Release date: 1987-11-17
Price: $69.95
Review L'Annee Des Meduses / Capitol Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Jean Marais
- Jean Murat
- Junie Astor
- Roland Toutain
- Jean Delannoy
- Madeleine Sologne
Run time: 111 min.
Price: $29.95
Review Love Eternal / Water Bearer Films:
Actors & Directors
- Daniel Sarky
- Just Jaeckin
- Sylvia Kristel
- Marika Green
- Jeanne Colletin
- Alain Cuny
Run time: 94 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $129.99
Review Emmanuelle / Fox Lorber:
Actors & Directors
- Sophie Marceau
- Brigitte Fossey
- Claude Pinoteau
- Jean-Michel Dupuis
- Claude Brasseur
- Denise Grey
Creator: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Price: $59.99
Review La Boum / Triumph Films:
Actors & Directors
- Imre Csiszár
- Éva Igó
- Tamás Fodor
- Edit Handel
- Sándor Szabó
- Judit Elek
Run time: 113 min.
List Price: $59.95
Price: $56.95
Review Maria's Day (Sub) / Facets:
Actors & Directors
- Aleksandr Kerensky
- Esfir Shub
- Nikolai Yudenich
- Iliodor
- Raymond Poincaré
- Vladimir Sukhomlinov
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $29.95
Review The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty / Kino Video:
Actors & Directors
- János Görbe
- Tibor Molnár
- András Kozák
- Gábor Agárdi
- Zoltán Latinovits
- Miklós Jancsó
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $59.95
Review The Round Up / Hens Tooth Video Movies:
Release date: 2002-01-08
Run time: 58 min.
Price: $29.95
Review Early Russian Cinema 3: Starewicz's Fantasies (Dragonfly and the Ant, Christmas Eve, Lily of Belgium) / Milestone Video:
Actors & Directors
- Dieter Borsche
- Jacques Becker
- Samia Gamal
- Édouard Delmont
- Henri Vilbert
- Fernandel
Run time: 92 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $29.94
Review Ali Baba And The 40 Thieves / Video France:Ali Baba accidentally discovers the magic cave where Abdul and his band of 40 thieves hide their ill-gotten treasure. He takes enough to buy the beautiful slave girl Morgiane from his master, Cassim, so that he may take her as his wife. However, Kassim and Abdul have plans for Ali on his wedding night.
Actors & Directors
- Umberto Paolo Quintavalle
- Paolo Bonacelli
- Aldo Valletti
- Giorgio Cataldi
- Caterina Boratto
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
Price: $29.95
Review Salo - 120 Days of Sodom / Water Bearer Films:
Actors & Directors
- Leo Genn
- Cathy O'Donnell
- John Hodiak
- H.C. Potter
- Walter Pidgeon
- Greer Garson
Run time: 104 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $29.95
Review Miniver Story / MGM (Warner):
Actors & Directors
- Alfredo Mayo
- María José Charfole
- Ana María Custodio
- Emiliano Redondo
- Carlos Saura
- Víctor Manuel Moreno
Run time: 92 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $55.00
Review Peppermint Frappe / Homevision:Carlos Saura's (Cria!, Carmen) first commercial success in Spain, Peppermint Frappe radiates the influence of Surrealist director Luis Buñuel. The eerie story of a bachelor obsessed with his friend's wife explores the fierce conflict between repressive religious upbringing and sexual desire. Julian, a respected doctor devoted to the Catholic Church, and Pablo, a free spirit caught up in the modern ways quickly engulfing traditional Spain, are distinct opposites. When Julian meets Pablo's bride Elena, he imagines that she is the mysterious woman he had seen beating a drum at a Holy Week ritual, then attempts to transform his nurse Ana into a second Elena. This mesmerizing mixture of reality, illusion, and memories stars Jose Luis Lopez Vazquez (The Garden of Delights) as Julian and Geraldine Chaplin (Cria!) as both the temptress Elena and the shy Ana.
Actors & Directors
- Nicolas Amer
- Brian Badcoe
- John Gielgud
- Milton Cadman
- Martin Chamberlain
Run time: 150 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $67.25
Review Man for All Seasons (1988) / Turner Home Ent:Adaptation of Robert Bolt's play chronicling Sir Thomas More's struggles with corrupt King Henry VIII.
