The Novel of Werther

Herr Werther, a new magistrate to the Grand Duchy of Walheim who is a violinist and poet, seems to have fate on his side as he meets and pursues a beautiful local woman, Charlotte. But as Werther sets to propose marriage, Charlotte reluctantly tells him she has been promised to another, Werther's superior, Judge Hochstätten. Werther and Charlotte decide to keep their romance from the judge and each descends into depression. Will they be able to keep their feelings a secret?

1938-12-14 | fr

Man on a Tightrope

The owner of an impoverished circus in Communist-ruled Czechoslovokia plots to flee across the border to freedom, taking his entire troupe of performers and wild animals with him.

1953-05-21 | en

نوادر عبدالهادي أفندي

1939-06-06 | ar

The First Film

In a small town of 1960's India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film.

2023-12-06 | hi

الدكتور فرحات

1935-01-01 | ar

Frances Ha

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.

2013-05-17 | en

The Whispering Star

A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy.

2015-09-10 | ja

En la Quietud de la Noche

On the Day of the Dead, a 10-year-old kid anxiously awaits a visit from his grandfather from the afterlife to finally meet him

2025-10-15 | es

The Tournament

Rival knights compete for the hand of a beautiful maiden in this period feature from Jean Renoir.

1928-12-09 | fr

The Warm, Warm Bed

Sex farce about an airline pilot and his badgering but beautiful wife.

1968-03-01 | en

البيوت اسرار

The great lawyer Mamdouh neglects his cases because of gambling, and after the insistence of his wife straightens his case, spending his nights at home playing with her, and over the course of days the wife learns the secrets of the game. The picture turns, becomes a gambling player and neglects the affairs of the house

1971-12-13 | ar

By the Law

After a man kills two members of his Yukon gold prospecting team, the other two surviving members struggle to keep him subdued for the next several months until they can turn him over to the law.

1926-12-03 | ru

Address Unknown

When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.

1944-06-01 | en

The Caretaker

Aston, a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac Davies, an old derelict who has been fired from a menial job in a café. In time Aston offers him a job as caretaker of the house. Aston's brother, Mick - a taunting, quasi-sadist - harasses the derelict when his brother is away, countermanding his orders...

1964-01-21 | en

Nichts als die Wahrheit

1969-06-06 | de

A Span of Land

The film is about the hot war summer of 1944. A group of several gun crews defends a tiny bridgehead on the right bank of the Dniester. The fates of the main characters: the front-line soldier-battalion commander Babin, the young lieutenant Motovilov, the nurse Rita Tamashova and the rank-and-file gunners, soldiers, among whom are brave people, faint-hearted and scoundrels, unnoticed heroes, are shown in a setting of several hours of peaceful life before another violent attack of the enemy, after which not everyone will survive...

1964-12-21 | ru

Chekhov's Gun

Two robbers, having a philosophical debate about fate, realize that their deaths are imminent.

2021-02-01 | en

Mother

A Soviet woman is caught between her husband and son, who find themselves on opposing sides of the Russian Revolution.

1926-10-11 | ru

Bed and Sofa

Life changes for a Moscow couple after they allow an old friend of the husband’s to move in.

1927-03-15 | ru

Risiko für Weihnachtsmänner

1968-12-22 | de