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Newest Releases

Newest Releases
Jamaican Music and Soul
The New Americans
At the Death House Door
The Real Joan of Arc
Quo Vadis
Private Century
Karl May
Hans Jurgen Syberberg fuses theater, music, and cinema
to present Karl May (1842-1912), the immensely popular
German author, who set many of his adventure novels in
an idealized version of the American Wild West. DV98599
2-DVD Set Director’s Edition $59.95
Directed by Hans Jurgen Syberberg.
In German with English subtitles.
Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King
The first film in Hans Jurgen Syberberg’s “German
trilogy” (followed by Karl May and Our Hitler) is a low
budget, but nonetheless imaginative interpretation of
the life of Ludwig II of Bavaria incorporating elements
of both theater and film.
DV98257 2-DVD Set Director’s Edition $59.95
Directed by Hans Jurgen Syberberg
In German with optional English, Spanish, French,
Portugese, or Greek subtitles.
Waiting for the Clouds
Sara
Late Bloomer
Man Walking on Snow
Two films about Jamaica’s world-renown music culture:
Made in Jamaica, showcasing music by Bunny Wailer,
Toots and the Maytals, Third World, Doc Marshall, and
Sly Dunbar and Robby Shakespeare, and The Journey
of the Lion (Fritz Baumann), a rare docudrama starring
musician Brother Howie as a man in search of his roots
and his destiny.
DV98930 $29.95
Directed by Jerome Laperrousaz & Fritz Baumann.
In English.
“Though the best known Quo Vadis is the 1951
Hollywood version…this recent Polish-produced
film surpasses it in every respect” (Chicago Tribune).
One of the most expensive films ever made in
Poland, Quo Vadis tells the familiar tale of Christianity
set against the backdrop of Emperor Nero and the
burning of Rome.
DV98255 $29.95
Directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
In Polish with English subtitles.
Acclaimed Turkish filmmaker Yesim Ustaoglu (Journey
to the Sun) directs the moving tale of an elderly
woman searching for her long lost brother 50 years
after the Turkish War of Independence, and the family
secrets her quest exposes.
DV98126 $29.95
Directed by Yesim Ustaoglu.
In Turkish with English subtitles.
Kartemquin Films chronicles four years in the lives of a
diverse group of immigrants—from India, Mexico, Nigeria,
the Dominican Republic and Palestine—as they start new
lives in America. “Viewers must drop their sentimental
conceptions of immigration and submit to the new ideas
and images that are so judiciously and artfully rendered
here.” (The New York Times).
DV97605 2-DVD Set $49.95
In English.
This remarkable, acclaimed eight-part series—
composed entirely of home movies, still photographs,
letters, and diaries dating from the 1920s to
1960s—tells the stories of ordinary Czech citizens
caught in the wheels of history.
DV98885 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Edgar Reitz.
In Czech with English subtitles.
Dariush Mehrjui adapts Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s
House, into this modern Iranian drama about the
submissive, friendly wife of a respectable banker who
hides a secret from years past. Winner of a Golden
Seashell at the 1993 San Sebastian Film Festival.
DV94926 $29.95
Directed by Dariush Mehrjui.
In Persian with English subtitles.
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From Kartemquin Film comes this “impassioned
portrait of a quest for truth” (The Chicago Tribune)
about a former minister to death row inmates who
has his belief in the death penalty shaken after an
encounter with a prisoner. Nominated for a Directors
Guild of America Award for Documentary.
DV98597 $29.95
Directed by Steve James & Peter Gilbert.
In English.
In this “weird, wicked and wonderfully perverse”
(The N.Y. Times) shocker from Japan, a disabled man,
marked by his wheelchair, his electronic voice box, his
rampant alcoholism, and his appetite for porn seeks
revenge after being spurned by a woman.
DV97760 $24.95
Directed by Go Shibata.
In Japanese with English subtitles.
Documentary filmmaker and musician Martin
Meissonnier (Life of Buddha) revisits the story of the
world’s most famous martyr to discern the real Joan
of Arc.
DV98256 $39.95
Directed by Martin Meissonnier.
In English, French, or German.
On the second anniversary of his wife’s death, an
ailing man living in the remote, snow-covered region
of Hokkaido, Japan attempts reconciliation with his
bitter estranged son in this nuanced drama from
Masahiro Kobayashi.
DV97758 $29.95
Directed by Masahiro Kobayashi.
Erendira Ikikunari
Rembetiko
Bootleg Film
For Fun
The Third
The Rebirth
The Animation of Alexeieff
Superstar
The Pear Tree
It’s Winter
Poil de Carotte (Carrot Top)
Au Bonheur des Dames
The colorful, action-packed story of a brave young
Indian woman who took up arms against Spanish
conquistadors during the 16th century. In doing so,
she became a potent icon of strength and rebellion for
indigenous Mexican cultures.
DV97685 $29.95
Directed by Juan Mora Catlett
In Purepecha with English subtitles.
This taut, tense drama looks at a couple whose failing
marriage falls into further trouble when they meet an
older man who wants to help them. His unorthodox
methods go a bit too far, however.
DV96253 $24.95
Directed by Jan Hryniak.
In this autobiographical psychodrama from Dariush
Mehrjui, an author suffering from writer’s block
reminisces in flashback about his childhood in Tehran
in the late 1940s. Winner of the Silver Hugo at the
Chicago International Film Festival.
DV94925 $29.95
After winning the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in
1984, Costas Ferris’ evocative film follows a Greek rembetika
singer’s remarkable career from the backstreet taverns of
Piraeas to the nightclubs of New York. Award-winning Greek
actress Sotiria Leonardou stars.
DV94665 $29.95
Directed by Costas Ferris.
In Greek with English subtitles.
Acclaimed Japanese indie filmmaker Masahiro
Kobayashi (Bashing; Man Walking on Snow) directs
himself in this stark drama about a widower grieving
for his dead daughter, who becomes involved with the
mother of his daughter’s killer. Winner of the Golden
Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.
DV99031 $29.95
A “delicate cinematic poem” (Variety) about three
residents of Tehran, each working towards a better
future. Based on a novel by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi.
Nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear at the 2006
Berlin Film Festival.
DV98031 $29.95
Directed by Rafi Pitts.
In Farsi with English subtitles.
Masahiro Kobayashi’s absurdist homage to the French
New Wave follows two unlikely friends—a cop and a
yakuza—on a road trip to attend the funeral of their
mutual beloved. Their differences assure the journey
is anything but smooth.
DV90456 $29.95
This collection showcases the experimental
animations of artist/filmmaker Alexander Alexeieff
and his wife and collaborator, Claire Parker. Over 30
films are featured, including short animations, stopmotion animated advertisements and photographs of
Alexeieff’s still artwork
DV98738 $39.95
Directed by Alexander Alexeieff & Claire Parker.
In French and English.
Julien Duvivier’s poignant story about an unloved boy who
is mistreated by his mother, ignored by his father, and
tormented by his siblings. Though neglect eventually compels
the boy to attempt suicide, Duvivier uses inventive camera
tricks to bring a light-heartedness to the weighty material.
DV97761 $39.95
Directed by Julien Duvivier.
Silent with optional French, English, or Dutch intertitles.
This “unashamed tribute to the lighter side of life”
(The Economist) centers on a retired utility man for
the Peking Opera. Wandering the backstreets of
Beijing looking for something to fix, he finds an outlet
with a group of amateur opera musicians. A Gold
Award Winner at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
DV98824 $29.95
Directed by Ning Ying.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
Acclaimed Iranian director Tahmineh Milani wrote and
directed this light-hearted family drama about a spoiled,
egotistical movie star whose life is changed when his
long-lost daughter from a brief affair resurfaces.
DV99009 $24.95
Directed by Tahmineh Milani.
Master of French poetic realism Julien Duvivier tells
the story of an orphan girl who comes to Paris to
work in her uncle’s shop, but instead takes a job in
the big department store across the street. When
her employer begins demolishing buildings in the
neighborhood, her uncle’s store is in the crosshairs.
DV98127 $39.95
Directed by Julien Duvivier.
Silent with French, German, and English intertitles.
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Milking the Rhino
Earthquake in Chile
Notorious Nobodies
Workers for the Good Lord
Coup d’etat
The Wedding
A wayward wedding where everything goes wrong
provides the setting for this bawdy black comedy from
Polish filmmaker Wojciech Smarzowski. An award winner
at the Karlovy and Locarno film festivals.
DV96254 $24.95
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
Director Stanislav Stanojevic’s (Notorious Nobodies)
offers an absurdist allegory about the nature of
political repression following a blind, paralyzed
president who uses his remarkable hearing and his
corrupt daughter to keep his country in line.
DV98253 $29.95
Directed by Stanislav Stanojevic.
In French with English subtitles.
Inquiring Nuns
Arts and Myths, Vol. 2
Claude Levi-Strauss In His Own Words
Drancy Avenir
This Kartemquin film looks at how villagers in two of
the world’s oldest cattle-cultures—the Masai and the
Himba—have embraced eco-tourism, which focuses
on community-based conservation that balances the
needs of the people with that of the wildlife.
DV98068 $29.95
Directed by David E. Simpson.
In Masai, Ojihimba, and English with English subtitles.
Chosen as one of the top ten films of 2000 by Cahiers
du Cinema, this unsettling blend of black comedy and
melodrama follows the misadventures of a trio who
rob banks across the South of France. “Plays like a
cross between The Wizard of Oz and It’s a Wonderful
Life if Karl Marx had a hand in the script” (Variety).
DV97690 $39.95
Directed by Jean-Claude Brisseau.
Set in Chicago in 1967, at the height of the Vietnam
War, this disarming, intimate work from Kartemquin
Films finds two nuns moving through the city’s
densely populated streets, asking the question:
“Are you happy?” Features music by Philip Glass.
DV96888 $29.95
Directed by Gordon Quinn and Gerald Temaner.
In English.
Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany Pale Mother) directs a
story of impossible love in an oppressed society. When a
handsome tutor and a rich heiress fall in love, persecution
by the church follows. When fate intervenes in the form of
a massive earthquake, the two lovers have no idea what is
in store for them.
DV96763 $29.95
Directed by Helma Sanders-Brahms.
Dubbed in German with English subtitles.
The controversial 1926 military coup in Poland waged
by General Jozef Pilsudski is the subject of this epic
drama from director and star Ryszard Filipski. Winner
of the Silver Lion at the 1980 Polish Film Festival.
DV97759 $29.95
Directed by Ryszard Filipski.
This Arte France television production returns to the
heart of the “first arts,” exploring the myths behind
major artistic pieces from Africa, Oceania, South
America, and Asia in six half-hour segments.
DV98598. $39.95.
Directed by Philippe Truffault, Jean-Loic Portron
& Ludovic Segarra.
In English, German, or French.
Years ahead of its time, this Camera Award-winning
political drama comprises eight individual stories of
human rights violations occurring simultaneously in
Prague, Munich, Paris, Vienna, Geneva, Montevideo,
Zaire, and France over the course of one day.
DV97684 $29.95
This French documentary recounts the extraordinary
career of the father of structural anthropology, Claude
Levi-Strauss, whose theories impacted that field, as
well as linguistics, mythology, and pop culture studies.
DV98656 $39.95
Directed by Pierre-Andre Boutang.
In French or English.
Tambourine
In this Iranian comedy, a poor girl and her savvy friend
get into all sorts of shenanigans as they try to make
fast money to fix a wrecked car. “A whirligig comedy...
carrying hints of the ensemble-shuffling of Robert
Altman, the snarkiness of Preston Sturges and the
pace of Billy Wilder” (Variety). DV97688 $29.95 Directed by Parisa Bakhtavar.
Subversion
Comprising three narratives, Arnaud des Pallieres’
profound film meditates on the lingering impact of the
Holocaust on France. “After Resnais’ Nuit et Brouillard
and Lanzmann’s Shoah, Drancy Avenir can be defined
as the film of the third generation...” (Le Monde).
DV98035 $39.95
Directed by Arnaud des Pallieres.
In French with English, Spanish, German, Portuguese,
Italian, Hungarian or Hebrew subtitles.
Demons of War
On the Beat
The Old Fairy Tale
Just Love Me
The Forgotten Men of the Valley
of the Kings
Iran: The Hundred-Year War
Virus
Taylor Chain
Double
Kartemquin, The Early Years, Vol. 1
Between the Cup and the Lip
Diary of a Suicide
Three of Poland’s biggest stars assemble for this
high-octane war film that takes place near the end
of the Bosnian conflict. Look for Boguslaw Linda—
Poland’s answer to Bruce Willis.
DV97630 $24.95
Directed by Wladyslawa Pasikowskiego.
The men who immortalized the Pharaohs by
building their monumental tombs are honored in this
remarkable documentary that takes you back 3000
years to the Valley of the Kings.
DV98825 $39.95
Directed by Jerome Prieur.
In French or English.
In this action-packed comedy, Max and Leon—two
hapless tourists from Warsaw—meet at a wedding
in Sicily where they run into members of a powerful
Mafia family.
DV96130 $24.95
Directed by Marcin Ziebinski and Denis Delic.
Offers a humorous look at the daily grind of a
Beijing police station through the perspective of two
mismatched police partners.
DV98256 $29.95
Directed by Ning Ying.
In Mandarin with English subtitles.
In this searing documentary, filmmaker Jean-Michel
Vecchiet goes back 100 years in history to the
wellspring of confrontation between Iran and the
western powers.
DV98886 $39.95
Directed by Jean-Michel Vecchiet.
In English, French or German.
Two lean and mean documentaries about restless
youth in the urban landscape from Chicago’s
Kartemquin Films showcase excellent cinema
verite filmmaking.
DV99095 $29.95
Directed by Gerald Temaner and Gordon Quinn.
Jerzy Hoffman’s epic production based on 9th
century legends of the old Slavic tribes chronicles
the chaotic kingdom of mad King Popiel and his cruel
wife, the Duchess.
DV95899 $24.95
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman.
Polish action stars Olaf Lubaszenko, Jan Englert, and
Cezary Pazura battle a computer virus that’s eating its
way through Warsaw.
DV95898 $24.95
Directed by Jan Kidawa-Blonski.
In this sweeping melodrama, Count Wentznel CroyDulmen falls in love with an enigmatic stranger who is
the cousin of a relative living in Poland.
DV97689 $29.95
Directed by Zbigniew Kuzminski.
Modern-day Warsaw shines in this romantic comedy
about the love life of a young, hip architect. Polish tv
star Maciej Zakoscielny plays the handsome hero,
who is torn between two women.
DV96129 $24.95
Directed by Ryszard Zatorski.
Want to understand why our economy is in such a mess?
This two-part documentary looks back in time at the
labor issues that foretold our current economic failings.
