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A dramatic, solemn and refined work, "Per Firenze" spread throughout the world the cry for help that was rising in those hours from the city of Dante and Brunelleschi, giving rise to one of the greatest phenomena of solidarity that has gone down in history under the name of the "mud angels."
An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a female; he inserts his third arm in her respiratory cavity. We watch another pair: a larger female is the aggressor here. Mating is repeated over hours and days. The female releases strings of fertilized eggs that hang from the roof of a nest. She guards her spawn for a month, fanning the strings to circulate water for oxygen and cleanliness.
Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contrasted with the mundane reality of life on a film set.
Life in a detachment at the foot of the mountain range is altered by an accident and by a woman.
A series of mysterious thefts of jewelry are occurring in many museums in Europe. All the stolen jewels belonged to the collection of the former Order of the Golden Eagle, with many of which will be held an exhibition in Toledo. Interpol stands guard and, despite his precautions, there was another robbery. The investigation leads to the Duke, a character who, in the twentieth century, wants to revive the extinct Order
Satirical short film about wage labour.
The Six-Sided Triangle is a 1963 short film directed by Christopher Miles, starring his younger sister Sarah Miles, Nicol Williamson, and Bill Meilen. It is about a husband who comes home and finds his wife with her lover - told from the perspectives of six different countries (the US, England, Japan, Sweden, Italy and France). The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
A BAFTA award nominated documentary exploring the life of British teachers and their families in the developing countries of the Commonwealth and the challenge and opportunities it affords.
Superba is a trailer park surrounded by forest somewhere in the USA, twelve miles from the nearest town. The inhabitants are simple-minded, some of them primitive. When fifteen-year-old Dotty Fisher comes home distraught one day and says she was molested by a man in the woods, a committee of inquiry is formed made up of residents of the settlement. It is made up of three men who think nothing of the police and want to play judge at all costs. Because justice must remain justice. A manhunt for the culprit begins...
A look into what it takes to get to the top, and why football remains Britain's most popular sport.
A 1968 film by Guido Lombardi.
Two families fight to stay in power. On one side, the Horatii, who rule Rome; on the other, the Curiatii, who rule Albe-la-longue. To escape the war, three brothers are chosen from each camp and face off in a fight to the death. A tragic confrontation with unexpected repercussions.
This TV program tries to show how the illustration from the 17th to 20th century of the famous novel written by Cervantès has in the same time improved and impoverished our knowledges of this novel. Improved, because the illustration help us to discover that the physical aspect of the caracters influences the comical features and the symbolism of this masterpiece. Impoverished, because it neglected, especially since the 19th century, the representation of the age and the context, thus favoring abusive adaptations and condensations.
A look into the world of muscle men in the army, wrestling and weightlifting.
An examination of the 60's trend of top-of-skyscraper revolving restaurants. First an overview of Europe's best then it's a detailed look at the problems involved in running the restaurant at the top of London's Post Office Tower.
American sculptor, Alexander Calder, creates around the workshop. The film features several of his kinetic sculptures-- Wild moving figurines that spin, undulate and perform circus acts. The film ends on a hanging moon mobile, completing our wacky trip.
An insight into the life of British models, with a look at the rewards of the job.
A look at the world's toughest power-boat race, taking place off Britain's South Coast, from Cowes to Torquay.
Join the cool kids on the Kings Road and Carnaby Street as youth fashion brings a welcome splash of colour to Britain. “Don't take it too seriously, or you'll be missing the point!”
A cinematographic poem in the form of variations around the theme of Robinson, a utopian fable freely inspired by Daniel Defoe's novel, which speaks above all of solitude: the immense weakness of today's man in the face of loneliness is no longer that of the hero of the eighteenth century.
In Hannes Fuchs’ film début, which he devotes above all to a young woman’s passion for self-display, he presents film as a synthetic medium. He relates the components of image, sound and music to one another in different ways and plays with the opportunities for confrontation offered by editing – clearly revealing Godard-esque influences in the process.
Backstage short documentary on Carmelo Bene’s theatre works Amleto and Pinocchio.
The public display of hanged partisans, the bloody revenge of German soldiers, the bodies of those who had been shot, the deported families: traumas that remain in the memories of survivors and relatives of victims.
During the Nazi era flames were used to burn books, homes and people. Flames were a response to resistance. With the help of source documents from the time Weiss sketches a character portrait of German fascism.
Short film preparatory to an unrealized feature film. The life of a homeless man in Rome. The elderly man plays guitar on the street among passersby. Under a bridge over the Tiber, he makes himself a bed out of cardboard boxes; an old woman joins him, washing handkerchiefs in the river, and he approaches her.
Made to represent an entire cinema programme, Meatdaze consists of six sections that include cartoons, supporting and main features.
Sociological study of the Quebec family seen through two important life events, namely a marriage and a death.
The British Royal Airforce's Red Arrows show off their skills.
The young architect Hannelore becomes part of the all-male brigade Fröhlich whose members are supposed to build houses at the Strausberger Platz in Berlin. The brigade men drink a lot of beer and are less than thrilled about the new girl. Hanne is the only one who is absolutely delighted with Hannelore. When he starts a drunken fight on May Day, he is arrested and accused of armed robbery. Hannelore immediately convinces the other men in the brigade to help Hanne.
Members of a school expedition in Tunisia become accidentally involved in industrial espionage.
This last recital will remain forever marked in the history of the famous hall. It is one of the only testimonies of Jacques Brel on stage where his talent was best expressed. This concert also retains a very strong emotional dimension because it is his last tour.
A man accepts a job in a night club to make ends meet. When the owner of the club is found murdered his jealous wife is accused of the murder. He believes her innocent however and fights to clear her name. The film is based on a real life case.
Fous de Musique by Jean-Charles Carlus (1957) is a musical comedy featuring Rouiched, Mahieddine Bentir and the famous Bendaoud orchestra. Shot during the Algerian War, the film was not released until after independence and was probably shown in Paris in cinemas intended for immigrant workers around 1967. Sources: Archives Numériques du Cinéma Algérien
Fleeting images of Paris in winter, the reflections of some Parisians on their city.
Four women take a boat trip to an island and run into a group of gangsters.
Since the 1940s, the Basque community in Venezuela maintained the Basque government in exile through its contributions and was very active in denouncing Franco's dictatorship, running countless propaganda campaigns. The PNV (Basque Nationalist Party), the main figure in this struggle, made this film — a testimony of the Basque resistance to Franco's regime.
A young conscript soldier returns home to visit his family
The manufacture and multifarious uses of an abundantly available substance: ice.
In front of a bank building and a one-way street sign, figures shot in single frames scurry back and forth. The action is interrupted increasingly rapidly by a succession of black and blank frames, until finally, in a flickering concentration, only an occasional single image can be recognized.
Examines in detail Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s painting, 'Netherlandish Proverbs', which illustrates over 100 proverbs and allegorises a whole world of sin and folly as relevant today as in the 16th century.