The American Success Company 1980  PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: American Success
Success
Good as Gold
Director: William Richert
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Belinda Bauer, Ned Beatty, Steven Keats, Bianca Jagger, John Glover, Mascha Gonska, Michael Durrell, Eva Maria Meineke, Gunter Meisner
In this offbeat satire on big business, Harry (Jeff Bridges) is a low-level corporate loser who decides to get even with the "system," including his rich corporate in-laws. The film was re-edited and rereleased twice under the titles of "American Success" and "Success."
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Funeral in Berlin 1966 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka, Eva Renzi, Guy Doleman, Hugh Burden, Gunter Meisner, Heinz Schubert, Wolfgang Volz, Thomas Holtzmann, Herburt Fux, Rainer Brandt, Rachel Gurney, John Abineri, David Glover
This film is the second of three Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) entries: "Ipcress File" (1965) and "Billion Dollar Brain" (1967). This time around, Palmer is sent to East Berlin where he sets up a phony funeral in order to help out Soviet intelligence officer Col. Stok (Oskar Homolka) who needs aid in his effort to defect.
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In a Glass Cage 1987 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agustin Villaronga
Cast: Gunter Meisner, David Sust, Marisa Paredes, Gisele Echevarria, Imma Colomer, Josue Guasch, Alberto Manzano, David Cuspinera, Ricardo Carcelero
Nazi Dr. Klaus (Gunter Meisner) misses the torture against young boys he was allowed to practice during World War II, and now, after an accident, he is confined to an iron lung. When his wife (Marisa Paredes) and daughter (Gisele Echevarria) find his caretaking too difficult, they hire a male nurse, Angelo (David Sust). But Angelo suffers his own demons, and the relationship between Klaus and Angelo leads to the tormenting of a new generation of young boys.
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The Quiller Memorandum 1966  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger, George Sanders, Robert Helpmann, Robert Flemyng, Peter Carsten, Gunter Meisner, Edith Schneider
Set in early 1960s' West Berlin, British agent Quiller (George Segal) infiltrates a neo-Nazi organization and comes close to losing his life.
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 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 1971  G, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy / Comedy / Musical
Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Peter Capell, Ursula Reit, Gunter Meisner, Leonard Stone, Aubrey Woods, David Battley, Julie Dawn Cole, Denise Nickerson, Nora Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit
Based on Roald Dahl's children's book, this is a delightful musical about candy-maker Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) who invites five children to share the secrets of his factory. They find their invitations, which are golden tickets, hidden in Willie Wonka's candy bars. Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum), who takes the tour with his grandfather, Grandpa Joe (Jack Albertson), is among the five children who arrive at the factory. Once inside, problems befall the children, but Charlie just might be able to escape misfortune and grab the brass ring.
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| 1. The American Success Company (1980)
aka: American Success
aka: Success
aka: Good as Gold
2. Funeral in Berlin (1966)
3. In a Glass Cage (1987)
4. Inside Out (1975)
aka: Hitler's Gold
aka: The Golden Heist
5. The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
6. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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