DV98962 $24.95
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal and Gordon Quinn.
This haunting story-within-a-story concerns a tour
guide on a Mediterranean cruise who becomes
infatuated with the mysterious interpreter, who hides
behind her sunglasses.
DV98594 $29.95
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The Cradle
Tales of a Terror Cult (2-pack: A and A2)
Czech Chillers
This unique Facets 2-Pack offers two tales of fantasy
and terror from the other side of the Iron Curtain back
in the day—Valerie and Her Week of Wonders and
Witches’ Hammer.
DV98032 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Jaromil Jires and Otakar Vavra.
This Facets 2-pack from Argentina about the magic
of cinema in the style of magic realism includes Don’t
Die Without Telling Me Where You Are Going and A
King & His Movie.
DV98971 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Eliseo Subiel and Carlos Sorin.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
The Parody Pack
Japanese Punk
Medieval Madness
Killer Kids
Tarkovsky Rediscovered
Munk Trilogy
Battlelines: WWII in Europe
Mexican Melodrama!
History is recreated on the screen in this historical epic
about the beginning of the Polish state under the reign
of Mieszko I. An excellent script and epic scale highlight
the film.
DV98034 $29.95
Directed by Jan Rybkowski.
International directors spoof America’s favorite
genres—film noir and science fiction—in this crazy
Facets 2-pack: Mike Yokohama and Who Wants to
Kill Jessie?
DV98655 2-DVD set $39.95
Directed by Vaclav Vorlicek and Shinji Aoyama.
In Czech or Japanese with English subtitles.
Two films representing a different stage of Andrei
Tarkovksy’s career make up this must-have Facets
2-Pack, The Steamroller and the Violin and Voyage
in Time.
DV98130 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
In Russian with English subtitles.
An exclusive Facets 2-Pack with A and A2, two
documentaries about the inner workings of the notorious
Aum Shinrikyo cult, which released poison gas into the
Tokyo subway in 1995.
DV98595 2 DVD-Set $39.95
Directed by Tatsuya Mori.
Take a walk on the wild side with this exclusive
Facets 2-pack featuring two dark, disturbing tales
of disaffected youth, Carnival in the Night and Peep
“TV” Show.
DV98129 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Masashi Yamamoto and Yutaka Tsuchiya.
Before his untimely death in 1961, Munk—part of
the Polish School—completed only three films, all
included in this 3-pack: Man on the Tracks, Eroica,
and Bad Luck.
DV98596 3-DVD Set $59.95
Directed by Andrzej Munk.
Get medieval with this Facets 2-Pack offering two
classics of the Czech New Wave about the horror
of religious fanatics: The Valley of the Bees and
Witches’ Hammer.
DV99090 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Frantisek Vlachil and Otakar Vavra.
This unique Facets 2-Pack of WWII films—Bataille du
Rail and Somewhere in Europe—offers a look at the
brave souls who struggled against occupation and the
ugly aftermath.
DV98826 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Rene Clement and Geza Radvanyi.
In French or Hungarian with English subtitles.
Movie Magic
This exclusive Facets 2-pack asks: Parents, do you
know where your kids are? It’s a terror-filled portrait
of modern youth featuring The Witman Boys and
Child Murders.
DV99093 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Janos Szasz and Ildiko Szabo.
In Hungarian with English subtitles.
The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema is remembered for
its dynamic genres and charismatic stars in this Facets
2 Pack with Aventurera and The Woman of the Port.
DV98887 2-DVD set $39.95
Directed by Arcady Boytler and Alberto Gout.
Dazzling Directors
Christmas Stories
Holiday in Buenos Aires
Wajda: Man of Cinema
Still Standing: The Films
of Dariush Mehrjui
Puppy Pack
Twisted/Tormented/Tragic:
2 Films from Canada
UK Chronicles
The artistry of today’s cutting-edge directors is
showcased in this Facets 2-pack. Tickets features
Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ermanno Olmi,
while Medea offers Lars Von Trier.
DV98984 2-DVD Set $39.95
With English subtitles.
This Iranian legend has survived 40 years of Iran’s
tumultuous history and yet continues to direct films.
This Facets 2-Pack, with Sara and The Pear Tree, is
our tribute to him.
DV99092 2-DVD Set $39.95
In this Facets 2-Pack, two giants of Italian cinema offer
powerful Christmas tales that focus on the true spirituality
behind the holiday: Keep Walking and Christ Stopped at Eboli.
DV98970 2-DVD set $39.95
Directed by Ermanno Olmi and Francesco Rosi.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Produced by the Oscar-nominated team of Marilyn
& Chuck Braverman, this Facets 2-pack of “dogumentaries” will have you panting for more: A Pug’s
Life and American Pit Bull.
DV99094 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Marilyn and Chuck Braverman.
In English.
Celebrate the holidays South of the Border-style with
this Facets 2-Pack featuring two light-hearted holiday
movies from the New Argentine Cinema: Felicidades
and Jews in Space.
DV98969 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Lucho Bender and Gabriel Lichtmann.
A Facets 2-Pack with two critically acclaimed films
from Quebec, each reflecting the unique voice of that
region: Congorama and A Wind from Wyoming.
DV97762 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Philippe Falardeau and Andre Forcier.
From master filmmaker Andrzej Wajda comes
this Facets 2-Pack with two dramas that carefully
chronicle major moments in Polish history: Lotna and
Innocent Sorcerers.
DV99091 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Andrzej Wajda.
In this Facets 2-Pack, architect Patrick Keiller offers a
pair of documentaries that explore the good, the bad,
and the ugly of English architecture: Robinson in Space
and London.
DV78717 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Patrick Keiller.
In English.
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Satantango
Tarr’s 7-hour, black-and-white epic examines the
standstill lives of people living in a dilapidated village in
post-communist Hungary. “Enthralling” (Susan Sontag).
DV86935 4-DVD Set $79.95
Directed by Bela Tarr.
Our Hitler: A Film from Germany
The Decalogue
Free Cinema
Heimat II:
A Chronicle of a Generation
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings
and Beginnings
Running over 25 hours, this epic portrait of Germany
in the 20th Century follows a man’s life in Munich
from 1960 to 1970.
DV86921 7-DVD Set $149.95
The continuation of Edgar Reitz’s milestone film epic
takes the story into the modern era with the same
passion and attention to character as the first two series.
DV95157 4-DVD Set $79.95
Mexico, the Frozen Revolution:
The Films of Raymundo Gleyzer
This three-disc retrospective of the work of
documentary filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer, founder
of Cine de la Base in Argentina, includes Mexico: The
Frozen Revolution, The Traitors, and eight shorts.
DV95369 3-DVD Set $59.95
Directed by Raymundo Gleyzer.
Lost and Found:
The Harry Langdon Collection
Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton
Melies the Magician
Syberberg’s 7-hour rumination on Hitler uses puppets,
props, a thundering Wagnerian soundtrack, and rear-screen
projection to examine the mechanisms underlying his rise
and his continual effects over Germany.
DV94658 2-DVD Set $79.95
Directed by Hans Jurgen Syberberg.
In English and German with English subtitles.
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s ambitious, award-winning
masterpiece explores the timeless issues of human
existence through ten contemporary tales, each based
on one of the Ten Commandments.
DV64059 3-DVD Set $79.95
Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski.
A Sweeping Epic of German History
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany
Ambitious, grand, yet very intimate 15-hour saga
that charts the lives, loves and tragedies of a fictional
German family from 1919 to 1982.
DV86904 6-DVD Set $99.95
The Lawrence Jordan Album
A collection of works from acclaimed animator
and experimental filmmaker Lawrence Jordan, who
combines 19th-century engravings, modern imagery,
and common symbols to construct unmistakable,
dream-like narratives.
DV96560 4-DVD Set $59.95
Directed by Lawrence Jordan.
A 4-DVD set devoted to the comic mastery of silent
screen funnyman, Harry Langdon, whose comic
persona of the wide-eyed innocent rivaled Chaplin,
Lloyd, and Keaton in popularity.
DV95365 4-DVD Set $39.95
The high fashion world is exposed in this portrait
of reclusive designer Marc Jacobs, the world of
haute couture, and the inner-workings of fashion
conglomerate Louis Vuitton.
DV95780 $29.95
Directed by Loic Prigent.
In English, French or German with English subtitles.
This BFI-compiled set collects 16 short and features
representing the best of the British Free Cinema
movement of the 1950s, which was dedicated to
the belief that film should be a tool for personal
expression, reflecting contemporary life, and inspiring
social change. Includes films by Lindsay Anderson,
Tony Richardson and more.
DV95158 $69.95
In English.
The “new” Melies standard. 15 restored shorts plus
two documentaries round out this extraordinary volume
featuring the work of the special effects pioneer.
DV62882 $39.95
Directed by George Melies and Jacques Meny.
In English with French and German language options.
Moving Portraits
Waiting for Fidel
This acclaimed doc follows three men through
a strange limbo as they wait days on end to meet
with Castro in Cuba.
DV70440 $29.95
Directed by Michael Rubbo.
In English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Louise Bourgeois
Balthus
Bab El-Oued City
The Steamroller and the Violin
Voyage In Time
The Bill Douglas Trilogy
Tickets
Another Sky
Nathalie Granger
20th Century sculptor Louise Bourgeois lifts the veil on her
life and work in this revealing portrait of a modern artist.
DV96562 $39.95
Directed by Camille Guichard.
This award-winning portrait of the painter Balthus
highlights his complex creative process with rare
footage of the artist at work, interviews and more.
Includes two bonus shorts.
DV96766 $39.95
Directed by Olivier Gal.
A lucid depiction of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism
in Algeria about a man who raises the ire of an Islamic
fundamentalist group after ripping out a loudspeaker
broadcasting propaganda.
DV85529 $29.95
Directed by Merzak Allouache.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Andrei Tarkovsky
Kirikou and the Sorceress
This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of a
clever, courageous little boy who sets out to free his
African village of a curse.
DVD: DV72976 $29.95
Directed by Michel Ocelot.
Andrei Tarkovsky’s student thesis film. A steamroller
driver and a violin-playing boy forge an unusual
and powerful friendship. “Rich beyond words…
staggering!” (Boxoffice).
DV67514 $24.95
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
In this acclaimed personal documentary by Andrei
Tarkovsky, the Russian master discusses life, art, and
filmmaking with Tonino Guerra—Antonioni’s famed
scriptwriter—while hunting locations in Italy.
DV72597 $29.95
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and Tonino Guerra.
Three critically acclaimed films by director Bill Douglas,
based on memories of his own impoverished childhood
in a small Scottish mining village. Includes My Childhood
(1972), My Ain Folk (1973) and My Way Home (1978).
DV96902 $39.95
Directed by Bill Douglas.
In English.
Abbas Kiarostami
Close-Up
This brilliant exploration of the power of movies
reconstructs a cinephile’s attempt to literally
become a filmmaker he admires. Featuring Mohsen
Makhmalbaf, director of Kandahar.
DV62514 $29.95
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami.
Three of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers
direct a trilogy of interwoven stories set aboard a train
traveling from Central Europe to Rome.
DV78969 $29.95
Directed by Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach,
and Ermanno Olmi.
In Italian, English, Albanian, and Farsi with
English subtitles.
The only film directed by critic/screenwriter Gavin
Lambert unfolds around a demure and prim
governess seduced by the men, music, and mystery
of Marrakesh, Morocco.
DV78973 $29.95
Directed by Gavin Lambert.
In English.
French novelist Marguerite Duras (Hiroshima Mon
Amour) directs this film about the domestic space of
women, in which dull rituals mask an undercurrent
of lurking violence. Stars Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bose
and Gerard Depardieu.
DV96556 $69.95
Directed by Marguerite Duras.
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Vera Chytilova
Joan the Maid
A brilliant interpretation of the story of Joan of Arc,
directed by French New Wave and post-New Wave
master Jacques Rivette.
DV62345 2-DVD Set $39.95
Directed by Jacques Rivette.
Daisies
In this key Czech New Wave film, two uninhibited
young women turn against the numbing state of
society in a madcap flurry of pranks and destruction.
DV62817 $29.95
Directed by Vera Chytilova.
Fruit of Paradise
Total Balalaika Show
Vera Chytilova uses sumptuous visuals and expressive
music to put a boldly modern spin on the Adam and
Eve story. While vacationing at a spa, a modern couple
eats forbidden fruit, sending the wife on an obsessive
search for a dangerous killer.
DVD: DV76930 $29.95
Directed by Vera Chytilova.
Aki Kaurismaki (The Man Without a Past ) captures
the weird and wild pairing of Russia’s Alexandrov
Red Army Ensemble and Finland’s rock n’ rollers, the
Leningrad Cowboys.
DV76390 $29.95
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki.
In Finnish and Russian with English subtitles.
Cinema Verité Snapshots of a Turbulent Chicago
The Murder of Fred Hampton
American Revolution 2
Muhammad Ali the Greatest
Margaret Garner
Fantastic Planet
The Mad Adventures
of Rabbi Jacobs
The Tracker
Pan Tadeusz
An unprecedented, historically significant
documentary on slain Black Panther founder Fred
Hampton, who was killed by Chicago police in 1969.
DV86922 $24.95
Directed by Mike Gray and Howard Alk.
In English.
Rene Laloux’s mesmerizing sci-fi classic is a
landmark of European animation. Winner of the Grand
Prix Award at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.
DV94805 $24.95
Directed by Rene Laloux.
An important documentary charting social turbulences
in late 1960s Chicago, with footage of the 1968
Democratic Convention protests and riots, and more.
DV86930 $24.95
Directed by Mike Gray.
In English.
An anti-Semitic businessman en route to his
daughter’s wedding disguises himself as a rabbi,
leading to crazy slapstick situations in this Golden
Globe nominee.
DV71042 $29.95
Directed by Gerard Oury.
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Photographer/filmmaker William Klein’s vibrant
portrait of one of the greatest sports figures of modern
times, with appearances by Malcolm X, Norman
Mailer, and The Beatles.
DV67676 $29.95
Directed by William Klein.
In English.
Rolf de Heer’s compelling morality tale follows three
white men into the outback, led by an Aborigine
tracker who is in more control than they realize.
DV86905 $29.95
Directed by Rolf de Heer.
In English.
Toni Morrison/Richard Danielpour’s opera about
an escaped pre-Civil War slave who killed her own
daughter rather than see her return to slavery comes
alive in this documentary.
DV95805 $29.95
Directed by Mustapha Hasnaoui.
In English or French with English subtitles.
Feuding families overcome age-old conflicts and
disputes to help free their country from enemy
domination in Andrzej Wajda’s grand tale of Poland’s
struggle for freedom.
DV76237 $29.95
5 Girls
This documentary traces the lives of five adolescent
girls, focusing on the positive ways they adapt to
challenges at a pivotal point in their lives.
