Residence for Spies - Residencia para espías (Jesús Franco, 1966)

Ms. Pendleton is the commander-in-chief of a women’s training camp for western spies, recently established in Turkey. CIA agent Leyton receives a mission, to discover and destroy an ennemy group operating in the vicinities of that residence. He will manage, with the help, and sometimes extra zeal, of a number of the young women recruits.

Director: Jesús Franco. 

Writers: Jesús Franco (screenplay), Michael Loggan (based on a story by).

Stars: Eddie Constantine, Diana Lorys, Anita Höfer, Mary Paz Pondal, Otto Stern, Marcelo Arroita-Jáuregui, Dina Loy, Cris Huerta, Lola Gaos, Héctor Quiroga, Nora Romo, Antonio Jiménez Escribano, Pilar Vela, Gonzalo de Esquiroz, Tota Alba.

Subs: English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/3142443666086

Farewell to the Ark - Saraba hakobune (1984)

Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Terayama’s final and elaborate opus takes place on a remote Okinawan island, where a mythical time law rules and shapes memories, life and even death. Sutekichi and his cousin Su-e love each other, attracting the attention and insults of the superstitious inhabitants of an isolated village beyond time. When Sutekichi murders his rival Daisaku, the couple decides to flee from the village, but Sutekichi is haunted by Daisaku’s ghost and increasingly affected by the unforgiving course of time.

Director: Shûji Terayama.

Writers: Gabriel García Márquez (novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude”), Rio Kishida, Shûji Terayama.

Stars: Tsutomu Yamazaki, Mayumi Ogawa, Yoshio Harada, Yôko Takahashi.

Subtitles in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/10073589746342

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Sinners of Paris - Rafles sur la ville (1958)

Michel Piccoli plays a police inspector whose best friend is murdered on the orders of gang boss Charles Vanel. The inspector knows full well that Vanel is too crafty and well-connected to ever stand trial for his crime, so he carefully lays a subtle trap for his adversary.

Director: Pierre Chenal. 

Writers: Paul Andréota (adaptation & dialogue), Pierre Chenal (adaptation), Jean Ferry (adaptation), Auguste Le Breton (novel).

Stars: Charles Vanel, Bella Darvi, Danik Patisson, Michel Piccoli, François Guerin, Mouloudji, Jean Brochard, Georges Vitray, Alfred Goulet, Albert Dinan, Georges Douking, Marcel Lupovici, Albert Rémy, Gina Manès, Daniel Mendaille, Jany Clair. 

Cinematographer: Marcel Grignon.

Composer: Michel Legrand.

Subtitles in English

LINK:  https://ok.ru/video/2561394936486

Céleste (Percy Adlon, 1980)

In 1914, with men gone to war, Marcel Proust hired Céleste Albaret as his attendant. More than eight years later, she was at his side when he died. During this entire time, she only entered his room when he rang for her, sleeping from 9 AM to 3 PM to wait during the night while he wrote. Marcel uses her as more than a servant: she is his muse, telling stories of her childhood to stir his remembrance of things past; she’s in cahoots with him as he manipulates those he wants to draw on for his writing; she listens appalled to his descriptions of the underside of Paris. Hers is a life of love and sweet devotion as he races time to finish his work before death.

Director: Percy Adlon.

Writers: Percy Adlon, Céleste Albaret (book).

Stars: Eva Mattes, Jürgen Arndt, Norbert Wartha, Wolf Euba, Joseph Manoth, Leo Bardischewski, Horst Raspe, Andi Stefanescu, Rolf Illig.

1980 Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated for the Gold Hugo.

Audio in German. Had the characters spoken French, it would have won prizes and renown.

Subtitled in English.

LINK. https://ok.ru/video/3731664472742

Passenger - Pasazerka - (1963)

The last film of Andrzej Munk, who died in a car crash during the filming. A former guard in the women’s section of Auschwitz encounters a passenger on a cruise ship who was one of her prisoners. This sets off a series of flashbacks concerning those terrible days, and the struggle of wills that took place between prisoner and guard.

A movie from Polland. The film was left in an unfinished state, but was later assembled for release, using photo stills and voice-over narration.

Directors: Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz (for completion). 

Writers: Andrzej Munk (screenplay), Zofia Posmysz (novel & screenplay).

Stars: Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Jan Kreczmar, Marek Walczewski, Irena Malkiewicz, Barbara Horawianka, Maria Koscialkowska, Anna Jaraczówna, Leon Pietraszkiewicz, Janusz Bylczynski, Andrzej Krasicki, Zdzislaw Szymborski, Kazimierz Rudzki, Anna Golebiowska, Barbara Walkówna, Krzesislawa Dubielówna, Izabella Olszewska, Wanda Swaryczewska.

