Cinematic Era: 1976 Vintage

A young woman's heart and jewels were swindled by three con-artists. As if this wasn't enough, they murdered her. With the help of a kind passerby, her ghost is now able to seek revenge.

A film-play produced by the State Academic Maly Theatre based on the play of the same name by Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky. A drama about the 'little man,' weak and kind, drowning in the depths of the sea of life.

Rosita Hernandez, a nine-year-old Indio girl, tells about the everyday life of her family living in the the desert plain between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, about 300 km south of Lima. Specific social and economic problems as well as ways of coping with them become visible.

The holidays of Vince Adamek, a student of the agricultural school in his native village in South Moravia, are purely working. He likes his job as a zootechnician so much that he seems to turn down an assistant position at the university...

After trying to prepare dinner without any luck, the only meal left is an egg. But the egg suddenly begins to live. Short theatrical film precursor to the 'Pat and Mat' series.

Bør is startled when he discovers that his father-in-law is becoming more Norwegian than he is. The father-in-law is about to raise the village's highest flagpole. Bør can't sit still and watch, and that's why the fight and the intricacies are underway.

It tells about mutual conflicts and the decline of the once rich and prominent Zagreb family Dombrovski. In this large family, women have always been in charge of decisions. The plot takes place immediately after the death of the founder and owner of the company, Vladimir Dombrovski.

A wild, zany spoof of American TV, complete with "on-the-spot" exposes, "remote" broadcasts, sensational interviews and a wide variety of commercial take-offs. Some of the topics covered in the film include "Miracle Stoves," "The Microwave De-Generation," "Death-Breath,", "Saturday Night Specials," "The Mexican Vegetable Genocide," "Sheep Tips," "Love Doll Dating Services," "Cruising for Jailbait," "Underwater Real Estate" and others. The format of the movie closely resembles that of current popular "magazine" TV shows, featuring anchorpersons in studio settings and investigative reporters "in the field."

The film depicts the events surrounding the last public executions in Sweden.

Aayiram Janmangal is a 1976 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. N. Sundaram and produced by Pavamani. The film stars Prem Nazir, K. R. Vijaya, Sukumari and T. R. Omana in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan.

Two middle aged Spanish men bump into each other at a music store: Calvo, who is a TV actor, and Casado. They were school mates and haven't met for a long time. They begin to remember old times, for instance, when they had to sing the post civil war Spanish anthem and they mistook the lyrics. But suddenly Calvo gets mad, breaks some discs, takes Casado to a small room, and acts as if he were the priest at the school. This priest has found that Casado had dirty magazines in his bedroom, and threatens him to tell his family if he doesn't give away the name of the boy who commits vandalism in the school. Terrified, Casado gives Calvo's name. Calvo comes back to the present, says he wasn't guilty, quietly pays the broken discs, and leaves the store.

Introduces the English countryside, life in London, and examples of English institutions and values, with the typical experiences a boy and girl have in traveling from their village and in visiting London.

Filmed at the Hotel El Conquistador in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, the film presents the musical group La Pandilla in a plot based on espionage.

The first part of a loose trilogy about the travails of two orphaned siblings, thirteen-year-old Alenka and twenty-three-year-old Zbyněk, is based on the peculiar situation of a family in which the siblings must replace each other's parents. The brother would like to get married, but is prevented by his sister, who is jealous of everything around him. So he brings his girlfriend Katherine, whom he likes, to the flat as a lodger...

The film is a story of a young man coerced into undercover work for the police, in return for their dropping of charges against him. He is to befriend a leader of a gang of juvenile delinquents who plans big robbery of a jewelry store. The scheme works and the gang is caught in the act except the gang leader.

The classic Shakespeare play in a way you've never seen.

Armand is a part-time hairdresser, on the run from women who are exhausted of his womanizing habits; Ofra has just escaped marriage to an inarticulate bridegroom. They encounter one another at a rooming house, and by helping each other escape their untenable situations, Armand and Ofra grow closer, resulting in a whole new set of troubles in this madcap comedy from Israel.

Footage of Meher Baba set to Meher-Baba-inspired music from Pete Townshend.

“This classic award-winning documentary is the first definitive treatment of the origins and rituals of the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans, It features two tribes: The Yellow Pocahontas led by Big Chief Allison “Tootie” Montana, and The White Eagles, led by Big Chief Gerald “Jake” Milon. The first part of the film reveals the sociocultural history of the Mardi Gras Indians, their costume prepartion, music, songs, dance and gatherings for a ritual practice. The second part is a sunrise to sunset visual account of the processions and street culture of the Black Indians on Mardi Gras Day. The film was screened for a full week in the New York Whitney Museum’s New Filmmakers Series. also was a finalist in the Cine Golden Eagle Awards and was screened at the Margaret Mead Film Festival. International festivals/screenings include: The Pompedeau Centre in Paris; London; Berlin; West Africa.”

A documentary about the aging prima ballerina Balasaraswati (popularly known as "Bala"), the most famous exponent of the Bharatanatyam dance.

As the clock ticks away announcing the end of the year, the four members of a family reveal their inabilities and frustrations, their defeats and the monotony of a life that drags on in a solitary way, even as a group.

Energetic Jana comes from Děčín to the metropolis for the Spartakiada, but her shy sister Anna is secretly going with her, looking for an opportunity to apologize to her boy Ondrej.

