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1940 Gorky Trilogy III Foreign / Drama N/R, 100 Minutes
Director: Mark Donskoy More Info
Starring: Nikolai Valbert, Stepan Kayukov, Nikolai Dorokhin, Nikolai Plotnikov, Lev Sverdlin, Daniil Sagal, Vladimir Maruta, Irina Fedotova, M. Povolotsky, Pavel Shpringfeld In Donskoy's final episode of Gorky's trilogy, Maxim Gorky (Nikolai Valbert) has, with difficulty, made it through his youthful years. He takes a job in a shipyard, enjoying his time of drinking and philosophizing with his co-workers. The depiction of the poor people in the streets during the late 19th century is vivid as Gorky finds his own freedom. |
| 1942 |
1942 Ossessione Foreign / Drama N/R, 150 Minutes
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| 1943 |
1943 Day of Wrath Foreign / Thriller N/R, 110 Minutes
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1943 The Heart of a Nation Foreign / Drama N/R, 111 Minutes
Director: Julien Duvivier More Info
Starring: Raimu, Louis Jouvet, Michele Morgan, Suzy Prim, Renee Devillers, Jean Mercanton, Georges Biscot, Colette Darfeuil, Rene Bergeron, Rene Genin Events in the lives of Froment family members–throughout 70 years, from 1871 to 1940–are chronicled in this film, which was smuggled out of France and into the U.S. where it was dubbed and released in 1943. Narrated by Charles Boyer. |
1943 Le Corbeau Foreign / Drama N/R, 91 Minutes
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot More Info
Starring: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Helena Manson, Noel Roquevert, Antoine Balpetre, Micheline Francey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Sylvie, Liliane Maigne This film was controversial because it was paid for by the Nazis during World War II. It was remade in the United States under the title, "The 13th Letter." The plot involves inhabitants of a small French town who become upset when poison-pen letters begin to arrive revealing their hidden pasts. |
1943 Munchhausen Foreign / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy N/R, 110 Minutes
Director: Josef von Baky More Info
Starring: Hans Albers, Brigitte Horney, Wilhelm Bendow, Michael Bohnen, Ferdinand Marian, Hans Brausewetter, Hermann Speelmans, Marina von Ditmar, Andrews Engelmann, Kathe Haack Produced in Nazi Germany, this film was scripted by Erich Kaestner who used an alias because his writing was banned. The story revolves around the fabulous adventures of the eccentric Baron Munchhausen (Hans Albers) who is granted immortality and the ability to make his dreams come true when he makes a deal with magician Count Cagliostro (Ferdinand Marian). The Baron tells his story to Sophie Von Riedesel (Marina von Ditmar), and it involves an affair with Russia's Catherine the Great, riding a cannonball into the middle of a battle, and even visiting the moon–where he finally questions the price of his deal with Count Cagliostro. |
1943 Titanic Foreign / Drama N/R, 84 Minutes
Director: Werner Klingler More Info
Starring: Sybille Schmitz, Hans Nielsen, Kirsten Heiberg, Ernst Fritz Furbringer, Karl Schonbock, Charlotte Thiele, Otto Wernicke, Franz Schatheitlin, Sepp Rist, Theodor Loos This German propaganda version of the sinking of the H.M.S. Titanic places the blame squarely on the British, Americans, and Jews. An interesting look at the Nazi depiction of anti-English sentiment. |
| 1944 |
1944 The Children Are Watching Us Foreign / Drama N/R, 92 Minutes
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1944 Torment Foreign / Drama N/R, 95 Minutes
Director: Alf Sjoberg More Info
Starring: Stig Jarrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Gosta Cederlund, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Olaf Winnerstrand, Hugo Bjorne, Stig Olin, Olav Riego, Marta Arbin A young couple, Jan Erik (Alf Kjellin) and Bertha (Mai Zetterling), is hassled by stern Latin teacher Caligula (Stig Jarrel) in this story about adolescents finding their way in the cold, cruel world. |
| 1945 |
1945 Children of Paradise Foreign / Drama / Romance N/R, 195 Minutes
Director: Marcel Carne More Info
Starring: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Gaston Modot, Maria Casares, Marcel Peres, Pierre Renoir, Louis Salou, Fabien Loris, Palau Three men–Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), Frederick (Pierre Brasseur), and Count de Montray (Louis Salou)–are all in love with the beautiful actress, Garance (Arletty), in this excellent film about class-systems and the theater world of 1840s' France. |
