Carl Scaffner (Steiger) is on the run from Scotland Yard after stealing a massive fortune and fleeing to Mexico. However his fugitive lifestyle is under threat from his his love for a faithful dog... Based on a novel by Graham Greene.
Johann Strauss - Adolf Muller - Wiener Blut: Opera In 3 Acts:
Superstition and witchcraft torment the people in the 17th century. A witch hunter terrorises a provincial town. He rapes the women tortures them on the rack and burns them at the stake. A charming young girl and the young assistant to the Chief Inquisitor conspire to put an end to the foul deeds of this libertine. However they fall into great danger when the Inquisitor arrives in the town to commence his dreaded trials. He accuses the young girl of witchcraft and subjects her to terrifying cross-examoination. The young assistant who has so far been loyal to his master is concious-stricken. Should he really believe that his beloved is a witch? Under dramatic circumstances he learns the true nature of his master - his sexual hysteria and the perverse background of his bloodthirsty punishments. As soon as he openly turns against the Inquisitor the young man falls into a fatal trap.He loses his life during a revolt from which the Chief Inquisitor only just escapes the fury of the frenzied crowd. His beloved finds his body. Unable to comprehend outraged without hope and filled with grief she is lost in the holocaust of the middle ages.
ARTH 108075; ARTHAUS MUSIK - Germania; Classica vocale Sacra Messe
This classic 1950s teen cult film neo-realist in style is a perceptive social portrayal of a city in which political and economic division have affected the entire population. Although the film became a box-office hit it was greeted with suspicion by GDR cultural officials. Director Gerhard Klein and screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase were reproached for emphasizing 'negative problematic images of our [East German] life.' Despite the negative reception from GDR officials this film was loved by the public precisely for its truthful portrayal of everyday life. Ranked by film critics among Germany's 100 most important films this and other 'Berlin films' by director Klein and screenwriter Kohlhaase made an important contribution to the international youth film genre.
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