"Actor: Hans"

• Stella Does Tricks | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  One of a brood of school-age prostitutes working the streets of London Stella is a virtual prisoner of her sleazy paternalistic pimp Mr. Peters. Realizing that she must make her escape Stella hooks up with Eddie a young junkie to confront the ghosts of her past and make a clean start. She soon learns however that escaping a past such as her own is precarious. Forced to turn one last trick Stella seizes a perfect opportunity to wreak revenge on her pimp and finally gain freedom. Kelly MacDonald (Trainspotting) stars as Stella in a riveting and widely acclaimed performance. Stella Does Tricks also features performances from - the ever excellent - James Bolam as Mr. Peters and Hans Matheson as Eddie.

• Evita/Les Miserables/Gypsy | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Evita (Dir. Alan Parker 1996): Eva Peron (Madonna) was born the illegitimate daughter of a penniless farmer. Determined to make it to the top Eva attaches herself to a poplar tango singer (Jimmy Nail) in the big city. Eva becomes a radio and film actress moving in influential circles within Buenos Aires society. When she becomes involved with rising politician Juan Peron (Jonathan Pryce) the establishment disapproves and he is arrested. Eva fights on the freedom both for her husband and the oppressed masses. Peron is freed by the people the couple marries and Peron is elected president. But Eva's greatest battle is yet to come. Les Miserables (Dir. Bille August 1998): Based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is an epic tale of love honour and obsession against the dramatic background of the French Revolution. Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson) lives a life on the run for stealing a loaf of bread. Settling in a remote town he devotes himself to the care of the poor including the beautiful young and poverty stricken Fantine (Uma Thurman). When Fantine dies she leaves a daughter Cosette (Claire Danes) who Valjean raises. But they are haunted by Javert (Geoffrey Rush) a policeman whose lifelong search for Valjean has become an obsession. A hunt begins that will come to a final confrontation on the revolution torn streets of Paris. Gyspy (Dir. Emile Ardolino 1993): It's Emmy Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Bette Midler in the role she was born to play. The superstar of Beaches Ruthless People Down & Out in Beverly Hills and For the Boys delivers a standing room only performance as Mama Rose the ultimate vaudeville stage mother. Rose's blind ambition for her two daughters forces one to desert her and the other to emerge as the world's most famous striptease artist - Gypsy Rose Lee. Based on the actual memoirs of Ms. Lee and directed by the late Emile Ardolino (Sister Act Dirty Dancing) this musical motion picture extravaganza is true to the original Broadway production... including the glorious Jerome Robbins choreography and the memorable Jule Styne/Stephen Sondheim score. The classics are all here - from Everything's Coming Up Roses to Let Me Entertain You and as a special bonus the complete version of Gypsy's classic overture. Spectacular performances by Ms. Midler and her supporting cast - Peter Riegert Cynthia Gibb (as the legendary Gypsy Rose Lee) and Ed Asner - will leave you asking for an encore!

• Hangmen Also Die | DVD | (13/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The shot heard 'round the world! Fritz Lang one of the masters of the German expressionist cinema turns his sinister imagination and shadowy techniques to a web like take of wartime espionage in Hangmen Also Die. Set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation the film depicts an Eastern Europe populated by spies traitors and revolutionaries' a deadly funhouse of political intrigue in which every personal encounter brings with it the threat of betrayal. Pur

• Lamhe | DVD | (25/03/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Lamhe is the story of moments moments of passion... moments of ecstasy... moments of love. The first time Viren (Anil Kapoor) saw Pallavi (Sridevi) the moment stood still and she captivated him. Pallavi with the dreamy eyes the tinkling laughter the singing voice and a strong willed happy attitude to life. Unable to express himself in her presence Viren found happiness in reminiscing each moment of the time spent with her. Until the moment when he realised that Pallavi loved Sidda

• Great Conductors of the 3rd Reich (Karajan, Furtwangler) | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £12.98   |  Saving you £12.01 (48.10%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Excerpts from Guillaume Tell Die Meistersinger Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.Includes a 20-page expose: Music in the Third Reich and biographies of the performers by Frederic Spotts.Stupendous performances staged for Nazi propaganda.Includes stunning newsreel footage.

