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António de Macedo – A Maldição de Marialva AKA The Curse of Marialva (1989)
In the ruins of the village of Marialva, an old lady guards the entrance of what is now a cemetery,…
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Bernard Borderie – Fortune Carrée AKA Square Fortune (1955)
SynopsisPedro Armendariz plays Igricheff, an undisciplined soldier who opts for the life of a mercenary. Operating out of the North…
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Witold Starecki – Hokus-Pokus AKA Hocus Pocus (1981)
Hocus Pocus shows an attempt to persuade a young illusionist to join the party. In the film, these attempts are…
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Carl Froelich & Dimitri Buchowetzki – Die Brüder Karamasoff AKA The Brothers Karamazov (1921)
An early Dostoevsky adaption by Carl Froelich and an uncredited Dimitri Buchowetzki. According to Julian Connolly’s book Dostoevsky’s The Brothers…
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Percy Adlon – Out of Rosenheim AKA Bagdad Cafe (1987)
Synopsis: Drawn to a pair of lights in the barren American desert sky, a mysterious German woman, Jasmin, stumbles upon…
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Marian Marzynski – Licytacja AKA The Auction (1965)
Quote: The auction of things found in Warsaw buses and trams is a pretext for the director to show a…
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Zanmu Kako – Kohitsuji AKA The Lamb (1923)
Quote: This film is one of many collaborations between Kawada Yoshiko, who grew up as a stage actress under the…
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Panos H. Koutras – Dodo (2022)
A dodo, a bird that disappeared 300 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a…
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Michelle Citron – Daughter Rite (1980)
Quote:“Daughter Rite is a classic, the missing link between the ‘direct Cinema’ documentaries and the later hybrids that acknowledged truth…
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