Balkan Syndrome

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the religious Elijah taking up sides with the Ottoman sultan and gunslinger Luke joining "the Teacher" , a Macedonian rebel.

In medieval Serbia, a young monk, a master of herbal medicine, grabs the attention of warlord's wife.

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil General Gurko. Edmond, the son of Monte Cristo, dons many disguises to come to the aid of the Duchess.

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money from the difference in foreign exchange rates.

In the war-driven Balkans in 1991, four friends meet to pay respect to a dead friend...

Crossword about seven interconnected stories of love, friendship, affection, guns, Balkan, stupidity and people caught in the moment.

After decades of work in Italy and Germany, Giuseppe is retired and returns to his family home in Istria. He is lonely and his mother advises him to get married. She hands him over his father’s uniform from the Austro-Hungarian army. Giuseppe sets off on a quest to find a wife in the “transitional East” hoping to be warmly welcomed. The road takes him to Budapest, Montenegro, Vojvodina. His plan is not so easily realised...

Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to Milwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.

The first wedding night is a comical, witty play about a forty-year-old Montenegrin man from Durmitor, who absolutely does not want to get married. With the help of various vicissitudes and pressures, the family manages to marry him. Now it was time for the first wedding night in a crowded house.

Early Balkan footage.

Early Balkan footage.

A documentary about the Balkan country.

Early Balkan footage.

Early Balkan footage.

French Canadian trapper Victor Raoul returns to the trading post at St. Ignace to find a rival for the affections of Yvonne, his business partner's daughter, in the Marquis Courtière, Parisian representative of the fur company. Raoul quarrels with Fontaine over the visitor's business dealings and his attentions to Yvonne.

The Alarm

The story of a bride and groom who were engaged in childhood, met by chance at a resort and fell in love. The film has not survived.

A comical story of a swindler, disguised as a priest, pretending to offer exorcisms for money. A fake priest solicits help from a needy immigrant and they travel the countryside taking advantage of anyone they can find. Eventually, the priest realizes he can make more money by taking his scam to a church. He finds a small local church to offer his services and encounters a woman whom he has conned before. What will he do to not be discovered as a fraud?

Gustav Hartmann is in trouble. Because of the new taxis he doesn't get many passengers in his horse-drawn carriage. To prove what he and his horse are capable of, he starts a trip from Berlin to Paris.

The drama of a youthful triangle among gang leader Freddy, his brother Jan, and bad girl Cissy, in one of the first considerations of juvenile delinquency in post-war West Germany.