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Discusses the moral problems raised by modern intensive pig-breeding methods.
Extracts from a promotional film which Welles made to attract financial backers for what was to be originally a short television adaptation. Filmed on location in Venice, Welles as Shylock (in costume)...
A German Federal Republic film originally made for Eurovision television. Schell’s direct, decisive and austere performance is played out against a bare and claustrophic setting an atmosphere complemented...
Short film. Adaptation by Hugh Cruttwell of Anton Chekhov’s one-act play Kalchas. A ageing actor wakes up in his dressing room long after the play has ended and walks on to the stage where he meets his...
An East German made-for-television film of Tchaikovsky’s ballet choreographed by Juan Corelli.and performed by members of the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. Stefan Lux and Ramona Gierth dance the title roles.
Made for television film. The play is set in the late 1940s, and tells the story about an official in a small mountain village and his attempt to put on a production of Hamlet. It was interpreted as a sharp...
A compilation of screen tests given by Mrs Patrick Campbell. Includes the sleepwalking scene from Macbeth, Palleas and Melisande (sound only), Yiddish dialect from The Matriach (sound only), and a scene from...
Documentary. Avner Hezkiyahu rehearses his portrayal of Shylock against a background of stills illustrating Renaissance life and the Jewish community in Venice.
Made for television film. An avant garde interpretation of Richard III with emphasis on the women. The original production was performed at the Teatro Quirino di Rome with the same cast as the television...
Feature film based on Romeo and Juliet. A Tibetan girl, Cai Tingting, falls in love with Liang Zuyi, a member of the Cais clan with whom her family has a long standing feud. Liang is banished for killing her...
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