PRESIDENT, THE

THE PRESIDENT (PRæSIDENTEN) (director/writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer; screenwriter: from the novel by Karl Emil Franzos; cinematographer: Hans Vaagø; cast: Halvard Hoff(Karl Victor), Richard Christensen (Berger, defense lawyer), Elith Pio (the…

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CALCUTTA

  CALCUTTA (director/writer: Louis Malle; cinematographer: Etienne Becker; editor: Suzanne Baron; cast: Louis Malle (Narrator); Runtime: 105; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Nouvelles Editions de Films; New Yorker Films; 1968-France-in English)…

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PRIEST

PRIEST (director/writer: Antonia Bird; screenwriter: Jimmy McGovern; cinematographer: Fred Tammes; editor: Susan Spivey; music: Andy Roberts; cast: Linus Roache (Father Greg Pilkington), Tom Wilkinson (Father Matthew Thomas), Cathy Tyson (Maria…

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CAPERNAUM

CAPERNAUM (CAPHARNAUM) (director/writer: Nadine Labaki; screenwriters: Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Kesrouani, in collaboration with Georges Khabbaz, with the participation of Khaled Mouzanar; cinematographer: Christopher Aoun; editors: Konstantin Bock, Laure Gardette; music:…

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CAROL

CAROL (director: Todd Haynes; screenwriter: based on the Patricia Highsmith novel "The Price of Salt"/Phyllis Nagy; cinematographer: Ed Lachman; editor: Affonso Goncalves; music: Carter Burwell; cast: Cate Blanchett (Carol Aird),…

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PROMISE, THE

PROMISE, THE (VERSPRECHEN, DAS /LA PROMESSE) (director/writer: Margarethe Von Trotta; screenwriter: Peter Schneider; cinematographer: Franz Rath; editor: Suzanne Baron; music: Jürgen Knieper; cast: Meret Becker (Young Sophie), Corinna Harfouch (Sophie…

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