Verfilmung des Theaterstücks von Rob Becker. Als Autoverkäufer ist Rob eine echte Niete, aber seine wahre Bestimmung sieht er ohnehin woanders: Seit Kindertagen träumt er davon, als Comedian Karrie...
Deutschland in den 1960er Jahren. Dem jungen Künstler Kurt Barnert gelingt die Flucht aus der DDR nach Westdeutschland. Aber auch dort wird er von den Kindheits- und Jugenderinnerungen an seine traum...
Der fünfzehnjährige Donald leidet an einer unheilbaren Krankheit und weiß, dass er nicht mehr lange zu leben hat. Einen Ausweg aus dieser tristen Realität findet der Junge über seine selbst gezei...
Basierend auf der populären Mädchenbuchreihe "Freche Mädchen – freche Bücher!" erzählt "Freche Mädchen" von den Teenagerinnen Mila, Hanna und Kati. Die drei sind beste ...
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
A young girl works cleaning the kitchen floor of a house. When she has finished she tosses the soap and cloth into the sink, which is full of water. The cook tells her, gently, that the soap will wast...
Street scenes in Bethlehem, the Church of Saint Mary, the Gardens of Gethsemane, the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre, the Valley of Kidron and (in silhouette) a tree where, according to legend, Judas...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
News items West Flanders. Amongst others, a visit by King Baudouin to Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, laying wreaths at the statue of his grandfather King Albert I, shaking hands with veterans and speakin...
Five reels of stockshots of the Western Front, with no apparent theme or linking sequence. The majority of the material for all but the final reel comes from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME. The majority ...
Shots of London's famous buildings during the First World War.
The film shows a beautiful Winter's day in Nordmarka outside Oslo where people take the tram to the forest to go skiing and sledging.
From the centennial of the Norwegian constitution at Eidsvoll in 1914. King Haakon, Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olav are present.
In January 1916 there was a great fire in Bergen, where almost 400 buildings burned down and 2700 people lost their homes. The film shows the clean-up of the ruins.
Newsreel in three parts: a football match with female players, the autumn fashion from Paris, and the favourite sport of cowboys, which seems to be gymnastics.
From the celebration of the Norwegian national day, the 17th of May, in the capital Kristiania, later named Oslo. The day is celebrated traditionally with choral singing, brass bands and children's ...
Giuseppe Garibaldi è in America, compiendo fatti d'arme gloriosi, allorchè incontra in una fazenda Anita Ribeira e la fa sua sposa. Pervenute nel 1848 notizie dall'Italia della guerra imminent...
Comedy about soldier Tontolini who keeps his money in the sheath of his sword. When he wants to pay, and therefore pulls his sword, the police is called. Subsequently the misunderstanding is cleared u...
Drama in which Hélène, the owner of a large company, looses her memory and is taken in a working class family. She starts to work in her own factory, to find out that her employees are working under...