An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive ‘appearing more
An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive ‘appearing out of thin air’ effects, some lavish costumes, sets and backdrops. A climactic sword fight between a man and the Devil is a standout scene. close
A boy tries to find out what happened in the old local synagogue. Obsessed, he is chasing something he never saw and does not pay any attention to what more
A boy tries to find out what happened in the old local synagogue. Obsessed, he is chasing something he never saw and does not pay any attention to what is happening around him. Inspired by Franz Kafkas unfinished novel. close
A reporter who is investigating a criminal organization called the Vampires, receives a telegram stating that the body of the national security agent more
A reporter who is investigating a criminal organization called the Vampires, receives a telegram stating that the body of the national security agent in charge of the Vampire investigations was found decapitated. close
During their graduation party on a beach, three teenage friends take a ride into the darkness on a stolen dinghy. They wake up the next morning, lost at sea, with no food, water or shelter.
During their graduation party on a beach, three teenage friends take a ride into the darkness on a stolen dinghy. They wake up the next morning, lost at sea, with no food, water or shelter. close
One of the misfortunes of Boris Vian - and a misfortune for those who love him - is to be born and especially to be dead a bit too soon to have known more
One of the misfortunes of Boris Vian - and a misfortune for those who love him - is to be born and especially to be dead a bit too soon to have known the new wave. We saw him actor in "A pocket love" and "The Bel Age", Pierre Kast, in "Dangerous Liaisons 1960", Roger Vadim, where he held the role of Prévan, which was like a glove . His friend Prévert had designed him the cardinal's role in "Notre-Dame de Paris" by Delannoy. But never did Boris dare to put on the stage what he had written for the screen: he believed the thing impossible. An episode from the tv-mini-series "Collection rue des ravissantes: Boris Vian fait son cinéma." close
The story of two seventeen year old boys. They are wearing medals around their necks. They have their pockets full of chewing gum something that they more
The story of two seventeen year old boys. They are wearing medals around their necks. They have their pockets full of chewing gum something that they chew ceaselessly. They are wearing blue jeans. They spend the day along the beach front in Cannes looking for girls to win over. close
Meet A 105-year-old Olga Markovna Kolyadenko, a former Bolshoi theater opera singer and the only remaining student of director Konstantin Stanislavsky. more
Meet A 105-year-old Olga Markovna Kolyadenko, a former Bolshoi theater opera singer and the only remaining student of director Konstantin Stanislavsky. She still teaches vocals in her Moscow apartment. Konstantin Stanislavsky, who taught Olga Kolyadenko, created the famous acting system that was later adapted in the USA by Lee Strasberg. close
A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here copied by Segundo de Chomón.
A family tries to eat dinner, but the table vanishes and reappears, changes shape and location, all in the usual manner laid down by Melies, but here copied by Segundo de Chomón. close
A timekeeper invents the world’s first functioning time machine and sends his flying robot to explore time periods ranging from dinosaurs to futuristic more
A timekeeper invents the world’s first functioning time machine and sends his flying robot to explore time periods ranging from dinosaurs to futuristic cities of the future. Along the way, the robot gets into various funny situations - kidnaps Jules Verne, captures the first musical work of Mozart, draws the clock of Leonado da Vinci and even meets Herbert Wells. close
A little house in the suburbs in the middle of nowhere. A car trapped in the snow. The great desperation of a couple who kill time in front of the television. more
A little house in the suburbs in the middle of nowhere. A car trapped in the snow. The great desperation of a couple who kill time in front of the television. And this strange impression of déjà-vu. But you better hold on because at any moment everything could change. close
This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films. There are some more
This has more of a clear narrative than most of the films in the set although it’s still quite odd and random compared to today’s films. There are some effectively surreal and creepy sequences in this imaginative short, such as the devil’s face appearing in an egg and spewing coins as well as the finale where our protagonist is sent to an egg-filled hell. close
Short film Julia's Charlottes "While it rained" (En attendant que la pluie cesse) is a romantic story about the fact that literally at every turn of life more
Short film Julia's Charlottes "While it rained" (En attendant que la pluie cesse) is a romantic story about the fact that literally at every turn of life you can quite expect to meet something amazing.
It starts to rain heavily. The woman hides from the rain, finding shelter in the same place where a little earlier sheltered the man. It seems that while the elements are raging, time here, where these two heroes of the painting “While it rained”, stopped. close
Male nurse in a psychiatric hospital, Joachim, twenty, is on the point of leaving work to celebrate New Year`s Eve with his family. His patients, have more
Male nurse in a psychiatric hospital, Joachim, twenty, is on the point of leaving work to celebrate New Year`s Eve with his family. His patients, have decided to celebrate the passage of the New Year joyfully, and are not ready to let him leave. The night will be comical for Joachim, very quickly exeeded by the events. But madness is not always where one may think. close
