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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BURNING CANE

BURNING CANE (director/writer: Phillip Youmans; cinematographer: Phillip Youmans; editors: Phillip Youmans/Ruby Kline; music: Kevin Gullage; cast: Wendell Pierce (Reverend Tillman), Karen Kaia Livers (Helen Wayne), Dominique McClennan (Daniel Wayne), Braelyn…

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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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CAL

CAL (director: Pat O'Connor; screenwriter: Bernard Maclaverty/from the novel by Bernard Maclaverty; cinematographer: Jerzy Zielinski; editor: Michael Bradsell; music: Mark Knopfler; cast: John Lynch (Cal), Helen Mirren (Marcella), Donal McCann…

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CAPE FEAR

CAPE FEAR "Unpleasant but suspenseful film noir." director: J. Lee Thompson; screenwriters: from the novel "The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald/James R. Webb; cinematographer: Samuel Leavitt; editor: George Tomasini; music:…

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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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