The film’s main theme is the temporary affair of a professor of English (Kostas Messaris) with the daughter of a wealthy family, whom he tutors in order for her to marry an English businessman. The ...
It is an articulated film comprised of three free-standing stories with a common theme: the attitude of the Greeks under the yoke of a foreign power. The Clock, the first story, is a comedy set on the...
Spot Nr. 1 (00:37): Adler (Nr. 1 musikalisch): A man at supper in a room asks, „Are you musical? Then why don't you sing along?“ He sings, with accordion accompaniment from off-camera, „Adler ch...
A documentary in classical style, with impressive aerial shots and limited yet interesting archival material. Occasionally it takes on the style of an illustrated lecture.
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A patriotic film tinged with humor and sentimentalism. Stock footage (the crowded town, the departure of warships) and reconstructed war scenes in the desert are part of the second half about th...
Manolis, an officer of the Greek Army (Alekos Alexandrakis) arrives on Crete, after its fall to the Germans. In collaboration with partisans and allied English saboteurs, under the leadership of capta...
ESPANYA AL DIA [SPAIN TODAY], Laya Films newsreel produced during the Spanish Civil War made up of the following news reports: 1. LA "HOME FLEET" EN EL MEDITERRÁNEO Images of several British navy...
Ferdinand Diehl (center), his daughter Monika and Director of photography Jans Schmid (right) while shooting "Mecki stellt sich vor" (1952)
In a courtroom. The young man with a top hat on his hand is Toník Jedlička (actor: Miloš Vávra) - a lover of Rozárka (actress: Božena Plecitá). Valenta (actor: Vojtěch Záhořík) holds the sh...
The designer Hartwig goes on holiday to the Krkonoše mountains where his father works as a postman. The latter falls ill and Karel carries out his work in his stead. The Prague builder Werner, who is...
"Maharaja Mamlas Bej drives around the estate of Raul Dusotel. In the fields behind the farm, he and his servants come across Dusotil's daughter, Rhapsodie, and they kidnap her taking her home in the ...
The eccentric daughter of the millionaire Landras, Lilka, craves the affections of a man from the lowest walks of line. The factory owner Landras suddenly disappears. A young engineer Racek, in love w...
Young Frantík, living with his guardian, befriends Martička, the daughter of factory owner Simon. Frantík's mother, however, comes to take her son back with her and puts him in a children's home wh...