DV92860 $29.95
Directed by Maria Finitzo.
In English.
Vietnam Long Time Coming
This moving documentary follows Vietnam War veterans—
both American and Vietnamese—on a 16-day, 1200-mile
bicycle journey across Vietnam. Includes appearances by
cyclist Greg LeMond and Senator John Kerry.
DV94914 $29.95
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal/Peter Gilbert/Gordon Quinn.
In English.
The Case of Howard Phillips Lovecraft
My Name Was Sabina Spielrein
Albert Fish
A Christmas Family Tragedy:
The Legend of the 1929
Lawson Family Murders
This unorthodox documentary re-creates the
claustrophobia, anxiety, and madness of the life and
work of author H.P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon, The Call
of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness).
DV94846 $29.95
Directed by Patrick-Mario Bernard/Pierre Trividic.
Killer Documentaries
Tango, Our Dance
An examination of the tango’s role within Argentina’s
social and personal landscape, exploring issues of
machismo and passion contained within the sensual,
stylized dance. Features a special appearance by
Robert Duvall.
DV88579 $29.95
Directed by Jorge Zanada.
H.H. Holmes:
America’s First Serial Killer
Director John Borowski’s doc focuses on “the
American Jack the Ripper,” chronicling his entire
life of crime and villainy, from childhood to his death
sentence and execution.
DV73393 $24.95
Directed by John Borowski.
In English.
Documentary and horror elements blend to tell the
true story of the sadomasochistic cannibal and serial
killer who lured children to their deaths in Depressionera New York City.
DV71990 $24.95
Directed by John Borowski.
In English.
Indie Cinema on the Fringe
Automatons
A lone girl in a post-apocalyptic future tends
to a decaying band of robot soldiers fighting a
generations-old war sparked by humans in this lowbudget sci-fi wonder.
DV95561 $24.95
Directed by James Felix McKenney.
In English.
Interkosmos
Director Jim Finn uses propaganda, news footage,
models, historic images, and guinea pigs to fashion
a modern-day, sci-fi cult classic with distinct visuals
and a unique point of view.
DV94816 $24.95
Directed by Jim Finn.
In English.
The Bloody Child
The true story of a U.S. Marine arrested while digging
a grave in the Mojave Desert for his pregnant wife
was the inspiration for Nina Menkes’ haunting,
hallucinatory film.
DV71314 $29.95
Directed by Nina Menkes.
In English.
In 1977, a surprising find in a basement in Switzerland
led to the re-discovery of one of the most important
figures in the history of psychoanalysis. The found diaries
and letters revealed a romantic relationship between one
of the founders of psychiatry, Carl Jung, and his patient,
Sabina Spielrein.
DV86933 $29.95
Directed by Elisabeth Marton.
In Swedish with English subtitles.
Using historic photos, authentic bluegrass music, exclusive
interviews with family and friends, and chilling re-creations,
this documentary brings an infamous North Carolina
murder-suicide legend to the screen.
DV95212 $24.95
Directed by Matt Hodges.
In English.
Waiting for the Moon
Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, two women who
were the focal point of Paris expatriate culture and
society, are the focus of Jill Godmilow’s personal
drama. Stars Linda Hunt and Andrew McCarthy.
DV88523 $29.95
Directed by Jill Godmilow.
In English.
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The Essentials
Bela Tarr
Charles & Marilyn Braverman
Directed by Oscar nominee Chuck Braverman, this
documentary chronicles a season with a minor league
baseball team racing for the championship.
DV71989 $19.95
Directed by Charles Braverman.
In English.
Werckmeister Harmonies
Bela Tarr’s celebrated film follows the unrest in a
provincial Hungarian town sparked by the arrival of
bizarre circus attractions. “Bravura filmmaking” (J.
Hoberman, The Village Voice).
DV86934 $29.95
The Outsider
Tarr’s second film follows a self-absorbed man
lacking direction and purpose whose only escape
from the drudgeries of modern Budapest is through
music, dancing and drinking.
DV76826 $29.95
—Jonathan Rosenbaum
American Pit Bull
Satantango
American Pitbull explores the evolution of the pit bull
breed from an upper-class working dog and beloved
companion to a deadly fighter.
DV94495 $24.95
Directed by Marilyn Braverman.
In English.
Damnation
Black and white images float out of an endless
drunken dream as a reclusive loner obsessively
pursues his former lover in Tarr’s powerful work.
DV86936 $29.95
The Prefab People
Shot in a gritty documentary style, Bela Tarr’s third
film is a relentlessly realistic portrait of a young,
working-class couple suffering the everyday stresses
of marriage.
DV76825 $29.95
Tarr’s 7-hour, black-and-white epic examines the
standstill lives of people living in a dilapidated village
in post-communist Hungary. “Enthralling” (Susan
Sontag). A Director Approved Edition!
DV86935 4-DVD Set $79.95
Almanac of Fall
The inhabitants of a large, claustrophobic apartment
reveal their darkest secrets, fears, obsessions and
hostilities in this intense chamber drama from Bela Tarr.
DV86940 $29.95
Alexander Sokurov
Bottom of the Ninth
“Conceivably the most
important Eastern
European filmmaker
currently at work”
Family Nest
Tarr’s debut is a gritty family drama in which a young
couple is forced to live with the husband’s parents in
a cramped apartment, resulting in endless arguments
and feelings of hopelessness.
DV76824 $29.95
“Makes films that
are serious, intense,
beautiful, at times
opaque and so
feverishly personal
that it can feel as if
you’re being invited
into his head, not
just another reality”
—Manohla Dargis
Confession
Russian auteur Alexander Sokurov’s powerful
documentary chronicles the lives of a Russian naval
ship’s soul-searching captain and his young sailors as
they sail the Arctic region.
DV73208 $39.95
Directed by Alexander Sokurov.
Spiritual Voices
Sonata for Viola
Sokurov and Semyon Aranovich’s long-banned and
lost film about Dmitri Shostakovich is a brilliant
evocation of the life of the great composer, featuring
rare, never-before-seen footage.
DV88508 $29.95
Directed by Alexander Sokurov
and Semyon Aranovich.
Dialogues with Solzhenitsyn
Sokurov interprets the life of Nobel Prize-winning
novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn through his own
words, basing the film around lengthy talks with the
author and his wife.
DV92900 $29.95
Luis Buñuel
Sokurov’s doc accompanies Russian troops assigned
to a frontier military post at the Tajikstan/Afghanistan
border in 1994 to chronicle their experiences.
DV73207 $39.95
Moscow Elegy
The Brute
Bunuel’s overlooked neorealist melodrama follows
a working-class thug hired by a corrupt landlord to
intimidate tenants and the loves that complicate his
life and work.
DVD: DV95093 $24.95
Directed by Luis Bunuel.
—Senses of Cinema
A Woman Without Love
Two shorts on painting and film: Elegy of a Voyage, which
crosses vast terrain to arrive at the doors of the empty
Boijmans Museum; and A Fortunate Life, which meditates
on the work of French romantic artist Hubert Robert.
DV91291 $29.95
In Russian with optional English, Spanish, and Italian subtitles.
Susana
Bunuel blends neorealist melodrama with subversive
surrealism to tell the story of a girl who escapes
from detention and hides out on a remote Spanish
American plantation where she destroys a rigid,
uptight family with her immoral scheming and
feminine wiles.
DV94844 $24.95
Maria and Last Day of a Rainy Summer are two
moody, early shorts by Sokurov that emphasize the
significance of the Russian land to its people.
DV91292 $29.95
In Russian with optional English, French, Spanish,
or Italian subtitles.
“A surrealist,
an iconoclast,
a contrarian and
provocateur....”
Elegy of a Voyage
Based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant, Luis
Bunuel’s bizarre, Gothic love story is set in a decaying
mansion where a young wife has a secret affair,
separates from her lover, and then bears his son.
DV94659 $24.95
Raul Ruiz
Sokurov juxtaposes scenes from Russian director
Andrei Tarkovsky’s films against political events in the
Soviet Union to capture the struggle between personal
expression and state-supported suppression.
DV90906 $29.95
In Russian and Italian with English subtitles.
Elegy of the Land
(Maria/Last Day of a Rainy Summer)
“Mr. Ruiz’s films
are collages to be
interpreted, their
rewards roughly
equivalent to
the viewer’s
imagination
and energetic
involvement”
—THE New York Times
Three Crowns of the Sailor
Ruiz blends fairy tale elements and high culture
references to spin a high-seas yarn that’s been
described as “Orson Welles meets Hans Christian
Andersen.”
DV86941 $29.95
Directed by Raul Ruiz.
The Essentials
Luc Moullet
The Films of Raul Ruiz
Exiled Chilean director Raul Ruiz offers up three
films that showcase his visually intense, highly
metaphysical style in this 2-DVD set. Includes Three
Crowns of the Sailor, The Hypothesis of a Stolen
Painting (France, 1979, 63 mins.), and The Suspended
Vocation (France, 1978, 96 mins.).
DV92312 $59.95
In French with optional English subtitles.
The Hypothesis
of the Stolen Painting
The Films of Luc Moullet: Anatomy of
a Relationship and Genesis of a Meal
The Films of Luc Moullet:
Brigitte and Brigitte and Up and Down
Ruiz’s daring, fascinating meditation on the
relationship between words and images and works
of art and their description or interpretation plays out
as a never-ending detective thriller in a fantastic art
gallery of “living images.”
DV78968 $29.95
Two distinctive Moullet documentaries that resonate
with his absurdist view and maverick vision. Includes
Anatomy of a Relationship and Genesis of a Meal.
DV91976 $39.95
Directed by Luc Moullet.
The Films of Luc Moullet:
The Smugglers and A Girl Is a Gun
The Luc Moullet Collection
Germany, Pale Mother
A beautiful, painfully moving account of writer-director
Helma Sanders-Brahms’ childhood, made to show
her own daughter a Germany beyond Hitler and
the Holocaust.
DV96124 $29.95
This gripping family drama from the director of
Germany, Pale Mother focuses on three generations of
women. Stars Brigitte Fossey (Cinema Paradiso), with
cinematography by Sacha Vierny.
DV96249 $29.95
Under the Pavement
Lies the Strand
Earthquake in Chile
No Mercy, No Future
My Heart Is Mine Alone
A pair of riotous Moullet comedies that capture
the New Wave’s sense of dislocation and anarchy.
Includes The Smugglers and A Girl Is a Gun.
DV90914 $39.95
Two young actors in Berlin find love in the downturn
years following the revolutionary 1960s in Helma
Sanders-Brahms award-winning film.
DV96762 $29.95
A 3-DVD collection Moullet’s major films. Includes:
The Smugglers, A Girl Is a Gun, Brigitte and Brigitte,
Up and Down, Anatomy of a Relationship and Genesis
of a Meal.
DV92393 $129.95
Helma Sanders-Brahms’ epic, shot in Franco’s Spain,
tells the story of the forbidden love between a rich
heiress and her Jesuit tutor.
DV96763 $29.95
Two idiosyncratic Moullet comedies with a modern
eye and an absurdist wit. Includes Brigitte and Brigitte
and Up and Down.
DV91264 $39.95
Helma Sanders-Brahms
A woman’s unconventional search for God in the streets
and along the Wall of the divided city of Berlin is the focus
of Helma Sanders-Brahms’ acclaimed drama.
DV96764 $29.95
The Future of Emily
Helma Sanders-Brahms pays tribute to the works and
love affair of German poets Else Lasker-Schueler and
Gottfried Benn with this experimental drama set on
expressionistic sound-stage sets.
DV96765 $29.95
Asian Edge
A
A2
Peep TV Show
The Beautiful Washing Machine
The Naoyuki Tsuji
Animation Collection
Eliana, Eliana
Robinson’s Garden
Carnival in the Night
Extreme Private Eros:
Love Song 1974
Goodbye CP
Shot over a period of two years, Tatsuya Mori’s
documentary provides unprecedented access to
the Aum Shinrikyo cult accused of mass killing with
poison gas in the Tokyo subway in 1995.
DV86925 $29.95
A collection of shorts by Japanese animator Naoyuki
Tsuji, who creates a distinctive, haunting universe
with a few simple, hand-drawn lines in charcoal
and pastel.
DV92959 $24.95
Directed by Naoyuki Tsuji
Mori’s sequel continues to follow the Aum cult, filming
members and capturing their everyday life under the
watchful eye of the police and hostile local residents.
DV86926 $29.95
Set against a pulsating backdrop of modern-day
Jakarta, this drama tells the story of a woman from
a small-town in West Sumatra who moves to the
big city.
DV91263 $29.95
Directed by Riri Riza.
In Indonesian with English subtitles.
A punk ethos informs this radical digital media
experiment that energetically descends into the
Japanese subculture of video surveillance,
Japanese “Lolitas”, pornography, internet
transmissions and 9-11.
DV86927 $29.95
Directed by Yutaka Tsuchiya.
Independent filmmaker Masashi Yamamota,
known for edgy dramas that capture the restless
spirit of Japanese youth, appropriates The Adventures
of Robinson Crusoe and transplants it to
present-day Tokyo.
DV94664 $29.95
Directed by Masashi Yamamoto.
James Lee’s acclaimed absurdist comedy follows the
events that result when a man requests repairs for his
broken washing machine only to mysteriously receive
a live-in maid instead.
DV94249 $29.95
Directed by James Lee.
In Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles.
Masashi Yamamota’s gritty, unusual odyssey
through Tokyo’s underbelly blurs the line between
documentary and fiction to capture the punk scene of
1980s Japan.
DV94842 $29.95
Directed by Masashi Yamamoto.
Kazuo Hara
Rice People
Cambodian filmmaker-in-exile Rithy Panh provides
a delicate and beautifully photographed study of a
rural Cambodian family, using a rice growing cycle to
portray their tragic fragmentation.
DV86938 $29.95
Directed by Rithy Panh.
In Cambodian with Englsh subtitles.
The Emperor’s Naked Army
Marches On
Maverick documentarian Kazuo Hara’s influential
documentary follows a Japanese WWII vet in his
search for those responsible for the deaths of soldiers
in his unit.
DV91921 $29.95
Directed by Kazuo Hara.
Hara’s intimate documentary takes on a very difficult
subject: his former lover, feminist bisexual Takeda
Miyuki, whom he follows as his own feelings unravel.
DV92075 $29.95
Hara once again criticizes the mores and customs of
Japanese society in this raw, unsentimental portrait of
adults with cerebral palsy.
