Archive for the ‘West Germany’ Category

Name of the Rose, The

Monday, April 2nd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Actors: Connery, Sean | Slater, Christian | Qualtinger, Helmut | Baskin, Elya | Lonsdale, Michael | Prechtel, Volker | Chaliapin Jr., Feodor | Hickey, William | Habeck, Michael | Althaus, Urs | Vargas, Valentina | Perlman, Ron | Trieste, Leopoldo | Valobra, Franco | Dobtcheff, Vernon
Directors: Annaud, Jean-Jacques
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1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan’s Order’s belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.

Fistful of Dollars, A

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Action | Western
Actors: Eastwood, Clint | Koch, Marianne | Volonté, Gian Maria | Lukschy, Wolfgang | Rupp, Sieghardt | Egger, Joseph | Antonio Prieto | Calvo, José | Lozano, Margarita | Martín, Daniel | Stefanelli, Benito | Brega, Mario | Carotenuto, Bruno | Sambrell, Aldo
Directors: Leone, Sergio
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An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo’s. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain.

Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy
Actors: Neville, John | Idle, Eric | Polley, Sarah | Reed, Oliver | McKeown, Charles | Dennis, Winston | Purvis, Jack | Cortese, Valentina | Pryce, Jonathan | Paterson, Bill | Jeffrey, Peter | Thurman, Uma | Steadman, Alison | Cooper, Ray | Henderson, Don
Directors: Gilliam, Terry
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Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron’s stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of “Munchausen’s Syndrome”, a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.

NeverEnding Story, The

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy
Actors: Oliver, Barret | McRaney, Gerald | Garrett, Drum | Cooksey, Darryl | Gilbert, Nicholas | Hill, Thomas | Roy, Deep | Prückner, Tilo | Gunn, Moses | Hathaway, Noah | Oppenheimer, Alan | Bromley, Sydney | Hayes, Patricia | Stronach, Tami
Directors: Petersen, Wolfgang
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Chased by school bullies, reprimanded by his father for daydreaming too much Bastian is lost in his own world. Bastian escapes school bullies one rainy day by hiding in an old used book store. After explaining his predicament to the old clerk Bastian notices a large leather bound book with a symbol of two snakes intertwined into an emblem. Soon after the clerk warns Bastian that this book is not for him Bastian, rushes away with it “borrowing” it, while the clerk is in another room. Taking refuge in the attic of his school Bastian opens the book, and a world of fantasy. Learning that the wonderous, beautiful land of Fantasia is being destroyed by a terrible “Nothing” Bastian is taken deeper into the story. Soon discovering the ChildLike Empress is deathly ill, the cause; she needs a new name. A young warrior named Atreyu is called and Bastian follows his adventures, unknowing that he, himself is slowly being written into the mysterious book. Soon realizing that he is now written in the book Bastian realizes that the only one who can save Fantasia is him.