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Wilhelm (Rüdiger Vogler) embarks on a journey across Germany in order to find his voice as a writer. Introspective and seemingly without personality, he encounters a series of eccentric characters, including a beautiful and enigmatic actress and a mute girl, who draw Wilhelm into their worlds.

Loosely based on Goethe's landmark novel, Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, Wim Wenders once again shows his mastery over the road movie genre and creates a brilliant character study of one man's alienation from the world around him.

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James Cagney is C.R. "Mac" MacNamara, a top soft drinks executive shipped off to (then West) Berlin and told to keep an eye on his boss' 17-year-old Atlanta socialite daughter Scarlett (Pamela Tiffin) while she visits Germany.

Scarlett's tour seems endless, and Mac discovers she's fallen for a (then East) Berlin communist agitator and the young couple are bound for Moscow! Mac has to bust up the burgeoning romance before his boss learns the truth, all the while dealing with his wife Phyllis (Arlene Francis) and her own impatience with German living.

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This delightful comedy is the debut film of director Ivan Passer and a signature work of the Czech New Wave. The film follows two old friends, both musicians, reunited when one returns to the small village where they grew up.

Finding humour in every aspect of ordinary life, the film shows true affection and understanding for all its characters. Addressing the concerns of living in a totalitarian state with a beguiling lightness of touch, and enchantingly shot by Miroslav Ondricek, 'Intimate Lighting' is a subtle and beautifully observed drama of the everyday.

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Controversial filmmaker Michael Haneke is reunited with Isabelle Huppert, the star of 'The Piano Teacher', in this nightmarish vision of a post-apocalyptic world in which society has completely broken down.

Huppert plays Anne, who flees the city with her husband Georges and their two children, in the hope of finding safe refuge at the family's country home. But soon after arriving they learn they have made a terrible mistake and must embark on a gruelling odyssey through a country totally devastated by disaster, without even the most basic of utilities such as water and electricity.

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In the vein of True Romance, 'Rob the Mob' chronicles the lives of a real-life Bonnie and Clyde who made the bold move to rob and humiliate some of New York City's most powerful mobsters.

Fresh from prison for a small-time crime, reunited lovers, Thomas (Michael Pitt) and Rosie (Nina Arianda), find themselves in need of cash. After hearing testimony from John Gotti's high-profile trial that mob social clubs are gun-free, Thomas and Rosie brazenly rob these underground spots operated by the major crime families in the City. Unwittingly, they come across something much more valuable than money: a list of every mobster in the families. Now the feds, family members, and rival mobsters are on the hunt for the most notorious lovers since Romeo and Juliet.

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In a vividly realised post-apocalyptic London, Mrs Ethel Shroake is crowned Queen and Lord Fortnum awaits his imminent transformation into a bedsitting room.

Meanwhile, seventeen-months pregnant Penelope and her parents, having eaten all the chocolate bars on the Circle Line, leave the safety of their underground carriage to find her a husband and finally reclaim their baggage.

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The title characters are four youths, all implicated in the murder of a night watchman. Robert Morley plays the defence attorney who tries to convince the jury to render a charitable verdict.

His basic argument is that the government expects a death sentence in cases involving robbery, but is more lenient towards crimes of passion. Prosecuting attorney Richard Todd is unmoved; his job is to prove that the boys aren't the innocent victims of society they're made out to be.

Anna Karenina, dutiful wife and doting mother, knows contentment but not passion. That changes when she meets ardent Count Vronsky. For him, she throws away marriage, family, social position and finally her life.

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Mata Hari: the name breathes mystery, intrigue and sexual allure.

Who better to play the notorious World War I spy than Greta Garbo, the enigmatic, exquisite screen icon called The Swedish Sphinx? Garbo is mesmerizing as the dancer-turned-German secret agent in a wartime Paris seething with secrets and betrayal. The notable supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore as a Russian general besotted with her, Lewis Stone as an icy master spy, and Ramon Novarro as a handsome aviator who wins the heart Mata Hari did not know she possessed. With the world at war, love was her weapon. And the only men she couldn't seduce were the 12 in the firing squad that ended her tragic and tumultuous life.

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Armand is a gay tractor salesman and not the sharpest tool in the shed. When he rescues Curly, the daughter of his greatest rival, the two embark on a mad chase through the forest pursued by a very angry father with a gun.

Totally unknown to Armand, however, is the bizarre sexual frenzy he's ignited in the other men in town, with him as the object of their desire...

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Based on the most shocking political assassination of our time. On February 28, 1986, as he was walking home from a cinema with his wife, the Swedish Prime Minister was gunned down on a Stockholm street.

There are various theories about who could have been behind the murder but, with no weapon found, and conflicting witnesses' reports, the facts surrounding the assassination of Olof Palme remain a mystery. In a world full of suspects, how do you uncover the truth?

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In wartime New Zealand in 1943 100,000 U.S. Marines were shipped in to defend the country against Japanese invasion and prepare for the long and bitter Pacific campaign. Marine Captain Mike Starwood (Tony Goldwyn) is assigned to investigate the murder of Sergeant O'Rourke.

The dead marine's girlfriend, Rose Mitchell, has vanished and as a vital witness to the murder Starwood must find her. Discovering a system run by public health nurse Kelly Towne (Kerry Fox), Starwood uses her local knowledge in his search for Rose. As events unfurl, they realise they are facing a conspiracy at the highest level of the U.S. Command involving Commander Dart (Robert Loggia) and the New Zealand Government. When Starwood is framed, Kelly's only means of saving him is a dangerous confrontation with the conspirators and with Starwood's commanding officer, General Frank Zane (Rod Steiger). His only hope is that she survives to prove his innocence...

'Vincent and Theo' tells the moving story of a remarkable relationship between two brothers. The Dutch artist sold only one painting in his lifetime and committed suicide aged 37. His brother Theo was his only real friend and provided the moral and financial support Vincent desperately needed.

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Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970's Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo (Germano Gilioli) and Luciana (Marisa Solinas), marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room of their own.

A billboard of Anita (Anita Ekberg) provocatively selling milk gives a prudish crusader for public decency more than he can handle. The wife of a count whose escapades with call girls make the front page of the papers decides to work to prove her independence, but what is she qualified to do? A buxom carnival-booth manager who owes back taxes offers herself for one night in a lottery: a nerdy sacristan and a jealous cowboy make for a lovers' triangle. In each, women take charge, but not always happily.

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Bette Davis delivers a powerhouse performance as Charlotte Hollis, a reclusive spinster still mourning the savage murder of the man she loved some 37 years ago.

When the state wants her property in order to construct a new highway, to help her resist Charlotte turns to her worldly cousin, Miriam (Olivia de Havilland), and an old friend, Drew (Joseph Cotten). That's when the scares and shocks start in this expertly paced chiller.