Die freudlose Gasse

In 1921, we follow two women - Marie and Grete - from the same poor Viennese neighborhood, as they try to better the lives of themselves and their families during the period of Austrian postwar hyperinflation.

Shri Krishna Janma

This film begins with the invocation of 'almighty god' at a river where several people are gathered. The child god Krishna rises out of the water astride the demon snake Kaliya. Then we see Yashoda as she rocks the sleeping Krishna's crib and imagines the god as Gopala. The next scene shows Kamsa fantasizing about Krishna threateningly duplicated many times around him. Kamsa then imagines himself dead as his severed head rises up and descends again. People of all castes pay obeisance to the deity with the title-card: 'may this humble offering be accepted by the Lord'.

Les Triplettes de Belleville

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters—an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire—to rescue him.

Korkein voitto

The heavily indebted baron Henrik von Hagen, who loves women and partying, learns that his former lover, Russian ballerina Madame Vera Vasiljevna, will be visiting Finland. They are reunited and sparks fly. But Vasiljevna's new hobby casts a shadow over their romance.

The Forged Bride

Professional forger Bill Butters realizes one day that the police are closing in on him, and convinces his daughter Peggy to flee.

Sweeney Todd

A man dreams he is the 'demon barber' who cuts sailors' throats for jewels and uses the corpses for pies.

När kärleken dödar

After a harsh argument between her and her father, a young girl with artistic talent leaves home for a new life.

Как они лгут

Лихо одноглазое

The plot is the embodiment of everyday belief about the impact of a certain evil force on a person. The action develops in a peasant environment.

The Way of the Strong

A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.

Die Nacht der Königin Isabeau

The film depicts the marriage between the mad Charles VI of France and his wife Queen Isabeau.

La Antena

An entire city has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city's only television channel, is carrying out a sinister plan to control all of the city's inhabitants.

A Petal on the Current

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

The Moth and the Flame

A bride who discovers during her wedding ceremony that her husband-to-be has fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman.

長恨

Set in the Edo period, the film deals with two brothers falling in love with the same girl. Sadly, only 12 minutes of footage survive.

Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Bear

Bear (10 minutes, 35 seconds) was Steve McQueen's first major film. Although not an overtly political work, for many viewers it raises sensitive issues about race, homoeroticism and violence. It depicts two naked men – one of whom is the artist – tussling and teasing one another in an encounter which shifts between tenderness and aggression. The film is silent but a series of stares, glances and winks between the protagonists creates an optical language of flirtation and threat.

Trilby

First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.

Fickle Women

A dove emerged above the fiery pits of hell

A white dove appears in hell, saving past sinners.