 Battle of the Bulge 1965  N/R, 167 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, George Montgomery, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli, Barbara Werle, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Peters, James MacArthur, Steve Rowland
In this very important battle of World War II, Hitler has ordered a fast attack to re-take French territory, but the plan fails leaving Germany with no chance of winning the war. Events are shown from the perspectives of American intelligence officer, Lt. Col Kiley (Henry Fonda), as well as that of German Panzer Commander Col. Hessler (Robert Shaw).
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Decision Before Dawn 1951  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Richard Basehart, Gary Merrill, Oskar Werner, Hildegarde Neff, Dominique Blanchar, O.E. Hasse, Wilfried Seyferth, Hans Christian Blech, Helen Thimig, Robert Freitag, George Tyne
During the last days of World War II, U.S. Army Col. Devlin (Gary Merrill) orders Lt. Rennick (Richard Basehart) to take German P.O.W. Karl "Happy" Maurer (Oskar Werner) behind enemy lines to spy on the movement of a German armored unit. Physical as well as psychological dangers ensue. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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The Innocents with Dirty Hands 1975  R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Dirty Hands
Director: Claude Chabrol
Cast: Romy Schneider, Rod Steiger, Paolo Giusti, Jean Rochefort, Hans Christian Blech, Francois Perrot, Pierre Santini, Henri Attal, Serge Bento, Dominique Zardi
Two lovers, Julie (Romy Schneider) and Jeff (Paolo Giusti) kill Julie's alcoholic husband, Louis (Rod Steiger), and do NOT live happily ever after.
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The Magic Mountain 1982 N/R, 153 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Hans Geissendoerfer
Cast: Chrisoph Eichhorn, Marie-France Pisier, Rod Steiger, Flavio Bucci, Charles Aznavour, Balduin Baas, Hans Christian Blech, Alexander Radszun, Margot Hielscher, Gudrun Gabriel
Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain" is the basis for this ambitious film. Hans (Christoph Eichhorn) visits his cousin in a tuberculosis sanitarium and remains. Rod Steiger plays the wealthy Mynheer Peeperkorn.
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Morituri 1965  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri
Director: Bernhard Wicki
Cast: Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard, Wally Cox, William Redfield, Carl Esmond, Martin Benrath, Hans Christian Blech, Gary Crosby
In this film about a World War II naval blockade, Marlon Brando plays British spy Robert Crain. He convinces German Captain Mueller (Yul Brynner) to come over to the side of the Allies.
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The Scarlet Letter 1972 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: 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.
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The Wrong Move 1975 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Wrong Movement
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rudiger Vogler, Hanna Schygulla, Hans Christian Blech, Nastassja Kinski, Peter Kern, Ivan Desny, Marianne Hoppe, Lisa Kreuzer, Adolf Hansen, Wim Wenders
Aspiring writer Wilhelm (Rudiger Vogler) sets off on a train ride to Bonn and along the way meets good-looking Therese Farner (Hanna Schygulla), ex-Olympian Laertes (Hans Christian Blech) with his mute teen companion Mignon (Nastassja Kinski), and not-so-great poet Bernhard Landau (Peter Kern). But, within this group, personal connections are not easy to attain.
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| 1. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
2. Decision Before Dawn (1951)
3. The Innocents with Dirty Hands (1975)
aka: Dirty Hands
4. The Magic Mountain (1982)
5. Morituri (1965)
aka: The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri
6. The Scarlet Letter (1972)
7. The Wrong Move (1975)
aka: The Wrong Movement
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