Cinematic Era: 1978 Vintage

A man escapes from a Louisiana prison to be at the California hospital bedside of his ailing son.

A housewife feels neglected by her family and walks out to start out a new life for herself.

An animated fairytale about a princess, who because she is an only child, must perform the traditionally princely duty pf rescuing a princess. Instead she rescues a prince.

Dr. Sarath (Tony Ranasinghe) domineers over his timid wife Vineetha (Sriyani Amarasena). When she is to have a Caesarean delivery of their baby, Sarath refuses to be present even though he himself is a doctor. She dies during surgery and Sarath is forced to live with the spectre of his wife hanging over him.

During the American Revolution, the Pink Panther is sent to notify townsfolk that the Redcoats are coming. (Reissue of "Pinky Doodle" 1976).

Four years ago, Igor, Olya's father, fell in love with another woman, Tatyana, and left his wife. Tatyana has a son, Dima, whom Igor is adopting. And one day Igor can not meet Olya, and sends Dima instead. Children get acquainted. There is a paradox. Olya hates Dima and his mother, he is friendly. Children have to cross the line of love and hate.

Hin, a monk who, one day receives a letter from his younger niece announcing that his parents have been killed by gangsters, their house burnt and cattle stolen.

A character, directly addressing the viewer, attempts, through his or her knowledge, a historical reflection on the Paris Commune of 1871. A series of five tableaux retraces the major phases of the events. First comes the analysis of the Second Empire. Then comes the fall of the Empire and the proclamation of the Republic on September 4, 1870. Based on texts by Jules Vallès, several actors evoke the event in the contemporary setting of the large housing estates of Bobigny. The third part deals with the period October-March 1871, during which the people of Paris felt, little by little, betrayed by the government. Finally, March 18 is the revolutionary day. Inspired by Bertold Brecht's "Days of the Commune," actors perform the episode "Madame Cabet's Canon." The fifth part, entitled "Two or Three Things I Know About Her," directly evokes the work of the Commune, building and imagining a better world...

Two men taking horses to market run afoul of angry sheep herders and are hampered by a lack of water for the horses.

A documentary interview with the French actress while on the sets of films in production. Several of the directors for whom she has made films are also interviewed

A man who sells coffee for a living gets his boss's daughter pregnant. This changes his life and eventually leads to his becoming a powerful business tycoon with no moral center. (TCM)

The great actress Julia Lambert suddenly realizes that she is, alas, getting old. What can help a woman who has absolutely everything? Only new love. And Julia falls in love with the first person she meets: an ambitious young man who has not a penny behind his soul. So begins a new life - a new romance and new tears. How else could it be?

Official entry to the first Metro Manila Film Festival in 1978 directed by Manuel 'Fyke' Cinco and starred Christopher de Leon, Marianne dela Riva, Dranreb, Johnny Delgado, Amy Austria, Cynthia Gonzales, Allan Valenzuela, and Manny Luna.

Based on the story of the same title by Elizabeth Levy, about two children whose discovery of some mutilated library books strangely links up with a dog show in which they have entered their dog.

The Sex Pistols captured live onstage at the very end of their fame (they split days after this show). Sid Vicious had by now replaced bassist Glenn Matlock, but internal divisions in the band would come to a head during this winter tour of the US. Numbers performed include 'Pretty Vacant', 'Anarchy in the UK' and 'No Fun'. Live at the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, January 10, 1978.

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An early experimental short film based on Faust.

A young woman does everything she can to catch the eye of her chosen one. In the end, she even goes into the water - wearing a diving suit. A cheerful underwater love story for GDR television, which also casually promotes the diving section of the pre-military Society for Sport and Technology in the GDR.

The truck driver Kiril has a dream to build a house for his family. Is this a possible ambition in society of scarcity and envy.

Rajesh Khanna plays a man drawn unwillingly into a nest of enemy spies and intrigue with the future of his country riding on his shoulders.Chhaya (Neetu) and Amit Narayan (Rajesh) are in love and Chhaya wants to get married. Amit doesn’t see why they have to get married and wants to keep things as they are. Wedding dates are set and then moved, to her great frustration.This is really their only point of discord.Amit lives alone, and is also very fond of Chhaya’s family: father (Om Shivpuri), mother (Dina Pathak), little brother Raju (Master Raju Shrestha)and sister Maya (Rozeena).It is Diwali, and as children burst crackers and set off potentially limb-severing fireworks, Amit’s upstairs neighbor Raman (Vinod Mehra) has been watching a group of men in a tent just outside the building’s courtyard.

This highly stylized, critically acclaimed film from the 70's mixes silent film cards, a soundscape, color, opera music and atmosphere to explore the Freudian truths about men's fear of women that Wedekind powerfully exposed. A kinetic melodrama of the rise of a femme-fatale and her fate at the hands of Jack-the-Ripper. Rethinking Pabst's silent film and Alban Berg's opera.

Despite their determination and effort, two working class friends in Bombay struggle to improve their lives.