DV92313 $29.95
The Essentials
Africa from the Inside
Great African Films, Vol. 1:
Faraw! & Haramuya
Great African Films, Vol. 2:
Tasuma/Sia, the Dream of the Python
Masai: The Rain Warriors
Long Dream
Noriko’s Dinner Table
Congorama
Our Times
It All Starts Today
Medea
History of a Secret
Los Muertos
A Dedicated Life
Hara turns the camera on controversial writer
Mitsuharu Inoue to create a moving work capturing
the essence of his life and the significance of his
death from cancer.
DV92636 $29.95
Two award-winning African feature films: Drissa
Toure’s Haramuya from Burkina Faso and Abbdoulaye
Ascofare’s Faraw! Mother of the Dunes from Mali.
DV92670 $39.95
Directed by Drissa Toure and Abbdoulaye Ascofare.
In French, Bambara and Songhoi
with English subtitles.
More award-winning African features, each from
Burkina Faso: Kollo Sanou’s Tasuma and Dani
Kouyate’s Sia, the Dream of the Python.
DV92671 $39.95
Directed by Kollo Sanou and Dani Kouyate.
In French, Jula and Bambara with English subtitles.
This beautiful adventure shot on the savannahs of
Kenya depicts a Masai community’s quest to bring
rain to their land, ensuring their survival.
DV92634 $24.95
Directed by Pascal Plisson.
In Maa with English subtitles.
World Cinema on the Edge
Sleep becomes a nightmarish descent into madness
in this surreal horror flick about a doctor who believes
his patient’s dreams hold the key to immortality.
DV96568 $19.95
Directed by Higuchinsky
Bertrand Tavernier makes the everyday electric with
this compelling portrait of a teacher struggling to
make a difference in his students’ lives.
DV67848 $29.95
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
Family drama mixes with bloody mayhem in this
Japanese horror satire about a runaway teen in Tokyo
who gets sucked into a cult that prostitutes girls for
domestic role-playing.
DV96250 $24.95
Directed by Sion Sono.
Lars von Trier (Breaking the Waves) directs this
exploration of the dark passions of a woman scorned
that unfolds in shimmering North Sea marshlands and
gloomy subterranean passageways.
DV67873 $29.95
Directed by Lars von Trier.
In Danish with English subtitles.
Director Philippe Falardeau toys with coincidence,
contrivance, and near-mystical encounters in this
comic drama about a Belgian inventor who he sets
off to find his Canadian birth parents.
DV95775 $29.95
Directed by Philippe Falardeau.
Twenty-five years after her mother’s disappearance,
filmmaker Mariana Otero learns the truth about her
tragic fate in this documentary that moves emotionally
while raising social and political questions.
DV94815 $29.95
Directed by Mariana Otero.
Rakhshan Bani-Etemad’s fascinating documentary
follows a group on women as they run for the
presidency of Iran in 2002.
DV86907 $29.95
Directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.
This hypnotic investigation of the boundaries between
nature and civilization—and the violence within
both—follows a man who ventures into the Amazon
after release from prison.
DV78972 $29.95
Directed by Lisandro Alonso.
Ballroom
Seven Songs from the Tundra
Anastasia Lapsui, a Nenet from the Russian tundra,
offers an impressionist view of her ancient culture,
one caught between nomadic traditions and enforced
modernity under Communism.
DV95783 $29.95
Directed by Anastasia Lapsui/Markku Lehmuskallio.
In Nenets and Russian with optional English and
French subtitles.
Woyzeck
Fireworks Wednesday
This mysterious, genre-defying French film concerns
a reclusive, gay artist living and working in a beautiful
old ballroom who is visited by a ghostly presence that
causes him to question his sanity.
DV95370 $29.95
Directed by Patrick-Mario Bernard/Xavier Brillat/
Pierre Trividic.
Daughters of the Sun
A Wind from Wyoming
A smart, surreal and twisted look at dysfunctional
families, relationships and the mysteries of love
from director Andre Forcier, considered Quebec’s
David Lynch.
DV76547 $29.95
Directed by Andre Forcier.
Chico
Journey to the Sun
A woman’s plan to disguise herself as a boy to work
and support her family becomes complicated when
she catches the eye of a female co-worker in this
acclaimed drama.
DV67366 $29.95
Directed by Miriam Shahriar.
The Shoe
A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral
Late Night Talks With Mother
Simon the Magician
An odd Cinderella plays out in 1950s Cold War
Latvia when Soviet patrolmen search a village
for the woman who fits a shoe belonging to
a suspected infiltrator.
DV86911 $29.95
Directed by Laila Pakalnina.
In Latvian with English subtitles.
This black comedy from Iranian filmmaker Saman
Salour follows the ups-and-downs of three men,
all centered around a petrol station in the desert.
DV96769 $29.95
Directed by Saman Salour.
Georg Buchner’s famed, bleak play about a desperate
family man pushed to the edge is brought to the
screen once again with vivid, chilling results.
DV92080 $29.95
Directed by Janos Szasz.
Ibolya Fekete’s film follows the life of Chico, a
“Spanish-Hungarian, Catholic-Jewish communist”
child of revolution who becomes a globe-trotting
journalist-turned-freedom fighter.
DV70442 $29.95
Directed by Ibolya Fekete.
In English, Hungarian, Spanish, Croatian, and Italian
This captivating film diary finds director Jan Nemec
revisiting his life as he unravels the threats of his
difficult relationship with his deceased mother.
DV70439 $29.95
Directed by Jan Nemec.
In Czech with Entglish subtitles.
A poor, sweet, engaged woman’s innocence is
shattered when she finds herself in the middle of
her employers’ domestic dispute over accusations
of infidelity.
DV96123 $29.95
Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
The friendship between a young man from western
Turkey and a Kurdish rebel is tested by a heated
political situation in this inspiring, award-winning tale.
DV79747 $29.95
Directed by Yesim Ustaoglu.
In Turkish with English subtitles.
New Hungarian Cinema director Ildiko Enyedi tells a
stylish tale about a wandering magician who falls in
love while helping the Paris police solve a murder.
DV67569 $29.95
Directed by Ildiko Enyedi.
In French and Hungarian with English subtitles.
The Essentials
4 Films by Otar Iosseliani
Four whimsical, joyously pessimistic, poetically casual
films by acclaimed filmmaker Otar Iosseliani. Includes
April (1962), Falling Leaves (1968), There Once Was a
Singing Blackbird (1970) and Pastoral (1976).
DV77005 2-DVD Set $59.95
Directed by Otar Iosseliani.
In Georgian with English subtitles.
Brigands, Chapter VII
The great Georgian director-in-exile Otar Iosseliani’s
ambitious fresco cuts freely between 16th century,
Stalinist and contemporary Georgia and modern France.
DV70487 $29.95
Directed by Otar Iosseliani.
A Piece of Sky
Keep Your Right Up!
Benedicte Lienard’s visually inventive and socially
conscious drama draws bold connections between
a woman imprisoned for labor violence and her coworkers at a large French factory.
DV92633 $29.95
Directed by Benedicte Lienard.
With a tip of the hat to Jerry Lewis, Buster Keaton,
Jacques Tati and Dostoyevsky, Jean-Luc Godard
wrote, edited and stars in this mind-boggling comedy.
DV62851 $29.95
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
New German Cinema
100% Arabica
A Little Bit of Freedom
Bungalow
Lea
Otomo
The Outskirts
A Little Family Conversation
Distortion
In this light-hearted musical comedy, a North African
pop group uses their music to triumph over bigotry
and violence in a housing complex in the Paris
suburbs.
DV89108 $26.98
Directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri.
This powerful film reconstructs the true story of a
West African refugee’s fight to survive in a German
city that does not welcome him.
DV90445 $29.95
Directed by Frieder Schlaich.
In this gritty, spirited drama, a Kurdish immigrant in
Germany tries to keep a low profile from authorities
who denied him political asylum, but his questionable
acquaintances make it difficult.
DV95782 $29.95
Directed by Yuksel Yavuz.
In German, Kurdish and Turkish with English subtitles.
A scathing indictment of capitalism run amuck in New
Russia, this revenge-filled allegory follows farmers
who band together when a shady organization
appropriates their land.
DV67454 $29.95
Directed by Petr Lutsik.
This offbeat German drama follows a young soldier
who goes AWOL and returns to his parents’ summer
home, where he falls for his brother’s girlfriend.
DV95211 $29.95
Directed by Ulrich Kohler.
French actress Helene Lapiower directs this documentary
that began as a chronicle of her Jewish family, but morphed
into a study of generational divide and questions of identity.
DV96561 $39.95
Directed by Helene Lapiower.
In French, English, and Yiddish with optional English and
French subtitles.
In this festival fave, a young Slovak girl uses poetry
to express herself after being stricken mute upon
witnessing her mother’s rape and murder. With Hanna
Schygulla and Udo Kier.
DV70438 $29.95
Directed by Ivan Fila.
In German and Slovak with English subtitles.
This challenging drama tells of a Tel Aviv playwright
who attempts to make sense of his country’s carnage
and his own tangled personal life.
DV88806 $29.95
Directed by Haim Bouzaglo.
In Hebrew with English subtitles.
Overlooked Americana
Malunde
Set in the new South Africa, this odd couple road movie
follows two forgotten souls—a homeless black boy and
a white Apartheid-era soldier—who find each other.
DV80070 $29.95
Directed by Stepahine Sycholt.
In English.
The Classics
Rembetiko
American Slapstick 2
Award-winning actress Sotiria Leonardou stars in this
enchanting, melancholy musical drama as a singer
whose career stretches from the taverns of Piraeas,
Greece to New York City.
DV94665 $29.95
Directed by Costas Ferris.
In Greek with English subtitles.
A 3-DVD collection of rare silent and early talkie
shorts from the heyday of slapstick comedy, featuring
funnymen Harold Lloyd, Paul Parrott, Snub Pollard,
Alice Howell and more!
DV96585 $34.99
La Bataille du Rail
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Goldstein
Lou Gilbert and Nelson Algren appear in Philip
Kaufman’s (The Right Stuff ) first feature—
a re-interpretation of the story of the prophet Elijah,
transplanted to Chicago.
DV70437 $29.95
Directed by Philip Kaufman.
In English.
Post-War Masterpieces
Somewhere in Europe
The first major achievement of post-war Hungarian
cinema and a key film in the history of neorealist
cinema is the tale of homeless war orphans in
devastated post-war Hungary.
DV88522 $29.95
Directed by Geza Radvanyi.
Rene Clements’ astonishing, Cannes award-winning
post-war feature is a riveting account of the French
railroad workers’ resistance to Nazi Occupation.
DV86932 $29.95
Directed by Rene Clement.
A political exile banished to a southern Italian village
by Mussolini experiences the alien world of poverty
and despair in Francesco Rosi’s moving film.
DV70434 $29.95
Directed by Francesco Rosi.
Three Brothers
Three brothers return home and re-examine their lives
in Francesco Rosi’s Oscar-nominated family drama.
“A film of quiet reflection and strengthening resolve”
(Chicago Reader ).
DV67515 $29.95
Directed by Francesco Rosi.
Rediscovered Polish Cinema Favorites
Henry IV
Marcelo Mastroianni stars in this adaptation of
Pirandello’s classic play as the aristocrat who falls off
a horse and believes himself to be medieval French
emperor, Henry IV.
DV70570 $29.95
Directed by Marco Bellocchio.
Knights of the Teutonic Order
(Krzyzacy)
One of the highest achievements of 1960s Polish
cinema is a stirring nationalist epic and a vivid
portrayal of customs and life in medieval Poland.
DV94848 $24.95
Directed by Aleksander Ford.
Mother Joan of the Angels
This gripping adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s The Devils
of Loudun transposes the action to a 17th-century
Polish convent, where a priest investigates demonic
possession among nuns.
DV88582 $29.95
Girls from Nowolipki
This postwar film version of Pola Gojawiczynska’s novel
is a lively picture of turn-of-the-century Warsaw as
experienced by four young girls. The film begins as the
heroines finish primary school and begin adult life.
DV71522 $29.95
Directed by Barbara Sass.
The Classics
Andrzej Wajda
Lotna
Andrzej Wajda, son of a Polish cavalry officer killed in
WWII by Germans, made this film as a tribute to the
heroic horsemen who faced off against German tanks.
It follows the trajectory of an off-white horse which
passes among various military officials.
DV71521 $29.95
Andrzej Munk
Innocent Sorcerers
Wry and cynical, the work is important for being
“the first film in Eastern Europe to chronicle the
disillusionment of the younger generation” (San
Francisco Chronicle).
DV88807 $29.95
Samson
Wajda directs this profound psychological study of a
man released from prison at the onset of WWII only to
be locked up in the Warsaw ghetto.
DV72595 $29.95
Man on the Tracks
This classic anti-Stalinist film uses the mystery
surrounding a train engineer’s death to examine the
issues and problems of 1950s Communist Poland.
DV76234 $29.95
Mexican Classics
Eroica
Andrzej Munk’s potent black comedy is a bitter
yet timeless commentary on the varying notions
of heroism and war, based on stories by Jerzy
Stefan Stawinski.
DV76294 $29.95
Bad Luck
In Munk’s pointed black comedy, a non-descript
everyman awaiting release from prison relates a life
story of hard luck and misfortune amidst great change
in Polish history.
DV76293 $29.95
Aventurera
A newly remastered version of Mexican cinema’s
most famous cabareteras--a curious film noir/musical
hybrid wildly popular in Mexico in the 40s and 50s.
DV80448 $19.95
Directed by Alberto Gout.
Fernando de Fuentes’ The Revolution Trilogy
El Compadre Mendoza
This Mexican cinema classic tells the story of an
opportunistic landowner who must choose between
remaining loyal to Zapata and being financially ruined
or saving his own skin.
DV88524 $24.95
Directed by Fernando de Fuentes.
Let’s Go with Pancho Villa
Six young men leave their rural homes to join
Pancho Villa’s army in this installment in de Fuentes’
Revolutionary Trilogy.
DV86908 $29.95
The Revolution Trilogy:
3 Films by Fernando de Fuentes
Fernando de Fuentes’ famous trilogy on three DVDs.
Includes Prisoner 13, El Compadre Mendoza, and Let’s
Go with Pancho Villa.
DV91923 3-DVD Set $49.95
Grigori Kozintsev
Prisoner 13
The original film in de Fuentes’ Revolution Trilogy
charts the stories of a son who pays for his father’s
faults and a mother who tries at any cost to save her
son’s life.
DV71520 $24.95
In Spanish with optional English subtitles.
Hamlet
Grigori Kozinstev’s powerful adaptation of
Shakespeare’s Hamlet stars Innokenti Smoktunovsky
as the conflicted anti-hero. With an introduction by
Peter Sellars.
DV86928 $29.95
Directed by Grigori Kozintsev.
Sound and Vision
King Lear
Often called one of the greatest film adaptations
of any Shakespeare work, Kozintsev’s visually
stark evocation, with a score by Shostakovich, is
miraculous. With an introduction by Peter Sellars.
