Der Besuch der alten Dame
An enormously wealthy woman returns to her hometown with a dreadful bargain: She wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her in exchange for enough money to revitalize the town.
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An enormously wealthy woman returns to her hometown with a dreadful bargain: She wants the townspeople to kill the man who jilted her in exchange for enough money to revitalize the town.
Diane of Meridor, aged 23 years, lives a happy country life with her father. For the first time, Diana has her coming out ball, organized by the count of Monsoreau, who, in spite of being much older than her, wants to ma
A kind old lady is not all that she seems to be, and gets more than she bargained for when she rents out a room to a handsome young student.
The film based on the novel of the same name by Alexandre Duma, is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III. Tragically caught between the millstones of history are the gallant Count de Bussy and t
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, base
A great performance at the Carnegie Hall 1991 Tschaikovsky „Pique Dame“ under Seiji Ozawa with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
An adaptation of the eponymous fantasy novella by Alexander Pushkin. It tells the story of the gambling mania that seizes a young Russian officer, Hermann, and ultimately causes his downfall. His best friend, Tomsky, is
Representation of the female gender is often reduced to that of a superficial, sexual object. Temptation and lust have become primary themes associated with the archetypal female. 'Dame Factory' is a short experimental f
A high school halfback must choose between the gridiron dreams of his football coach father, and his own dream of becoming a musician.
An adaptation of a story by Remco Campert. The long and silent image of a boy during the morning hours, in front of a mirror.
A Russian prince exiled on the shores of lake Geneva nostalgically lives for a lost time and country. Being poor and alone now, he sells off his family possessions bit by bit to an obsequious antique dealer. The prince p
The gypsy Esmeralda captures the hearts of many men, including those of Captain Phoebus, the poet Pierre Gringoire, the hunchback Quasimodo, and his guardian Archdeacon Frollo. A story of love and desire set against a ba
Set in the middle ages, this is the wonderful, poignant story of a deaf hunchback, "Quasimodo", and his undying but unrequited love for the beautiful Gypsy girl, "Esmeralda", with whom, it seems, everyone falls in love.
As a teenager, Carla Zachanassian had a child with a man named Serge Miller. When he refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. Now, many years later, she is a multimillionaire and returns to the town of her child
1962 Japanese movie
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas.