Bagdad Cafe 1987  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Out of Rosenheim
Director: Percy Adlon
Cast: Marianne Sagebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, Darron Flagg, George Aquilar, G. Smokey Campbell, Hans Stadlbauer, Alan S. Craig, Apesanahkwat, Ray Young, Mark Daneri, Gary Lee Davis, Ronald Lee Jarvis
During a trip with her husband, the German wife (Marianne Sagebrecht) leaves her husband in the Mojave Desert and ends up at the Bagdad Cafe where she is befriended by the manager (CCH Pounder) and becomes part of an extended family.
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Constantine and the Cross 1962  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lionello De Felice
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Christine Kaufmann, Massimo Serato, Belinda Lee, Elisa Cegani, Fausto Tozzi, Tino Carraro, Carlo Ninchi, Vittorio Sanipoli, Franco Fantasia
Based (loosely) on historical fact, this is the story of Constantine (Cornel Wilde) and his rise to power in the Roman Empire. Lots of battles and Christians being thrown to the lions are depicted.
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The Last Days of Pompeii 1959 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mario Bonnard
Cast: Steve Reeves, Christine Kaufmann, Barbara Carroll, Anne-Marie Baumann, Fernando Rey, Mimmo Palmara, Guillermo Marin, Angel Aranda
A Roman soldier, Glaucus (Steve Reeves), fights the oppression of Christians in the decadent society of Pompeii. A remake of the 1935 film, it's not as good.
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1971  PG, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Jason Robards, Herbert Lom, Christine Kaufmann, Lilli Palmer, Adolfo Celi, Maria Perschy, Michael Dunn, Peter Arne, Rosalind Elliot, Marshall Jones
Members of a theater playgroup are systematically done away with by a mysterious demon in a major re-write of the Edgar Allen Poe story.
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Taras Bulba 1962  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Tony Curtis, Yul Brynner, Christine Kaufmann, Sam Wanamaker, Brad Dexter, George Macready, Guy Rolfe, Perry Lopez, Vladimir Sokoloff, Abraham Sofaer, Ilka Windish, Vladimir Irman, Daniel Ocko, Mickey Finn, Ron Weyand
This Nikolai Gogol story is about the barbaric Cossack, Taras Bulba (Yul Brynner), who led a bloody revolt in the Ukraine during the 16th century. He had made a pact with the Poles to drive the Turks out of the European steppes but was betrayed when the Poles forced the Cossacks into the hills following the battle. Now, Taras Bulba has settled down to life on a farm when he decides to send his son Andrei (Tony Curtis) to school in Poland where he hopes Andrei will learn more about the hated Poles. While at school, Andrei falls in love with a Polish noblewoman, Natalia Dubrov (Christine Kaufmann). Tensions between father and son rise as each must decide between loyalty for the Cossacks and love. This story was filmed in England in 1939 as "The Rebel Son." An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Musical Score.
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Town Without Pity 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gottfried Reinhardt
Cast: Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall, Robert Blake, Richard Jaeckel, Christine Kaufmann, Stefan Schnabel, Alan Gifford, Barbara Rutting, Hans Nielsen, Frank Sutton
American GIs are accused of raping a young German girl. This is the story of her fellow townspeople's indignation and demand for retribution.
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| 1. Bagdad Cafe (1987)
aka: Out of Rosenheim
2. Constantine and the Cross (1962)
3. The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)
4. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971)
5. Taras Bulba (1962)
6. Town Without Pity (1961)
7. Wild and Wonderful (1964)
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