Cinematic Era: 1970 Vintage

French short adaptation of Herman Melville's classic. The employee of a lawyer is in a mental hospital following a scandal. Some time later, he finds his employer.

"Serene Velocity (1970) created a stunning percussive head-on motion by systemically shifting the focal length of a stationary zoom lens as it stared down the center of an empty institutional hallway – thus playing off the contradiction generated by the frames’ heightened flatness and the compositions’ severely overdetermined perspective. Without ever moving the camera, Gehr turned the fluorescent geometry of this literal Shock Corridor (in the then – new State University of N.Y at Binghamton) into a sort of piston-powered mandala. If Giotto had made action films it would be this." – J. Hoberman

The Monarchy leads a repressive campaign against a Serb village, where an Austrian officer was killed.

The action takes place in the North of Scandinavia, where Hitler's Germany tried to keep its last frontier. Here by the will of circumstances gets pilot-Navigator uzbek Akbar Ibrahimov, whose plane was shot down in battle, and joins the ranks of the Resistance. Soon he managed to get an officer on a German submarine, and later report on the secret bases of the enemy.

Lord Parshuram, a reincarnation of Lord Vishnu, beheads his mother to prove that duty comes before anything else. Later, he takes upon himself the task of restoring peace on earth.

This film constructs an anguished hymn to peace using pieces of movie newscasts, photographs, and monuments about those who have fallen in the Great War.

Learn how to climb Great Gable in the Lake District, via the Arrowhead ridge climb.

A vigilante arrives at a town in search of a murderer who spreads fear among its inhabitants.

Pinku from 1970.

Two stories - two truths are confronting. Former Partisan Miha is trying to tell a shocking story from the war times in the modern day disco club, where young people are having fun in a crazy rhythm of music with alcohol and drugs... Amongst the many issues this film explores are the following questions: Does the desire for pleasure and amusement always gain the upper hand against moral convictions and man's sense of responsibility and guilt? What things are worth sacrificing your life for? Are moral second thoughts and the search for the truth stronger than man's endless search for instant pleasure? Is the experience of war truly that which turns a boy into a man? And does love truly redeem death?

A short documentary on the charms of cross-country skiing. Beyond the formal beauty of the images, there floats a certain nostalgia for unknown landscapes. Something rare that pushes the neophyte to want to follow these free men, on the white paths, on exhilarating walks, taking the time to look at the landscape. Film without words.

This film, which represents 7 years of shots on 5 continents, shows both the wonders of the wild world and the drama of its systematic destruction by man. Dramatic fights, scenes of tenderness and love, mingle with gags and documents never before presented on a screen.

Ten to twelve families from different walks of life, different age groups and different languages get together for a pilgrimage tour, starting from Tirupati and extending till Kanyakumari. The movie captures their experiences in the trip and how they develop oneness, with the common thread of religious bonding among them. The movie also highlights small anecdotes from mythology, thereby giving the movie a spiritual fervor.

Count Henri de Prave revisits the French bistro where he played a small part in the downfall of the Nazis years earlier. He recounts the story of how the evil Nazi Commandant Max von Hildebrandt, a friend of the Count, came to France with his sadistic ways and his ultimate downfall.

Andrea, the only son of a rich publisher, is a neurotic young man obsessed by his mother. He is dominated by uncontrollable impulses and suicidal fantasies, while his regressive behaviour makes him lonely and frustrated. Incapable of having normal sexual relationships, he spies on his stepmother's adulterous affairs and is obsessed by Carol, a young American girl he secretly films (even when she's making love with her boyfriend), and whom he clumsily courts. Finally, Andrea wins Carol over but is still tormented by the fear of losing his own private world of memories and macabre games...

A short film about a boy and his bird Badbade

A blue dwarf and a red dwarf get into a vicious argument. Each ultimately calls upon a matching giant to protect them, with unexpected results.

Under the leadership of the authoritative Mrs. Emma, a mediocre theater troupe tours the remote corners of the province. Despite miserable conditions and internal squabbles, the actors keep their spirits up, but for how long?

The film takes place near the border outpost "Red Stones". Three guys: the grandson of a herdsman, his cousin, who came on vacation from the city and the daughter of the head of the frontier post, met by chance in the Kazakh border steppes, where they spent time playing games. But when the real danger comes to replace the games, the guys proved to be real border guards.

One of the educational short films in the "What Should I Do?"-series made by Walt Disney Productions.

1970 short documentary covering the first New York gay pride parade celebrating one year after Stonewall.