DV86929 $29.95
The Humanities
The Kozintsev Collection
(Hamlet / King Lear)
Listen
Saudade Do Futuro
Contacts, Vol. 2
Contacts, Vol. 3
Lee Miller: Through the Mirror
Talmud
Keep Walking
Three legendary Russian artists—director Grigori
Kozintsev, screenwriter Boris Pasternak, and
composer Dmitri Shostakovich—bring Hamlet and
King Lear to the screen.
DV94669 2-DVD Set $49.95
The world’s most daring composers and musicologists
probe the nature of sound and hearing in this unique
documentary, including John Cage, Luciano Berio and
Knud Victor.
DV79690 $39.95
Directed by Miroslav Sebestik.
The music and rhythms of Sao Paulo, Brazil come
alive in this look at the cantadores and troubadours
who set the streets afire with their infectious sounds.
DV70681 $29.95
Directed by Cesar Paes.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Minds Behind the Camera’s Eye
Contacts, Vol. 1
A collection of short, personal films on photojournalists
and their methods, including Henri Cartier Bresson,
William Klein, Raymond Depardon and more.
DV86914 $39.95
Directed by Francoise Levie.
In English and French with English subtitles.
Contemporary photography is the focus of Vol. 2, with
spotlights on Sophie Calle, Nan Godin, Sarah Moon,
Thomas Ruff and more.
DV86915 $39.95
Finding God...or Buddha...or Mohammed
Life of Buddha
The story of Prince Siddhartha’s spiritual
transformation into the Buddha and Buddhism
eventual influence on the world are charted
in this documentary.
DV79788 $39.95
Directed by Martin Meissonnier.
In French and other languages, with English subtitles.
Mohammed the Prophet
An extraordinary, 2-volume journey to the source of
Islam, filmed across six countries, revealing what
united more than a billion believers worldwide.
DV70716 2-DVD Set $59.95
Directed by Chema Sarmiento.
In English, French and German with language options.
The third entry focuses on conceptual photography,
with Thomas Struth, Wolfgang Tillmans, Roni Horn
and others explaining the evolution of their most
accomplished pieces.
DV86916 $39.95
The Talmud, the vast, encompassing cardinal text of
Judaism detailing the principles, ethics, and laws for
everyday conduct, is the focus of this probing film.
DV94667 $29.95
Directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati.
In French, English, and German with English subtitles.
A look at the life of the iconic Lee Miller: postsurrealist photographer, war correspondent, Vogue
model and muse to Man Ray.
DV95368 $29.95
Directed by Sylvain Roumette.
In French, English, and German with English subtitles.
Ermanno Olmi directs this powerful retelling of the
story of the three wise men who followed signs in the
heavens to find the birthplace of Christ.
DV70433 $29.95
Directed by Ermanno Olmi.
The Humanities
Brain Food
Corpus Christi
A riveting inquiry into the historical Jesus that delves
into archaeological and historical research about
Jesus and his crucifixion.
DV86943 4-DVD Set $99.95
Directed by Gerard Mordillat and Jerome Prieur.
The Origin of Christianity
Authors/filmmakers Gerard Mordillat and Jerome
Prieur spent three years assembling experts and
research to deliver a compelling film about faith,
inspiration and history.
DV72989 4-DVD Set $99.95
Faustina
An award-winning artistic representation of the
mystical life of the first saint of the new millennium,
Sister Faustina Kowlaska; based on her memoirs.
DV79650 $29.95
Directed by Jerzy Lukasiewicz.
Shapes of the Invisible
High-def cameras and electron microscopes zoom in
on everyday objects and living things to reveal their
unseen structure and beauty.
DV88514 $29.95
Directed by Pierre Oscar Levy/Gabriel Turkieh/
Jean-Michel Sanchez.
Shattering Perceptions of Architecture & Design
N Is a Number:
A Portrait of Paul Erdos
Architectures 1
Architectures 2
Part 2 analyses Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax
building, the Galleria Umberto 1, the Stone Thermal
Baths, L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and a highspeed train station in Satolas.
DV73908 $39.95
In French, English and German with English subtitles.
Part 3 examines the Jewish Museum of Berlin, Louis
Sullivan’s Auditorium Theatre, Charles Garnier’s
Parisian Opera, and work by Le Corbusier, Antonio
Gaudi and Alvar Aalto.
DV79591 $39.95
Architectures 4
Architectures 5
Magnificent Obsession: Frank Lloyd
Wright’s Buildings and Legacy in Japan
London
This whimsical documentary, complete with animated
sequences, follows mathematician Paul Erdos
for four years through four countries, presenting
his mathematical quest and its personal and
philosophical dimensions.
DV71359 $29.95
Directed by George Paul Csicsery.
In English.
Part 4 covers The Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans,
the Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao,
Jean Prouve’s House, the St. Foy Abbey, and The
Sendai Mediatheque by Toyo Ito.
DV88500 $39.95
The first of the series looks at Germany’s Bauhaus,
the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris, and the works
of Jean Nouvel, Otto Wagner, Andre Godin, and more.
DV73907 $39.95
Part 5 examines the Alhambra in Grenada, the House
of Sugimoto in Kyoto and works by Adalberto Libera,
Kenzo Tange, Palladio’s Villa Barbaro, and Zaha Hadid.
DV95210 $39.95
This meticulous, scholarly work looks at the formative
years that architect Frank Lloyd Wright spent in Japan
and the country’s influence on his work.
DV94662 $29.95
Directed by Karen Severns/Koichi Mori.
In English.
Architectures 3
Architect-turned-director Patrick Keiller and actor Paul
Scofield visit London’s historical sites, only to discover
the flavor of their beloved city changed forever in this
offbeat film essay.
DV86937 $29.95
In English.
Robinson in Space
Keiller and Scofield take a humorous tour of England’s
familiar historic landmarks and grand estates,
but also the detritus choking the landscape in this
unique “travelogue.”
DV76391 $29.95
In English.
Design
This illuminating and entertaining film looks at the
development and concept behind various modern
products and the social, political and cultural
conditions that allowed for their creation.
DV94245 $29.95
Directed by Danielle Schirman/Anna-Celia Kendall.
In French with optional English and German subtitles.
Goff in the Desert
Heinz Emigholz explores the accomplishments
of architect Bruce Goff, who was never formally
educated in his craft, but whose work displays a style
unlike most 20th-century architecture.
DV76386 $29.95
Directed by Heinz Emigholz.
Maillart’s Bridges
Emigholz focuses on the work of Swiss bridge builder
Robert Maillart, using shots of Maillart’s revolutionary
bridges to convey the creativity necessary to turn
concrete into expressive structures.
DV89548 $39.95
Get Lit
Sullivan’s Banks
The lasting legacy of legendary Chicago architect
Louis Sullivan is conveyed through a showcase of the
eight ornate banks that he constructed in small towns
across America’s heartland.
DV96569 $39.95
In German or English.
The Case of Howard
Phillips Lovecraft
This unorthodox documentary re-creates the
claustrophobia, anxiety, and madness of the life and
work of author H.P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon, The Call
of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness).
DV94846 $29.95
Directed by Patrick-Mario Bernard/Pierre Trividic.
Schindler’s Houses
An unconventional, stunning portrait of urban Los
Angeles captured via beautifully composed shots
of houses designed by Austrian-American architect
Rudolph Schindler.
DV96174 $39.95
In German or English with optional English subtitles.
Where the Heart Roams
This documentary presents an inside look into the
world of romance writers--their heroes, their heroines,
and their 20 million American fans.
DV71712 $29.95
Directed by George Csicsery.
In English.
D’Annunzio’s Cave
Heinz Emigholz, the premiere purveyor of architectural
oddities, meticulously documents 15 rooms in the
Villa Cargnacco in Lombardy, Italy, designed by protofascist poet Gabriele D’Annunzio (1863-1938).
DV95634 $29.95
Who Was Kafka?
An exploration of secretive and legendary writer,
Franz Kafka, with actors playing historical figures
who detail their unique relationships with the writer
in their own words.
DV94666 $29.95
Directed by Richard Dindo.
In French, English, or German with optional English
and French subtitles.
A Poet on the Lower East Side:
A Docu-Diary on Allen Ginsberg
This documentary follows Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
and Hungarian writer, poet, and translator Istvan Eorsi
for a week in New York City’s Lower East Side.
DV92955 $29.95
Directed by Gyula Gazdag
In English.
Paul Bowles—Half Moon
Three of legendary writer Paul Bowles’ greatest
and strangest stories (Merkala Beach, Call at Corazo,
Allal ) are interpreted in this Berlinale Critic’s Prizewinning film.
DV89254 $29.95
Directed by Drieder Schlaich and Irene von Alberti.
In English and Arabic with English subtitles.
The Humanities
Masters, Movements & Monumental Displays
Golub/Spero
Giacometti
Gustave Courbet
Paul Klee: The Silence of the Angel
A Louvre Treasure:
Awakening Apollo
Monster in the Forest:
The Story of the Cyclop
Vasya
Mr. Bing and L’Art Nouveau
Migrating Forms
Zero
Three films exploring the fearless, confrontational
work of husband/wife artists Leon Golub and Nancy
Spero are featured in this collection. “Virtually perfect”
(Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Chicago Reader ).
DV78716 $29.95
Directed by Jerry Blumenthal/Gordon Quinn.
In English.
Tour the world’s most famous museum in this
chronicle of the painstaking, three-year restoration of
the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery, with highlights
the institution’s 800-year history.
DV89103 $39.95
Directed by Jerome Prieur.
Alberto Giacometti, whose miniature sculptures
and distinctive approach to the human body greatly
influenced modern art, is profiled in two films,
featuring rare footage of the artist.
DV67314 $29.95
Directed by Michelle Van Zele and Jean-Marie Drot.
The story of the monumental Nouveau Realist
sculpture outside of Paris and the 20-year process
that brought it to life are detailed in this documentary.
DV89109 $29.95
Directed by Louise Faure and Anne Julien.
In French with subtitles options.
An exploration of the controversial life and work of
the 19th-century French painter and founder of the
Realist movement, Gustave Courbet. Also includes two
short films.
DV95781 $29.95
Directed by Romain Goupil.
Documentary and dramatic footage combine to create
a portrait of the enigmatic artist Vasya Sitnikov, a
key figure in the non-conformist art movement in the
former Soviet Union.
DV86906 $24.95
Directed by Andrei Zagdansky.
In English, Russian, and German
A visual journey into the work of painter Paul Klee,
the prolific artist who created 9000 works and helped
revolutionize classic concepts of composition
and color.
DV86942 $39.95
Directed by Michael Gaumnitz.
A portrait of Siegfried Bing, the force behind the art
nouveau movement, who exposed Europe to Asian
arts and handled the work of artists like Munch and
Toulouse-Lautrec.
DV76919 $29.95
Diverse Voices
Moving Manipulations & Provocations
Ant Farm Video
A collection of video art by the Ant Farm, a group
of radical architects, video and performance artists
and visionaries. Includes the infamous Media Burn
performance piece.
DV80774 $29.95
Nam June Paik:
Lessons from the Video Master
Three shorts illuminating the art and life of multimedia
artist Nam June Paik, with appearances by Jonas
Mekas, Yoko Ono and more.
DV95251 $29.95
Directed by Skip Blumberg.
In English.
James Fotopoulos directs this masterful, minimalist
exploration of empty sexuality and its psychic and
physical consequences in which a man and woman
meet for passionless sex.
DV67805 $29.95
Directed by James Fotopoulos.
In English.
Fotopoulos’ deeply disturbing, shocking experimental
debut paints a grim portrait of the psychological
collapse of a young man drifting into total isolation.
DV67806 $29.95
In English.
Diverse Voices
Back Against the Wall
In this “Lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of
America” (The New York Times), a lingerie model’s
downfall is portrayed against a milieu of depressing,
menacing men.
DV67804 $29.95
In English.
James Fotopoulos X3
Three uncompromising features directed by boldly
experimental filmmaker James Fotopoulos. Includes
Back Against the Wall, Migrating Forms and Zero.
DV67807 3-DVD Set $79.95
In English.
Johan van der Keuken:
The Complete Collection Vol. 1
A collection of nine groundbreaking films by awardwinning Dutch documentary filmmaker Johan van
der Keuken that stretch the boundaries of both
documentary and narrative fiction.
DV78971 3-DVD Set $79.95
Directed by Johan van der Keuken.
In Dutch with English subtitles.
Vol. 2 includes six van der Keuken films and three
films about the filmmaker. “Arguably Europe’s most
important documentary filmmaker” (New York Times).
DV92077 3-DVD Set $79.95
In Dutch, English, and French with French, English,
and Dutch subtitles.
Harun Farocki
Volume 3 highlights sixteen individual works from van
der Keuken’s mid-career, spanning from 1960-1976.
DV96596 3-DVD Set $79.95
In Dutch, French, and English with English subtitles.
Volume 4 features eight more features from van der
Keuken’s mid-career, spanning from 1973-1984.
DV96768 3-DVD Set $79.95
In Dutch, French, and English with English subtitles.
The Interview
Harun Farocki: An Image
Hamlet by Brook/Brook by Brook
Dress Rehearsal:
The Brave Hurr’s Ta’Zieh
Harun Farocki looks at the manipulative tactics
of big business as he follows candidates in a training
program designed to teach them how to apply
for a job.
DV71315 $29.95
Directed by Harun Farocki.
Farocki chronicles a Playboy centerfold shoot in
Munich, stripping the glamour and allure away to
focus on the labor and orchestration behind it.
DV89253 $29.95
Take It to the Stage
Indoctrination
Farocki records a seminar designed to teach executives
how to better present themselves, masterfully exposing
how big business uses psychology and principles
of rhetoric to sell ideas and products.
DV89547 $29.95
Artaud
An homage to the great genius of modern theatre.
Includes the fictionalized feature, My Life and Times
with Antonin Artaud, and the documentary, The True
Story of Artaud le Momo.
DV86931 2-DVD Set $39.95
Renowned filmmaker and theater director Peter
Brook interprets Hamlet in a gripping, stripped-down
production. The documentary Brook by Brook offers
an intimate look at the theater legend.
DV76405 $39.95
Directed by Peter Brook and Simon Brook.
A rare glimpse into the performance of a ta’zieh, an
ancient and uniquely Iranian passion play that celebrates
the glory of martyrdom for the sake of justice.
DV78965 $29.95
Directed by Nasser Taghvai.
Diverse Voices
The Work Series
Lear ‘87 Archive
Jill Godmilow’s six-hour archive of the Mabou Mines
ensemble’s controversial 1990, gender-reversed
production of King Lear documents the its first twoweek workshop at the Theatrical Outlet in Atlanta.
