Julia, who is a cashier at a piano factory, goes on a skiing trip with some friends. Her boss discovers at the same time that there is money missing. But Julia doesn’t care…Read More »
Comedy
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Lau Lauritzen & Alice O’Fredericks – Fröken Julia jubilerar (1938)
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Richard Oswald – Die Blume von Hawaii (1933)
1931-1940ComedyGermanyMusicalRichard OswaldWeimar Republic cinemaSuzanne, aspiring artist working in a Parisian night club, is hired by two foreigners to be partnerin for the main singer, on the condition that they must travel to Hawaii. When they arrive, the American governor is aware that the islanders, headed by Prince Lilo Taro, might become rebellious.Read More »
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Nils Poppe – Pengar – en tragikomisk saga AKA Money (1946)
1941-1950ComedyNils PoppeSwedenHarry Orvar Larsson is a poor vagabond, walking the country roads and living on nothing but sunshine and generosity. To get some money in his pocket he becomes a helping hand for seven lumberjackers way out in the sticks. What Orvar does not know that he stands to inherit a large fortune – if he declares himself on time…Read More »
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Hsiao-tse Cheng – Miao Miao (2008)
2001-2010ComedyDramaHsiao-tse ChengQueer Cinema(s)TaiwanQuote:
High school student Miao Miao (Ke Jia-Yan) is Chinese and has transferred to Taipei for one special school year. Her quiet demeanor and awkward prettiness make her immediately attractive to classmates and strangers, but it’s the sassy Xiao-Ai (Sandrine Pinna) who cracks her shell. The two become fast friends, palling around after school and in class, where Miao Miao’s baking skills make her a hit with her classmates. However, Miao Miao finds first love when she falls for sullen CD shop owner Chen Fei, who’s forever shutting out the world with a pair of headphones.Read More » -
Milan Jelic – Bubasinter AKA The Bug Killer (1971)
1971-1980ComedyDramaMilan JelicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoA teenage boy is having his first sexual problems. Although his father tries to remedy the situation, it is his aunt who really takes care of business.Read More »
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James Hill – The Dock Brief AKA Trial and Error (1962)
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David Lean – Blithe Spirit (1945)
1941-1950ComedyDavid LeanFantasyScrewball ComedyUnited KingdomSynopsis:
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he’s working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man’s present marriage.Read More » -
Robert A. Stemmle – Berliner Ballade AKA The Berliner (1948)
Comedy1941-1950GermanyMusicalRobert A. StemmleIn Berliner Ballade, Gert Froebe makes his screen debut as Otto, a feckless Everyman who tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.Read More »
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Vincent McEveety – The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
1971-1980ComedySci-FiUSAVincent McEveetyA school laboratory accident mixes one student’s vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley’s chemical experiment. When the kids decide to dispose of the mess to their neighbor’s cow, they learn that the cereal gave the cow the super-strength to give a massively vast supply of milk. When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the stuff gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, as the Dean makes a deal with his relative who owns the company that makes the cereal for financial support, unaware that it was Dexter’s chemical which was solely responsible for the strength. When her competitor learn of this deal, he hires two criminals to stop it.Read More »









