четверг, 29 апреля 2021 г.

Zemlya Ottsov (1966)

 


Zemlya Ottsov / Земля отцов / The Land of The Fathers

Director: Shaken Ajmanov
Stars: Yeleubai Umurzakov, Murat Akhmadiev, Viktor Shevtsov, Yuri Pomerantsev, Tamara Kokova, Yaragi Zubayrayev, Lyubov Malinovskaya, Amina Umurzakova, Viktor Perevalov, Radner Muratov

An old man decides to find the body of his son, a Kazakh soldier who died fighting somewhere in Russia, to bury him in the land of his ancestors. Traveling across the land with his grandson, they discover the harsh reality of war, and when they finally find the coveted grave, they realize that many brothers-in-arms are buried with the soldier.

Soviet Union (Kazakhfilm Studios)
In Russian, with English subs (VobSub)
 

понедельник, 19 апреля 2021 г.

Kiviuq (2007)




Director & Writer: John Houston
Cast: Lamech Kadloo, Laila Hansen, June Shappa, Annie Peterloosie

Kiviuq is a legendary hero of the epic stories of the Inuit of the Arctic regions of northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Filmmaker John Houston, who was raised among Inuit in the territory and speaks Inuktitut fluently, travelled across the Arctic seeking out elders who remembered the legend; hishe film features elders, who know the myth, local actors, drummers and a troupe of Inuvialuit dancers from Cambridge Bay.

Canada
In English & Inuktitut
Subtitles: Danish, English, French, German
 

суббота, 17 апреля 2021 г.

Podarok od Veseliot Moler (1957)

 


Podarok od Veseliot Moler / Подарок од Веселиот Молер / The Happy House Painter

Director: Dimitar Kostarov (as Dimitar Kjostarov)
Stars: Ivan Icmarev, Kole Sinjkievikj, Mishko Nestorovski, Solunka Nestorovska

Children play painting on the wall of the room. There comes a painter to redecorate the flat. He paints on the wall and amuses the children. But even after he is done redecorating the wall, the children continue seeing and enjoying the painting in their fantasy. Nobody is aware of their secret painting -- a gift from the painter.

Short
Yugoslavia, in Macedonian, with English subs (.srt in the archive)
 

четверг, 15 апреля 2021 г.

Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon (1965)

 



Furankenshutain tai chitei kaijû Baragon / Frankenstein Conquers The World

Director: Ishirô Honda
Stars: Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, Tadao Takashima, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kôji Furuhata, Jun Tazaki, Susumu Fujita, Takashi Shimura, Nobuo Nakamura

Near the end of WWII, Germans transport the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster to Japan, where it is seeming lost in the bombing of Hiroshima. Years later a wild boy is found, born from the immortal heart.

Japan
In Japanese, with English and Russian subs (.srt in the archive)
 

среда, 14 апреля 2021 г.

La vie est à nous (1936)

 



La vie est à nous / Life Is Ours / The People of France

Directors: Jean Renoir, Jacques Becker, Jacques B. Brunius, Jean-Paul Le Chanois etc
Stars: Jean Dasté, Jacques B. Brunius, Simone Guisin, Teddy Michaud, Pierre Unik, Charles Blavette, Gaston Clamamus

A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing who the comrades help the proletarian people against the capitalists. Parts of the film were taken from newsreels, and are mixed with new sketches about working people, peasants and intellectuals. It also features propagandistic speeches of leading members of the party.

France
In French, with English subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 12 апреля 2021 г.

Ruchome piaski (1969)

 


Ruchome piaski / Shifting Sands

Director: Wladyslaw Slesicki
Stars: Malgorzata Braunek, Marek Walczewski, Grzegorz Zuchowicz, Henryk Borowski, Stefan Friedmann, Jerzy Zelnik

A lyrical story about a holiday adventure of a man camping with his son at a lake: the unexpected appearance of a girl shatters the previously carefree mood.
 
Poland
In Polish, with English subs (.srt)

воскресенье, 11 апреля 2021 г.

Play of the Week - My Heart's in the Highlands (1960)

 


Director: Kirk Browning
Stars: Walter Matthau, Eddie Hodges, Orson Bean, Joe Boland, Terry Carter, Kevin Coughlin, Tamara Daykarhanova, Griff Evans, Nathaniel Frey, Larry Hagman, Allan Lindstrom

Two plays by William Saroyan; in the second, "My Heart's in the Highlands", Matthau is a working-class poet struggling to provide for son Eddie Hodges.

s2e7 first aired 7 November 1960

USA
In English
 

четверг, 8 апреля 2021 г.

Mi mi jin yu (2016)

 


Mi mi jin yu / 秘密金鱼 / Secret Goldfish

Director & Writer: Bi Gan (as Gan Bi)
Star: Feiyang Luo 

Poetic short by the director of Long Day's Journey Into Night—fans will notice the ping pong paddle. Shot on 16mm, as part of the commercial shorts collection for the 53th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival.

Taiwan | China
In Chinese, with Chinese hardsubs & English subs (.srt in the archive)
 

среда, 7 апреля 2021 г.

Ravel / Jiri Kylian - L'enfant et les sortileges (1986)

 


Director: Hans Hulscher
Choreographer: Jiří Kylián
Stars: Marly Knoben, Roslyn Anderson, Stephen Sheriff, Leigh Matthews, Sabine Kupferberg

Maurice Ravel's one act opera, a fantasy about a naughty child whose temper brings to life his surroundings. Production by Nederlands Dans Theater.

In French, with some French hardsubs
 

понедельник, 5 апреля 2021 г.

Le château de ma mère (1990)

 



Le Château de ma mère / My Mother's Castle

Director: Yves Robert
Stars: Julien Ciamaca, Philippe Caubère, Nathalie Roussel, Thérèse Liotard, Didier Pain, Victorien Delamare, Joris Molinas, Julie Timmerman, Paul Crauchet, Philippe Uchan, Jean Rochefort

Every holiday Marcel and his family go to their cottage near Marseilles. During one of these holidays he meets Isabelle, a pretty but conceited girl... Adapted from the cult classic novel from Marcel Pagnol.

France
In French, with English & French subs (muxed)
 

воскресенье, 4 апреля 2021 г.

La gloire de mon père (1990)

 




La gloire de mon père / My Father's Glory

Director: Yves Robert
Stars: Philippe Caubère, Julien Ciamaca, Nathalie Roussel, Joris Molinas, Victorien Delamare, Didier Pain, Thérèse Liotard, Benoît Martin, Paul Crauchet, Pierre Maguelon

A young boy's life in turn-of-the-century France. Marcel, witnesses the success of his teacher father, as well as the success of his arrogant Uncle Jules. Marcel and family spend their summer vacation in a cottage in Provence, and Marcel befriends a local boy who teaches him the secrets of the hills in Provence. Based on the autobiographical novel by Marcel Pagnol.

France
In French, with English & French subs (muxed)
 

суббота, 3 апреля 2021 г.

Apian way (2002)

 


No imdb entry

Director: Amayo Uzo Philips
Stars: Osita Iheme, Chinedu Ikedieze, Amechi Muonogor

Two little dwarfs try to get their father's property but instead fall in love with the commissioners twin daughters. Can they still follow their original quest with love blocking their way? Watch this funny comedy… as Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ihedieze do it again.

Nigeria
In English