" is a classic tale of David versus Goliath, except Goliath is the Australian Government and David is Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton)...a tow-truck driving, grey hound racing, moustachioed father from suburban Melbourne. Even though there's an airport practically running through his backyard, Darryl loves his family's humble home. But when the airport needs room to expand, the government says that the Kerrigan's have got to go. With the help of local lawyer Dennis Denuto (Tiriel Mora) and newly acquired friend, QC Lawrence Hamill (Charles 'Bud' Tingwell), Darryl takes on the Government to tell them they're dreaming! - Director:
- Rob Sitch
- Cast:
- Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry
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The Letter (1940)La carta
Six years after exploding to stardom in 'Of Human Bondage', Bette Davis equaled that excitement with another W. Somerset Maugham role as an adulteress using her sexual wiles to escape a murder conviction in 'The Letter'. The film throbs with sultry tension thanks to Davis, an impeccable supporting cast, atmospheric cinematography and the artistry of three-time Academy Award winner William Wyler, Davis' director on 'Jezebel' and 'The Little Foxes'. - Director:
- William Wyler
- Cast:
- Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson
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Cold Fever (1995)Á köldum klaka
Shamed by his grandfather, Japanese businessman Hirata (Masatoshi Nagase) cancels his golfing trip to Hawaii and instead travels to Iceland to perform a traditional ritual at the scene of his parents death several years earlier. So begins one bizarre encounter after another as the reluctant Hirata treks across the frozen landscape. - Director:
- Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
- Cast:
- Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
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Stuart Burge's film of John Dexter's production of Othello at the National Theatre was made in Shakespeare's Quarter Centenary year and stands today as a masterpiece among film presentations of theatre productions. Shakespeare's tragic story of how a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall has never been more movingly nor dramatically portrayed. One of Shakespeare's most powerful drama, here presented by an inspired National Theatre Company. Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finley and Joyce Redman all received both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for their performances. A screen classic in every sense. - Director:
- Stuart Burge
- Cast:
- Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith
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