An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by German agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.Read More »
Orson Welles
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Norman Foster & Orson Welles – Journey Into Fear (1943)
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Orson Welles – Le Procès AKA The Trial (1962)
Orson Welles1961-1970ArthouseDramaFranceJosef K wakes up in the morning and finds the police in his room. They tell him that he is on trial but nobody tells him what he is accused of. In order to find out about the reason of this accusation and to protest his innocence, he tries to look behind the facade of the judicial system. But since this remains fruitless, there seems to be no chance for him to escape from this Kafkaesque nightmare.
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Orson Welles – Macbeth (1948)
Orson Welles1941-1950ClassicsDramaUSAWilliam ShakespeareMacbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.Read More »
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Elisabeth Kapnist – Orson Welles, autopsie d’une légende AKA Orson Welles: Shadows and Light (2015)
2011-2020DocumentaryElisabeth KapnistFranceGiant of cinema, the embodiment of creation, Orson Welles is the man who reinvents the film language at 24-years old. Who is hidding behind this impressive figure? This movie is a journey towards the man behind the legend. It drags us into the labyrinth with multiple mirrors that Welles erases and recreates at the mercy of his imagination.Read More »
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Gregory Ratoff & Orson Welles – Black Magic (1949)
Gregory Ratoff1941-1950DramaMysteryOrson WellesUSASynopsis:
A gypsy man discovers that he is a natural hypnotist, and decides to make a fortune off of his ability. When he meets the Viscount who had ordered the execution of his parents and his own whipping and blinding (the latter from which he escaped), he uses his abilities to gain vengeance. Of help to him is a woman who has a startling resemblance to Marie Antoinette. Soon, his lust for power and his love for the woman gain control of him.Read More » -
Orson Welles – Le Procès AKA The Trial (1962) (HD)
Drama1961-1970ClassicsOrson WellesUSAAn unassuming office worker is arrested and stands trial, but he is never made aware of his charges.Read More »
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Claude Chabrol – La décade prodigieuse AKA Ten Days Wonder (1971)
1971-1980ArthouseClaude ChabrolFranceThrillerAnthony Perkins, a young sculptor with a weird penchant for waking up in strange hotels with his memory wiped clean and bloodied hands, invites a former professor (Michel Piccoli) to the Gatsby-like provincial manor presided over by his powerful tycoon father (Orson Welles). Welcomed by Welles’ young wife (Marlene Jobert), Piccoli soon finds a nest of rats beneath the bourgeoisie voluptuousness — a clan bound in a circle of illicit romance, blackmail, faked burglaries and, of course, murder.Read More »
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Robert Stevenson – Jane Eyre (1943)
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Who directed Jane Eyre? The credits clearly state Robert Stevenson, but a cult of sorts has sprung up over the decades since the film’s 1943 release to claim that it was really helmed—in spirit if not in letter-by its star Orson Welles. Stevenson’s wife and kids argue quite vociferously to the contrary, and certainly the public record, while tantalizingly ambiguous about what (if anything) Welles contributed, does not seem to support this thesis. But there is simply no denying that there is a huge Wellesian influence looming over the film like one of its intrinsically Gothic shadows. Stevens and cinematographer George Barnes often frame things in much the same way Welles and his cinematographer Gregg Toland did in Citizen Kane or how Welles and Stanley Cortez approached The Magnificent Ambersons. Read More » -
Orson Welles – Orson Welles’ Magic Show (1985)
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What does it take to make a good magician? A bunch of good illusions and a lot of charisma. Orson Welles knows a few tricks, and his charisma is incredible! Did you ever feel an actor is pushing you into your seat only by his sheer performance? Welles did so, especially during his first trick.Read More »