Banana Peel 1963  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claude Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Marrielle, Gert Frobe, Paulette Dubost, Cathy Baieff, Bob Morel, Henri Poirier, Charles Regnier, Alain Cuny, Dominique Zardi
Con-artists Cathy (Jeanne Moreau) and Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) track down a millionaire and try to take off with his fortune while he is vacationing on the French Riviera. But, they soon discover that this millionaire is pretty crafty, and they may have met their match.
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Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie 1988  N/R, 267 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Marcel Ophuls
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary, Marcel Ophuls again hits the mark with this investigation of notorious war criminal Klaus Barbie. Extensive interviews contribute to the long presentation. Excellent
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Love at Twenty 1962 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, Renzo Rossellini, Francois Truffaut, Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jean-Pierre Leaud, Marie-France Pisier, Francois Darbon, Rosy Varte, Nami Tamura, Barbara Lass, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Cristina Gajoni, Geronimo Meynier, Koji Furuhata, Barbara Frey, Zbigniew Cybulski, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Vera Tschechowa, Werner Finck
This episode of the story of Antoine Doinel's (Jean-Pierre Leaud) life, which began with "The 400 Blows" (1959), presents five stories that are told to reflect love among the younger generation. Five directors–Francois Truffaut, Renzo Rossellini, Shintaro Ishihara, Marcel Ophuls, and Andrzej Wajda–present the stories, which are each set in a different country (France, Italy, Japan, West Germany, and Poland).
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The Memory of Justice 1976  PG, 278 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Marcel Ophuls
This distinguished documentary probes the Nuremberg trials, the intervention in Vietnam, other interventions, and it questions how one country can judge another.
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The Sorrow and the Pity 1970 PG, 260 min.
Genre: Foreign / Documentary
Director: Marcel Ophuls
This documentary examines the lives of residents of a French town who lived through World War II partly under the Vichy government and partly under Nazi control. This film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary and is a good companion piece to "Hotel Terminus–The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie", an Oscar winner for Ophuls (Best Documentary) 18 years later.
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| 1. Banana Peel (1963)
2. Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988)
3. Love at Twenty (1962)
4. The Memory of Justice (1976)
5. The Sorrow and the Pity (1970)
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