In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Hannes is a beer truck driver in Dortmund. His biggest dream is to win the first prize at the International Timetable Contest in Inari (Finland). When his new boss cancels his extra holidays to go there, Hans goes mad… On his journey to Finland by train, followed by the police, he meets lot of folks and the love of his life.
The writer of a bad TV series begins to rethink his life when he meets and falls in love with a beautiful actress.
A new teacher arrives in a remote mountain village, where the old traditions still hold sway.
A human drama of crew and passengers on a special express train named “Sakura” from Tokyo to Nagasaki...
The events take place in the train. Some passengers shows great respect for Mr. Dadashov, but who is Mr. Dadashov?
Directed by Alexandre Volkoff, 1924
In the near future, an isolated man is tortured by his beloved memories.
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.
A modern Irish comedy western set in sleepy rural Sligo.
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.
Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.
In this comic travelogue a young Michael Powell with a butterfly net in the snow as he and some tourits visit the medieval hilltop of Tourette and the peak of Peïra-Cava in the Alpes Maritimes.
The tarvelling party inluding Cicero Simps (Michael Powell) move to St. Paul de vence and la Colombe d'Or ans showcases a dreamcase in which he dreams he's a faun.
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.