1964 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Palme d’Or

Subtitles in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/6914702510758

Left-Handed Fate - Fata/Morgana - (1966)

The inhabitants of a strange desert Barcelona are gradually leaving the city in a panic group. The victims of a serial killers seem to feel strangely attracted by their executioners. Only Gim, an attractive blonde advertising model, decides to face her destiny.

Director: Vicente Aranda. 

Stars: Teresa Gimpera, Marianne Benet, Marcos Martí, Antonio Ferrandis, Alberto Dalbés, Antonio Casas, Glòria Roig, Francisco Álvarez, Juan Sellás, Antonio Oliver, José Medina, José María Seada, Josep Castillo Escalona, Manuel Muñiz, Nuria Picas, Antonio Gudet.

Subtitles: English

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2532507781798

Harem Suare (1999)

As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan’s harem distracted. The story is about Safiye, who first becomes the Sultan’s favorite concubine, and later the official wife. As she gains power and influence, she engages in a tryst with Nadir, the black eunuch. When the Empire falls, the Sultan escapes to Europe, leaving all the concubines behind. Safiye fights for their rights under the new order…

Director: Ferzan Özpetek.

Stars: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucía Bosé, Valeria Golino, Malick Bowens, Christophe Aquillon, Serra Yilmaz, Haluk Bilginer, Pelin Batu.

A Turkey, Italian, French co-production

1999 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Un Certain Regard Award.

Subtitles in English.

LINK:  https://ok.ru/video/2544039430822

The Copper Tower - (Medenáa Veza) - 1970

The Copper Tower is a story of adventure and romance evolving around three male fiends and a woman, set against the background of the magnificent High Tatras mountains in Northern Slovakia . The three friends work at a mountain hostel during the summer season. Their careless and sometimes rough bachelor life changes with the arrival of a pretty, young student. Clearcut relations become entangled and lead up to a tragic ending.

A movie from former Czechoslovakia

Director: Martin Hollý.

Writer: Ivan Bukovcan.

Stars: Stefan Kvietik, Emília Vásáryová, Ivan Rajniak, Ivan Mistrík, Michal Docolomanský, Vlado Müller, Slavo Drozd, Alena Skokanová, Július Vasek.

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/10142983654054

The Games of Countess Dolingen - Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz - (1981)

This complex and puzzling French drama walks the fine wavering line between the fictional and the very real as it tells the tale of a strangely erotic event in the life of a little girl and the musings of a schizophrenic woman. Also involved is an enigmatic spouse who prepares a surprise for a burglar.

Director: Catherine Binet. 

Writers: Catherine Binet, Bram Stoker (short story “Dracula’s Guest”), Unica Zürn (novel).

Stars: Michael Lonsdale, Carol Kane, Katia Wastchenko, Marina Vlady , Emmanuelle Riva, Roberto Plate, Marilu Marini, Robert Stephens, Marucha Bo, Antoine Binet, Raoul Escari, Tobie Schumer, Carine Toly, Nathalie Goldnadel, François Mouren-Provensal. 

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2610668702374

The Arrival of Joachim Stiller - De komst van Joachim Stiller - (1976)

The film tells the story of Freek Groenevelt and Simone Marijnissen whose lives are taken over by Joachim Stiller. He’s a bizarre character who influences Freek and Simone’s lives in different ways.

Director: Harry Kümel.

Stars: Hugo Metsers, Cox Habbema, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Charles Janssens, Dora van der Groen, Joan Remmelts, Gaston Vandermeulen, Ward de Ravet, Anton Peters, Alex Wilequet, Bert André, Chris Boni, Joris Collet, Nini De Boël, Jo De Meyere. 

While Freek Groenevelt waits in front of the city hall till the rain stops, Hubert Lampo - the writer of the novel - stands next to him.

Subtitled in English.

LINK: https://ok.ru/video/2607547681446

80 Hussars - 80 huszár - (1978)

The film tells the true story of the Lenkey-Hussar battalion. It depicts naturally the obsessed and ill-weighed assertion of home sickness and patriotism thus revoking the memory of 1848. Obeying the pressure of the Empire the Hussar regiment of Paál Farkas and his companions has to be stationed in a small Polish town. Upon receiving the news on the revolution and freedom fight in Hungary, the Hussar Korsós attempts to desert.

Director: Sándor Sára. 

Stars: László Dózsa, György Cserhalmi, Jácint Juhász, József Madaras, Géza Tordy, Sándor Szabó, Gábor Csíkos, László Czikély, György ifj. Gonda, Sándor Kátó, Lajos Kovács, Zsolt Körtvélyessy, Sándor Oszter, Ferenc Paláncz, Tibor Patassy, Géza Polgár,István Szilágyi, Zoltán Vadász, László Áron.

Subtitled in English.

LINK : https://ok.ru/video/10046016588454