DV62638 3-DVD Set $79.95
In English.
The Theatre of Tadeusz Kantor
A comprehensive exploration of the life and work of
one of the 20th Century’s great theatre artists, with
rare footage and extensive segments of his most
famous works.
DV78967 $29.95
Directed by Denis Bablet.
In English.
The Work Series: Musician
The Work Series: Sheriff
European Muslims and Eastern
Christians: The Broken Mirrors
A look at the life and work of Chicago avant-garde
jazz musician Ken Vandermark, who explains his
passion for creating challenging, relevant music while
also making rent.
DV96157 $24.95
Directed by Daniel Kraus.
In English.
At once brutal, bizarre, and funny, this slice-of-life
documentary chronicles the everyday world of an
everyday hero, Sheriff Ronald E. Hewitt of Brunwsick
County, North Carolina.
DV94894 $24.95
Directed by Daniel Kraus.
In English.
Global Chronicles
Congo: White King,
Red Rubber, Black Death
Pakistan Zindabad:
Long Live Pakistan
Axis of Evil
This controversial documentary describes how King
Leopold II of Belgium turned the Congo into his
private colony between 1885 and 1908. “[A] stunning
indictment” (Variety).
DV88520 $29.95
Directed by Peter Bate.
In English.
This rich documentary explores Pakistan’s brief but
turbulent past in order to understand its volatile
present. Includes one of the last filmed interviews
with Benazir Bhutto before her assassination.
DV96555 $39.95
Directed by Pascale Lamche.
In French, German, or English with English subtitles.
Far from Poland
Labor Stories
North Korea: A Day in the Life
Director Jill Godmilow uses bare-bones documentary
footage to construct a film portraying the birth of the
Solidarity movement at the Gdansk shipyards.
DV95160 $29.95
In English.
Three documentaries created by video activists as
tools for groups involved in labor strife. A rare glimpse
into the history of independent film as social and
political activism.
DV86939 $ 29.95
In English.
What is evil? Interviews with journalists, artists,
scholars, and activists explore the concept and how it
has been used to justify actions throughout the world.
DV76116 $19.98
Directed by Carmine Cervi.
In English.
A rare look inside North Korea following the daily
routines of a typical family as they go to work, attend
school, and participate in English classes.
DV78944 $29.95
Directed by Pieter Fleury.
In English and Korean with English subtitles.
Director Jacques Debs uses his life as a Lebanese
Christian as the starting point to examine Muslims in
Europe and Christians in the Middle East.
DV95963 $29.95
Directed by Jacques Debs.
In English, French, or German with English subtitles.
Out of the Present
This cosmic, humorous real-life drama presents the
collapse of the Soviet Union from the perspective of
a Cosmonaut stranded on the Mir Space Station.
DV62289 $29.95
Directed by Andrei Ujica.
Road to Presidency
Produced for PBS, this program goes far beyond
simple campaign reporting to offer a poignant, funny
and instructive view of Bill Clinton’s bid
for the presidency.
DV72450 $24.95
Directed by Scott Jacobs.
In English.
Stalin by Those Who Knew Him
These bold documentaries expose the truth behind a
violent, repressive era of Soviet history. Includes The
Anna Akhmatova File, I Was Stalin’s Bodyguard and I
Worked for Stalin.
DV95159 $59.95
Directed by Semyon Aranovich.
The Anna Akhmatova File
The Thursday Club
A moving portrait of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova,
whose work was banned and unpublished for years,
but whose poetry inspired those who suffered
under Stalin.
DV92958 $29.95
Directed by Semyon Aranovich.
Documentary filmmaker George Paul Csicsery sets
out to find the policemen who beat him at a 1967
antiwar demonstration in Oakland, California thirty
years later.
DV89806 $24.95
Directed by George Paul Csicsery.
In English.
True Life Stories, Big & Small
Videograms of a Revolution
A Pug’s Life: A Dogumentary
An entertaining examination of the phenomenon
surrounding the friendly, warm, full of personality
pooches that inspire abject devotion and loyalty
in their owners.
DV92185 $19.95
Directed by Marilyn Braverman.
In English.
Arts and Myths
Home for Life
The 1989 fall of the Ceausescu regime in Romania
is depicted through found footage, TV reportage, and
archival footage suggesting how historical change
is determined by perspective.
DV88577 $29.95
Directed by Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujica.
In German and Romanian with English subtitles.
Storm the Skies
The Guerrilla and the Hope:
Lucio Cabanas
Mapping Stem Cell Research:
Terra Incognita
Them and Me
This riveting documentary chronicles one of the most
controversial historical events of the 20th Century:
the assassination of Leon Trotsky by Ramon Mercader
in Mexico.
DV89552 $24.95
Directed by Jose Luis Lopez-Linares/Javier Rioyo.
The life of Lucio Cabanas, the teacher-turned-guerrilla
leader who led one of the most important peasant
revolts in Mexican history, is celebrated in this
documentary.
DV92954 $29.95
Directed by Gerardo Tort.
Discover the “first arts” with this series detailing
the creation, uses, history and traditional and
contemporary significances of major artistic pieces
from African, Oceania, South America, and Asia.
DV95633 $29.95
Directed by Philippe Truffault/Ludovic Segarra/
Jean-Loic Portron.
In English, French and German with English subtitles.
The story of Dr. Jack Kessler, chair of Northwestern
University’s Department of Neurology and Clinical
Neurological Sciences, whose embryonic stem cell
research was spurned by his paralyzed daughter’s plight.
DV96231 $29.95
Directed by Maria Finitzo.
In English.
This award-winning Kartemquin Films doc chronicles
the experiences of two elderly people in their first
month at a home for the aged.
DV95776 $29.95
Directed by Gordon Quinn/Gerald Temaner.
In English.
Stephane Breton inverts the classical approach
of ethnographic films to show how a tribe on
the highlands of Guinea sees the ethnologist
visiting them.
DV96767 $39.95
Directed by Stephane Breton.
Diverse Voices
Cult Sleepers & Sensations
The Inquiring Nuns
True Life Video Stories
In 1976, Scott Jacobs—a pioneer in using video for
documentaries—went on a road trip across America,
capturing people from many different walks of life.
DV67540 $24.95
Directed by Scott Jacobs.
In English.
Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Two young nuns explore Chicago in 1967, from
a supermarket to the Art Institute and in front of
churches on Sunday, confronting people with the
crucial question, “Are you happy?”
DV96888 $29.95
Directed by Gordon Quinn/Gerald Temaner.
In English.
Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Mau Mau Sex Sex
Pornografia
Sexmission
Pop Art imagery rendered in B&W Cinemascope bursts
in this comedy that finds comic book characters
materializing and running amok in the real world.
DV76923 $29.95
Directed by Vaclav Vorlicek.
As affectionate as it is profane and hilarious, this
portrait of aging exploitation producers David
Friedman and Dan Sonney offers first-hand
reminiscence of the grindhouse glory years.
DV67841 $19.95
Directed by Ted Bonnitt.
In English.
This remarkable film explores whether filmmaker Pier
Paolo Pasolini (Gospel According to St. Matthew ) was
murdered in 1975 by a 17-year-old male prostitute or
assassinated by right-wing fascists.
DV71518 $24.95
Directed by Philo Bregstein.
In English and Italian with English subtitles.
Two intellectuals wait out WWII on a remote farm and
scheme to control a farmhand and a beautiful girl in
this adaptation of Witold Gombgrowicz’s dark novel.
DV88505 $29.95
Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski.
Fantasy and reality blur in this surreal, sexual Czech
New Wave tale of horror about the fantasies and
secret psychic world of a young girl.
DV70430 $29.95
Directed by Jaromil Jires.
In this sexy cult hit, two friends awaken after 50 years
of cryogenic hibernation to discover that they are the
only men on an Earth controlled by women.
DV76164 $29.95
Directed by Juliusz Machulski.
Heat, Passion & History on the Dance Floor
Mike Yokohama:
A Forest with No Name
This hip, action-packed re-creation of the hard-boiled
detective story follows Elvisesque-attired private-eye
Mike Yokohama on the case of a missing girl.
DV76546 $29.95
Directed by Shinji Aoyama.
Si Sos Brujo: A Story of Tango
The story of young musicians racing to learn and
preserve music played by the legendary Golden Age
tango orchestras of 40’s and 50’s era Buenos Aires.
DV92956 $24.95
Directed by Caroline Neal.
Abrazos: Tango in Buenos Aires
This exhilarating representation of the 5th Buenos
Aires Tango Festival features performances and
intimate interviews with today’s biggest names
in tango.
DV89257 $24.95
Directed by Daniel Rivas.
Tango, Our Dance
An examination of the role of the tango within
Argentina’s landscape, exploring issues of machismo
and passion contained within the sensual dance.
Features an appearance by Robert Duvall.
DV88579 $29.95
Directed by Jorge Zanada.
The International Scene
South of the Border Cinema
Camila
Danzon
My Dear Tom Mix
Jews in Space
Lola
El Gallo de Oro
Carlito’s Medellin
25 Watts
A King and His Movie
A Paradise Under the Stars
Coronation
Crane World
A priest falls in love and has to run for his life in this
Oscar-nominated drama. A “powerful indictment of
repression” (Faber Companion to Foreign Films).
DV67874 $29.95
Directed by Maria Luisa Bemberg.
The stunning feature debut of one of Mexico’s
leading female directors, Maria Novaro, offers a fresh
perspective on single motherhood. A Berlin Film
Festival winner, Lola is a dark, daring drama of great
truth and insight.
DV92079 $29.95
Directed by Maria Novaro.
A funny, surreal, and touching look at a filmmaker
whose dreams of cinematic grandeur fall victim
to reality. Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice
Film Festival.
DV72993 $29.95
Directed by Carlos Sorin.
This sensual, exuberant work by the gifted Mexican
director Maria Novaro tells the story of a 40-yearold telephone operator and single mother whose
emotional life consists only of the danzon, a weekly
ballroom dance. “One of the most enchanting
surprises of the season” (Andrew Sarris).
DV95164 $29.95
Directed by Maria Novaro.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Carlos Fuentes wrote
the screenplay to this classic about a poor man who
nurses an injured gamecock back to life and back
into the ring.
DV72652 $19.95
Directed by Roberto Gavaldon.
Hilarious complications arise when a beautiful woman
following her dreams to become a Tropicana dancer
meets a handsome stranger.
DV67267 $19.95
Directed by Gerardo Chijona.
Joaquina has never married, but she makes up for it
by going to see silent movies, letting her imagination
run wild. One day, she takes her fantasies too far and
writes a letter to legendary western hero Tom Mix-the King of the Cowboys--imploring him to save her
small village from marauding bandits.
DV91891 $29.95
Directed by Carlos Garcia Agraz.
A harrowing account of life on some of the
world’s most dangerous streets, this hard-hitting
documentary follows 13-year-old Carlito as he shows
his decimated neighborhood in Medellin, Colombia’s
second-largest city, to the filmmakers.
DV96565 $39.95
Directed by Jean-Stephane Sauvaire.
In Spanish with option of French or English.
A beautifully photographed, haunting tale of obsession
and repressed desire set against the backdrop of
a decaying mansion. “The most honoured movie
in Chilean film history” (Vancouver Sun).
DV86902 $29.95
Directed by Silvio Caiozzi.
“Why is this night different from all the other nights?”
The answer to this traditional Passover question
lingers throughout this twisted comedy-drama about
a Jewish family in Buenos Aires who comes together
to celebrate the holiday.
DV92394 $24.95
Directed by Gabriel Lichtmann.
Twenty-four hours in the lives of three young,
wayward friends in Uruguay are chronicled in this
award-winning, low-budget charmer.
DV79701 $29.95
Directed by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll.
Pablo Trapero’s award-winning debut is a neorealistic
drama about a former rock star who is now an
overweight middle-aged, chain-smoking everyman
supporting his mother and musician son.
DV73411 $29.95
Directed by Pablo Trapero.
Don’t Die Without Telling
Me Where You Are Going
Don’t Fool with Love
Felicidades
Goodbye Momo
A mind-bending romantic drama about a lonely film
projectionist who invents a dream-recording machine,
then discovers that he is the reincarnation of the
inventor of cinema.
DV72629 $29.95
Directed by Eliseo Subiela.
The short stories of Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia
Marquez were the inspiration for Don’t Fool with
Love, a trilogy of torrid tales steeped in the style of
Marquez’s magic realism. Included are The Two Way
Mirror, Saturday Night Thief, and Far Apart.
DV92311 $29.95
Directed by Carlos Garcia Agraz, Jose Luis Garcia
Agraz, and Tomas Gutierrez Alea.
Great Day in Havana
Guaguasi
The House of Bernarda Alba
I Don’t Know What Your Eyes
Have Done to Me
Cuban artists, filmmakers and musicians
discuss the state of the arts in Cuba’s capital
city in this documentary.
DV71080 $19.95
Directed by Laurie Ann Schag and Casey Stoll.
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
Based on Colombian author Alvaro Mutis’
award-winning novel, this rousing adventure
follows three wanderers searching for fortune
in 1950s Panama City.
DV80069 $19.95
Directed by Sergio Cabrera.
A mesmerizing view of the Cuban Revolution as seen
through the eyes of a dismally naïve peasant who falls
in love with a Havana chorus girl.
DV76140 $29.95
Directed by Jorge Ulla.
Last Images of the Shipwreck
In this eye-opening, metaphysical feature, a writer
finds the subject for his new novel in a prostitute who
fakes her suicide to find customers.
DV70719 $29.95
The trying lives of several characters intersect on a
hot and humid Buenos Aires Christmas Eve in this
“heartfelt” (Hollywood Reporter) comedy drama.
DV67562 $19.95
Directed by Lucho Bender.
Based on the Federico Garcia Lorca play, this film
is the story of a cold-blooded widow who rules her
wealthy household with an iron fist.
DV84190 $29.95
Directed by Mario Camus.
Nobody Listened
The brutal methods employed by Castro’s government
to maintain a stronghold on Cuba are chronicled
in this revelatory documentary.
DV72381 $19.95
Directed by Jorge Ulla and Nestor Alemendros.
In the tradition of magic realism, this film uses the
carnival atmosphere to transport viewers to an
enchanted time and place where reality and dreams
collide. An 11-year-old Afro-Uruguayan paper boy
discovers that the night watchman at the newspaper
is a magical “Maestro.”
DV94660 $24.95
Directed by Leonardo Ricagni.
The true-life mystery of Argentine singer and
tango dancer Ada Falcon, who disappeared without
a trace in 1942, at the height of her career, is the
focus of this drama.
DV76496 $24.95
Directed by Sergio Wolf and Lorena Munoz.
