The end of the 19th century. A tiny colony of lepers in the isolated Yakut taiga. A healthy girl, brought there by chance, falls in love with one of the young male lepers. Soon she is bearing his child. His wife suddenly arrives from the outside world and tragedy ensues within this strange love triangle.

Nick und Nora Charles fahren über ein Wochenende zu Nicks Eltern nach Sycamore Springs. Nicks Verhältnis zu seinem Vater ist seit jeher gespannt, sollte er doch auf den Wunsch seines Vaters wie dieser Arzt werden. In Sycamore Springs wiederum glaubt jeder, dass Nick wegen eines (Mord-)Falls in der Stadt sei. Die Bewohner begrüßen ihn teils enthusiastisch: Die junge Schauspielschülerin Laura Belle Ronson, Tochter des Bankiers Sam, weniger ihr eifersüchtiger Freund Tom Clayworth, sein Vater, der Arzt Bruce Clayworth, und auch der Postkartenverkäufer Brogan, der Nick noch aus seiner Zeit als Verbrecher kennt. Tatsächlich wird kurze Zeit später der junge Peter Berton an Nicks Haustüre und vor dessen Augen erschossen.

An old Finnish athlete travels alone through eastern Europe with his van.

Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.

Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else.

Seit kurzem plagen den italienischen Horrorregisseur Lucio Fulci (er selbst) grauenhafte Tagträume, in welchen er real erlebtes mit Erinnerungen an die brutalsten Gewaltszenen seiner eigenen Filme vermengt. Sie rauben ihm den Schlaf und lassen ihn an seiner geistigen Gesundheit zweifeln. So beschließt Fulci den Psychiater Prof. Egon Schwarz (David L. Thompson) aufzusuchen und ihn um Hilfe zu bitten. Doch dieser hat ganz eigene Pläne mit dem verwirrten Regisseur. Er trachtet danach ihn zu hypnotisieren, um ihm die Schuld an einigen perversen Morden, welche er selber verübt hat, anzuhängen...

New York gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts: von Männern unbeachtet lebt die junge Catherine Sloper mit ihrem wohlhabenden Vater in einem prachtvollen Haus am Washington Square. Als sich der attraktive Lebemann Morris Townsend für sie interessiert, nimmt Catherine überglücklich seinen Heiratsantrag an. Doch dann entdeckt Catherine, dass Townsend sie hintergangen hat und nur auf ihr Erbe aus ist. Ihre Rache ist gnadenlos...

Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait opera trilogy about personalities who have influenced the course of human history. The conclusion of the trilogy deals with the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who attempted to establish a kind of monotheistic cult around the god Aton during his reign in the 14th century BC, but failed due to the resistance of the priesthood. The production presented here was undoubtedly one of the very great successes of the 2019/20 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, due not only to the outstanding cast of singers (led by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo) but also to Phelim McDermott’s imaginative staging, which captivates with sometimes breathtaking imagery.

Angelehnt an das Theaterstück "La Biche au Bois", erzählt der Film (1903) die Geschichte der Prinzessin Azurine und ihres Gemahls, Prinz Bel-Azor. Nach der Hochzeit der beiden wird die Prinzessin von einer bösen Hexe verflucht und mithilfe ihrer dämonischen Handlanger entführt. - Der Regisseur und Zauberkünstler Georges Méliès ist einer der großen Pioniere des frühen Films.

The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes into the orbit of a rich young woman. Thanks to her, he gets the opportunity to play at salons. But his real opportunity arises when he becomes the lover of a libertine marquise. She teaches him worldly manners, rids him of signs of a provincial upbringing and introduces him to a hedonistic existence free from religious intolerance. Thus transformed, Josef gets an incan incredible commission: to write an opera for the San Carlo, Europe's largest theatre.

Krzysztof Zanussi's groundbreaking film chronicles a decade in the life of a young physics student whose absolute faith in the primacy of rationality and science is shaken by tragedy and affairs of the heart.

The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.

Jackie is a young woman determined to reverse her bad luck. She consults the God of Gold, who advises her to "nurse a ghost". She is given a small figure to worship, and the worship includes dripping three drops of her own blood every three days. At first, all goes well and she falls in love. But this new happiness causes Jackie to forget to worship the figure, and the spirit doesn't like it. With good intentions, her new boyfriend, Raymond, discovers Jackie's strange predicament and attempts an exorcism which goes horribly wrong. The spirit takes over Raymond, who starts doing nasty things.

Chuck Jarvis, Sherriff eines beschaulichen Städtchens, bekommt es mit einem Zugüberfall zu tun. Ausgerechnet sein Jugendfreund Billy Massey wird als Täter identifiziert. Jarvis bleibt nichts anderes übrig, als sich auf die Spur seines Freundes zu machen. Und tatsächlich: Es gelingt ihm, Massey zu stellen - doch jetzt wird es für Jarvis erst richtig kompliziert ...

From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotlowitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and seven, respectively. Their family includes a mother, a frequently absent father, an older brother and younger triplets. We witness the horrors of growing up in an ill-maintained housing project tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders and shootings frequently occur.

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.

Thanasis, a rising movie star is excited about the new movie he is starring in. This movie is called FILM. The excessive ambitions and artistic vision of the director that will lead Thanasis to madness. He himself is determined to discover the secret of filming and ultimately the secret of life. In a film shooting nothing is as it seems.

Die amerikanische Gangsterchefin Maggie fliegt als Nonne verkleidet nach Neapel. Mühelos kann sie das moderne Einbruchswerkzeug ihrer Komplizen Frank und Jack durch den Zoll schmuggeln. Maggie hat es auf den wertvollen Kirchenschatz des Heiligen Gennaro abgesehen, des Schutzpatrons der Neapolitaner. Sie möchte den Mafia-Paten Don Vincenzo als Partner gewinnen, doch er genießt den Lebensabend im gemütlichen Gefängnis und schickt sie zu Dudu. Der stadtbekannte Ganove entpuppt sich jedoch als selbstbewusster Gigolo...

„Die Attraktion des Jahrhunderts, das interessanteste Monster, gefährlicher als Löwen: Lola Montez!“ Der Zirkusdirektor verheißt seinem Publikum eine prächtige Show. Die Tänzerin und Kurtisane verdreht selbst Ludwig I. den königlichen Kopf.