• Von morgens bis mitternachts | DVD | (06/08/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Merchant Of Four Seasons | DVD | (07/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Famed German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder typically portrays aspects of the human struggle using an unwavering style that is often difficult to watch but provides a refreshingly raw and honest narrative perspective. Merchant Of Four Seasons is an engaging close-up portrait of a downtrodden fruit seller named Hans. Full of hope after serving with the Foreign Legion Hans becomes a police officer--only to be fired for an indiscretion with a prostitute humiliating himself and his family. Hungry for a piece of the economic boom of the 1950s Hans begins selling produce from a cart much to the dismay of his class-conscious family. Saddled with a shrewish wife Hans derives most of his pleasure from drink and flirting with a former girlfriend whom he truly loves. However when he hires a former Foreign Legion friend to help with his business things suddenly take an unfortunate turn making Hans obsolete in the process. The Merchant Of Four Seasons was a turning point in Fassbinder's career marking his entry into the international arena and the subsequent scrutiny of his notorious private life

• Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier | Blu Ray | (12/01/2009) from £36.43   |  Saving you £-6.44 (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier

• The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hans Albers and Heinz Rhmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travellers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson.

• Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) -- La Scala | DVD | (19/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Like all successfully filmed operas, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's 1974 film of his 1972 La Scala production of The Barber of Seville weaves its magic on multiple levels: naturalistic lighting and camera-work which break through the invisible barrier of the proscenium arch and take the viewer to the heart of the action; wonderful casting and magnificent singing; opera singers who can act to the camera (Teresa Berganza, in particular, is luminous); and conducting which simply revels in the richness of a much-loved score (Claudio Abbado wrings every ounce of levity and brilliance from the music). Rossini's 1816 work, based on Beaumarchais' Figaro characters and an earlier libretto by Paisiello, is one of the great joys of comic opera, crammed with familiar arias and duets, all of which drive the galloping pace of the book without ever interrupting the plot. Its ingredients of romance, disguise and intrigue merge in Rossini's extraordinarily vibrant and increasingly explosive score. At the heart of the tale is the love triangle of Count Almaviva (a lusty Luigi Alva), the wilful Rosina (Teresa Berganza at the peak of her mezzo-soprano powers) and her guardian with an ulterior motive Bartolo (Enzo Dara, constantly foiled). Thanks to the machinations of Figaro (Hermann Prey, making the most of his trademark theme "Largo al factotum") they are put through a series of hoops in which love conquers all and no real harm is ever done. On the DVD: If this Barber has dated at all it's largely thanks to Abbado's pudding-basin haircut and the film's inevitable 1970's quality. It is presented in standard 4:3 format with a PCM Stereo soundtrack, producing a merely average video-standard viewing experience. Apart from a good choice of subtitles there are no extras. A history of the production would have been useful. But these shortcomings, and the occasionally dull sound quality, are soon forgotten in the heat of the action.--Piers Ford

• The Quest | DVD | (30/01/2013) from £6.54   |  Saving you £-2.55 (-63.90%)   |  RRP £3.99

  5 friends 4 days 3 nights 2 dwarves 1 virgin one quest! In the tradition of American Pie Jackass Road Trip and Euro Trip comes The Quest. Follow five college buddies on their Spring break holiday where the temperatures are rising the bikinis are dropping and the party's just getting started. It's a no-holds-barred relentless quest...to get laid!!!

• The Blue Angel | DVD | (13/10/1999) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For director Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich it all began with The Blue Angel, one of the masterpieces of Germany's Weimar cinema. This landmark film thrust the sultry and unrestrained Dietrich on an unsuspecting international film audience. She plays the prototypical role of Lola, the singer who tempts repressed professor Emil Jannings (the king of expressionist actors) into complete submission night after night at the Blue Angel night-club. The film perfectly captures the masochism and degradation of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Adolf Hitler. And yet the moral confusion exhibited by Jannings is really due to his own torment. Dietrich is merely an instrument of his innermost desires, standing on stage in top hat, stockings and bare thighs singing "Falling in Love Again". --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com

• The Bloody Judge | DVD | (31/01/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Starring horror icon Christopher Lee 'The Bloody Judge' (Franco's version of the classic 'Witchfinder General') was a much darker look at the infamous witch-hunter Judge George Jeffreys whose real life excesses allowed Franco to portray copious amounts of nudity and sadistic torture. This letterboxed version was passed uncut by the UK state censors the BBFC.

