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1972 La Decade Prodigieuse Foreign / Mystery PG, 105 Minutes
Director: Claude Chabrol More Info
Starring: Orson Welles, Marlene Jobert, Anthony Perkins, Michel Piccoli, Guido Alberti, Ermanno Casanova, Mathilde Ceccarelli, Eric Frisdal, Giovanni Sciuto, Vittorio Sanipoli In this interesting mystery, Charles (Anthony Perkins) becomes enamored with his father's (Orson Welles) new bride (Marlene Jobert), and events lead to murder. |
1972 The Master and Margaret Foreign / Comedy N/R, 100 Minutes
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic More Info
Starring: Mimsy Farmer, Ugo Tognazzi, Pavle Vujisic, Alain Cuny, Velimir "Bata" Zivojinovic, Ljuba Tadic, Tasko Nacic, Janez Vrhovec, Fabijan Sovagovic, Danilo Stojkovic This whimsical satire takes place in Moscow during the 1920s. Playright Nikolaj (Ugo Tognazzi) attends the dress rehearsal for his play in which most cast members object to performing. His girlfriend, Margaret (Mimsy Farmer), and Professor Voland (Alain Cuny) both want the play to go on. When Nikolaj discovers that the Professor is, in reality, the Devil, his attempt to warn others results in him being placed in an asylum. Now the Devil is free to add his own special effects to the play, and audience chaos follows. |
1972 The Master Touch Foreign / Drama PG, 97 Minutes
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1972 The Merchant of Four Seasons Foreign / Drama N/R, 88 Minutes
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder More Info
Starring: Hans Hirschmuller, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Andrea Schober, Gusti Kreissl, Kurt Raab, Heide Simon, Klaus Lowitsch, Karl Scheydt, Ingrid Caven This is a bleak, but powerful, portrait of Hans, a fruit peddler on the streets of a German town. Starting with high hopes after returning from a tour in the French Foreign Legion, he settles into a loveless marriage, and his depression gets deeper as his failures mount. He finally drinks himself to death. |
1972 Money Money Money Foreign / Comedy R, 115 Minutes
Director: Claude Lelouch More Info
Starring: Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Charles Denner, Charles Gerard, Aldo Maccione, Yves Robert, Johnny Hallyday, Nicole Courcel, Andre Falcon, Juan Luis Bunuel Five thieves find that business is slowing with a change in the times. They decide they need new line of work and posing as terrorists, complete with abductions, is the business of choice. Business booms. |
1972 Roma Foreign / Drama R, 119 Minutes
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1972 The Scarlet Letter Foreign / Drama N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Wim Wenders More Info
Starring: Senta Berger, Lou Castel, Hans Christian Blech, Yella Rottlander, Yelena Samarina, William Layton, Rudiger Vogler, Tito Garcia, Jose Villasante, Alfredo Mayo This is a good Wim Wenders rendition of the Nathaniel Hawthorne classic tale. Wenders' characterization of the early immigrants' biases and customs is interesting, and the acting is likewise good. It tells the story of Hester Prynne (Senta Berger) who is disgraced after having a sexual encounter and must wear the letter "A" on her blouse, and of the Reverend (Lou Castel) living with his indiscretion but sworn to secrecy by Hester. |
1972 Solaris Foreign / Sci-Fi N/R, 167 Minutes
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky More Info
Starring: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Juri Jarvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Sos Sarkissian, Olga Barnet, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Yulian Semyonov The Solaris mission has been operating a base on a distant planet. Now, when one of its three scientists dies, a psychologist, Kris Kelvin (Donatas Banionis), is sent to take his place. Upon his arrival, Kelvin notices very strange occurrences that appear related to alien life forms. Another good film from a good director. |
1972 Sonny and Jed Foreign / Western R, 91 Minutes
Director: Sergio Corbucci More Info
Starring: Tomas Milian, Susan George, Telly Savalas, Rosanna Yanni, Franco Giacobini, Eduardo Fajardo, Herbert Fux, Laura Betti, Werner Pochath, Alvaro de Luna Mean and violent Jed (Tomas Milian) robs the rich and gives to the poor in this spaghetti Western set in the Southwest. He takes on a partner, Sonny (Susan George), who wants to experience excitement–and she gets it. Meanwhile, the sheriff (Telly Savalas) is on their trail. |
1972 Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me Foreign / Comedy / Drama R, 100 Minutes
Director: Francois Truffaut More Info
