1970s

  • Amir Naderi – Tangsir AKA Tight Spot (1974)

    1971-1980AdventureAmir NaderiDramaIran

    Synopsis:
    This film, based on a well-known novel of the same name by Sadegh Chooback, is about a wronged man seeking revenge. Director Amir Naderi’s inspiration for making the film was one of his childhood heroes, the legendary Zar Mohammad, who waged a one-man war against four swindlers and provoked wide spread popular sentiment against tyranny.Read More »

  • Francisco J. Lombardi – Muerte al amanecer AKA Death at Dawn (1977)

    1971-1980CrimeDramaFrancisco J. LombardiPeru

    Debut of one of Peru’s most popular directors.

    This film follows the true story of the “Monster of Armendáriz”, a famous criminal in 1950s Lima who was sentenced to death for the alleged rape and murder of a minor. The drama unfolds around the controversial decision to execute the convict based on questionable evidence. Special interest is taken in exploring the internal conflict (or lack of thereof) of the characters directly involved in the execution.
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  • Jacques Doillon – Un sac de billes AKA A bag of marbles (1975)

    1971-1980ComedyDramaFranceJacques Doillon

    This well-received film covers the World War II survival tactics of two young French Jewish boys, aged 10 and 13, as they try to make the journey to the southern Free Zone where the Nazi occupation is not yet in force. They persuade a priest to say that they are with him and successfully arrive just ahead of the Nazi occupiers. Through their unhesitating deceit, these charming boys are able to outwit their persecutors, and survive with some grace.Read More »

  • Joseph W. Sarno – Laura’s Toys (1975)

    1971-1980CultEroticaJoseph W. SarnoUSA

    Legendary arthouse sexploitation auteur Joseph Sarno was the brilliant creative force behind dozens of the greatest erotica films ever produced (Inga, Swedish Wildcats). His psychologically intense and sexually incendiary depictions of rampant female lust set grindhouse cinema screens on fire in the 1960s and 70s. Sarno films are heavily female-centric, and his women are strong, desirous and just plain naughty, and they always get what they want!Read More »

  • Nick Millard – The Pleasures of a Woman (1972)

    USA1971-1980CultEroticaNick Millard

    For an early 1970s sex flick, this one’s actually pretty good… ~SearchMyTrash

    Synopsis:
    After her uncle dies, a young woman visits his hedonistic widow and her aunt by marriage, Martine, who seduces her and shows her the pleasures of the flesh, which unfortunately leads to tragedy.Read More »

  • Natuk Baytan – Kiliç Bey (1979)

    1971-1980AdventureCrimeNatuk BaytanTurkey

    Adventures of a Turkish spy that reveals the secret activities of a spyware in Istanbul.Read More »

  • Stephen Frears – A Day Out (1972)

    1971-1980BBCDramaStephen FrearsTVUnited Kingdom

    Michael Brooke wrote:
    Alan Bennett’s debut play for television shows a day in the life of the members of a Halifax cycling club in 1911, following them from the town to the ruins of Fountains Abbey and eavesdropping on their conversations, which range from the inconsequential, to the reflective, to the ruefully ironic.

    The most telling example of the latter comes when Boothroyd explains why there will never be another war, as the play is set three years before World War I cut swathes through a generation – and, as the 1919 coda implies, many of the club’s members as well.Read More »

  • Hans Billian – Zimmermädchen machen es gern aka Bienenstich im Liebesnest (1975)

    1971-1980ComedyEroticaGermanyHans Billian

    From IMDB:
    Hannelore Reitzler elopes with her boyfriend to the Hotel Liebesnest but he leaves her during the night after failing to take her virginity. Not wanting to return home, Hannelore takes job as a chambermaid which also involves giving sexual favors to the guests at an extra charge. Meanwhile, a female cat burglar visits Das Liebesnest every night and each time she gets caught, she offers her body to the captor to keep them quiet.Read More »

  • Wolfgang Bartsch – Dass ihnen der arme Mann Feind wird (1975)

    1971-1980DocumentaryGermanyShort FilmWolfgang Bartsch

    This documentary shows the German Peasants’ War between 1524 and 1525 and looks at the role of Thomas Müntzer in it. Müntzer, who was a follower and admirer of Martin Luther, directed his resistance not only against the clerical authorities ruled by the papacy, but also against the secular worldly order. In Mühlhausen, Müntzer worked as a pastor in the Marienkirche and later became an agitator and promoter of the violent liberation of the peasants. Luther distanced himself from Müntzer at the beginning of the Peasant Wars. In the battle of Frankenhausen the rebels were completely defeated, Müntzer captured, tortured and publicly executed on May 27, 1525.Read More »

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