1945 Ivan the Terrible, Part One Foreign / Drama N/R, 99 Minutes
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein More Info
Starring: Nikolai Cherkasov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Pavel Kadochnikov, Mikhail Zharov, Aleksei Buchma This historical drama by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein was commissioned by Joseph Stalin as inspiration for his cause. It is the story of Russian Czar Ivan IV's (Nikolai Cherkasov) efforts to unify his country in the 16th century and make it a significant force in the world. The film took two years to complete and portrays Ivan in a not altogether flattering way. This is indicative of how the Stalinist regime had relaxed its ideological artistic standards. Completed in 1943, the film was not released until 1945. Part Two was completed in 1946, but was not released until 1958, after Stalin's death, since Director Sergei M. Eisenstein (who died in 1948) had fallen from favor. |
1945 The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne Foreign / Drama N/R, 84 Minutes
Director: Robert Bresson More Info
Starring: Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Lucienne Bogaert, Yvette Etievant, Jean Marchat, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucy Lancy, Marguerite De Morlaye, Blanchette Brunoy Helene (Maria Casares) recognizes that her lover, Jean (Paul Bernard), is losing interest in her and, to regain his interest, she suggests a breakup. She is shocked when he agrees, and now it's revenge time. Helene introduces him to a prostitute, Agnes (Elina Labourdette), not telling him about Agnes' "profession." The new lovers hit it off, and Helene, after the marriage, tells Jean about Agnes. The results are not what Helene wanted. |
| 1946 |
1946 Battle of the Rails Foreign / Drama N/R, 87 Minutes
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1946 Beauty and the Beast Foreign / Drama / Fantasy / Romance N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Jean Cocteau More Info
Starring: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre, Nane Germon, Mila Parely, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco, Jean Cocteau, Christian Marquand, Gilles Watteaux As the third daughter, young Belle (Josette Day) is exploited by her family and works as their servant. One day, a Beast (Jean Marais) appears and threatens Belle's father (Marcel Andre) with death unless he gives up one of his daughters. Belle sacrifices herself and goes to the castle with the Beast. After much wooing, Belle falls in love with the bewitching Beast who gives her a key and tells her that if she fails to return it to him he will die of grief. |
1946 Devil's Daughter Foreign / Drama N/R, 98 Minutes
Director: Maurice Saurel More Info
Starring: Pierre Fresnay, Fernand Ledoux, Andree Clement, Therese Dorny, Albert Remy, Serge Andrehuy, Albert Glado, Francois Patrice, Felix Claude, Paul Frankeur Bank robber Saget (Pierre Fresnay) assumes the identity of a dead millionaire and arrives in the dead man's boyhood home to make a killing. But the local doctor knows the truth, and the town's vamp, Isabelle (Andree Clement), complicates matters when she falls for Saget. |
1946 Enamorada Foreign / Drama N/R, 99 Minutes
Director: Emilio Fernandez More Info
Starring: Maria Felix, Pedro Armendariz, Fernando Fernandez, Jose Morcillo, Eduardo Arozamena, Miguel Inclan, Manuel Donde, Eugenio Rossi, Norma Hill, Juan Garcia Set during the Mexican Revolution, this is the story of a revolutionary general (Pedro Armendariz) who is sworn to kill all aristocrats. He meets the beautiful daughter (Maria Felix) of an aristocrat. Not only does the general not harm her, he grows to love her, while she changes from hatred of him to love. |
1946 Murderers Among Us Foreign / Drama N/R, 85 Minutes
Director: Wolfgang Staudte More Info
Starring: Hildegarde Neff, Ernst Borchert, Arno Paulsen, Erna Sellmer, Robert Forsch, Albert Johannes, Elly Burgmer, Hilde Adolphi, Marlise Ludwig, Ursula Krieg Shot in the ruins of the Russian Sector of Berlin shortly after World War II, this is the story of Dr. Hans Mertens who is tormented by his role in the concentration camps during the war. He roams the burned-out streets of Berlin in drunken anguish. His girlfriend (Hildegard Neff) convinces him to turn in his captain who committed atrocities, and his crusade to bring the captain to justice serves to heal his wounds to some extent. |
