After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Nainen Shanghaista on Orson Wellesin ohjaama film noir -elokuva vuodelta 1947. Hän näyttelee elokuvassa itse pääosaa Rita Hayworthin rinnalla. Elokuva perustuu Sherwood Kingin romaaniin If I Die Before I Wake.
Charley Varrick on ammattirikollinen, pikkugangsteri. Hänen erikoisalansa ovat pankkiryöstöt, ala jolla hän saavuttaa tiettyä menestystä, koska hän ryöstää vain pienempiä, huomaamattomia pankkeja. Osin se on helpompaa ja osin eivät varastetut rahat ole yhtä "kuumia", koska kyseessä ovat pienemmät summat. Mutta mikään asia ei ole itsestään selvä eikä mikään järjestelmä vesitiivis. Se mikä tuo toiselle onnea, on taas toiselle epäonnea. Charley saa hyvän muistutuksen tästä, kun hän kumppaneineen ryöstää pienen pankin ja saalis onkin yli neljännesmiljoona dollaria. Niin suuri summa juuri siellä merkitsee vain yhtä asiaa - mafiaa. Virallisesti pankki ilmoittaa ryöstetun summan olevan vain pari tonnia ja Charlie tajuaa konttorin olleen mafian veronkavallusrahojen ja latinalaisen Amerikan puolirikollisten sijoituksien säilytyspaikkana. Niinpä Varrick ei saa peräänsä poliiseja, vaan vaarallisen vastustajan todellisista vallanpitäjistä, taloudellisen mahdin mafiasta.
Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
Tässä legendaarisen ohjaajan Peter Bogdanovichin dokumentissa muistellaan lyhyiden komediaelokuvien isää Buster Keatonia. Restauroitu arkistomateriaali yhdistyy alan suurimpien nimien haastatteluihin. Venetsian elokuvajuhlilla parhaan dokumenttielokuvan palkinnon voittanut The Great Buster on erottamaton osa elokuvahistoriaa.
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape.
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and Euston stations, where his dad is working on a new rail link.
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.
When a villain named "Der Schut" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country, which he rules, heroic Kara Ben Nemsi and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him.
Kun Bobby Darin oli 7-vuotias, hän oli vähällä kuolla vaikeaan sairauteen. Lääkärit ennustivat hänen elävän enintään 15- vuotiaaksi. Mutta Bobby Darinista tuli yksi kaikkien aikojen suurimmista viihdetaiteilijoista, ja hän menestyi sekä filmi- että musiikkialalla. Uransa loppupuolella hänellä oli enemmän hittejä eri musiikkilajeissa kuin kellään toisella artistilla Elvis Presleytä ja Ray Charlesia lukuun ottamatta.
This early example of the "backstage" musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling, a fading burlesque star who tries to save her convent-educated daughter April from following in mom's footsteps.
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the thugs and their leader is directed at the first class passengers, but then more and more indiscriminately against the rest of those on board. Rape is followed by murder and it’s not long before the first of numerous and increasingly brutal mutinies takes place.
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.