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They said it couldn’t be done, but they did it: Kathleen Winsor’s “notorious”, bestselling bodice-ripper Forever Amber actually made it to the screen in 1947 with full censorial approval. Of course, it was necessary to tone down the more erotic passages of Winsor’s novel, but the end result pleased fans of the book and bluenosed nonfans alike. A last-minute replacement for British import Peggy Cummins, Linda Darnell steps into the role of 17th century blonde bed-hopper Amber as though she’d been born to play it. Feeling suppressed by her Puritan upbringing, Amber heads to London, finding considerable success as a courtesan (that’s the polite word for it). The first real love of her life is dashing soldier Bruce Carlton, who leaves her pregnant and penniless when he marches off to war. Subsequent amours include the sadistic Earl of Radcliffe (a superbly loathsome performance by comic actor Richard Haydn), handsome highwayman Black Jack Mallard (John Russell) and privateer Captain Rex Morgan (Glenn Langan). Surviving the Plague and the Great London Fire with nary a hair out of place, Amber ends up in the arms of no less than King Charles II (wittily portrayed by George Sanders), but true love, as personified by Bruce Carlton, will always elude her.

Taking no chances, 20th Century-Fox sent out Forever Amber with a spoken prologue, heard over the opening credits, which explained that the film in no way endorsed its heroine’s libertine behavior, and that she would be amply punished for her sins before fadeout time (that prologue has thankfully been removed from current prints). A model of restraint by today’s standards, Forever Amber was sufficiently titillating in 1947 to post an enormous profit, far in excess of its $4 million budget.

Otto Preminger & John M. Stahl - (1947) Forever Amber.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/90699B8F3AF46A9/Otto_Preminger_&_John_M._Stahl_-_(1947)_Forever_Amber.mkv

Language(s):English, French, Italian
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The post Otto Preminger & John M. Stahl – Forever Amber (1947) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A one-night fling during World War I results in a young girl getting pregnant. Years later, she meets him again. Now a successful businessman, he doesn’t even remember her, but tries to seduce her.

Only.Yesterday.1933.mp4

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Runtime:	1h 45mn
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https://nitro.download/view/93B5ACF2D8ED909/Only.Yesterday.1933.mp4

Language(s):English
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Don Quixote (Russian: Дон Кихот, translit. Don Kikhot) is a 1957 Soviet drama film directed by Grigori Kozintsev. It is based on Evgeny Shvartz’s stage adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes’s classic novel of the same name. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. It opened in the United States in 1961, beginning its U.S. run on January 20.

The film was exhibited in the mid-1960s by Australian University film clubs receiving the productions of Sovexportfilm. It was the first film version of Don Quixote to be filmed in both widescreen and color.

Summary:
Senor Quexana has read so many books on chivalry that he believes that he is the knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. So Don Quixote sets off on his horse, accompanied by his squire Sancho Panza on a mule, to perform valiant deeds. They mistakenly save the Lady Altisidora who is so amused that she invites them to visit the Duke to provide some merriment at court. Among other deeds, Don Quixote frees some prisoners, who then turn upon him, and Don Quixote attacks a windmill that he imagines is a monstrous wizard.

Don Kikhot.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/3742E16C34BEB2D/Don_Kikhot.mkv

Language(s):Russian
Subtitles:Russian English French German Spanish Italian

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A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it’s in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.

The.Other.Side.of.Hell.1978.480p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/4A68CE81C42C699/The.Other.Side.of.Hell.1978.480p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

The post Ján Kadár – The Other Side of Hell (1978) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest, Toni Erdmann) won Theater Heute magazine’s actress of the year award in 2020 for her turn as Hamlet in this staging by Dutch director Johan Simons.

“As the melancholy Dane, Hüller … digs deep into the character’s grief and isolation in this spare yet faithful production, which originated at the Schauspielhaus Bochum.” —AJ Goldman, The New York Times

“The Bochum Hamlet was shown in a television version made by the German broadcaster 3sat, directed for television by Catharina Kleber. Theatre makers habitually look down on streams because there the camera gets to decide where one looks. The same people have no qualms about superimposing close-ups of their actors on an on-stage screen, which is something of a contradiction. In this version the camera picked up entrances, exits and the composer/musician Mieko Suzuki at the moments of soundscape change just as the eye would have.” —Matti Linnavuori, Critical Stages

Hamlet.2020.WEB-DL.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/4084AD126F088A8/Hamlet.2020.WEB-DL.mkv

Language(s):German
Subtitles:English muxed

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Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost.

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https://nitro.download/view/182141047B82834/Remember_the_Day_(1941).mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:Spanish

The post Henry King – Remember the Day (1941) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis:
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family — led by just-paroled son Tom — loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens of other families making the same trek and holding onto the same dream. Once in California, however, the Joads soon realize that the promised land isn’t quite what they hoped.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940) -- John Ford.mkv

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#1:  	English 1.0ch AC-3 @ 256 Kbps
#2:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps (Commentary by film scholar Joseph McBride and Steinbeck expert Susan Shillinglaw)

https://nitro.download/view/5CD2724EA279901/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(1940)_–_John_Ford.mkv

https://rapidgator.net/file/98c4d65ba228df2bca12093466c48fd9/The_Grapes_of_Wrath_(1940)_–_John_Ford.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, French, Russian, Ukrainian (muxed)

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