Frank, Kurt, Josef und Hart haben nichts von dem erreicht, was sie einmal werden wollten. Inzwischen sind sie Mitte 40 und halten sich mit mittelmäßigen Jobs gerade so über Wasser. Aus ihrem anfän...
Die beste Zeit der beiden YouTube-Stars Halma und David ist vorbei, doch beide wollen das nicht recht wahrhaben. Mit ihrer Internet-Show “Kreuzköllnkops” erreichen sie zwar schon lange nicht mehr...
Verfilmung von Martin Suters gleichnamigen Roman: Im Mittelpunkt steht der tamilischer Asylbewerber Maravan, der als Hilfskoch in einem Schweizer Sternerestaurant arbeitet. Sein enormes Talent als Koc...
Nachdem sie einer Liebesbeziehung in Moskau entflohen ist, steigt die junge Finnin Laura alleine in einen Zug, um in die arktische Hafenstadt Murmansk zu reisen. Dort will sie uralte Felsmalereien bes...
Wenngleich sich die allgemeine Nahrungsmittelsituation auf der Erde verbessert hat, leidet weltweit noch immer jeder sechste Mensch Hunger. Da die Weltbevölkerung stetig wächst und nach Experten-Sch...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.
Documentary about gold extraction methods in the Aruwimi River area. All the various stages are illustrated. Rivers and rocks are first explored and then drilled. Once raw materials are sorted accordi...
An unidentified (and unfortunately incomplete) exotic melodrama, tends towards De Mille's The Cheat. Considered by specialists as a German film.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.
Short newsreel item on Venice during the First World War, focusing in particular on Venice's canal network, used to transport men and munitions.
Documentary about urbanism and aesthetics in architecture. This film is a part of the trilogy 'Urbanisme'.
The past recaptured by Aldo Palazzeschi. The moody and sardonic spirit of his early youth, ironic comments about experiences with "crepuscolarism" and "futurism". His poetry carefully captures w...
A collection of fragments of British and Australian aviation film of the First World War period.
VICTORY - GOD BLESS THE BRITISH ARMY THAT HAS SAVED OUR HOMES AND OUR ALL!: Stock footage of mortar launcher, bi-plane, and tanks. AND OUR INDOMITABLE SONS OF THE SEA WHO HAVE SAVED US AND OUR ALLIES ...
Just outside the old city walls of Rome, we find a mass of washed-out houses and bumpy streets arranged in a geometrical pattern that makes them anonymous and depersonalized. The documentary fil...
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
The assembly groups the films into episodes as follows: (Reel 1) Salonika, the voyage to Egypt, the ceremony of the drums, the aeroplane flight; (Reel 2) the horse show, scenes at a 'cactus patch' loc...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.