The Fencing Master - El maestro de esgrima - (1992)

A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is famous for. When a local nobleman becomes involved with her the intrigue begins. 

It is set in 1868 Pre-revolution Spain , Madrid , about fall Queen Isabel II and return general Prim . There occurs a lot of anti-Borbon strikes and protests against Isabel II . On his return to Spain general Prim joined the opposition, heading revolts in Catalonia against generals Narvaez and O'Donnell. All his attempts failed until the death of Narvaez in April 1868, after which Queen Isabella fell more and more under the influence of the Jesuits, and became increasingly tyrannical, until at last even Serrano was exiled. In September 1868 General Serrano and General Prim returned, and Brigadier Topete, commanding the fleet, raised the standard of revolt at Cádiz 

A movie from Spain. Courtesy of Rarefilm

Subtitled in English.

Director: Pedro Olea. 

Stars: Assumpta Serna, Omero Antonutti, Joaquim de Almeida, José Luis López Vázquez, Miguel Rellán, Alberto Closas, Elisa Matilla, Ramón Goyanes, Juan Jesús Valverde, Francisco Vidal, Tomás Repila, Marcos Tizón, Miguel Ángel Salomón, Sonsoles Benedicto. 

LINK FOR THE MOVIE: https://ok.ru/video/7904302795430

Objective 500 Million - Objectif: 500 millions - (1966)

Reichau, a former army captain, is back in France after serving three years in prison for belonging to the OAS (Secret Armed Organization), a dissident paramilitary group during the Algerian War. Marked by his past, he does not believe in the values of his country any more. At a loss to know what to do with his life, he agrees one day to take part in a heist set up by Pierre, a pilot, the very man who gave him away in Oran. The operation, in which Yo, a gorgeous woman, participates, consists in stealing a bag containing 55 million francs during a Paris-Bordeaux flight.

Director: Pierre Schoendoerffer. 

Stars: Bruno Cremer, Marisa Mell, Jean-Claude Rolland, Etienne Bierry, Pierre Fromont, Jean-François Chauvel, Thomas Hong-Mai.

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2528091835046

Death of Yazdgerd - Marg Yazdgerd - (1982)

Death of Yazdgerd, is a poetic and political work exploring the cruel and tragic dynamics of a class-based society. War is raging. King Yazdgerd’s body is discovered in a run-down mill in the Iranian desert. Charged with murder, the miller, his wife and his sickly daughter must tell their story to the commanders to escape torture and death. Who killed the King? Was Yazdgerd indeed the revered God-King, or a puny, immoral man caught in the destructive whirlwind of his times?

Director: Bahram Beizai.

Writer: Bahram Beizai.

Stars: Susan Taslimi, Mehdi Hashemi, Mahmoud Behrouzian, Amin Tarokh, Ali Reza Khamseh, Yasaman Arami, Karim Akbari Mobarakeh.

A movie from Iran.

Subtitled in English.

Video Link: https://ok.ru/video/2926677723814

The Brothers Karamazonv - Bratya Karamazovy - Parts 1, 2 and 3 (1969)

Based on the novel of the same name by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The tragic story of the Karamazov family takes place in a Russian province in the late 19th century. The relations of their father and three brothers are very complicated and contradictory. One of the brothers is accused of killing his father, whom he did not commit. The brothers are unable to help him, and only a loving girl follows him to hard labour.

Directors: Kirill Lavrov, Ivan Pyrev, (as Ivan Pyryev), Mikhail Ulyanov. AKA The Brothers Karamazov

Writers: Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel), Ivan Pyrev (as Ivan Pyryev).

Stars: Mikhail Ulyanov, Kirill Lavrov, Lionella Pyryeva, Andrey Myagkov, Mark Prudkin, Svetlana Korkoshko, Valentin Nikulin, Pavel Pavlenko, Andrei Abrikosov, Gennadiy Yukhtin, Anatoliy Adoskin, Rada Volshaninova, Tamara Nosova, Nikita Podgorny, Ivan Lapikov, Varvara Popova, Yevdokiya Urusova, Stanislav Chekan, Aleksandra Danilova, Aleksandr Khvylya, Nikolai Ryzhov, Nikolai Prokopovich, Evgeniy Teterin, Mark Pertsovskiy, Lidiya Korneva, Sergei Kalinin, Vladimir Osenev.

1970 Nominee Oscar

Best Foreign Language Film - Soviet Union

Subtitled in English.

Video links:

Part One: https://ok.ru/video/363840235383

Part Two: https://ok.ru/video/3638402615974

Part Three: https://ok.ru/video/3638402812582

Tano da morire (To die for Tano) - 1997

Shot in his butcher shop by a rival clan during the Mafia wars of 1988, the Palermo Mobster Tano Guarrasi is mourned by his wife, four unmarried sisters and his daughter. But in truth, his death represents a kind of liberation for the women.

Directors: Roberta Torre, Vincenzo Navarra.

Writers: Enzo Paglino, Gianluca Sodaro, Roberta Torre.