• Songs of Love and Desire / Freni, Schäfer, Alvarez, Keenlyside, Berlin Phil., Abbado - Silvesterkonzert 1998 | DVD | (02/12/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado a cast of singers perform works from Bach to Haydn from Donizetti to Verdi and from Schumann to Schonberg.

• Hans Werner Henze - Memoirs Of An Outsider - A Portrait And Concert | DVD | (25/03/2003) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-1.59 (-8.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Henze pours his very soul in to this portrait. Interviewed at his home just outside Rome his life story is one of political protest and struggle in many guises. It is clear that his many experiences both terrible and wonderful are deep-dyed into the fabric of his music.Henze's dramatic and moving Requiem begins in gentle tender mood and ends with a radiant hymn-like Sanctus. It contains fierce and satirical passages but also ones which express penetrating or suppressed sorrow.

• The Trio | DVD | (11/11/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  It's an odd rule: No exchanging of bodily fluids within the team but then it's an odd team. Professional con artists Zorbel (Gtz George) and his spunky daughter Lizzie (Jeanette Hain) have a vacancy for an able pick pocket. Enter the very amiable Rudolf (Felix Eitner) it's a shame that he's so handsome it's a shame that he's so gorgeous it's a shame that he's a crap thief but then you can't have everything or can you? And when it comes to sex it's also a shame that Rudolf can't say no not to the cute Lizzie and definitely not to the flamboyant Zorbel. Rules are made to be broken bodily fluids are made to be exchanged and secrets are made to be exposed. When partners in crime become partners in bed all hell breaks loose in this outrageous sex comedy that keeps it all in the family...

• Spiderman and His Amazing Friends - Complete Box Set | DVD | (24/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  First airing in 1981 and narrated by Stan Lee Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends is a true Marvel classic - and comes to DVD for the first time as a complete box set. The wall crawling web slinger is joined by his Amazing Friends - Firestar and X-Men hero The Ice-Man in thirteen crime busting episodes! Whether it is battling the Green Goblin or foiling the vile plans of Dr Doom our heroes are always ready to battles the forces of evil! Beautifully restored the complete Box Set is a must have for Spidey fans and collectors of all ages! Episodes Comprise: 1. Triumph of the Green Goblin 2. The Crime of all Centuries 3. The Fantastic Mr Frump 4. Sunfire 5. Swarm 6. 7 Little Superheroes 7. Videoman 8. The Prison Plot 9. Spidey Goes to Hollywood 10. The Vengence of Loki 11. Knights and Demons 12. Pawns of the Kingpin 13. Quest of the Red Skull 14. The Origin Of Iceman 15. Along Came Spidey 16. A Firestar Is Born 17. Spider-Man: Unmasked! 18. The Translyvanian Connection 19. The Education Of A Superhero 20. Attack Of The Arachnoid 21. Origin Of The Spider-Friends 22. Spidey Meets The Girl From Tomorrow 23. The X-Men Adventure 24. Mission: Save The Guardstar

• Cricket On The Hearth | DVD | (21/10/2013) from £5.00   |  Saving you £9.99 (66.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A delightful animated musical version of Charles Dickens' classic tale A Cricket On The Hearth tells the story of a poor toymaker and his daughter whom a helpful Cricket named Crocket befriends on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family it's Crocket who comes to the rescue and restores peace and happiness.

• Westler | DVD | (05/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• Joseph Schmidt - a Star Fell from Heaven | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This 1936 operatic German comedy stars renowned German Jewish tenor Joseph Schmidt. With a wacky plot concerning a tenor who damages his singing voice by mistakenly drinking cologne this musical is worthy of the Marx Brothers. Schmidt a man of great talent perished in a Nazi concentration camp. In this film the performer sings several songs including ""Una furtiva lagrima"" from the opera L'ELISIR D'AMORE.