Nobody’s Wife
A stirring film about a woman undergoing drastic
changes after leaving her family due to her husband’s
extramarital affair. “A small triumph” (Sight and
Sound).
DV70950 $29.95
Directed by Maria Luisa Bemberg.
Oriana
Over at the Big Ranch
Pizza, Beer and Smokes
Presagio
Rodrigo D: No Future
Saturday
Spoils of War
Such Is Life
The Dark Side of the Heart
The Skeleton of Mrs. Morales
The Wait
Things I Left in Havana
A taut, gothic romance, and winner of the Camera
d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Marie returns to
a rundown Venezuelan house in the jungle where
she spent summers as a child. Her return ignites
memories of when her adolescent sexual curiosity
led to a surprising encounter.
DV79808 $29.95
Directed by Fina Torres.
Shot in a quasi-documentary style, this raw feature
follows youth growing up on the streets in the drug
capital of Medellin, Colombia.
DV72596 $29.95
Directed by Victor Gaviria.
An “intoxicatingly lush and sensual” (Los Angeles
Times) magical parable about a narcissistic poet
in search of the perfect woman.
DV70572 $29.95
One of the earliest box-office successes of Mexico’s
Golden Era and the first to demonstrate that Latin
American audiences expected Mexican movies from
Mexico, not duplicates of Hollywood. Over at the Big
Ranch features singing cowboys, golden-hearted
bandits, and beautiful senoritas.
DV94246 $24.95
The lives of six young people intersect one Saturday
in desolate Buenos Aires in this vibrant work from the
New Argentine Cinema.
DV88511 $24.95
Directed by Juan Villegas.
A taxidermist suffer the demands of his wife in this
black comedy adapted from horror master Arthuer
Machen’s story The Inglington Mystery by Bunuel
collaborator Luis Alcoriza.
DV90913 $24.95
Directed by Rogelio A. Gonzalez.
In Spanish with optional English subtitles.
The experiences of five teen squatters who live
together ins the same house are chronicled in this
feature from the director of Bolivia.
DV88507 $24.95
Directed by Bruno Stagnaro and Adrian Caetano.
An important film detailing the struggle to discover
the truth behind Argentina’s “Dirty War,” where tens
of thousands of accused dissidents disappeared
without a trace.
DV81057 $19.95
Directred by David Blaustein.
Tells the story of three intertwined characters--a
mother, her daughter, and their neighbor--whose
coexistence is driven by loneliness and a yearning for
genuine affection.
DV71316 $24.95
Directed by Aldo Garay.
When Mama Santos declares, “Something bad
is going to happen” in Presagio, it is not a mere
statement. Her provincial town quickly transforms
from a close-knit village into a virtual ghost town.
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, with photography
by Gabriel Figueroa (Los Olvidados).
DV90448 $24.95
Directed by Luis Alcoriza.
Arturo Ripstein, one of Mexico’s most outstanding
filmmakers, updates the Greek tragedy Medea for this
award-winning tale about women suffering in a man’s
world. “Innovative” (Village Voice).
DV94668 $29.95
Directed by Arturo Ripstein.
A “lively and intelligent comedy” (Village Voice) about
Cuban sisters who move to Spain to find a better life,
but instead contend with exploitation and seduction.
DV67312 $19.95
Directed by Manuel Gutierrez Aragon.
Cinema, Italian Style
Vera
Who the Hell Is Juliette?
Yerma
Not of this World
The Nanny
The Prince of Homburg
The Sky is Falling
The Spectator
Partially filmed in the Mayan language, this visionary
film catapults a man into the realm of Mayan
mysticism during a hallucinatory journey through a
Yucatan underground cave world.
DV89106 $24.94
Directed by Francisco Athie.
Marco Bellocchio’s provocative film looks at
the explosive situation that develops when an
affluent family hires a beautiful wet nurse/nanny
for their newborn.
DV70718 $29.95
A chance meeting with a model changes the life of
a street-wise Cuban teen who uses her sexuality to
survive. Features an appearance by Salma Hayek.
DV64647 $29.95
Directed by Carlos Marcovich.
A haunting period piece set in 17th century Germany
during the Thirty Years War about a man torn between
love and his military duties.
DV70925 $29.95
Based on a book by Federico Garcia Lorca, this is the
story of a village woman who goes to drastic ends to
conceive a child.
DV70908 $19.95
Directed by Pilar Tavora.
Isabella Rossellini stars in this moving film about the
struggle for hope amidst the horrors of war that follows
an Italian and Jewish family in the Italian countryside
during WWII.
DV70680 $29.95
Directed by Andrea and Antonio Frazzi.
In this award-winning film, a nun takes charge of an
abandoned baby and experiences an awakening of
her own. “Possesses a seductive warmth, passion and
lyrical style” (Los Angeles Times).
DV67872 $29.95
Directed by Giuseppe Piccioni.
In this stunning debut feature, a detached, lonely
interpreter becomes obsessed with a doctor who lives
opposite her apartment. She secretly follows him,
leading to an ambiguous, entangling love triangle.
DV89842 $24.95
Directed by Paolo Franchi.
Poland from Every Angle
Traveling Companion
Asia Argento stars in this tale of self-discovery as
a girl who follows a forgetful elderly man (Michel
Piccoli) on his travels throughout Rome and beyond.
DV70738 $29.95
Directed by Peter Del Monte.
When I Close My Eyes
Political intrigue meets romantic obsession in this
Hitchcockian thriller about a woman who develops
a bizarre attraction to a criminal and becomes
increasingly focused on tracking him down.
DV72651 $29.95
Directed by Franci Slak.
In Slovenian with English subtitles.
You Laugh
A testament to the power of laughter based on the
stories of Luigi Pirandello, directed by the famed
Italian siblings, the Taviani Brothers.
DV72653 $29.95
Directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
Austeria
Early in WWI, a group of Orthodox Jews takes refuge
in a secluded inn, where emotional attachments,
affairs and a renewed faith in humankind inspire them.
DV88509 $29.95
Agent #1
Angel in Krakow
Angel in Love
Apple Tree of Paradise
Attractive Male Seeking Woman
Beautiful Stranger
Big Brawl
Big Shar
Calls Controlled
Cellulose
Clouds of War
Colonel Wolodyjowski
The adventures of real-life Polish spy and war hero
Jerzy Szajnowicz-Iwanow are brought to the big
screen in this gripping action drama.
DV88808 $29.95
Romance goes awry in the outrageous tale of an older
bachelor who runs an ad to find a girlfriend, but only a
few seniors rise to the occasion.
DV95614 $24.95
Directed by Marek Rebacz.
A man lands in several tricky situations trying please
both Solidarity members and government officials
in this amusing political satire set in Poland in 1981
during martial law.
DV88581 $29.95
Directed by Sylwester Checinski.
A comedy about an angel who can’t quite live up to
his wings. With a taste for extravagance, he’d rather
commune with his buddy Elvis Presley in purgatory
than perform his heavenly duties.
DV95163 $24.95
Directed by Artur Wiecek.
Jerzy Hoffman, Poland’s foremost historical epic
director, changes pace to lens an exotic cinematic
adventure based on a novel by Tolstoy.
DV89101 $29.95
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Master filmmaker Jerzy Kawalerowicz’s
uncompromising drama follows a peasant’s son who
becomes politically radicalized after moving to the big
city to work in a cellulose factory.
DV94670 $29.95
The sequel to Angel in Krakow finds the angel
reluctantly severing all ties with heaven and looking
for a woman to bring him heaven on earth.
DV91261 $24.95
Directed by Artur Wiecek.
Jan Lomnicki (Just Beyond the Forest ) directs
this action-packed story following the rise and fall
of a notorious Polish criminal in the early years
after Communism.
DV95777 $29.95
Directed by Jan Lomnicki.
This epic, made-for-Polish-TV mini-series follows
the swashbuckling, cloak-and-dagger and amorous
adventures of two Prussian army officers.
DV74595 4-DVD Set $79.95
Directed by Andrzej Konic.
The sequel to The Girls of Nowolipki follows the
young heroines in Warsaw after WWI when Poland
regained independence.
DV90447 $29.95
Three generations of Polish screen talent star in this
film about an aging card shark who gets back in the
game by teaching a naïve kid his tricks.
DV91259 $29.95
The third epic entry in the historical trilogy based on
the work of Henryk Sienkiewicz chronicles Colonel
Wolodyjowski’s final defense against the Turks.
DV72053 $29.95
Coyote’s Morning
Crime Stories
Crossroad Café
Daddy
Death of the President
Debt Collector
Departure
Deserter’s Gold
Dismissed from Life
Edi
Emergency Exit
Enigma Secret
An offbeat mix of gangster action and romantic hijinks
following a struggling cartoonist who falls in love with
a beautiful young singer with a gangster ex-boyfriend.
DV92310 $24.95
Directed by Olaf Lubaszenko.
This finely acted, detailed and probing film centers
around the assassination of the first elected President
of the Republic of Poland in 1922.
DV95613 $29.95
A searing drama about a man who recovers from
amnesia after being beaten and left for dead by the
police, only to be pursued by his assailants.
DV76548 $29.95
Directed by Andrzej Konic.
Polish TV star Zbigniew Buczkowski stars in this
violent caper about a small-time crook who puts a
plan for the perfect heist into action immediately after
release from prison.
DV95779 $24.95
Directed by Mikolaj Haremski.
A debt collector’s life is turned upside-down
after his determination to do his job at all costs
results in tragedy. A Berlin Film Festival Ecumenical
Prize-winner.
DV90911 $24.95
Directed by Feliks Falk.
The first fiction feature from documentarian Piotr
Trzaskalski is a warm-hearted story about a homeless
scrap-dealer who ekes out a living with his simpleminded comrade in modern-day Poland.
DV90471 $29.95
Directed by Piotr Trzaskalski.
In this action-packed drama, a naïve young man
seduced by the fast money and cheap thrills of the
mob life is lured into a bank robbery gone awry.
DV92390 $24.95
Directed by Leszek Wosiewicz.
The ethnic differences in the Mazurian Lake region of
Poland are examined via a mother/daughter conflict
in this tense social drama. Stars Teresa BudziszKrzyanowska (Kieslowski’s White).
DV88513 $29.95
Directed by Piotr and Magdalena Lazarkiewicz.
The matriarch of a prominent family in a Polish village
devises a devilish scheme after discovering her
daughter’s scandalous pregnancy in this light comedy.
DV90909 $29.95
Directed by Roman Zaluski.
Boguslaw Linda delivers an electrifying, awardwinning performance as a hard-living, divorced
father who kidnaps his daughter from his mentally-ill
ex-wife.
DV92309 $24.95
Directed by Maciej Slesicki.
The Polish Hogan’s Heroes, starring Boguslaw Linda
and Marek Kondrat as two members of the Polish
underground during WWII who engage in a series of
comic misadventures.
DV92950 $24.95
Directed by Janusz Majewski.
A dramatization of Poland’s role in “Project Enigma,”
the system designed to crack the Nazi secret code
machine during WWII.
DV88527 $29.95
Directed by Jan Lominicki.
Father’s Law
Giuseppe in Warsaw
Guys Don’t Cry
H.M. Deserters
Heat
Hijacking Agatha
Horizontal Landscape
How I Unleashed World War II,
Vol. 1
Polish actor Marek Kondrat’s directorial debut is an
award-winning action-drama about a truck driver who
risks all to save his daughter when she falls into the
wrong hands.
DV91519 $24.95
Directed by Marek Kondrat.
A cult comedy classic renowned for its slapstick
gags and absurd humor about two entertainers who
wreak havoc as they search for a venue to showcase
their “talents.”
DV91922 $29.95
Directed by Kazimierz Kutz.
Vol. 2
The adventures of hapless Private Dolas continue as
he is forced into the French Foreign Legion and taken
to Syria—even farther away from Poland!
DV95616 $24.95
Directed by Tadeusz Chmielewski.
Legendary actors Zbigniew Cybulski and Elzbieta
Czyzewski lead this comedy set in occupied
Poland about a woman who jeopardizes her
involvement in the underground by consorting
with an Italian deserter.
DV92082 $29.95
Directed by Stanislaw Lenartowicz.
Jerzy Stuhr (The Decalogue) plays a musician who
busts out of jail and hits the road with the young
daughter of a Communist hardliner.
DV91518 $24.95
Directed by Marek Piwowski.
Vol. 3
In the third and final episode of the series, Private
Dolas is captured by Nazi officers, mistaken for a
German soldier and sent to the front.
DV95778 $24.95
A comic romp starring Maciej Stuhr as a young
violinist who strikes all the wrong notes with the local
Polish mafia.
DV92629 $24.95
Directed by Olaf Lubaszenko.
Writer-director Janusz Kidawa’s award-winning debut
follows three construction workers who band together
to keep production of a new factory on course after
their foreman is fired.
DV95900 $29.95
Directed by Janusz Kidawa.
Immoral Story
A bittersweet tale told from a distinctly female point of
view about an aging actress who wiles away her time
drinking in her dreary apartment.
DV91262 $29.95
A fantastic comedy following the adventures of a
group of “politically suspect” soldiers of the AustrianHungarian empire who desert their duties.
DV79651 $29.95
Directed by Janusz Majewski.
The first set of adventures surrounding Private Franek
Dolas finds the hapless Polish soldier in enemy
territory, convinced that he accidentally started
the war.
DV95364 $24.95
Janosik
The complete, epic 13-episode TV series about the
legendary Robin Hood figure of the Tatra Mountains
who steals from the rich to help the poor.
DV72056 4-DVD Set $89.95
Directed by Jerzy Passendorfer.
Johnny Aquarius
Just Beyond This Forest
Kingsize
Leper
List of Lovers
Love Stories
Major Hubal
Maria and Napoleon
Night Train
Nights and Days
Nothing Funny
On the Banks of the Niemen
An aging peasant discovers that he is suddenly gifted
with unusual powers in this work of magical realism
starring veteran actor Franciszek Pieczka.
DV89105 $24.95
Directed by Jan Jakub Kolski and Tadeusz Kosarewicz.
Jerzy Stuhr wrote, directed and stars in this
comedy about a Krakow professor who’s roped
into showing a visiting woman-chasing Swedish
scholar around town.
DV95162 $24.95
Directed by Jerzy Stuhr.
An award-winning psychological thriller that finds a
young woman on a crowded holiday train with a killer
on the loose.
DV90446 $29.95
A gripping WWII drama about an Aryan washer
woman hired to take a Jewish girl to the countryside
until the war’s conclusion, and the bond that develops
between them.
DV88526 $29.95
Directed by Jan Lomnicki.
A FIPRESCI award-winning quartet of intertwining
love stories from actor-writer-director Jerzy Stuhr.
“Ingenious, insightful and finally rather touching”
(Time Out London).
