"Actor: Fabio Sartor"

• Contraband | DVD | (19/05/2014) from £17.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Shameless proudly presents the 1st ever Cinema-of-Death anthology of Ruggero Deodato, Mr Cannibal himself, the director of possibly the nastiest Video Nasties which have since become cult must-see and now subject of top academic research, public debates and high-brow critical acclaim. Cannibal HolocaustCannibal Holocaust on its 1st release, director Deodato was charged with killing his own cast - and jailed! In UK, it incarnated THE Video Nasty. Banned and then cut by several minutes, it took a full 30 years for the censors to relax their grip! We present two versions of this, the most controversial film ever made: A unique Director's re-edit (shown 1st in London's West-End) which tones down the animal cruelty (to fit better with 21st Century sensibilities) without shortening the film. The other is the full strength 80s dish! Very strong stuff - especially because of its unsurpassed, documentary-like, extremely realistic depiction of gory violence. With this landmark film Deodato single-handedly invented the 'found-footage' genre (imitated by Blair Witch et al). Often imitated, this is The Original and unequaled best. House On The Edge Of The ParkThe House On The Edge Of The Park also a Video Nasty, this claustrophobic staging of a vicious home-invasion scenario explodes into slasher torture hell, with star David Hess giving one of the strongest performances of his career and Deodato a master-class in directing, proving again that under the blood and guts there is a brilliant film maker formed by Neo-realism. Special Features: Deodato and star Giovanni Lombardo Radice in a public debate with senior BBFC examiner. In-depth interview with the late David Hess. The Phantom of DeathIn The Phantom of Death Deodato's unwavering directing meets a barnstorming performance from Michael York (Cabaret, Austin Powers) as the pianist virtuoso who suddenly starts aging at alarming speed - progeria, a devastating real-life affliction. With death closing in fast, the pianist loses his mind in a murderous frenzy of brutal hackings... Edwige Fenech and Donald Pleasence co-star.

• Lady Of The Night | DVD | (22/02/2016) from £13.85   |  Saving you £1.14 (8.23%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Lady Of The Night is presented for the first time on DVD with three extra minutes previously cut by the UK censors. This is a typically Tintoesque (of the Brass variety that is) story of a young woman's search for sexual fulfilment starring Serena Grandi the voluptuous star of Tinto Brass' Miranda voted the sexiest woman in Italy. Simona is married to the neglectful Marco. Growing dissatisfied she provokes her husband by accepting the many sexual advances of friends and strangers alike. Taking on a variety of partners her behaviour leads to ever riskier and sometimes violent encounters. On one such night Marco catches Simona in the act and the couple separate. Despite being consoled by a beautiful young neighbour Marco finds that he cannot be without Simona. Then one night Simona is attacked by a masked man. But is he a stranger..?

• The Luzhin Defence | DVD | (19/02/2001) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A lush historical drama from Marlene Gorris director of the Oscar-winning 'Antonia's Line'. The year is 1929 and in the beautiful Italian lakeside town of Como Alexander Luzhin a talented Russian chess player arrives for the World Chess Championship. The beautiful socialite Natalia is also visiting Como to meet her mother at an affluent lakeside hotel. Vera wants Natalia to marry a wealthy French count. However Natalia instead sets her sights on Luzhin who returns her affecti

• Puccini: La Rondine | DVD | (30/03/2009) from £20.45   |  Saving you £4.54 (22.20%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Filmed at the 53rd Puccini Festival in Italy 2007.

• World War II 3-Disc Boxset (Assault on the Pacific, The Final Sacrifice & Max Schemling; Fist of the Reich) | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (40.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Triple bill of features set during World War II.Assault On the Pacific: (2007) is a Japanese World War II drama about a squadron of Kamikaze pilots fighting in the Pacific. The film follows the training and final moments in the lives of young pilots including Bando (Yosuke Kubozuka) and Kaneyama (Yasuyuki Maekawa) as they bid farewell to their families and girlfriends and embark on their suicidal missions against the US Navy over the Pacific Ocean.The Final Sacrifice: (2010) tells the story of a doomed German army platoon, led by Lt. Gunther (Thomas Pohn), stranded in the mountains of Northern Italy in the last days of the war. Surrounded by Italian resistance fighters, including Gianini (Fabio Sartor), the demoralised and starving soldiers helplessly await reinforcement from Mussolini's remaining loyalists. When the Italian reinforcements do finally turn up, they are reluctant to take arms against their fellow Italians, sensing that the war they are fighting is a lost cause.Max Schmeling - The Fist of the Reich: (2010) is a sports biopic detailing the life and times of German boxer and heavyweight champion Max Schmeling (Henry Maske). Schmeling attained fame in the 1930s for a series of classic fights with American boxer Joe Louis (Yoan Pablo Hernandez) and became known after the Second World War for risking his life to save two Jewish children in 1938.

• Verdi: Aida (La Fura de Baus) | Blu Ray | (01/06/2014) from £27.53   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Arthaus: 108039) | Blu Ray | (31/01/2012) from £32.38   |  Saving you £-2.39 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Simon Boccanegra