Dokumentarfilm über den Steinmetz Michael Spengler, der Grabsteine erstellt und dabei eine besondere Vorgehensweise hat: Er versucht, in seinen Steinen die Persönlichkeit des Verstorbenen authentisc...
Berlin, Anfang der 1980er Jahre: Der Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR wirbt den jungen, systemtreuen Ostberliner Ludger an, um ihn in die Künstlerszene des Prenzlauer Berg einzuschleusen. Dort sammelt...
Vor Jahren hatte die 22-jährige Studentin Lena ihr Elternhaus im Streit verlassen und den Kontakt zu ihrer Mutter abgebrochen. Nun erhält sie von ihrem Vater überraschend die Nachricht von deren Un...
Lose Fortsetzung des Sozialdramas "Mediterranea" (DE/US/IT/FR) aus dem Jahr 2015. Im Mittelpunkt steht der 14-jährige Roma Pio, der mit seiner großen Familiengemeinschaft in einer italienischen Stad...
Melodrama waarin een stiefvader de erfenis van zijn twee stiefdochters in handen probeert te krijgen. Als de ene sterft en de ander zich opoffert komt hij tot inkeer.
Korte oorlogsreportage over het Duitse marineschip 'Möwe'. Dit schip houdt Britse schepen aan, neemt de bemanning aan boord en vernietigt de vaartuigen. Ook schepen van neutrale landen worden aangeho...
Beelden, uit 1914, van de fabricage van vliegtuigen: Een dubbeldekker wordt naar buiten gebracht en de motor wordt erop gemonteerd. Het vliegtuig kan geheel in onderdelen, als bouwpakket, vervoerd wor...
Jonas, the lord of the manor, and Ahti the Finn have been close friends for years. When Jonas's sister is attacked by a gypsy, Jonas and Ahti come to her aid, and the gypsy is badly beaten. Soon after...
Cesarina Rupert, a modern day Messalina, is Claudio’s wife, a patriot and a brilliant inventor of war vehicles for France. Between personal drama and spy intrigues, this mismatched couple is d...
Guazzoni, in putting on this sensational work must have encountered many difficulties. However, he overcame them brilliantly. He presents the episodes and vicissitudes which characterise the liv...
First lead role for the gentle giant Maciste (original name Bartolomeo Pagano), who stole the scene to the leaders and the princesses in "Cabiria". The period and the location are different, but not t...
The making of patriotic films was not rare among FAI productions, and "Il bacio della gloria" is one example, together with "Armi e amori" (1913) and "Per la Patria!" (1915). “In the Speech fr...
The first Norwegian film with international ambitions, Thin Ice is a story of young love, corporate ambition, and a daring nighttime caper. Tom, a strapping young student, gets his dream job as an adv...
British and Belgian troops on dockside at Ostend. "Trekking To Safety - British and Belgian troops watch the departure of the refugees from Ostend" - one shot only after this title.
Documentary about gold extraction methods in the Aruwimi River area. All the various stages are illustrated. Rivers and rocks are first explored and then drilled. Once raw materials are sorted accordi...
An unidentified (and unfortunately incomplete) exotic melodrama, tends towards De Mille's The Cheat. Considered by specialists as a German film.
I. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on the city and cathedral at Amiens after the German failure to capture the city, 5th-7th April 1918. II. Spanish language version of a newsreel item on ...
From 1891 to 1945, a popular form of iconography thrived next to the official one documenting Italy’s political and social life. This alternative iconography can be found in humorous and satir...
Barbarians outside: yesterday as today. Who have centuries of civilization gone by for? Not even appearance has altered the Norman in his barbarism. This great work from the Ambrosio hotbed admi...
Newsreel item on snow conditions in Flanders, showing the cameraman's car stuck in a snowdrift, and soldiers having a snowball fight, Western Front, January 1918.