Adventure

  • Alfred Lind – Il jockey della morte AKA The Jockey of Death (1915)

    1911-1920AdventureAlfred LindItalySilent
    Il jockey della morte (1915)
    Il jockey della morte (1915)

    An acrobatic woman and a man in a skeleton suit are involved in a gypsy plot.

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    A little girl seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Fifteen years after, the true reason comes into light. Her cousin Henri makes up his mind and decides it is time for action. In order to help the girl escaping the vigilant gypsy home of ‘Cirque Bartoli’, both get caught and end up being chased by the gypsies. This hot pursuit – crossing sewage channels, roof tops, mountains and rivers – is an excellent piece of the girl’s extraordinary acrobatic skills and Henri’s bravura.Read More »

  • Aleksandr Alov & Vladimir Naumov – Legenda o Tile AKA Legend About Thiel (1977)

    Aleksandr Alov1971-1980AdventureDramaUSSRVladimir Naumov
    Legenda o Tile (1977)
    Legenda o Tile (1977)

    This TV miniseries is based on the book “La légende et les aventures héroïques, joyeuses et glorieuses d’Ulenspiegel et de Lamme Goedzak au pays de Flandres et ailleurs”, by belgian XIX century author Charles de Coaster, which, in turn is based on the popular German renaissance text “Ein kurzweiliges Buch von Till Eulenspiegel aus dem Lande Braunschweig”, by Hermann Bote. The story is set at the time of religious wars and turmoils following the protestant reformation and the hero fights for the freedom of his country from Spanish occupation and from the holy inquisition. The fist parts of the film are devoted to showing the atmosphere of oppression in the Netherlands at the time, with people being reported to the inquisition by envious neighbors and burned at the stake on flimsy excuses, when the real goal is for the king to get hold of their riches.Read More »

  • Noboru Nakamura – Natsuko no Boken AKA Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido (1953)

    Noboru Nakamura1951-1960AdventureClassicsJapan
    Natsuko no Boken (1953)
    Natsuko no Boken (1953)

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    After World War II, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. developed and launched colour film stocks, with which the first Japanese natural colour features Carmen Comes Home (1951) and Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido were produced by Shochiku; the latter has seldom been presented as its existing print is an incomplete one. Adapted from an early serial fiction by Yukio Mishima, it is a melodrama with women as subjects—a genre Nakamura was best at, with excellent representation of Mishima’s persevering characters. Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent in Hakodate, Hokkaido and meets along the way a young bear-hunter with whom she begins an adventure. A few scenes are missing in this print, one of which near the end is without a soundtrack; lines in the original script are inserted in these scenes to make up for these defects, which do not discount the film’s status as a valuable film capturing Hakodate in its glorious and vibrant colours.Read More »

  • Christian-Jaque – La etulipe noire aka The Black Tulip (1964)

    Christian-Jaque1961-1970ActionAdventureFrance
    La tulipe noire (1964)
    La tulipe noire (1964)

    In 1789, when the Revolution went on, a bandit named “Black Tulip” held the
    surroundings of village Roussillon in fear. The poor people respected him as Robin Hood,
    who declare himself a revolutioner but Count Guillaume de Saint Preux “plays” this
    benefactor. When he fought with Mouche, the policeman he was wounded … Read More »

  • Florian Gallenberger – Grüner wird’s nicht, sagte der Gärtner und flog davon AKA As Green As It Gets (2018)

    2011-2020AdventureComedyFlorian GallenbergerGermany
    Grüner wird's nicht, sagte der Gärtner und flog davon (2018)
    Grüner wird’s nicht, sagte der Gärtner und flog davon (2018)

    Georg “Schorsch” Kempter is a gardener in a small Bavarian town. When the owner of the local golf course tries to cheat Schorsch for his money, he grabs the control stick and flies away in an attempt to save his plane and himself.Read More »

  • Jorgo Papavassiliou – Held der Gladiatoren (2003)

    2001-2010ActionAdventureGermanyJorgo Papavassiliou
    Held der Gladiatoren (2003)
    Held der Gladiatoren (2003)

    After almost the whole family decimated by soldiers of the Roman Empire, the noble Germanus is captured as a slave. Humiliated and tortured by the mighty of Rome, he is obliged to endure the most terrible trials. In the bloody combat that wages as a gladiator in the Roman arenas, Germanus ends up losing his only brother, who dies in the hands of the cruel lakes. But Germanus will not give up and now will have to use all his spirit of struggle and leadership to command the masses against oppression towards freedom.Read More »

  • Phil Rosen – It Could Happen to You (1937)

    Phil Rosen1931-1940ActionAdventureUSA
    It Could Happen to You (1937)
    It Could Happen to You (1937)

    (1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately…Read More »

  • Jacques Rivette – Noroît aka Nor’west (1976)

    Jacques Rivette1971-1980AdventureFantasyFrance
    Noroît (1976)
    Noroît (1976)

    After her brother was killed by a notorious all-female pirate gang, Morag dedicates her life to bringing the murderers to justice. Soon, she has become an important member of the pirate gang and has begun acquiring the loyalty of key members. Eventually, she makes her move and challenges the leader, a demi-god (literally), known as “The Daughter of the Sun.” The story of Noroit is based on an early 17th-century tragedy by Cyril Tourneur, and, though it is only the third one filmed, the movie is the concluding episode in a four-part series by director Jacques Rivette.Read More »

  • Édouard Molinaro – Beaumarchais l’insolent AKA Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)

    Édouard Molinaro1991-2000AdventureFranceRomance
    Beaumarchais l'insolent (1996)
    Beaumarchais l’insolent (1996)

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    Here is a lavish and charming film about a decade in the life of the multi-talented eighteenth century playwright and political activist. Under the guiding hand of director Edouard Molinaro, Fabrice Luchini gives a polished, witty, and mesmerizing performance as this French patron saint of freedom. Throughout his turbulent life, Pierre-Augustin Caron Beaumarchais swung back and forth between the pinnacles of success and the ignominy of imprisonment. His classic plays, The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro, were politically critical of the ruling class and corruption in high places. They both landed him in jail. But the resilient Beaumarchais found a new avenue for his creativity as a secret agent in England. There he got involved with an American who persuaded him to run arms for the American colonies. Beaumarchais, The Scoundrel is a convincing parable about the intoxicating enchantments and the spiritual firepower of freedom.Read More »

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