Following the emotions associated with entrance examinations to the faculty of pedagogy, Catherine Solska returns to his native village. And here she will surprise - the family without their knowledge to begin preparations for engagement with a rich neighbor Kolasa. Girl falls into despair, tries to oppose the decision of the parents, but is closed in his room. On visits to her fiance and flees out the window calling mail to the university. Receives misleading information and is convinced that was not accepted to college. Resigned returns home and agrees to the wedding. Meanwhile, on the eve of the wedding the postman brings the notice of acceptance to the university.
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.
Den pensionerede professor Norman Thayer og hans kone Ethel tilbringer som altid sommeren i deres hus ved søen. De har ikke set deres datter Chelsea i årevis, da hun dukker op med sin forlovede og dennes søn. Norman må forlige sig med alderdommen og sin egen datter, mens hans samtaler med Ethel sprudler af begavet vid og en humor, som gemmer sine egne sorgfulde dybder.
I en af Michael Curtiz' festligste eventyrfilm er Errol Flynn en engelsk kaptajn, Geoffrey Thorpe, som i det 16. århundrede leder et søslag mod en spansk galeon. Han erfarer, at spanierne lægger planer om at føre krig mod England og skynder sig hjem for at advare sin dronning, Queen Elizabeth I. Men magtfulde medlemmer af dronningens stab, der ikke kan lide hans piratmetoder og kun ønsker at fremme egne interesser, vil have Thorpe stillet for en domstol.
På et amerikansk universitet omkring 1962 skaber Deltaerne rav og røre i det eksisterende fine selskab. De ender med at blive smidt ud af skolen med en påmindelse om, at de nu er kvalificerede til en indkaldelse til Vietnamkrigen.
After the death of her husband, the mother of Julie, Jack, Sue and Tom begins to suffer from a mysterious illness. Aware that she is going to have to go into hospital she opens a bank account for the children, so that they can be financially self-sufficient and will be able to avoid being taken into care by the authorities. Unfortunately she also dies and Julie and Jack (the older, teenage children) decide to hide her body in the basement so that they can have free reign of their household. Soon Tom has taken to dressing as a girl whilst Sue has become increasingly reticent, confiding only to her diary, meanwhile Jack and Julie sense an attraction developing for each other. However Julie's new beau, Derek, threatens to unearth the many dark secrets within this family as he becomes increasingly suspicious of Jack.
Forfatteren H.G. Wells har opfundet en tidsmaskine, som Jack the Ripper udnytter som flugtmiddel. Han ender i 1970'erne tæt fulgt af H.G. Wells, der finder ud af, hvem hans ven i virkeligheden er. Da Jack finder ud af, at samfundet er langt mere voldeligt i det 20. århundrede og ikke er den utopi, som Wells sagde, begynder Jack igen at dræbe.
When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.
Set in 1959, Diner shows how five young men resist their adulthood and seek refuge in their beloved Diner. The mundane, childish, and titillating details of their lives are shared. But the golden moments pass, and the men shoulder their responsibilities, leaving the Diner behind.
Kødets lyst er en vittig, men alligevel hudløs historie om de to bofæller Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) og Sandy (Art Garfunkel), som ikke kunne være mere forskellige, når det gælder deres smag i kvinder. Den ene vælger at være gift, mens den anden nyder at være ledig på markedet. De betror sig til hinanden gennem årene og når endda at have en fælles kæreste, men som midaldrende kan de stadig ikke finde ud af, hvem der har det bedst.
Under Stillehavskrigen i 1942 stod de amerikanske og japanske flådestyrker over for hinanden ved øen Midway, hvor et vigtigt slag snart skulle stå. Flådens fly blev for første gang brugt i udstrakt grad og fik en afgørende betydning for krigens videre udfald. Filmen, der i forkortet form ofte kaldes Midway, er i store træk historisk korrekt. Som lidt kulør på historien er dog tilsat en opdigtet kærlighedshistorie om en amerikansk pilot og en hawaiiansk pige.
A few years back tragic events tied the fate of three Catholic priests. From then on they meet on every anniversary of the disaster to celebrate their survival. On an everyday basis they have their ups and downs. Lisowski works at the curia in a big city, has a career and is dreaming of the Vatican. Problem is, archbishop Mordowicz, an opulent church official who uses his political influence to build the largest sanctuary in Poland, gets in his way. The second priest, Trybus, is a village parson. He ministers to a poor community and gives in to human weaknesses more and more often. Kukuła is not faring well either. Despite his fervent faith, he loses the trust of his parishioners actually overnight. Soon the stories of the three clergymen are going to join once again.
Mel Funn, en afdanket filminstruktør med en genial idé. Han skal lave verdens første stumfilm i moderne tid! Filmselskabet vender tommelfingeren nedad, men da han lover at få de største Hollywood stjerner med på rollelisten, får han grønt lys. Sammen med hans vanvittige kollegaer begynder den vilde stjernejagt, samtidigt med at en ond filmgigant gør alt for at stoppe planerne.
Undine is a historian and tour guide at the Berlin City Museum specializing in urban development, while Christoph is an industrial diver. Linked by a love of the water, the two form an intense bond, which can only do so much to help Undine overcome the considerable baggage of her former affair.
Når Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) ikke lige er på arbejde som sherif i en lille landsby i New Hampshire, bruger han tiden på at tænke på sin forfærdelige barndom, mens han bæller sprut og ryger pot. Ikke så underligt at han hverken er i kridthuset hos sin ex-kone Lillian (Mary Beth Hurt) eller sin datter Jill (Brigid Tierney). Men da en forretningsmand bliver dræbt under en jagt med Wades ven Jack (Jim True-Frost), vågner Wade pludselig op til dåd.
A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead.
U.S.S. Cygnus balancerer usikkert på kanten af et sort hul - den uendelige, tomme intethed, hvor rum og tid slutter. Passerer man grænsen hertil, kommer man ind i det fuldstændig ukendtes univers. Og her begynder den historie, som kun Disneys filmmagikere kan fortælle - en historie om robotter og mennesker, om menneskelig genialitet og galskab og om den spektakulære nedstigning i dette naturens ultimative mysterium - Det Sorte Hul.
A homeless man begins a killing spree on the streets of New York City. Completely deranged and barely aware of his own identity, he makes little attempt at concealing his actions. But in a city with 50,000 homeless citizens, our killer finds himself effortlessly camouflaged.
Boomer is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos, his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly, awaits. While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.
Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Savannah/United States behind schedule. The loading of the ship commences in haste as the crew, led by the ambitious Romanian officer Katia, works by the piece so that they can sail in time. The Filipino seaman James has an accident during this semi- legal lashing procedure. Ahti has to face the consequences of his orders: In the port of Rotterdam/Netherlands unionized dockworkers exploit the incident and refuse to unload the ship. Standstill. The captain is caught between the frontlines. Ahti is keen to elucidate the accident, but the situation becomes more and more contradictory…