The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) DVD5

Singing sensation Deanna Durbin stars an American schoolteacher who pretends she is the widow of a wealthy sailor to escape war-torn China with eight orphans in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Academy Award winner Barry Fitzgerald co-stars as the hilarious first mate who helps Mrs. Holliday (Durbin) and the kids find refuge in the huge mansion of his former boss. The old Commodore's grandson (Edmond O'Brien) is captivated by his new family but Mrs. Holliday risks losing everything - including her heart when the truth comes out. Featuring outstanding performances and Academy Award nominated music, this heartwarming classic is a treat for audiences of all ages.

DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:37:15 | 4.25 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald
Country: USA
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Der Rat der Gotter / Council of the Gods (1950) DVD9

Based on the 1947 book "I.G. Farben", by American author Richard Sasuly, and records from the Nuremberg Trial of the chemical giant I.G. Farben which, among other things, produced Zyklon B, the gas used by the Nazis in their death camps, Council of the Gods is a story about the collaboration between international corporations and Nazi scientists, whose research contributed to the death of millions.
The film centres on Dr. Hans Scholtz, a research chemist whose work on various projects results in a toxic compound which, unknown to him, is transformed into the deadly gas by another department.
Meanwhile, the head of the company, Chairman Mauch, makes deals with Mr. Lawson of Standard Oil, a sinister representative of American capitalism, which will ensure the uninterrupted flow of money and resources no matter what happens during the war – including the assurance that the Farben plants won't be bombed.

DVD9 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:46:31 | 6.49 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Deutsch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, History

Director: Kurt Maetzig
Cast: Paul Bildt, Fritz Tillmann, Willy A. Kleinau
Country: East Germany
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Adelheid (1969) DVD9

The film is set in the aftermath of world war two in the Sudetenland in northern Moravia. Adelheid is the story of Viktor Chotovicky a Czech airman who has returned from service in the Royal Air Force, who is given the management of an enormous German estate. Adelheid Heidenmannova is the daughter of the former owner who is imprisoned for his crimes. She is assigned to be the servant to Viktor, living in a camp for German women who usually have to go and work the fields. Adelheid and Viktor are gradually attracted to each other and although neither speaks the other's language, they begin a tentative - but doomed - affair.
A compelling love story that transcends the absence of verbal communication highlighting the pain of a country in defeat, Adelheid was also the first film to controversially address the Czech treatment of German's during the expulsions of the mid-1940's.

DVD9 | PAL 4:3 | 01:38:18 | 4.90 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Czech
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

Director: Frantisek Vlacil
Cast: Petr Cepek, Emma Cerna, Jan Vostrcil
Country: Czechoslovakia
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A + (Amas) (2004) DVD9

The film tells three different stories of three different genres with quite different styles. The point in common for all of them is A+, an independent music show that happens to be the goal for all the characters but by many different circumstances.
The first story tells us about a young couple of drug dealers that get themselves in serious trouble with local mafia and have to run away from home almost naked and with two packages of cocaine in their hands. The second one is a funny story held by magnificent comedians Fernando Ramallo and Eloi Yebra about two young guys that star a funny trip to A+ in a lousy sidecar a friend of them got. The third story is a soft and elegant tale about generational miscommunication represented by a father that tries to get close to her daughter by bringing her to A+.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:39:32 | 6.23 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Espanol
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: Xavier Ribera
Cast: Eloy Azorin, Carlos Fuentes, Elvira Herreria
Country: Spain
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La folie Almayer / Almayer’s Folly (2011) DVD9

The film traces the decline of Almayer, a young Dutchman who has gone to Malaysia in search of pirate treasure. Hired by the pirate king, he marries his daughter, but despite his luck, he doesn't abandon his goal which soon turns into a destructive dream.
The film is set in a Malaysia under foreign occupation, where revolt is brewing as it is pretty much everywhere, in a small remote village, far from everything and seemingly removed from the great events of history. It is also set on a wide and turbulent river which will play an important role in a story that blends passion and dreams, racism and money, desire for independence and cowardice, but is above all about a father's love for his daughter.
This mad and boundless love will lead Almayer to his definitive downfall. He will end up a king of tragedy, mad and almost blind beneath the unrelenting sun.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 02:01:54 | 7.21 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais
Subtitles: English, Nederlands
Genre: Drama

Director: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbe, Aurora Marion
Country: Belgium, France
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Confidential Films of World War II: More “Secrets” Revealed (2007) 2 x DVD5

During World War II, the United States government produced literally thousands of films. Though many were intended for the average GI, others were considered too sensitive for general viewing. Classified or confidential films covered an enormous range of subjects, and while most concerned the prosecution of the war, other matters, by today's standards trivial and by no means a threat to national security, were also regarded as "confidential." It wasn't until years after the war concluded that many of these films were declassified.

This 2-DVD collection of previously classified U.S. government films presents more than four hours of incredible aerial combat footage, including B-26 Marauders flying missions against German industrial targets, Allied attacks over Italy, B-17 formations striking deep into the heart of Germany, footage from gunsight cameras on D-Day, South Pacific action, flying the "Hump" over the Himalayan Mountains, and more.

2 x DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 02:03:14 + 02:02:35 | 3.89 Gb + 3.87 Gb
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Documentary

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Em be Ha Noi / Girl from Hanoi / The Little Girl of Hanoi (1975) DVD5

One of the great classics of Vietnamese cinema. Filmed in Hanoi amidst the smoke and rubble of the actual 1972 Christmas bombardment.
After the American B-52 bombing of Kham Thien Street and Bach Mai hospital, little Ngoc Ha's family is shattered. Her mother has died trying to save children in a kindergarten, her seriously-injured younger sister is brought to a hospital, and Ngoc Ha encounters a variety of strangers as she wanders the war-torn streets of Hanoi looking for her father. A kind soldier helps her in her search. Looking at burned-out Hanoi, she remembers the warmth of her home, the fun her family had at the amusement park. The film intends to describe the sorrow of war. The movie uses actual footage.

DVD5 | NTSC 4:3 | 01:12:10 | 3.92 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Vietnamese
Subtitles: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, War

Director: Hai Ninh
Cast: The Anh, Xuan Kim, Lan Huong Nguyen
Country: North Vietnam
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Femmine insaziabili / The Insatiables / Carnal Circuit (1969) DVD5

An Italian journalist (Robert Hoffman) is roughed up by two hired thugs looking for his friend, who it turns out is hiding in his attic. A couple days later the friend dies in a fiery car accident, and the journalist suspects foul play. He goes to America where the friend had been working as a kind of celebrity spokesman for a sinister company called "International Chemical". With the help of an American journalist friend played by John Ireland (who hilariously restricts himself to checking out the guy's strip club connections), the protagonist begins to interview his friend's wife and various people he knew, worked with, and/or slept with in America in an effort to solve the mystery.

DVD5 | PAL 16:9 | 01:43:00 | 4.36 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English, Italiano
Subtitles: none
Genre: Thriller

Director: Alberto De Martino
Cast: Dorothy Malone, Robert Hoffmann, Luciana Paluzzi, John Ireland
Country: Italy, West Germany
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