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.
Niujorko centrinio parko ištuštėjusioje naktinėje alėjoje Maiklas O'Hara išvaiko banditus, užpuolusius Elsą „Rosalie“ Bannister. Milžinas, vaiko veidu, bedarbis jūreivis, sužavi ją savo pirmykšte galia, ir ji Maiklui pasiūlo darbą savo vyro, sėkmingo advokato, jachtoje, suluošinto poliomielito. Užkerėtas šviesiaplaukės, O'Hara išplaukia į kruizą. Plaukiojime Grisbis, Bannisterio verslo partneris, kreipiasi į Maiklą su gana neįprastu pasiūlymu - padėti inscenizuoti jo nužudymą, tam kad jis galėtų dingti ir gautų didžiulį draudimą. Grisbis žada sumokėti 5000 USD, už tuos pinigus Maiklas ir Rosalie galės pabėgti ir pradėti naują gyvenimą. Maiklas sutinka ir ... praktiškai pasirašo sau mirties nuosprendį.
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large amount of money belonging to the mob. Charley must now come up with a plan to not only evade the police but the mob as well.
Told in four episodes, an unnamed artist is transported through a mirror into another dimension, where he travels through various bizarre scenarios.
A celebration of the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians—Buster Keaton—whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary.
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.
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.
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.
Grupė ypač skirtingų charakterių žmonių išplaukia senu kariniu laivu. Tarp bevardžių keleivių – senatorius su sūnumi, neseniai susituokusi pora, paslaptingas senis, sekso pramonėje dirbančios merginos ir žiaurūs gangsteriai. Nusikaltėliai ilgai nelaukia ir nusitaiko į patogesnę verslo klasę pasirinkusius turtingesnius žmones. Atmofera kaista, o situacija tampa nevaldoma. Diskriminacija, smurtas, seksualinė prievarta, neapykanta virsta masinėmis muštynėmis. Kitą rytą pramerkę akis konfliktuojantys keleiviai prieš save pamato debesis. Jūra kažkur mistiškai pradingo, o gigantiškas laivas pradėjo skristi lyg lėktuvas. Dabar nuodėmingam korėjiečių ir japonų būriui teks nuožmiai kautis dėl maisto likučių ir išlikimo.
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.