PANDORA’S BOX

PANDORA'S BOX (Büchse der Pandora, Die) (director/writer: G.W. Pabst; screenwriter: Joseph Fleisler/from the two plays "Erdgeist" and "The Box of Pandora" by Frank Wedekind; cinematographer: Günther Krampf; editor: Joseph R.…

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PARADINE CASE, THE

PARADINE CASE, THE (director: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: James Bridie/Ben Hecht/Alma Reville/David O. Selznick,/"from the novel by Robert Hichens; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: John Faure; music: Franz Waxman/Paul Dessau; cast: Gregory…

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PARIS BLUES

PARIS BLUES (director: Martin Ritt; screenwriters: from the book Paris Blues by Harold Flender/Irene Kamp/Jack Sher/Walter Bernstein/Lulla Adler; cinematographer: Christian Matras; editor: Roger Dwyre; music: Duke Ellington; cast: Paul Newman…

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PARTY GIRL

  PARTY GIRL   director/writer: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer; screenwriters: Harry Birckmayer/Sheila Gaffney; cinematographer: Michael Slovis; editor: Cara Silverman; music: Anton Sanko; cast: Parker Posey (Mary), Omar Townsend (Mustafa), Sasha…

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BESSIE

BESSIE (TV MOVIE) (director/writer: Dee Rees; screenwriters: story by Dee Rees & Horton Foote/Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois/based on "Bessie: Empress of the Blues," a biography by Chris Albertson; cinematographer: Jeff…

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PASTORALI

PASTORALI (director/writer: Otar Iosseliani; screenwriter: Revaz Inanishvili; cinematographer: Abessalom Maisuradze; editor: Otar Iosseliani; cast: Nana Ioseliani (Eduki, a young peasant), Tamar Gabarashvili (Musician), Mikhail Naneishvili (Musician), Nukri Davitashvili (Musician), Baia…

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