The Bunker 1981  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Piper Laurie, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman, James Naughton, Michael Lonsdale, Susan Blakely, Edward Hardwicke, Martin Jarvis, Michael Kitchen, Andrew Ray, Yves Brainville
Anthony Hopkins won the Emmy for his role of Adolph Hitler during the last weeks of Hitler's life, which were spent in a Berlin bunker. Piper Laurie was nominated for her role as Magda Goebbels.
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The Night of the Generals 1967  PG, 148 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Donald Pleasence, Joanna Pettet, Philippe Noiret, Charles Gray, Coral Browne, John Gregson, Nigel Stock, Christopher Plummer, Juliette Greco, Yves Brainville, Sacha Pitoeff, Charles Millot
When Maj. Grau (Omar Sharif) investigates the 1942 murder of a Warsaw prostitute, the evidence points to three German Generals (Donald Pleasence, Charles Gray, and Peter O'Toole). The case remains unsolved, and Grau is taken off the case. Two years later, Grau is in Paris when another prostitute is killed. With help from Inspector Morand (Philippe Noiret), Grau obtains evidence that traps the General, but then Grau is killed. The case continues on until 1965 when Morand confronts the General with the evidence, and then the General kills himself.
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Paris Holiday 1958  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Gerd Oswald
Cast: Bob Hope, Fernandel, Anita Ekberg, Martha Hyer, Preston Sturges, Andre Morell, Maurice Teynac, Alan Gifford, Yves Brainville, Jean Murat, Irene Tunc, Marcel Peres, Hans Verner, Paul Violette, Roger Treville
Robert Hunter (Bob Hope) travels by luxury liner to France with Fernnydel (Fernandel) hoping to purchase the script for a new French play. What he doesn't know is that the script contains details about a counterfeiting ring. A member of the ring, Zara (Anita Ekberg), is aboard the ship and mistakenly believes that Robert has the script. Diplomat Ann McCall (Martha Hyer) is also on board and strikes up a friendship with Fernydel. When the counterfeiters close in, Ann arranges for Robert to be sent to an insane asylum to provide safety from them, and, later, Fernydel works to have him released. Funny chases take place–including the one when Robert is rescued from the asylum by a helicopter–in this combination of a French and American comedy.
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The Sicilian Clan 1969 GP, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura, Irina Demick, Amedeo Nazzari, Sydney Chaplin, Elisa Cegani, Philippe Baronnet, Karen Blanguernon, Yves Brainville, Gerard Buhr, Edward Meeks, Andre Pousse, Leopoldo Trieste, Roger Lumont
Sicilian mobster Vittorio Manalese (Jean Gabin) helps condemned murderer Roger Sartet (Alain Delon) escape from prison, and the two plot to steal a large collection of jewels from a Venice museum and then take them to New York City. The plan works–with Manalese's entire family working to carry out the heist. But problems rise to the fore when Manalese learns that Sartet has been sleeping with his daughter-in-law Jeanne (Irina Demick), and the family sets out for revenge with plans to kill Sartet.
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Sweet Revenge 1990 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charlotte Brandstrom
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Carrie Fisher, John Sessions, Francois-Eric Gendron, John Hargreaves, Bruno Madinier, Myriam Moszko, Consuelo De Haviland, Carina Barone, Yves Brainville
Tired of paying alimony to her ex-husband, a lawyer (Carrie Fisher) works on a plot to marry him off to a beautiful actress (Rosanna Arquette).
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| 1. The Bunker (1981)
2. The Night of the Generals (1967)
3. Paris Holiday (1958)
4. The Sicilian Clan (1969)
5. Sweet Revenge (1990)
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