Malfred Signal leaves her life of stifling gentility as an art teacher in a South Island private girls' school and decides to live out her dream – painting alone in the remote North. One terrifying night, beset by a prowler, but confronting only her own image at every step, she relives her past.

Due to idealism, honesty and resoluteness, a driver in a transport company faces numerous problems in his living and working environment.

A notebook falls into the hands of a young journalist, where he finds memoirs about his grandfather, who died in the civil wars of the early 20s. The writing does not correspond to the family legend woven about the grandfather. The young man tries to restore the truth.

Man turned to the psychoneurological dispensary to issue a certificate stating that he isn't registered here.

A young man moves to an apartment where an actor has just committed suicide. There is a room with cabinets full of theatrical objects and posters of old films. A child spies on him and in the house opposite a girl haunts him.

An illustration of beings in a world where countless plant and animal species rapidly become extinct, and resources run dry due to greed. However, it is possible to avoid disaster by conserving and sharing what we have.

Failed TV pilot.

Taking refuge from the Dog Catcher in The Little Man's house, The Pink Panther pretends to be the daughter's latest soft toy and she fights over it with her brother.

Colin Welland presents this confined spaces training video from the Health and Safety Executive, detailing the hazards of entering any confined space without the neccessary awareness, training & equipment.

Abdel Hamid, who works with the Border Guards at Ras El-Bar, crosses paths with the gypsy Nour who makes use of his job to facilitate her drug-smuggling operations with chief Abu Doma. When Abdel Hamid discovers her deceit, he quarrels with Abu Doma and hits him, causing him to lose consciousness.

The story revolves around the theme of giving and the joy of sharing wealth. The plot unfolds as the king discovers the true joy of giving when he decides to share his treasures with the children of his kingdom.

The Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest), located between Amstelveen and Schiphol, was constructed during the years of economic crisis. In 1934, Amsterdam had 50,000 unemployed residents, who were put to work on the project as part of a government relief scheme. Annette Apon made this short documentary about the creation of the Amsterdamse Bos for the Amsterdams Stadsjournaal.

In 1930s New York, Morris Bober runs a grocery store that barely keeps his head above water. When his store is robbed one day and the few takings from the till are stolen, his wife Ida and daughter Helen continue to run the store until one day a young man turns up...

This behind-the-scenes documentary follows the production of Autumn Sonata, capturing rehearsals, filming sessions, and discussions during the shoot. The film presents extended observational footage of the working process led by Ingmar Bergman and the principal cast and crew.

Four comic episodes based on betrayal. The main characters are a famous professionist that receives a girl as his anniversary present, a wife tired of her boring marriage, a look-alike of a dangerous wanted person and a very jealous husband. Fantastic Italian actors as Walter Chiari and Luciano Salce act in this beautiful movie.

Five reserve soldiers sleep with Sophie, a seventeen-year-old and member of a theatre group commissioned to entertain an armoured unit stationed on the Golan Heights. When she realizes that she is pregnant, only Shraga, a factory foreman, takes responsibility.

America's most feared prison. The nation's worst gangsters, such men as Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Alvin Karpis have been broken there, and no man has ever escaped from "The Rock." Alcatraz and its impregnable walls, escape-proof, until inmate 1313-0 proved it wasn't!

One night in Judea, a disabled shepherd boy-turned-beggar and his mother are visited by three strangers. They are the Three Kings, and they are on their way to Bethlehem to visit the Christ Child, who has just been born.

A comedy about a millionaire who pretends to be not a millionaire...

"In 1978, Michèle Rosier filmed the marriage of Soraya and Pascal Alvarez in the working-class suburb of Aubervilliers – resulting in a humanist, warmly funny documentary surveying the the entire community and pageantry of the wedding." - Spectacle Theater

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.

When the honest, unsuccessful Insurance Agent is transferred to Madhya Pradesh a lot of events are set in motiion.

Taxi driver Koukal (Miroslav Machácek) is stopped by the police for a routine traffic check. In the boot of his car the police find the body of a naked man. Koukal is arrested even though he claims he knows nothing about it. The case is assigned to Major Mlynár (Milan Sandhaus). The police identify the corpse as that of an Austrian citizen called Mitrik. Koukal has been regularly driving people interested in gambling to a secret gaming den. The police are put onto the gambling den by another taxi driver, who admits that he drove Mitrik there. Mlynár and officer cadet Pecka (Ivan Vyskocil) feign interest in gambling and visit the gaming den incognito.

A man is murdered. His father tracks the killer, hoping to get revenge before the police capture him. What happened to cause his son's death is gradually revealed.

In the early 17th century, the Dutch have occupied Bom Jesus village, the last native stronghold in the Pernambuco captaincy. An adventurer, João Fernandes Vieira, sees himself in the middle of a conflict, torn between joining his friend Mauricio de Nassau alongside the ruling Dutch and siding with his lover Ana Paes in the fight to free his homeland.

A girl falls in love with the son of a rancher, who gives her certain illusions about their relationship.