Russland, Anfang der 1950er Jahre. Der junge Fechter Endel wird von Stalins Geheimpolizei gejagt und versteckt sich in einer Kleinstadt an der estländischen Küste. Dort bekommt er unter Vortäuschun...
In dem Dokumentarfilm schildert ein Hamburger Pärchen seine Reise durch Westafrika: Eigentlich wollten Ulli und Lena sich nur eine sechsmonatige Auszeit nehmen, um in ihrem alten Land Rover von Hambu...
Tom und sein Bruder Sid wohnen bei ihrer Tante im kleinen Städtchen St. Petersburg am Mississippi. Die Tante hat es nicht leicht, Tom zu einem anständigen jungen Mann zu erziehen. Er zieht es vor, m...
Neuverfilmung des berühmten Romans von Erich Kästner: Die 13-jährige Berlinerin Martina erhält die Chance, am begehrten Johann-Sigismund-Gymnasium aufgenommen zu werden, das in einem malerischen S...
Zum ersten Mal ist die berühmte Familie der Olchis auf der Kinoleinwand zu sehen. Die liebenswerten, kleinen grünen Monster sind auf der Suche nach einem neuen Zuhause. In Schmuddelfing, genauer ges...
Ambitious spanish-french co-production (costed one million pesetas in those years) based on the life of Christopher Columbus.
Baron Felix and Madame Vera Wadjevska, a pair of con artists, have gotten their hands on a manor in Oslo, after stealing the deceased owner's identity papers while abroad. The dead man's nephew, Helge...
In preparion for war, German and French ships and hydroplanes are launched in Wilhelmshaven and Lorient. The war technology is depicted in an objective and proud manner, which today seems in stark con...
Based on an English fairy tale in which poverty forces Jack to sell their cow, but in exchange gets beans instead of money. Eventually he uses the magic beans to wind up in the castle of the giant.
Spendid shots of the famous waterfalls filmed on the Canadian side and distributed at the time by the Belgian Cingraphique University, founded in 1926 and specialised in the distribution of documentar...
Melodrama, about a father and son sharing the love for the same charming girl. A dramatic night storm leads to jealousy and loss of honor.
Melodrama about presumed adultery, jealousy and honour.
Three Australian officers stand with a Belgian officer as escort on the balcony of the prison where Nurse Cavell was held. Next, they stand by the plaque in the prison yard marking the place where she...
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...
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.
An unidentified news report about various aspects of the First World War. Great emphasis is being placed on the British Army and the recruitment of soldiers.
The film reconstructs the repulse of a German column charge by British rifle and field artillery fire in the centre of the battlefield, and then the defence of Nimy bridge on the left by 4th Royal Fus...
I. French language version of a newsreel item on British soldiers chasing and catching turkeys for Christmas at a French farm while the farmer's wife watches, December 1917. II. French language versio...