| 1947 |
1947 Germany, Year Zero Foreign / Drama N/R, 75 Minutes
Director: Roberto Rossellini More Info
Starring: Edmund Moeschke, Franz-Otto Kruger, Ernst Pittschau, Erich Guhne, Alexandra Manys, Ingetraud Hintze, Babsi Schultz-Reckewell, Hans Sangen, Hedi Blankner, Franz von Treuberg Twelve-year-old Edmund (Edmund Moeschke) struggles in post-World War II Berlin to feed himself and his family–a near-death father, a brother (an ex-Nazi soldier in hiding), and a sister (a prostitute). While scavenging for food and goods to sell, he comes across a former teacher who has his own plans for Edmund, including propaganda and sex. This is the final film of Rossellini's World War II trilogy–following "Open City" and "Paisan." |
1947 Jenny Lamour Foreign / Mystery N/R, 102 Minutes
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot More Info
Starring: Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Charles Dullin, Rene Blancard, Pierre Larquey, Jean Daurand, Claudine Dupuis, Robert Dalban Singer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) yearns to be a star and consorts with a rich "dirty old man" to get ahead, which makes her husband, Maurice (Bernard Blier), jealous. Maurice even goes to the man's estate with a gun, finds the man already killed, and also finds that Jenny had smashed a bottle of champagne over the man's head when he had made a sexual advance. Thus, this excellent Hitchcock-like mystery begins with Maurice being the prime suspect. |
1947 Monsieur Vincent Foreign / Drama N/R, 111 Minutes
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| 1948 |
1948 The Bicycle Thief Foreign / Drama N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Vittorio De Sica More Info
Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Vittorio Antonucci, Guilio Chiari, Sergio Leone, Elena Altieri, Carlo Jachino, Michele Sakara This film has consistently placed high in polls asking for the greatest films of all time. Set during the Great Depression, the plot involves the plight of Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani) who has finally landed a job but needs his bike to deliver posters. As luck would have it, on his first day of work someone steals the bike. As Antonio takes his son, Bruno (Enzo Staiola), through Rome in search of the bicycle, father and son bond–despite their entrapment in poverty. Winner of an Honorary Academy Award for Best Foreign film. |
1948 The Charterhouse of Parma Foreign / Drama N/R, 170 Minutes
Director: Christian-Jaque More Info
Starring: Renee Faure, Gerard Philipe, Maria Casares, Louis Salou, Lucien Coedel, Tullio Carminati, Aldo Silvani, Maria Michi, Claudio Gora, Louis Seigner Romance is more important to Archbishop Fabrice del Dongo (Gerard Philipe) than his church, and problems lie ahead for him and his lover, Duchess Gina de San Severina (Maria Casares). |
1948 Drunken Angel Foreign / Drama / Thriller N/R, 98 Minutes
Director: Akira Kurosawa More Info
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Reisaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Eitaro Shindo, Masao Shimizu, Chouko Iida Following World War II, Dr. Sanada (Takashi Shimura) operates a clinic in the slums of Tokyo. Sanada is an alcoholic, but when he treats young gangster Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune) for tuberculosis, Sanada recognizes that in order to perform his duties successfully, he must get his life in order. The two men engage in a love-hate relationship as their needs cause each man to become dependent on the other. |
1948 La Terra Trema Foreign / Drama N/R, 160 Minutes
Director: Luchino Visconti More Info
Starring: Luchino Visconti, Antonio Pietrangeli, Antonio Arcidiacono This powerful documentary-style film portrays the plight of the poor fishermen of a Sicilian town who are exploited by the fish marketers. One man attempts to convince the villagers to fight back. This was to be the first of a series of films highlighting the plight of workers, but Visconti did not continue the series. |
1948 Music in Darkness Foreign / Drama N/R, 87 Minutes
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