Starring: Bernadette Lafont, Claude Brasseur, Charles Denner, Guy Marchand, Andre Dussollier, Philippe Leotard, Anne Kreis, Gilberte Geniat, Daniele Girard, Martine Ferriere While writing his book "Criminal Women," criminology student Stanislaus (Andre Dussollier) visits a prison and interviews inmate Camille Bliss (Bernadette Lafont). As she relates her past to Stanislaus, she reveals that while she is accused of attempting to kill both her husband (Philippe Leotard) and her lover (Charles Denner), she has indirectly been involved in the killing of her father and mother-in-law as well. By the time she finishes her stories, Stanislaus, like others before, falls in love with Camille, and now he determines to prove her innocence. |
1972 Tout Va Bien Foreign / Drama N/R, 95 Minutes
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1972 What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on......? Foreign / Thriller N/R, 90 Minutes
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1973 25 Fireman's Street Foreign / Drama N/R, 97 Minutes
Director: Istvan Szabo More Info
Starring: Lucyna Winnicka, Margit Makay, Karoly Kovacs, Rita Bekes, Erzsi Pasztor, Edit Lenkey, Andras Balint, Zoltan Zelk, Peter Muller, Janos Jani A Hungarian apartment building is to be demolished. As the time for demolition nears, the residents reflect on their pasts–including World War II's stories and changes brought about by the war as well as from the 1956 revolt. Visionary. |
1973 Amarcord Foreign / Drama / Comedy R, 127 Minutes
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1973 A Bell from Hell Foreign / Horror N/R, 92 Minutes
Director: Juan Antonio Bardem More Info
Starring: Renaud Verley, Viveca Lindfors, Alfredo Mayo, Nuria Gimeno, Christine Betzner, Maribel Martin, Saturno Cerra, Juan Cazalilla, Susana Latour, Erasmo Pascual Newly released from a mental institution, John (Renaud Verley) returns home to exact revenge on his aunt and three cousins who had unjustly committed him three years earlier. |
1973 A Brief Vacation Foreign / Drama PG, 106 Minutes
Director: Vittorio De Sica More Info
Starring: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, Jose Maria Prada, Adriana Asti, Teresa Gimpera, Anna Carena, Miranda Campa, Hugo Blanco, Angela Cardile Clara (Florinda Bolkan) has her hands full trying to support her family–children, disabled husband, obnoxious brother-in-law, and senile mother–on the meager wages of a factory worker. Things take a turn for the better when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and enters a sanatorium where her spirits and body are improved. Sadly, it's only a brief vacation before she must return to her former life. |
1973 Calzonzin Inspector Foreign / Comedy N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Alfonso Arau More Info
Starring: Alfonso Arau, Pancho Cordova, Carmen Salinas, Lina Montes, Carolina Barrett, Virma Gonzalez, Arturo Alegro, Hector Ortega, Raul Padilla, Agustin Isunza A stranger (Alfonso Arau) arrives in a Mexican town and is mistaken for a federal inspector for whom they have been anxiously waiting. He is treated as a hero in expectation of doing great things for the community. Meanwhile, the government attempts to get him to leave by offering bribes. A fun flick based on a comic strip, "The Super Machos." |
1973 The Clockmaker of St. Paul Foreign / Drama N/R, 105 Minutes
Director: Bertrand Tavernier More Info
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis, Yves Afonso, Julien Bertheau, William Sabatier, Jacques Hilling, Clotilde Joano, Andree Tainsy, Sylvain Rougerie Michel Descombes (Philippe Noiret) is a clockmaker who lives with his son. One day when a policeman shows up at his doorstep and states that Michel's son, Bernard (Sylvain Rougerie) has committed murder and is on the lam, he realizes that he doesn't know much about his own son. Michel must reevaluate his life and beliefs after Bernard is captured and expresses no remorse over his actions since the man deserved to be killed. Excellent performance by Noiret. |
1973 Creezy Foreign / Drama N/R, 90 Minutes
Director: Pierre Granier-Deferre More Info
Starring: Alain Delon, Sydne Rome, Jeanne Moreau, Claude Rich, Jean-Marc Bory, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Louis Seigner, Jacques Maury, Monique Melinand, Madeleine Ozeray Julien (Alain Delon) has high political ambitions and devises plans to achieve a government post. Meanwhile, he strives to please his mistress, Creezy (Sydne Rome), while dealing with his problems, which include his radical son and a guilt complex concerning his wife who is in a mental institution. Based on an award-winning novel by Felicien Marceau. |
1973 Curse of the Devil Foreign / Horror N/R, 73 Minutes
Director: Carlos Aured More Info
Starring: Paul Naschy, Fabiola Falcon, Patty Shepard, Maria Silva, Maritza Olivares, Jose Manuel Martin, Eduardo Calvo, Antonio Vidal Molina, Santiago Rivero, Ines Morales Paul Naschy is back for the seventh time as the werewolf Waldemar Daninsky. A curse had been put on Waldemar hundreds of years ago, and now the curse is revived by a gypsy to gain revenge on Waldemar. |
1973 Distant Thunder; Ashani Sanket Foreign / Drama N/R, 100 Minutes
