Crime

  • Godfrey Grayson – The Pursuers (1961)

    1961-1970CrimeGodfrey GraysonMysteryUSA

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    A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with the former Auschwitz commandant Karl Brochmann, who since 12 years lives in London under the false identity of Karl Luther. They decide to take the law in their own hands, and send their member David to London. He starts his commission by scaring Luther, to see his reactions. Luther is already nervous, because the newspapers are writing about the capture of Eichmann. When he finds out that somebody has broken into his apartment and painted a swastika on his mirror, he gets terrified. He empties his bank account, packs a bag with all his cash and runs away, followed by David. He stumbles into a night club, where the criminal owner soon finds out that Luther is an expedient target for extortion. The singer Jenny feels pity for him, and offers him to hide in her apartment. It turns out that she is a Jew and was a prisoner in Auschwitz as a child. Pursued not only by the Nazi hunters but also the gangsters, Luther makes a last attempt to flee the country.Read More »

  • Serge Leroy – Le mataf (1973)

    1971-1980CrimeFranceSerge LeroyThriller

    When intruders interfere in the robbery of Le Mataf (Michel Constantin) and his gang and a girl is murdered, they are set up for blackmail by an underworld figure who wants them to do a job for him…Read More »

  • Jee-woon Kim – Choyonghan kajok AKA The Quiet Family (1998)

    1991-2000ComedyCrimeJee-woon KimSouth Korea

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    A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.Read More »

  • Cédric Kahn – Roberto Succo (2001)

    2001-2010Cédric KahnCrimeDramaFrance

    Synopsis:
    ‘Kurt’ claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not… The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman… After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa’s information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countriesRead More »

  • Henri-Georges Clouzot – Manon (1949)

    1941-1950CrimeDramaFranceHenri-Georges Clouzot

    PLOT: A classical tragic romance transposed to a World War II setting, Clouzot’s film follows the travails of Manon (Cécile Aubry), a village girl accused of collaborating with the Nazis who is rescued from imminent execution by a former French Resistance fighter (Michel Auclair). The couple move to Paris, but their relationship turns stormy as they struggle to survive, resorting to profiteering, prostitution and even murder. Eventually escaping to Palestine, the pair attempt a treacherous desert crossing in search of the happiness which seems to forever elude them…Read More »

  • Henri Decoin – L’affaire des poisons AKA Hangman and the Witch (1955)

    1951-1960CrimeFranceHenri DecoinMystery

    The Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status. However, she is thwarted by the young Angélique de Fontanges, who is the King’s current favourite. Out of desperation, the Marquise de Montespan engages the services of a professional poisoner, the venomous La Voisin, to render her rival ugly. The potion unfortunately kills the young Angélique, and the royal court is thrown into turmoil…Read More »

  • Sergiu Nicolaescu – Un comisar acuzã AKA A Commissar Calls  (1974)

    1971-1980CrimeRomaniaSergiu NicolaescuThriller

    Director Sergiu Nicolaescu also stars in this film about a police inspector in Rumania who is sent to discover the truth about a prison massacre of communists by a visiting delegation of fascist dignitaries. The inspector makes the mistake of caring more about the truth and the injustice of the massacre than the genuine wishes of his bosses, and pays for his dedication with his life.Read More »

  • Damiano Damiani – Un uomo in ginocchio AKA A Man on His Knees (1979)

    Drama1971-1980CrimeDamiano DamianiItaly

    Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it’s too late.Read More »

  • Sergei Solovyov – Assa (1987)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaSergei SolovyovUSSR

    ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.Read More »

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