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- In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.
- A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler's rise to power.
- After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.
- A documentary that uses a cache of letters, diaries and documents to reveal the life of SS-leader Heinrich Himmler.
- A rare gem of cinematic storytelling that weaves docudrama, fictional reenactment, and experimental photography into a powerful, reflective work on the early days of German cinema. The film tells the story of the Skladanowsky Brothers, the German-born duo responsible for inventing the "bioskop", an early version of the film projector.
- A Cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60, 000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport, love and religion.
- Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by courtesy of women women (Mme Walter, Clotilde, Madeleine), from journalist to member of Parliament to cabinet minister. But it is also the fair sex that will cause his fall in the end.
- This delightful burlesque of Alexandre Dumas' famous adventure narrative (and then-leading screen swashbuckler Douglas Fairbanks' hit films) represented one of writer/director/star Max Linder's attempts to conquer Hollywood on its own turf. He'd been an enormous star in early silent cinema, influencing the style of such subsequent silent comedy luminaries as Charles Chaplin and Buster Keaton. But his health suffered after he was gassed fighting for France in World War I. Despite the support of Chaplin himself (among others), his subsequent career in America never reached the popular heights he had at home. The commercial failure of this final U.S. effort seems particularly bewildering now, since THE THREE MUST-GET-THERES holds up so well. This spoof has the antic star as Dart-in-Again, a rapier-wielding dandy with a lovelorn horse (pining for the cow it left behind in the country) and a tendency to make an idiot of himself whilst attempting to conquer the forces of tyranny. Making scant effort to hide its incongruous modern Southern California backdrops, the movie is full of gags both slapstick and absurdist. Critics gratefully received it at the time. Audiences? Not so much. - Dennis Harvey
- The films, affairs and struggles of the iconic star of The Blue Angel as told by Rosemary Clooney, Roger Corman, Deanna Durbin and many more.
- Neglected by her husband, an ambitious lawyer, Irene seeks variety in Berlin's nightlife, drugs and flirtations included.
- A naughty, love-smitten teacher sets in motion an audacious scheme to woo a charming final-year student who is in love with her fisherman beau.
- An analysis of the different negatives of the film during the restoration.
- A dockworker joins a strike, and comes into conflict with his police officer brother.
- On the verdant slopes of the Vardousia Mountains, a golden cross leads to heartbreak, as a herder is losing the girl of his dreams to a wealthy suitor. Will this gift separate the star-crossed lovers, or is this the prelude to true love?
- Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) ist die Pionierin und der erste Star des Kinos in Europa. Als Arbeiterkind und alleinerziehende Mutter arbeitet sie sich von ganz unten hoch. Sie inszeniert sich bewusst als erstes Rollen-Vorbild für moderne, unabhängige Frauen - und spielt queere Figuren wie Hamlet. Mit vielen Filmausschnitten spürt die Dokumentation dieser singulären Erscheinung nach. Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) war der erste Filmstar in Europa. Sie schuf das Kino, wie wir es heute kennen: Ihr erster Film "Abgründe" ist auch einer der ersten Langfilme der Filmgeschichte. Mit ihrem erotischen Gaucho-Tanz verzauberte sie die Massen, bald drehte sie ganze Serien. 1914 sahen pro Tag 1,5 Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt einen Film mit Asta Nielsen. Dieser Erfolg war ihr nicht in die Wiege gelegt: 1881 in eine Arbeiterfamilie in Kopenhagen hineingeboren, musste Asta Nielsen hart kämpfen, um Schauspielerin zu werden. Dann mit 19 Jahren der Schock: Sie erwartet ein Kind - und weigert sich, den Vater zu heiraten. Sie will unabhängig bleiben. Solche modernen, neuen Frauen spielt Asta Nielsen später in ihren Filmen, und im Kino sitzen die ersten berufstätigen Frauen, die genau diese Vorbilder suchen. Vom Teenager bis zum Vamp, vom Melodram bis zur Komödie spielt "die Asta" alle Rollen. Schon früh tritt sie in Hosenrollen auf, 1922 verkörpert sie Hamlet zwischen den Geschlechtern. Etwa 70 Filme dreht Asta Nielsen bis 1932 in Deutschland - doch mit den Nazis möchte sie nicht arbeiten. Mit faszinierenden Filmausschnitten und einer reich ausgestatteten Inszenierung spürt die Dokumentation dem Geheimnis dieser Ikone nach. Karola Gramann und Heide Schlüpmann von der Kinothek Asta Nielsen diskutieren mit Barbara Beuys, die eine neue Biografie über den Weltstar verfasst hat.
- Follows the life and work of animator Lotte Reiniger.
- The biography of a retired producer in the first person, with many locations where he lived or worked, plus archive documents illustrating a life story that spans decades of Portuguese film history.
- A rich widower impregnates a poor young woman and dumps her. Her brother, member of a resistance group during the Occupation, tries to mend things up.
- Having left behind her family and a man who cares for her, Marina moves to Athens only to end up working as a cabaret singer. As the prodigal daughter returns home, so does her ignoble past. Will she ever manage to wipe the slate clean?