A thirty-something woman fears that life is passing her by and that she's going to end up as the family's 'maiden aunt'. She imagines that somebody in her circle is courting her, and he's too polite to disillusion her. And then...

Private Detective Pink tries to identify who stole his breakfast cake (which he ate himself in his sleep), instead finding another crook and chasing him through a surreal house.

A colour-printed melodramatic selanca from the beginnings of the organised labour movement in Bohemia... Antonín Zápotocký, the second workers' president, is the author of the literary novel Rozbřesk - the plot is said to be inspired by the fate of his grandmother and mother.

A washed-up actor has a nervous breakdown and believes that he really is the movie monster that he has been hired to play. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale’s “Beasts” horror anthology miniseries.

John Baker emerges as a fine runner while in High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then continues setting records at the University of New Mexico. His ability is world-class, and after receiving his university degree he accepts a position as a coach and physical education teacher at Aspen Elementary School while continuing to train (with the 1972 Olympics in sight). He becomes very popular with parents and students alike, for seeking ways to involve all his students, even those with an apparent lack of ability. Learning that he has terminal cancer he contemplates suicide, but instead chooses to dedicate himself even more to the kids, helping even the handicapped to participate, and co-founding and coaching the Duke City Dashers, an all-girl AAU track team. He hopes his "last race"...already beating the odds by a year, will not end before seeing this team win the national title.

A short film by Peter Greenaway.

Taiwanese movie

The Øyens' leave their 5 year old daughter to the babysitter, who later that night receives some mystical phone calls.

Rocky McSnarl breaks out of prison and swears revenge on Dogfather, so he hide out in a hospital as a patient. However, Rocky finds out where he is and gets a job as a nurse at that same hospital. Last "Dogfather" cartoon.

Early documentary by Eduardo Coutinho dealing with the water shortage in the city of Ouricuri in the seventies.

An adaption of Aristophanes' satirical poetic comedy into a strictly personal ludic burlesque. All actors perform naked. This is due not simply to the budget being too small to accommodate the appropriate costumes and regalia; Ludo Mich also intended to use his particularity to heighten the impact of Aristophanes' anarchistic ideas.

The making of Winstanley (1975)

The life and reign of Polish king Casimir III The Great.

The story of a gentle, unsure young woman who grows in maturity and self-reliance as she travels across the American plains in 1848 in a wagon train with her young husband and his family.

Davoud Najafi lives with his father Rahman who is the custodian of a small company and his disabled brother Ne'mat. His sister Aghdas is pregnant and her husband is away in Kuwait, so they have to bear her expenses too. Davoud loves film making and is in love with Nahid. He brings a camera and tries to steal the company while filming himself. They fired his father Rahman and he too throws Davoud out of the house.

Taiwan movie

An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.

Kiko and Duda, circus workers, get into a big mess when Kiko is mistaken for the trampist Sinbad. The bumbling boy is then abducted by the minions of the magician Ali Tuffi, who already has in his power the genius of the magic bottle, but they need the trapeze artist, descendant of the true sailor, to locate the philosopher's stone with which he will become a man very rich, with lots of fortune and power. In an attempt to help his friends, the real trampist Simbad and his girlfriend Luciana also end up being held prisoner on the bandits' ship. After a confusion, everyone will stop on an island full of dangers, where the stone is hidden.

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The film tells the story of a young blind woman. Elif, who lives with her father, is left completely alone after losing him. However, the entire town, led by the former gangster Arap Hasan, supports Elif. Meanwhile, a young man named Kadir takes an interest in Elif. Kadir, who performs surgery to restore Elif's sight, falls in love with her. Meanwhile, a gang that Kadir has disrupted kidnaps Elif in an attempt to pit Kadir against Arab Hasan. Their goal is to get Arab Hasan to kill Kadir.

Young Vova summons the wizard and asks him to find a friend who looks like him. So a man appears in the apartment, both in appearance and in character, similar to Vova.

In this heady, phantasmagoric fairy tale, a young girl comes face to face with a friendly dragon and a magnanimous witch. Upon the witch granting the girl’s wish to become a young woman, this surrealist chronicle follows the precocious Camélia on a series of quests in pursuit of love.

Opera Australia's 1976 production of Lakmé, an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes, with a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. Set in India during the British Raj, the story focuses on Lakmé, the daughter of a Hindu priest. Lakmé's life is troubled by her infatuation with a British officer.

This is not just an ordinary story. It contains the teachings of the ancient sages, which are presented through an allegorical narrative combined with philosophy and bhakti. The characters of Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Bharata, Hanuman and Ravana are integral parts of the cultural consciousness of India.

Raffaele is a man who decides to change his life: he manages to get noticed by a beautiful girl.

Nasim lives with her mother, Naneh-Roghi, in a public house. A girl named Badri, who also works in the same house, is interested in Nasim. One day, Badri shows Naneh-Roghi a photo of a man named Mehrnia, who has promised to marry her. Naneh-Roghi confesses that Nasim is the result of her illegitimate relationship with Mehrnia, and in a meeting with Mehrnia, she asks him to bring some stability to Nasim’s life...

A documentary about the other side of yakuza society from Noboru Ando, the former leader of the group. Directed by Noboru Ando and Akira Shiizuka.

The true story of one man's struggle to make the wilderness his home and the animals his friends.