The film discusses the issue of revenge in Upper Egypt.

Set in the year 1970, the story of a love that was prevented because of the difference in status between Klao, a young poor farmer, and Thongkwao, the beautiful daughter of Thongkon, a wealthy man in the village.

Count Spatula's house is invaded by a group of swingers wanting to have sex in a haunted house. This one is available in two different version: an uncut hardcore version running around an hour and a softcore 27-minute reduced cut which is contained as an extra on the Dracula (The Dirty Old Man) / Guess What Happened to Count Dracula? DVD distributed by Something Weird.

Three friends organize the burglary of a jewelry shop, but greed, betrayal, and revenge quickly overcome their friendship.

Bibi is Alex's little sister. She is always joyful and full of life and but today she is more excited than ever, for Alex has a date with his fiancée. And Alex having to take Bibi with him, his romantic rendez-vous is sure to be... eventful!

A man squanders all of his wife's fortune in gambling and drinking. Now in financial crisis, the woman tries to keep their home afloat, while he plays, gets drunk and lives off his friends charity and good will.

Little Matti and his friends are restoring the old abandoned fire truck .

Out of paranoid fear of a nuclear disaster, an elderly couple isolates themselves from the outside world in their small suburban villa. An apocalyptic retreat told with a touch of humor that occasionally makes you shudder and smile at the same time. Will the couple find a way out of their isolation again? A chef who described the quarantine situation as early as 1970.

Two sisters, Nathalie and Elsa, go on vacation. Returning to Paris by hitchhiking, Elsa meets several men.

Semra, who is a mischievous student in boarding school at the tailoring and modeling school, is renowned for his mischievous mischief. Faruk, the doctor of the school, is very handsome and all the girls in the school are in love with him. While Semra Faruk wants to get his attention, he becomes ill and embarrassed, but Faruk Bey becomes interested in Semra.

Filmed in Saigon in 1970, this documentary observes the effects of the Vietnam War on daily life away from the battlefield. Through the perspectives of three young American journalists, the film records encounters with street children, refugees, bar workers, and aid efforts shaped by the American presence in the city.

In 19th century Thessaly, a Turkish bandit and his gang kidnap a Greek woman. Her brother, however, manages to free her with the help of their fellow villagers. The kidnapped woman reveals the Turks’ plans to loot the monasteries in Meteora, information which allows them to prevent the looting.

In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the Mainland. A journalist who came to the Island to make a report about political summit that takes place there gets involved in the clash between young rebels and establishment.

Three Palestinian men strive to escape the hardships of life in a refugee camp. Under the scorching sun, the men enlist the help of an old man, Abu Al-Khaizuran, to smuggle them in an empty water tank across the desert.

Based on the famous novel Thun Man Handiya, this movie demonstrates a fraction of life of a youth who reflects back to his childhood and steps to a new era of life when he moves to the Governmental Art Academy.

In a castle, somewhere in the Thirld World, Diaz is delirious, dreaming of the power he had in Eldorado, while oppressing the indians, workers and peasants. He is well aware of the menace his old victims represent, while a miracle-making shepherd fascinates and frightens him. Diaz finds a countrywoman, symbol of purity, and prepares a ceremony in his castle resembling his own funeral.

Dara Singh plays a masked bandit referred to as Choran Ka Chor (Thief of Thieves) who is a modern day Robin Hood. He tangles with an international cartel of smugglers while also looking out for a destitute family who are about to be thrown out onto the street because they cannot pay the rent. He is assisted by his sidekicks Makhan and Lakhan.

Juan is a boy whose sister has been evicted by science. Despite his young age, he realizes the problem, and with the intention of finding a solution, he undertakes a long journey during which he will suffer multiple vicissitudes, adventures, and dangers. Some strange beings, who descended from a spaceship, will try to help him, but everything is useless.

Emilia Odor is a young, seventeen year old girl. She end up in a rural girl institute, which has strict rules, a hypocrite faculty and she soon starts to rebel against it. Her schoolmates support her until then the manager announce a competition among the students: the most deserving student will participant in the millenial festival in Budapest.

A man must decide whether to flee the U.S. draft and go to Canada or stay or go fight for his country in Vietnam.

The very first documentary about Jane Elliott's educational experiment about discrimination, which was originally produced for ABC News, in which she conducts an unforgettable lesson with her third-grade class in Riceville, Iowa.

Short film by Spanish/Catalan film maker Pere Portabella.