Max von Sydow
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English
Description
"Sean Connery is back for his final performance as superagent James Bond in this high-velocity action thriller. When two atomic warheads are hijacked by the evil SPECTRE organization, Agent 007 is hurled into an explosive, pulse-pounding race to save the world from nuclear terrorists"--Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 321
Language
Swedish
Formats
Description
A peasant girl is raped and murdered in 14th century Sweden. When her killers seek shelter in her father's house, he kills them to avenge her death. Soon a spring appears from where the girl was killed and her father sees this as a sign from above.
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Italiano
Description
"For his first commission, infantry lieutenant Drogo is stationed at a remote desert garrison on the mist-shrouded border of the North Kingdom. Filling their days with endless drilling, the soldiers of Fortezza Bastiani spend the long nights wondering about an enemy no one has ever seen. As the days stretch into months, the strain of waiting for attack takes its toll on Drago's comrades: sadistic major Mattis, sardonic Lieutenant Simeon, cynical medic...
87) Strange brew
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English
Description
Doug and Bob McKenzie go on quest for free beer, and some really bizarre things happen along the way.
89) Duet for one
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Language
English
Description
Stephanie Anderson, a world-famous violinist suddenly afflicted with multiple sclerosis. Forced to watch helplessly while her talent ebbs away, Stephanie discovers that her marriage is crumbling too when her composer-conductor husband escapes into an affair with his secretary. Convinced that her life is now worthless, Stephanie drifts into a world of bitterness and isolation, ignoring the advice of her psychiatrist and continuing on her self-destructive...
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Français
Description
The French editor of Elle magazine, Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
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English
Description
Cafe bar: In this brushstroke animation a random meeting at a cafe becomes two people's "escape" from one another. Bride of Resistor: In this sequel to the kinetic animation film Mr. Resistor, the diminuitive scrap heap hero returns to have his heart stolen by a plasticine mistress. Girl's own story: A girl's hopes are pierced by the barbs of early 60's life in a film that mirrors an entire society's loss of innocence. Depth solitude: A lyrical...
95) Dune
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English
Description
It is the year 10,191. Arrakis is a desert planet, which contains the only source of 'Melange, ' which is necessary for space travel. Two rival families, the Atreides and the Harkonnens, fight to control of the mining operations. When Duke Leto Atreides is assassinated by the evil Baron Harkonnen, his son Paul and Leto's wife, Lady Jessica, flee deep into the desert and are befriended by natives of Arrakis. Paul learns that he has special powers and...
96) The seventh seal
Series
Language
Swedish
Description
Antonius Block is a knight, who along with his squire, are returning home from the crusades. Black Death is sweeping their country. As they approach home, Death appears to the knight and tells him it is his time. Antonius challenges Death to a chess game for his life. Antonius and Death play as the cultural turmoil envelopes the people around them as they try, in different ways, to deal with the upheaval that the plague has caused.
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Français
Description
Oscar, a 10-year-old boy, lives in a hospital. Neither the doctors nor his parents have the courage to tell him the truth. After listening in to a conversation, he finds out he only has a few weeks to live. Furious, he refuses to speak to anyone except straight-talking Rose, who delivers pizza to the hospital.
100) Sleepless
Language
Italiano
Description
A series of grisly murders in the city match the work of a serial killer who appears to have escaped the authorities and disappeared without a trace seventeen years earlier. A retired police detective who is familiar with the case comes out of retirement to catch the killer.