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1973 Escape from Death Row Foreign / Comedy R, 85 Minutes
Director: Michele Lupo More Info
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Tony Lo Bianco, Edwige Fenech, Jean Rochefort, Jess Hahn, Fausto Tozzi, Mario Erpichini, Adolfo Lastretti, Silvano Tranquilli, Nello Pazzafini Feared crime boss Frankie (Lee Van Cleef) has an admirer in small-time hustler Tony (Tony Lo Bianco). Though Frankie doesn't care for Tony, the two teams up after Tony saves Frankie from a mob hit man. An Italian-made spoof on the mob scene. |
1973 Happy New Year Foreign / Drama PG, 114 Minutes
Director: Claude Lelouch More Info
Starring: Lino Ventura, Francoise Fabian, Charles Gerard, Andre Falcon, Claude Mann, Frederic de Pasquale, Mireille Mathieu, Lilo, Gerard Sire, Silvano Tranquilli Con man Simon (Lino Ventura) is released from prison with investigators on his trail–the jewelry from his last big job has not been found and the police hope he will lead them to it. After Simon loses the tail, he looks up his partner in crime (Charles Gerard) and reminisces about the heist and the woman (Francoise Fabian) he found while preparing for it. |
1973 Horror Rises from the Tomb Foreign / Horror R, 89 Minutes
Director: Carlos Aured More Info
Starring: Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Victor Alcazar, Helga Line, Betsabe Ruiz, Luis Ciges, Julio Pena, Maria Jose Canudo, Juan Cazalilla, Francisco Llinas A warlock (Paul Naschy) is decapitated by an angry mob, and his wife (Emma Cohen) is likewise tortured and executed in medieval France. Now, a descendant uncovers the pair, and terror reigns supreme as they come back to life–with other zombies joining in the romp. Violent. |
1973 The House of Exorcism Foreign / Horror R, 95 Minutes
Director: Mario Bava More Info
Starring: Telly Savalas, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Alessio Orano, Alida Valli, Espartaco Santoni, Gabriele Tinti, Kathy Leone, Eduardo Fajardo, Franz von Treuberg Lisa (Elke Sommer) gets lost while touring Italy. She ends up in a mansion that is truly weird: corpses, wax dummies (one that looks like her), a depraved family, and a strange housekeeper (Telly Savalas) who is the Devil. A gory, unsettling film. |
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Full listing of Foreign movies from the 1970's | 25 Fireman's Street (1973)
Adoption (1975)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Amarcord (1973)
Amator (1979)
American Soldier, The (1970)
And Comes the Dawn...But Colored Red (1970)
And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
And Now My Love (1974)
Antichrist, The (1974)
Arabian Nights (1974)
Assignment Terror (1970)
Associate, The (1979)
At Home Among Strangers (1974)
Autumn Marathon (1979)
Barocco (1976)
Beast with a Gun (1977)
Bed and Board (1970)
Bell from Hell (1973)
Beware of a Holy Whore (1971)
Big Alligator River (1979)
Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970)
Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972)
Black and White in Color (1976)
Blood Stained Shadow (1978)
Boarding School (1978)
Bread and Chocolate (1978)
Brief Vacation (1973)
Calzonzin Inspector (1973)
Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971)
Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
Cat's Play (1972)
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1974)
Cesar and Rosalie (1972)
Child, The (1972)
Chinese Roulette (1976)
Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Claire's Knee (1970)
Clockmaker of St. Paul (1973)
Conformist (1970)
Cop (1972)
Count Dracula's Great Love (1972)
Coup de Grace (1976)
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
Creezy (1973)
Cria! (1976)
Cries and Whispers (1972)
Crime Boss (1972)
Cry of the Black Wolves (1972)
Curse of the Devil (1973)
Dawns Here Are Quiet (1972)
Decameron, The (1971)
Deep Red (1975)
Deluge (1974)
Dersu Uzala (1975)
Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
Distant Thunder; Ashani Sanket (1973)
Dodesukaden (1970)
Donkey Skin (1970)
Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
Dr. Popaul (1972)
Dracula and Son (1976)
Dracula Contra Frankenstein (1972)
Dragon Fist (1979)
Drunken Master (1978)
Emigrants (1971)
Escape from Death Row (1973)
Eugenie...The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (1970)
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Exorcism (1974)
Face to Face (1976)
Fear of Fear (1976)
Fearless Hyena (1979)
Fellini's Casanova (1976)
Few Hours of Sunlight, A (1971)
Fists of Fury (1971)
Flic Story (1975)
Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks (1974)
Fury of the Wolfman (1972)
Gamera vs. Monster X (1970)
Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The (1971)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (Preparez Vos Mouchoirs) (1978)
Gods of the Plague (1970)
Godzilla on Monster Island (1972)
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Godzilla vs. Bionic Monster (1974)
