In an ordinary, unremarkable bedroom, a man lies on the bed, he sleeps serenely. A man dressed in a dark cloak enters the room carefully and slowly. The more
In an ordinary, unremarkable bedroom, a man lies on the bed, he sleeps serenely. A man dressed in a dark cloak enters the room carefully and slowly. The stranger with a smooth gait approaches the sleeper and hits him with a knife in the chest. The murder was committed - secret, quiet, perhaps planned, without unnecessary emotions and movements, without the resistance of the victim, without witnesses.
The short film "Murder (1957)" - the very first film-episode - "a pen test" by the famous cult director Roman Polanski, shot by him while studying at the Polish film school in Lodz. close
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. more
In waning winter light, a doll maker works in his shop, a kerosene lamp beside him, a jumble of dolls and doll parts, whole and broken, surrounding him. There are noises, too: a cuckoo clock chirps the workday's end. The artisan completes a repair and leaves, shuttering the shop from outside. Back inside, whispering begins. What else is in store for the shop's seemingly lifeless denizens? close
Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin more
Stenka Razin is the leader of a group of outlaws who live a life of revelry and carousing along the Volga River and in the nearby forests. When Razin becomes distracted by a captured foreign princess and starts to dote on her, his men are displeased, feeling that he is neglecting them and their usual activities. Soon they come up with a plot, in the hopes of turning Razin against the princess. close
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist more
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. close