Cinematic Era: 1972 Vintage

Granier, a former accountant imprisoned for financial embezzlement, is released from prison and decides to help his cellmate to escape...

Two conmen, posing as missionaries, are out to swindle the members of a church group in this slapstick western.

After being hunted to near-extinction, the last male Eskimo curlew searches for a mate while making the annual migration from the arctic tundra to the nesting grounds in Argentina.

A short love affair of young married woman and police inspector in winter resort will turn into fatal love after chance meeting. Inspired by Chekhov's story "The Lady with the Dog".

A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.

The lives of two families in Montreal.

Matteo is a communist intellectual, the son of a wealthy bourgeois, who found himself blind from an eye after the war. One day in the streets of Rome he meets Amelia, a child suffocated by the bourgeois environment.

A woman who has been raped disappears.

(Saif) A police officer chases gangs smuggling gems out, and during one of the chases a gang member is killed, tried, and dismissed from servants. The (Murad) gang asks him to work with him and he agrees, and he goes to Lebanon to complete a deal, and the process is completed. The gang is suspicious of (Saif) and that he is still working with the police, kidnapping his son as a hostage, to carry out one of the currency exchange operations for the gang, and the events continue in an exciting atmosphere.

A love couple finds their secret place on a desolated river bank, without knowing about the fisherman and trio of pop musicians who found themselves there by accident, and who now use this opportunity for voyeurism.

A humble clerk gets his lucky break when a compassionate man offers him a well-paying job. Now, his relatives all want a piece of his salary, as his mother-in-law is telling everyone that he is rich. Is there an easy way out of this mess?

An unreleased movie by Shaw Brothers Studio. It was probably never finished.

New Year's Eve program from Södra Teatern in Stockholm with hosts Gary Engman and Grynet Molvig to celebrate the new year of 1973. Performances from many different artists, including Ted Gärdestad, Göran Fristorp, Claes af Geijerstam and Staffan Scheja.

A cheerful mix-up takes place at a provincial hotel when a newspaper reporter is mistaken for a famous hypnotist.

Documentary about the founder of of Private Magazine, Berth Milton Sr. Here he is depicted as a cool, international playboy, driving around in luxurious cars and piloting his own private plane.

In the early ‘70s, founding member of Australian surf magazine Tracks, Albert Falzon, began filming off the North Coast of New South Wales, Hawaii, and Indonesia. He set out to make a film “that was a reflection of the spirit of surfing at the time” and the end result, Morning of the Earth, proved its worth as a vital document of surf culture and a powerful nature film.

On a space research station experimenting with relative time, a technical glitch causes two astronauts to be trapped in time. A dramatic struggle begins against runaway time, where the laws of physics are different and everything is noticeably slower than on Earth.

An aging colonel retires, marries a provincial teacher, and moves to Tehran to be close to his two adult daughters. Instead of a peaceful reunion, he finds them living independent, urban lives he no longer recognizes. As the cultural and generational rift deepens, the family enters a tense, psychological spiral of alienation and emotional unrest.

A nostalgic look at Hubert's Flea Circus and Museum on West 42nd Street in New York City, which is run by ex-vaudeville performers.

A poor girl condemned to darkness fights for her life against thugs who try to rape her. However, just as her strength is about to give out, a stranger rescues her from rape. Some time later, the man, who has fallen in love with the girl, sends her abroad to have her blind eyes treated...

The two servants take Ahmed to the airport on his way to England, the plane breaks down and Ahmed returns to his palace knowing that they have turned it into a hotel they rent to tourists, the two servants know about it, so they change everything but after it is too late.

It tells the story of a young man who is driven to commit illegal acts to take revenge on the man who killed his father. Murat is a poor young man who works in a grocery store. His father was killed by a thug named Rüstem at Murat's circumcision ceremony. Although his mother wants him to take revenge, Murat refuses. One day, Murat is unable to pay the bill at a restaurant he visits with his girlfriend and is forced to steal, but he is caught. In prison, he encounters Rüstem, his father's killer. Despite trying to stay away from Rüstem, Rüstem and his men injure Murat's arm. After being released from prison, Murat gets a job at a factory. However, living a clean life is no longer possible for him.

Ali is the image of modern Africa. He happily returns from a football match on his motorbike but a nasty surprise is waiting for him at his parents' home: he finds Haoua, his bride-to-be, waiting for him. The wedding is celebrated shortly afterwards and the two begin living together under the same roof. They are strangers but cannot stand each other. Haoua is the classic traditional woman who has just arrived from the village, God-fearing and faithful to the laws of tradition. Ali's friends advise him to look for a second wife. He meets Henriette, an uninhibited and provocative city girl, the woman of his dreams. To meet Henriette's constant requests, Ali 'borrows' some money from the coffers of commander Soleymane, but he is discovered and ends up in prison. Henriette is furious and leaves him, whilst Haoua cries for him in despair.

Schoolchildren fantasize about what they would do if they had a magic wand brought to life.

Ferit is a basketball player from Istanbul. One day, at a camp he attends, he meets Emine, a village teacher. They fall in love at first sight and get married, but the spell is broken when Ferit's friends from the city arrive.

The Sass brothers commit a bank robbery through a tunnel.

