ASSAULT

ASSAULT (aka: IN THE DEVIL"S GARDEN) (aka: THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND) (aka: THE CREEPERS) (aka: TOWER OF TERROR) (director: Sidney Hayers; screenwriters: John Kruse/from the book The Ravine by Kendal Young;…

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NOWHERE IN AFRICA

NOWHERE IN AFRICA(Nirgendwo in Afrika) (director/writer: Caroline Link; screenwriter: from the novel by Stefanie Zweig; cinematographer: Gernot Roll; editor: Patricia Rommel; music: Niki Reiser; cast: Juliane Köhler (Jettel Redlich), Merab…

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ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY   (director: Louis Malle; screenwriter: John Guare; cinematographer: Richard Ciupka; editor: Suzanne Baron; music: Michel Legrand; cast: Susan Sarandon (Sally), Burt Lancaster (Lou), Michel Piccoli (Joseph), Kate Reid…

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ODD OBSESSION

ODD OBSESSION (KAGI) (THE KEY) (director/writer: Kon Ichikawa; screenwriters: Natto Wada/Keiji Hasebe/from the novel Kagi by Junichiro Tanizaki; cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa; editors: Kon Ichikawa/Hiroaki Fujii/Tatsuji Nakashizu; music: Yasushi Akutagawa; cast:…

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AUTUMN SONATA

AUTUMN SONATA (Höstsonaten) (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Sylvia Ingmarsdotter; cast: Ingrid Bergman (Charlotte Andergast), Liv Ullmann (Eva), Lena Nyman (Helena, Charlotte's abandoned spastic daughter), Halvar Bjork (Viktor),…

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OH, WOE IS ME

OH, WOE IS ME (HELAS POUR MOI) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; cinematographer: Caroline Champetier; editor: Jean-Luc Godard; cast: Gérard Depardieu(Simon Donnadieu), Bernard Verley(Abraham Klimt), Laurence Masliah(Rachel Donnadieu); Runtime: 95; MPAA Rating:…

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