Set in the American Southwest, Othello is a wandering evangelist who happens onto Iago’s remote commune. There he marries the lovely Desdemona much to the chagrin of Iago, who also loves her. The conniving commune leader then manages to quietly pressure Othello until murder and tragedy ensue.
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Helene, a young girl yearning for maternal love after her mother’s demise, falls for Tamara, her father’s manipulative bisexual girlfriend who seduces her into a lesbian affair while plotting to marry her wealthy father.
The Copper Tower is a story of adventure and romance evolving around three male fiends and a woman, set against the background of the magnificent High Tatras mountains in Northern Slovakia . The three friends work at a mountain hostel during the summer season. Their careless and sometimes rough bachelor life changes with the arrival of a pretty, young student. Clearcut relations become entangled and lead up to a tragic ending.
Nicole Larsen is detested by her countrymen because they suspect she is collaborating with the occupying Germans. In reality she is working for the Norwegian underground, risking her life passing secrets to the resistance fighters.
The wealthy “Death Valley” Cora is coming to New York but is kidnapped by con-man Ira Collins who has showgirl Sally Shea impersonating her to fit a scheme he has to get an eccentric millionaire, P.J. Quinterfield Sr., turn over to him coined gold which he will melt down and presented as newly-mined from Cora’s Death Valley mine. Sally is in on the scheme as Collins has told her it is part of the plan to get Quitenfield’s son to finance a show for her. But Sally falls in love with Neil Graham, who is an undercover G-Man.
This film explores the life of harpsichordist Wanda Landowska and her role in reviving the harpsichord as a concert instrument. It features her only filmed appearance, a 1953 television interview, showcasing both her virtuosity and her distinctive persona. Through interviews and vintage recordings, Landowska reflects on her love of music and delivers dazzling performances that transformed how audiences heard the harpsichord.
French Beauty is a 70-minute documentary exploring the idea of femininity in French cinema. Through interviews with iconic actresses such as Brigitte Bardot, Juliette Binoche, Catherine Deneuve and others, interwoven with film clips, fashion imagery, and archival footage, the film investigates how beauty is constructed, perceived, and performed. It considers what it means to be a “French beauty” — the tension between private identity and public image, the implications of being nude on screen, loss of privacy, and how the star system and couture contribute to, and exploit, these ideals.
Set in the refined world of the Jugendstil era, Die schwarze Katze tells the story of a man whose seemingly stable life begins to crumble under the weight of obsession, guilt, and drink. His once gentle affection for animals turns into tormenting fear, embodied by a mysterious black cat that seems to haunt his every step. Blending psychological tension with gothic elegance, Karl-Heinz Kramberg’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale explores how madness and conscience can entwine—until the boundary between reality and nightmare vanishes.