Stars: Ciccio Guarino, Enzo Paglino, Mimma De Rosalia, Maria Aliota, Adele Aliotta, Annamaria Confalone, Vincenzo di Lorenzo, Lorenzo La Rosa, Giacomo D’Ignoto, Francesca Di Cesare, Filippo Teriaca, Eleonora Teriaca, Concetta Alfano, Maurizio Testa.

Subtitled in English.

Video Link: https://ok.ru/video/6803188812454

Captive of the Desert (La Captive du Desert) - 1990

Sandrine Bonnaire plays a European researcher who is abducted by some ill-educated rebels in a North African country. They have no clear reason for holding her hostage, and after a considerable period of time (and an escape attempt by their captive), they simply let her go. The story is based on a similar situation that the director Raymond Depardon covered when he was a reporter.

Director: Raymond Depardon. 

Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Dobi Koré, Fadi Taha, Dobi Wachinké, Badei Barka, Atchi Wahi-Li, Daki Koré, Isai Koré, Mohamed Ixa, Brahim Barkaï, Hadji Azouma, Barkama Hadji, Sidi Hadji Maman.

Subtitles: English,

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VIDEO LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2521243716262

Angels of Sin (Les Anges du Péché) - Robert Bresson - 1943

Anne-Marie, a well–off young woman, decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime for which she was convicted. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the man she feels is responsible for her imprisonment and comes to seek sanctuary from the law in the convent. Anne-Marie clashes with her sisters and elders over her zealousness to reform Thérèse, who manipulates and antagonizes her.

Director: Robert Bresson. 

Stars: Renée Faure, Jany Holt, Sylvie, Marie-Hélène Dasté, Yolande Laffon, Paula Dehelly, Mila Parély, Silvia Monfort, Louis Seigner, Gilberte Terbois, Georges Colin, Geneviève Morel, Christiane Barry, Jean Morel.

Subtitled in English.

Courtesy of Rarefilmm.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/3901175237286

The Wolf at the Door (Oviri) (1986)

This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin, follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.

Director: Henning Carlsen. 

Stars: Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow, Jean Yanne, Sofie Gråbøl, Valeri Glandut, Ghita Nørby, Merete Voldstedlund, Fanny Bastien, Jørgen Reenberg, Henrik Larsen, Jesper Bruun Rasmussen, Yves Barsacq, Thomas Antoni, Kristina Dubin, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Morten Grunwald.

1986 Venice Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Lion.

Subtitles in English.

Link: https://ok.ru/video/2537591736998

The Green Years (Os Verdes Anos) - 1963

Julio, aged nineteen, has just left the provinces to settle down in the outskirts of Lisbon. He lives there in a poor area with his uncle Afonso and starts working as an apprentice shoemaker. At the shop, he gets to know Ilda, a young housemaid and regular customer. Ilda is pretty, joyful and modern and Julio falls for her. The two young people, although very different from each other, embark on an idyll…

Director: Paulo Rocha.

Stars: Rui Gomes, Isabel Ruth, Ruy Furtado, Paulo Renato.

First film of Paulo Rocha, one of the founders of the new Portuguese cinema.

Awards:

Premio Cabeza de Palenque (Acapulco Film Festival, 1965)

Mention Honorable (Valldolid Film Festival, 1965).

Audio in Portuguese and Subs in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2525073705638

H2S (1969)

"H2S" was never released outside Italy. Rarely seen since its original Cinema release in 1968 this surreal futuristic comedy drama is directed by Roberto Faenza whose inspirations from his art college days are clearly displayed here. Student revolts in a futuristic scientific university see an unusual role for the American actor Lionel Stander,who had previously been cast as the barman in Sergio Leone's "Cera una volta il West"(1968) The story is a puzzling one- it begins in London,England where students are controlled by a dictatorship Government where sex is outlawed.The film was supposed to have been banned in Italy and destroyed,but do they really do that to films these days? Nonetheless,the set designs are truly stunning,especially the second half of the film where the runaway lovers end up living in the Italian mountains in a colourful 'funked-up' igloo! But the film is so slow and bemusing blending political statements with sci-fi which was to emerge as a popular genre in the US. The musical score by Ennio Morricone is superb.

Director: Roberto Faenza.

Stars: Lionel Stander, Denis Gilmore, Carole André, Giancarlo Cobelli, Paolo Poli, Franco Valobra, Alfred Thomas, Massimo Sarchielli.

Audio in Italian and subtitles in English.

MOVIE LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2522546637478

The Man with the Lens - Der Mann mit dem Objektiv - (1961)

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the “Beautiful future” professed by VEB (“Volkseigener Betrieb” – “State Owned Holdings”).

Director: Frank Vogel. 

Writer: Paul Wiens.

Stars: Rolf Ludwig, Christine Laszar, Helga Labudda, Micaela Kreißler, Otto Stark, Erik S. Klein, Erich Franz.

Subtitled in English.

Movie Link: https://ok.ru/video/3890599103142