1960s

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A traveller arrives at a sprawling abandoned mansion and begins to feel an uncanny presence.Read More »

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Tim is the son of a lighthouse keeper. In his remote home setting, Tim often feels lonely. When Young Pioneers pitch their tents nearby, he is overjoyed. Friendships develop very fast. When Tim is allowed to travel to Sundevit with his new friends he is delighted. Before the journey, however; he has to carry out an assignment – but this takes longer than he hoped it would. On the way, he keeps meeting people in need of his help. And Tim helps them although he becomes increasingly pressed for time.
When he finally returns, the Young Pioneers have al ready left. Tim decides to follow them but, due to carelessless, he exposes himself to danger. Finally, he is picked up in a military exercise area and taken to the police. When he relates his experiences, kind people help him – in the end, he manages to reach his destination Sundevit and to meet up with his friends.Read More »

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The Chilean Patricio Guzmán, in 1968 filmed “Notes on torture and other ways of dialogue” as a second-year practice in the EOC (Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía).

It is a denouncing piece that plays with the forms of advertising to denounce the repressive brutality of the Latin American governments but also the inaction of a certain part of the left.Read More »

A member of a highly successful crime drama TV-series is found murdered in a TV studio. The screenwriter of the TV-series is found as prime suspect but claims his innocence and tries to clear his name. But who is the murderer and what is his motive?Read More »

Captain Celluloid battles the evil Master Duper and his criminal gang, the League of Film Pirates, who plan to hijack copies of classic films, copy them and sell them to desperate film collectors all over the world.Read More »

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The Ruhr, a present heavy with anger: the issue of resistance, of fighting against fascism, of the workers’ movement. There is also the question of the overwhelming rage that can surge up when faced with the reality of defeats, with no consolation or reconciliation. (-cinemadureel.org)Read More »

The girlfriend of a young gypsy tries to guide her life in a proper way but does not achieve it. When she gets difficulties because of a fight everything changes.Read More »

Synopsis: Professor Ferlach and his daughter Helga undertake an expedition to Ceylon to look for a statue of Buddha with a priceless ruby set on its forehead. They believe the statue is still intact in a temple that disappeared after a massive earthquake…Read More »

Very entertaining Kihachi Okamoto feature, and while it is a WWII film, it is also a tribute to John Ford’s Westerns, set in Manchuria. In addition to the regulars in the series, a fine performance by the always lovely Kumi Mizuno.

One of Okamoto’s trademarks is his recessive staging, i.e. the big foreground wide-angle look, the kind of wide-screen composition which is quite common in spaghetti westerns, particularly those of Sergio Leone’s (partly due to the technical problems of the Techniscope format, widely used in Italy in that period). We could notice this signature in Okamoto’s late 50s films already, that is, a few years earlier than Leone and other western directors.Read More »