Duch soudce Pauknera

Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent

May 1918 •Russian

Paula is a circus performer married to the alcoholic clown-acrobat Lorio. Lorio's heavy drinking leads to him being severely injured during a performance. This forces Paula and the now-crippled Lorio to become street musicians. This film formerly ran to 81 minutes – regrettably, the second half is considered lost.

The Bridge

April 1929 •English

A condemned man manages to avoid being hanged from a bridge over a river when the rope breaks. He falls into the water and his escape attempt ensues.

Trilogy

June 1969 •English

Trilogy is an anthology film of three adaptations of Truman Capote short stories: Miriam, Among the Paths to Eden and A Christmas Memory. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.

Comedians

April 1954 •Czech

Komedianti is a 1954 Czech film directed by Vladimír Vlcek. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.

Lost Children

May 1957 •Czech

Lost Children (Czech: Ztracenci) is a Czechoslovak war film directed by Miloš Makovec. It was entered into the 1957 Cannes Film Festival.

The Selfish Giant

October 2013 •English

A hyperactive boy and his best friend, a slow-witted youth with an affinity for horses, start collecting scrap metal for a shady dealer.

Měsíc s dýmkou

January 1967 •Czech

Conquering Space

February 1989 •English

Janet recalls the summer during her teenage years when her family moved yet again for her father's job with NASA, including him teaching her to drive and her meeting her first boyfriend.

Kateřina zlé pověsti

January 1976 •Czech

Sensuela

May 1973 •Finnish

Laila is an innocent Lappish girl and the only daughter of a reindeer herder. During world war II Laila rescues crashed German fighter pilot Hans and the two develop warm feelings for each other during his convalescence. Years later, after the war, Hans returns to Lapland as a freelance photographer and manages to lure Laila to run away with him to capital Helsinki to start a career as a photo model, much to the chagrin of her traditional father Aslak. After initial happiness, however, Hans abandons Laila and the decadent lifestyle of a big city sends her life into a downward spiral.

Lily Dale

June 1996 •English

In 1910, 19-year-old Horace Robedaux, still bitter toward his stepfather, goes to Houston to be reunited with his mother, Corella, and his sister, Lily Dale, following a long estrangement. He has not seen either since he was 12 because his wicked stepfather, Pete Davenport (whom his mother married after his father drank himself to death) believes a boy ought to be self-reliant.

Tonka of the Gallows

February 1930 •Czech

A prostitute in an act of pity is keeping chaste company with a condemned man through the night before he is to be hung.

Záhadný případ Galginův

March 1924 •Czech

Mumu

April 2025 •Chinese

Telling the story of the deaf-mute man Xiao Ma and his daughter Mumu

Feathered shadows

March 1931 •Czech

Disillusioned with his marriage which has ended in divorce, Petr Leroy goes off to the Riviera to the place where he first met his wife and where he hopes to be spiritually revived. Here he meets his friend Jan and together they enjoy the joys the Riviera has to offer. Jan meets a charming girl at the casino and he takes her off into the mountains. On his return he speaks of the beautiful Olga with whom he has spent a wonderful three days. Olga, however, does not appear for a meeting they had arranged, so Jan goes to look for her in the mountains. Then he sees her in a village and tries to catch up with her in his car. He has an accident. Olga takes him to the nearest sanatorium where everyone behaves very strangely to the newly-arrived patient.

The Yellow Wallpaper

January 1978 •English

A 1978 short based on Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story of a woman's mental breakdown.

New Rose Hotel

March 1999 •English

A corporate raider and his henchman use a chanteuse to lure a scientific genius away from his employer and family.

The Lady, or the Tiger?

January 1969 •English

A visually experimental adaptation of the classic Frank Stockton short story.

The Boy and the Sea Turtle

August 2002 •Japanese

The first film in Shin-Ei's series of annual WWII themed anime television movies for children "Sensou Douwa"

Untitled

January 2018 •English

A woman sits waiting for her train home. A stranger sits next to her and starts talking. He knows things about her that he shouldn't know, intricate details of her life and the lives around her, personal details of her past and future. He tells all this because he has a message, something she needs to hear...