A beautiful young girl, Melita, finds herself entangled in a drug ring, dreaming of the high life, and her lust for wealth drives her to steal the gang's money. Her lover is forced to join the game, but is killed by a member of the ring. Thus, Melita is forced to seek the help of a friend of hers, Alexis. The two of them take refuge on an island, where Melita meets her cousin, Gisela, who lives with her wealthy lover, Nestor, who supports her. Nestor is fascinated by Melita, while Gisela tries to seduce Alexis. The two of them set up a casino, where Alexis robs his teammates, while Melita works as a photo model for Nestor's son. One night, Alexis discovers Melita dead and then tries to leave to avoid getting into trouble. He is arrested by the police, along with his girlfriend's murderer.

Roy and Jean's happy life is shattered by Jean's sudden illness and actually finding a doctor who can help her.

Kranthiveera is a 1972 Indian Kannada-language action drama film directed and produced by R. Ramamurthy. It stars Rajkumar, Rajesh and Jayanthi. The film's story was written by R. Rangarajan and Satyam was the soundtrack and score composer. The dialogues and lyrics were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar. The song Elli harikatha prasangavo had P. B. Sreenivas and Rajkumar playback singing together for the first time.

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Shohei Imamura’s short documentary.

A fairy tale about the friendship of a Breeze and a Baker.

Kedarnath Bhargav, his wife, Laxmi, and two sons, Ram and Lakshman are homeless. While traveling, their train derails and the family is separated into 3 groups. While Laxmi works as a maidservant in the house of Bombay's Mayor and his daughter, Rekha; Ram has been abducted by a career criminal, and Kedarnath & Lakshman are together. Ratanlal Verma, a kind-hearted man, with a son named Prakash comes to Lakshman's rescue

In a Mexican town, The Blue Racer flies in a plane and tries to hypnotize the Japanese Beetle.

Al-Shaima, the sister of the Prophet Muhammad in infancy, except in Bani Saad between her mother, Halima al-Sa’dia and her father, a family that acknowledges to the Prophet the goodness and blessing that has befallen their homes since he came as a baby, except for the stubborn Shaimaa who hates Muhammad hatred and buried hatred, the news of the Islamic call spreads, and Begad is allied with the enemies of Muhammad While Shaima Shadia Bani Saad, she is disappointed with the magic of her voice, Pijad and praises her tribe with the service of fighting Islam, migrating to Medina, and her husband is allied with the Jews from Bani Qurayza and Bani Nadir,

The rich Kalpana marries Rajesh, a poor painter, much to her parents' disapproval. She brags about his wealth to them but gets in trouble when they come to visit.

Apollo 16 mission from NASA footage.

Ayla is a conservatory student. Through a coincidence, she meets Tarık, a famous composer. They fall in love and soon become engaged. On a trip abroad, Tarık experiences one of Ayla's biggest traumas. This disaster will affect the fate of the duo in a bad way.

Screed at the Ann Arbor Film Festival in 1972

An introvert party goer in '60s makes it a habit of kidnapping meretricious female models to hidden spots out to wild nature to rape them, and of returning them to their homes nevermore.

A gang of landgrabbers, led by Mexican bandit Manuel, terrorizes the small town of Landford City. The sheriff asks the army for help, which orders Captain Mike Jackson to see what is going on in his old home town and also search for a government agent who has disappeared in that area. Jackson immediately finds himself in the middle of fistfights and shoot-outs with the bandits, who not only have a tight grip on the local farmers but also force Mary, the woman Jackson once intended to marry, to work as a saloon girl.

A comedy based on fourth novel out of "Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio.

A story about a group of countryside children playing detectives in their village.

Archaeologists, tomb robbers, a strange character and an adventurer undertake the search for the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh, driven by different motivations: from the mere archaeological find to the destruction of humanity.

Four soldiers of different nationalities serve in small garrison on the territory of post-war Germany.

Essay film on the darker side of cartoonist and filmmaker Chaval, aka Yvan Francis Le Louarn.

Four friends gather for Christmas dinner at an old cottage. Suddenly, there's a power failure and the phone goes dead. Then their wine turns to blood and the turkey makes them violently ill. Then things really get strange!

The main character of the film is an outstanding physicist who was invited to Armenia from Russia to head a lab. He comes across many troubles in his homeland, but nevertheless finds his true love there.

Christine has organized the robbery of the Mont Parnes casino. The robbers execute the plan with absolute precision and empty the entire treasury. The police immediately begin the investigation.

Under the leadership of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, the Ottoman army captures one Byzantine territory after another, culminating in the conquest of Constantinople, which becomes the capital of the Ottoman Empire. During this time, Vlad the Impaler, the ruthless and notorious ruler of Wallachia, launches brutal raids on Turkish villages, ambushing and savagely killing Ottoman soldiers. To put an end to Vlad's atrocities, Sultan Mehmed tasks Hamza Pasha with confronting him. Vlad ensnares the Ottoman raiders, taking most of them captive, including the brother of Kara Murat. Kara Murat is coerced into betraying his master and is sent to the Ottoman palace as a spy.

This is about the trials and tribulations of a man who keeps a mistress at the side while his jealous wife, hires a lowly employee, to spy on her husband's activities.

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Three interwoven stories where the characters experience deception, passion, love and rejection.

Louise lives alone and seems to like it that way. She has been through a divorce and the recent death of her mother. Recently, she has moved to Annecy, a moderate-sized city, to take work as a schoolteacher. She encounters a much younger man, Luigi, an Italian who is down on his luck. Though he moved to France to find work, he was robbed of his money and papers and is stranded. When he helps her bury her dogs, which her neighbour has poisoned for barking, their relationship grows to a new level.

In 1972 two music icons—the legendary blues guitarist, singer and composer B.B. King, and folk singer Joan Baez—teamed up for a performance for the inmates of Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York. The film was made with the help of inmates who had spent a year learning to use camera equipment.