Ace Up My Sleeve 1975  R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Crime and Passion
Director: Ivan Passer
Cast: Karen Black, Omar Sharif, Joseph Bottoms, Elma Karlowa, Bernhard Wicki, Heinz Ehrenfreund, Volker Prechtel, Erich Padalewski, Robert L. Abrams, Franz Muxeneder
Omar Sharif plays a sex-crazed financier who takes one step too far with his secretary (Karen Black)–a decision that leads to their being targeted by her new husband.
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Heart of Glass 1976  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Josef Bierbichler, Stefan Guttler, Clemens Scheitz, Sonja Skiba, Volker Prechtel
A small Bavarian village in the 1700s is noted for its "Ruby Glass." When the glassblower who invented the process dies without revealing the secret, the factory–and the town in which the factory is located–crumbles. This haunting film is based on a Bavarian legend, and it is rumored that Herzog had the cast hypnotized before each shooting in order to set the proper mood. In any event, Herzog again shows his visionary approach to filmmaking.
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The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser 1975  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruno S., Brigitte Mira, Walter Ladengast, Willy Semmelrogge, Hans Musaus, Michael Kroecher, Henry van Lyck, Enno Patalas, Elis Pilgrim, Volker Prechtel
Based on the true story of a boy who was raised in the wilds and was discovered as a young man in Nuremberg, this is a compelling drama.
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The Name of the Rose 1986  R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Sean Connery, Christian Slater, F. Murray Abraham, Elya Baskin, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., William Hickey, Michael Lonsdale, Ron Perlman, Dwight Weist, Volker Prechtel
Murders are occurring in a 14th-century monastery, and a Franciscan monk (Sean Connery) sets out to solve them.
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| 1. Ace Up My Sleeve (1975)
aka: Crime and Passion
2. Heart of Glass (1976)
3. The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser (1975)
aka: Every Man for Himself and God Against All
aka: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
4. The Name of the Rose (1986)
5. Woyzeck (1978)
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