1900 - 1960

In post-WW2 Berlin, when travel to the East was still possible, the sister of a British officer from West Berlin is abducted by Communist agents and taken into the Soviet sector where her eventual rescue is arranged by a German smuggler.

A surrealist film, a pseudo-documentary portrait of Las Hurdes, a remote region of Spain where civilisation has barely developed, showing how the local peasants try to survive without even the most basic utilities and skills.

Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.

A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.

During a day of their honeymoon, newlyweds are separated by the city's lust and the desires it produces.

Christine and Anni are flower saleswomen in a station kiosk. Together, the two young women dwell on dreams of fulfilled love.

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.

An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.

Four-year-old Pricò becomes the subject of emotional folly by his capricious parents and negligent relatives.

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna, and they plan to get rid of her older husband.

An epic Italian film, "Quo Vadis" influenced many of the later movies.

Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, she is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.

Paphnutius, a wealthy Alexandrian, is about to embrace the new faith of Christianity, but is persuaded by a friend to first see Thais, the most notable courtesan of her time. He falls in love with her, but is forced to kill a rival and conscience again urges him toward the new faith. He becomes a monk, but leaves the cloister to return to Alexandria to seek to convert Thais. In this he succeeds and she joins a nunnery. He saves her soul but loses his own peace of mind.

The poor student Balduin sells his mirror image to the satanic sorcerer Scapinelli. He falls in love with a countess and tries to win her over. But his mirror image receives a life of its' own and sabotages Balduin's every move.

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

A talented young musician for the first time meets his real father, a famous orchestra conductor, and finds he will have to make a decision where his future lies: in the business of his step-father or with the music and his biological father.

An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat, and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.

In WW2, the Allies race against time to persuade two nuclear scientists working for the Germans to switch sides.

A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.

An unethical lawyer who wants to help his older brother becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.