Godzilla vs. Hedora (1971)
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1976)
God's Gun (1976)
Going Places (1974)
Goliathon (1977)
Grand Duel, The (1972)
Graveyard of Honor (1975)
Green Wall (1970)
Halahaka (1979)
Hand of Death (1975)
Happy New Year (1973)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Heart of Glass (1976)
Heroes (1972)
Holy Year (1976)
Horror Rises from the Tomb (1973)
House of Exorcism (1973)
House with the Windows That Laugh (1976)
Il Grande Racket (1976)
In a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
In the Realm of the Senses (1976)
Inheritance, The (1976)
Innocente (1976)
Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
Iphigenia (1977)
Irony of Fate (1975)
It Can Be Done Amigo (1972)
Jacob the Liar (1974)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Just Before Nightfall (1971)
Keoma (1976)
Kidnap of Mary Lou, The (1974)
Killer Meteors, The (1976)
Kings of the Road (1976)
La Cage Aux Folles (1978)
La Decade Prodigieuse (1972)
La Grande Bouffe (1973)
La Rupture (1970)
Lacemaker (1977)
Lancelot of the Lake (1974)
Landscape After the Battle (1970)
Le Locataire (1976)
Le Voyou (1970)
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Les Novices (1970)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Little Mermaid (Rusalochka) (1976) (1976)
Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The (1975)
Love (1971)
Love and Anarchy (1973)
Love at the Top (1974)
Love on the Run (1979)
Luna (1979)
Madame Rosa (1977)
Magic Flute (1975)
Magnificent Bodyguards (1978)
Magnificent Butcher (1979)
Man of Marble (1977)
Man on the Roof (1976)
Man Who Loved Women (1977)
Mannaja (1977)
Mark of the Devil (1970)
Marriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Martha (1974)
Master and Margaret (1972)
Master Touch (1972)
Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
Message from Space (1978)
Middle of the World (1974)
Mimino (1977)
Mister Scarface (1976)
Money Money Money (1972)
Monsieur Klein (1976)
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1979)
Mother and the Whore, The (1973)
Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975)
Murmur of the Heart (1971)
My Uncle Antoine (1971)
Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
Nada (1974)
Necrophagus (1971)
New Fist of Fury (1976)
Night Porter (1974)
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
One Wild Moment (1977)
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Operation Thunderbolt (1977)
Orchestra Rehearsal (1979)
Pastorale (1976)
Peppermint Soda (1977)
Phantom of Liberty (1974)
Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971)
Pippi Goes on Board (1973)
Pippi in the South Seas (1970)
Pippi on the Run (1970)
Pleasure Party (1974)
Promised Land (1974)
Rambo's Revenge (1975)
Real Young Girl, A (1975)
Red Circle, The (1970)
Revolver (1973)
Roma (1972)
Rum Runners (1971)
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Scarlet Letter (1972)
Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Schizoid (1971)
Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978)
Seeking Asylum (1979)
Sensuous Nurse (1976)
Seven Beauties (1976)
Shaolin Wooden Men (1976)
Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness (1979)
Slave of Love (1976)
Slightly Pregnant Man (1973)
Small Change (1976)
Snake and Crane Arts of Shaolin (1978)
Snake Fist Fighter (1971)
Snake in Eagle's Shadow (1978)
Solaris (1972)
Soldier of Orange (1979)
Sonar Kella (1974)
Sonny and Jed (1972)
Sorrow and the Pity (1970)
Special Day (1977)
Special Section (1975)
Spider's Stratagem (1970)
Spirit of the Beehive (1973)
Spiritual Kung Fu (1978)
Stalker (1979)
Stateline Motel (1975)
Stationmaster's Wife (1977)
Stay as You Are (1978)
Street Law (1974)
Street People (1976)
Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me (1972)
Sunday Woman (1976)
Swept Away...by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August (1975)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Third Generation (1979)
Tin Drum (1979)
To Kill with Intrigue (1977)
Tout Va Bien (1972)
Travels with Anita (1979)
Tree with the Wooden Clogs (1978)
Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
Tristana (1970)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano (1977)
Vampire Happening (1971)
Vincent, Francois, Paul and the Others (1974)
Violette (1978)
Virgin Among the Living Dead (1973)
Warriors Two (1978)
Watch Me When I Kill (1977)
Wedding in Blood (1973)
Werewolf vs. the Vampire Woman, The (1971)
What Are Those Strange Drops of Blood Doing on......? (1972)
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Wild Child, The (1970)
Witches' Hammer (1970)
Woman with Red Boots (1974)
Woyzeck (1978)
Wrong Move (1975)
X312 - Flight to Hell (1971)
Yakuza Papers (1973)
Yog: Monster from Space (1970)
Young Dr. Freud (1976)
Young Girls of Wilko (1979)
Zombie (1979)
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