Actors & Directors
- Victor Lanoux
- Ginette Garcin
- Marie-Christine Barrault
- Jean Charles Tacchella
- Guy Marchand
- Marie-France Pisier
Run time: 96 min.
List Price: $24.98
Price: $85.99
Review Cousin Cousine / Rhino / Wea:One of the first, and most successful, French export comedies, Cousin Cousine garnered a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Marie-Christine Barrault, an international audience for director Jean- Charles Tacchella, and a substantial, surprising haul at American box offices in late 1975 and early '76. Retrospectively, it's not difficult to understand why: Barrault and costar Victor Lanoux prove themselves to be adept, protean comic actors, and Tacchella's breezy pacing makes the witty, gag-laden script crackle with frenetic verve. Barrault and Lanoux play cousins (by marriage only; it isn't quite that French) drawn together when their respective partners are caught philandering. Their initial friendship quickly blossoms into something altogether more scandalous. The narrative, framed by weddings, funerals, and other family get-togethers, feels surprisingly modern in its choice of milieu; indeed, recent comedies such as Four Weddings and a Funeral and My Best Friend's Wedding owe a substantial debt to the whimsical tone of Cousin Cousine. More Hollywood than Cannes, it's perhaps unsurprising that Tacchella's comedy was recently remade into Cousins (1989), an intermittently amusing Ted Danson vehicle with occasional resemblances to its vastly superior predecessor. -Miles Bethany.
Actors & Directors
- Jean-Paul Belmondo
- François Périer
- Roberto Bisacco
- Michael Lonsdale
- Anny Duperey
- Alain Resnais
$59.99
Price: $40.00
Review Stavisky / Interama Inc:Could the true story of the financial scandal that shook France to the brink of civil war in 1933 be more timely? Jean Paul Belmondo is perfectly cast as Serge Alexander (a. k. a. Stavisky), the one-time underworld con man who charms his way to the top of the French financial world with bluff, cunning, and a bankroll of phony vouchers. Screenwriter Jorge Semprún (Z) weaves Stavisky's story through the tapestry of European politics: the rise of fascism, the stain of anti-Semitism, the shadow of impending war. The aloof style of Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad) is warmed by the smiling charisma of Belmondo and by Charles Boyer's poignant turn as a sentimental, nearly bankrupt Baron. Elegantly shot by the great Sacha Vierny and accompanied by a lush Stephen Sondheim score, this multi-faceted gem is one of Resnais's most satisfying and accessible films. -Sean Axmaker.
Actors & Directors
- Blake Ritson
- Derek Jacobi
- Alun Armstrong
- William Mannering
- Prunella Scales
- Herbert Wise
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $19.95
Review Breaking the Code: Masterpiece Theatre / Wgbh Boston:
Actors & Directors
- Fernand Ledoux
- Arletty
- Marie Déa
- Pierre Labry
- Alain Cuny
- Marcel Carné
Run time: 122 min.
Price: $29.95
Review Les Visiteurs Du Soir (The Devil's Envoys) / Home Vision Cinema:Brilliant cinematography, an imaginative screenplay, haunting ballads, and splendid acting combine in this enchanting fantasy based on French legend. The Devil sends two envoys to Earth in the form of a minstrel couple to wreak anarchy on hapless mortals. Much to the Devil's dismay, instead of corrupting the human race, he finds he has no lasting power over affairs of the heart.
Actors & Directors
- Mason
- Winters
- Sellers
- Coc
- Lyon
Run time: 152 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $22.99
Review Lolita (1962) (Spanish) (Sub) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Marie Tempest
- Lothar Mendes
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Eric Portman
- Barbara Greene
- Charles Farrell
Run time: 87 min.
List Price: $18.98
Price: $59.95
Review Moonlight Sonata / Bel Canto Society:Paderewski, Tempest, Portman. (1937). 87m. English. B&W.
Actors & Directors
- Gérard Philipe
- Marilyn Buferd
- René Clair
- Magali Vendeuil
- Martine Carol
- Gina Lollobrigida
Run time: 89 min.
List Price: $29.95
Price: $85.00
Review Beauties of the Night / Water Bearer Films:
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