DV92391 $24.95
Set after the failed 1864 January Uprising, this Oscarnominated epic is the portrait of an oppressed society
told through the loves and struggles of one family.
“Poland’s Gone with the Wind ” (The Washington Post )
DV92389 $29.95
Directed by Jerzy Antczak.
An allegory made during the Communist era in Poland
that contrasts two imaginary worlds, one made up
of dwarves and the other inhabited by people of
normal stature.
DV89256 $29.95
Directed by Julius Machulski.
The true story of legendary Hubal-Major Dobrzanski,
who continued to fight the Nazi occupation of Poland
despite the incredible odds against him and his band
of soldiers.
DV92081 $29.95
Directed by Bohdan Poreba.
In this delightful Polish comedy, director Marek
Koterski introduces a hapless n’er-do-well who’s
unwilling and unable to take responsibility for the
events in his life.
DV92951 $24.95
Directed by Marek Koterski.
The moving, melodramatic story of the forbidden
affair between a wealthy nobleman and the beautiful
teacher of a high society girl.
DV72532 $29.95
From the pages of history comes the tale of forbidden
passions and political intrigue surrounding the
relationship between Napoleon and 22-year-old Polish
countess Marie Walewska.
DV95161 $29.95
Directed by Leonard Buczkowski.
A sprawling historical epic filled with romance and
class struggle set against the backdrop of the 1863
uprising against Russian occupation.
DV72594 $29.95
On the Silver Globe
One Week from a Man’s Life
Our Folks
Pigs
Polish Kitsch Project:
Counter Attack!
Sara
The Sienkiewicz Trilogy
Squint Your Eyes
In this zany comedy, two filmmakers come up with a
scheme to get funding: make a horror film and have
the actresses pay to be in the film!
DV94672 $24.95
Directed by Mariusz Pujso.
In this electrifying film, an ex-commando-turnedbodyguard hired to protect the daughter of a mob
boss sees his life take a turn when he falls for his
young charge.
DV90470 $29.95
Directed by Maciej Slesicki.
Superproduction
Teddy Bear
The Aquarium
The Beads of One Rosary
The banned sci-fi epic about the regressed, primitive
children of space pioneers on the moon. “One of
cinema’s most stunning extravagances, and the most
frightening art film you will ever see” (Film Comment ).
DV94244 $24.95
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski.
A satire on the film industry that spares no one as it
mercilessly targets crooked producers, untalented
starlets, shallow talk-show hosts, and even current
Polish directors. “Chock full of whiz-bang effects”
(Variety ).
DV92630 $24.95
Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr directs and stars in the
Golden Lion Award-nominated tale of a hapless
lawyer who leads an impeccable professional life
alongside a chaotic personal one.
DV92083 $24.95
A hilarious comedy of errors spoofing everyday
life in Poland at the end of Communism about a
backstabbing divorced couple competing for money
in their joint bank account.
DV91260 $24.95
Directed by Stanislaw Bareja.
A series of comic situations reveal the history of
two quarreling families who were relocated to the
regained territories after WWII and resettled on
neighboring farms.
DV95363 $24.95
All three volumes of Jerzy Hoffman’s epic rendering
of Sienkiewicz’s 17th century trilogy in one boxed set.
Includes With Fire and Sword, The Deluge and
Colonel Wolodyjowski.
DV72481 $129.95
A psychological spy thriller based on the true story
of Soviet GRU spy Victor Suvorov, who wanders the
capitals of Western Europe uncovering state secrets.
DV92952 $29.95
Directed by Antoni Krauze.
A harrowing film about transformations within
Poland’s crumbling Communist society focusing
on two friends and former secret police agents
attempting to find themsleves in the new state.
DV92084 $24.95
Directed by Wladyslaw Pasikowski.
Andrzej Jakimowski balances gravity, irony and
comedy in his depiction of the friendship between an
older man and young girl.
DV76178 $29.95
Directed by Andrzej Jakimowski.
Director Kazimierz Kutz, one-time assistant to Wajda,
directs this dramedy about a cantankerous retiree
who takes a stand when Communist officials push the
elderly into new concrete apartments.
DV95362 $29.95
Directed by Kazimierz Kutz.
The Consul
The Crown Witness
The Deluge
The Depot of the Dead
The Devil
The Hexer
The Law and the Fist
The Old Fairy Tale:
When the Sun Was God
The true story of a Polish con artist who gets out of
jail and poses as an honorary consul. “Delightful”
(Variety).
DV92388 $29.95
Directed by Miroslaw Bork.
A once-banned political allegory disguised as
a gory horror film about an 18th century nobleman
imprisoned for conspiracy against the king,
released by a mysterious stranger who demands
a list of his conspirators.
DV94843 $29.95
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski.
The Peasants
This sweeping epic based on Wladyslaw Reymont’s
Nobel Prize-winning novel revolves around a father
and his son’s violent love for the same woman.
DV90908 $29.95
Directed by Jan Rybkowski.
The true story of a meeting between an investigative
reporter with a dark secret and a gangster who is the
star witness against his former mob associates.
DV94671 $24.95
Directed by Jacek Filipiak.
Fire-breathing dragons, monsters, magic and
swordplay are amongst the joys in this popular
feature based on the popular fantasy novels by Polish
author Andrzej Sapkowski.
DV90912 $24.95
Directed by Marek Brodzki.
The Quack
A romantic drama about a grief-stricken amnesiac
surgeon who travels from village-to-village toiling as
a common laborer, leading to a series of remarkable
circumstances.
DV88512 $29.95
The second entry in the action-packed, historical epic,
The Sienkiewicz Trilogy, is woven around a stormy
love affair set amongst majestic Polish castles.
DV72054 2-DVD Set $49.95
Men guarding treasures recovered from the Germans
in 1945 fight the temptation to keep the items
for their own wealth. “A rare glimpse of postwar
Polish cinema by two of the period’s boldest directors”
(TCM ).
DV92631 $29.95
Directed by Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skorzewski.
The White Soup
A hard-working widow searches for her grandchild’s
father in this drama is based on a story by popular
Polish author Olga Tokarchuk. “Delightful” (Bright
Lights Film Journal ).
DV71318 $24.95
Directed by Ryszard Brylski.
The dramatic story of timber truck drivers locked
in a remote mountain base. Living and working in
wretched conditions, the brooding men find their
ritualized world upset when a woman arrives.
DV91520 $29.95
Directed by Czeslaw Petelski.
Based on a novel by Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski, Jerzy
Hoffman’s epic was culled from 9th-century legends
of Slavic tribes that existed long before the Polish
state was formed.
DV95899 $24.95
Vabank
This charming caper comedy set in 1930’s
follows the exploits of a safecracker/thief who
seeks revenge on an accomplice who framed him
and sent him to prison.
DV89551 $29.95
Vabank II
In this sequel to Vabank, the suave thief’s long-time
enemy escapes from prison to get even, leading him
to call the old gang to meet the threat.
DV71317 $29.95
Virus
This suspenseful story follows a young computer
hacker hired to combat a crippling computer virus
eating its way through Warsaw.
DV95898 $24.95
Directed by Jan Kidawa-Blonski.
With Fire and Sword
The first entry in Jerzy Hoffman’s Sienkiewicz Trilogy
is a grand drama of romance and action set in 17th
century during the Cossack uprising.
DV72055 2-DVD Set $49.95
Operation Arsenal
A reconstruction of the bold freeing of 31 prisoners en
route to the Pawiak prison by the underground Polish
Home Army in occupied Warsaw during World War II.
DV96251 $29.95
Directed by Jan Lomnicki
Landmarks of Czech Cinema
The Third (Trzeci)
A couple’s attempts to recharge their marriage
are sidetracked by a man who wants to help using
unorthodox methods in this tense drama full
of sudden, nasty turns.
DV96253 $24.95
Directed by Jan Hryniak.
Black Peter
The first feature by Milos Forman (Amadeus, One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest ) is a coming-of-age tale
about a malcontent teen in love.
DV70427 $29.95
Directed by Milos Forman.
The Wedding (Wesele)
A wayward wedding where everything goes
wrong provides the setting for this bawdy,
award-winning black comedy from Polish
filmmaker Wojciech Smarzowski.
DV96254 $24.95
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski.
Pearls of the Deep
An anthology of five shorts by the greatest directors
of the Czech New Wave, all based on the stories of
legendary Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal.
DV70429 $29.95
Directed by Jiri Menzel, Jan Nemec, Evald Schorm,
Vera Chytilova, and Jaromil Jires.
…And Give My Love
to the Swallows
All My Good Countrymen
The Good Soldier Schweik
The Good Soldier Schweik 2:
Beg to Report, Sir
The true story of a young Moravian girl who was part
of the Czech Resistance during WWII and arrested by
the Nazis, detailed through her diaries.
DV76929 $29.95
Directed by Jaromil Jires.
Acclaimed Czech actor Rudolf Hrusinsky stars
as the cheerful, good-natured soldier who
unwittingly wreaks havoc on the 91st infantry
in this satiric comedy.
The Good Soldier Schweik: DV76231 $29.95
The Good Soldier Schweik 1 & 2 Combo Pack:
DV76233 $49.95
Directed by Karel Stekly.
A once-banned, Czech New Wave masterpiece
weaving lyrical, magical and very funny stories about
a group of characters in a small Moravian village.
DV76924 $29.95
Directed by Vojtech Jasny.
Schweik’s antics continue in the wry second volume
of the satiric military comedy series.
DV76232 $29.95
Directed by Karel Stekly.
Frantisek Vlacil
The Joke
Adelheid
The Valley of the Bees
The White Dove
Witches’ Hammer
Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes
on Vacation
Old Believers: Three Films
by Jana Sevcikova
Distant Journey
Based on a novel by Mila Kundera, this is a dark,
ironic film a young man sentenced to years of hard
labor for a joke about Trotsky.
DV62816 $29.95
Directed by Jaromil JIres.
Acclaimed filmmaker Otakar Vavra directs this
riveting and often disturbing dramatization of the
deadly witch hunts that plagued Czechoslovakia
in the late 17th century.
DV70431 $29.95
Directed by Otakar Vavra.
The Fifth Horseman is Fear
A landmark work of Holocaust cinema about a Jewish
doctor who is forced to navigate a hallucinatory
landscape of moral decay when he helps an injured
political fugitive.
DV76925 $29.95
Directed by Zbynek Brynych.
Vlacil’s post-WWII drama concerns a former
Czech soldier who inherits a manor once owned
by a German family and falls in love with the
previous owner’s daughter, now his servant.
DV78996 $29.95
Directed by Fratisek Vlacil.
A humorous recreation of an episode from
Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel’s rebellious
younger life, in which he tested the secret police
with an extended “vacation” visiting friends
across Czechoslovakia.
DV91517 $24.95
Directed by Jan Novak/Adam Novak.
In English.
Three Wishes for Cinderella
This 1973 cult classic is a sumptuous, beautifully
realized retelling of the Cinderella fable with a
twist: this Cinderella rides horses and is an ace
sharpshooter.
DV70436 $19.95
Directed by Vaclav Vorlicek.
This epic masterpiece set in the Middle Ages explores
the rift between Christianity and Paganism while
following a squire’s son who flees the monastic order,
only to return in adulthood.
DV76922 $29.95
Directed by Franticek Vlacil.
Infused with a religious mysticism and poetic visual
style, Sevcikova’s documentaries chronicle the
descendants of immigrants and exiles in outland
Eastern Europe.
DV76927 $29.95
Directed by Jana Srvcikova.
A touching, poetic film about a frail boy who rescues
a sick carrier pigeon that has become lost en route to
its home on the Black Sea.
DV70428 $29.95
Directed by Frantisek Vlacil.
Banned for decades, this re-discovered 1949 classic
follows a Prague family from the Nazi occupation
through their time in a transit camp. One of the first
films to deal with the Holocaust.
DV76928 $29.95
Directed by Alfred Radok.
Hungarian Lives
Lemonade Joe
A sweet, funny spoof of Hollywood westerns about
a straight-laced cowboy who comes to the rescue of
a beautiful temperance crusader threatened by harddrinking villains.
DV88578 $29.95
Directed by Oldrich Lipsky.
A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda
Karoly Makk re-teams with legendary Hungarian
actors Mari Torocsik and Ivan Darvas for his last
feature, “a clever blend of human frailty and Cold War
politics” (Sunday Mail ).
DV89255 $29.95
Directed by Karoly Makk.
A Village Romance
Another Way
Public and private morality collides in this erotic
psychological drama about two women journalists
who fall in love in the aftermath of the failed
Hungarian uprising in 1956.
DV87158 $29.95
Directed by Karoly Makk.
Colossal Sensation
A documentary look at two women who fall in love
in a small Hungarian village, once a haven for the
lesbian community.
DV95165 $24.95
Directed by Bodis Kriszia.
Men in the Nude
Men on the Mountain
Hungarian director Istvan Szots’ debut tells the
story of a family that moves to the mountains of
Transylvania in search of a better life, only to find
tragedy instead.
DV90907 $24.95
Directed by Istvan Szots.
Porcelain Doll
The solemn story of a writer who leaves his wife for a
young male prostitute, using the suitor as inspiration
to help revive his career as it ruins his life.
DV95367 $29.95
Directed by Karoly Esztergalyos.
Three whimsical fables of life, death and resurrection
set amongst Hungarian rural life are interwoven in this
drama adapted from Hungarian writer Ervin Lazar’s
novel, Star Farm.
DV89104 $29.95
Directed by Peter Gardos.
An award-winning film about a Jewish family in World
War II Budapest hiding from the Nazis with a singer
whose voice is said to protect all from capture.
DV94845 $29.95
Directed by Andor Szilagyi.
Samba
School of Senses
Stalin’s Bride
Stop Mom Theresa!
A delightful comic drama about a theatre director
in a small town near Budapest and his son, who’s
ashamed of his father’s tendency to overact on stage
and in real life.
DV94313 $29.95
Directed by Robert Koltai.
A beautiful girl, crippled in an accident, uses a diary to
relive her obsessive relationship with a married man
in this is dark, sensual portrayal of the psychological
depths of love.
DV90449 $29.95
Directed by Andras Solyom.
This deft blend of comedy and pathos sets
the tumultuous lives of twin circus clowns
against watershed moments in 20th century
Hungarian history.
DV89549 $29.95
Directed by Robert Koltai
A dull-witted girl dressed in a sackcloth, dubbed
“Stalin’s Bride,” suffers cruel indignities at the hands
of peasants in this tragicomic fable.
DV75069 $29.95
Directed by Peter Bacso.
Glamour
The dreams and struggles of three generations of a
Hungarian Jewish family are depicted in this awardwinning epic set against a backdrop of major 20th
century events.
DV88809 $29.95
Directed by Frigyes Godros.
Rose’s Songs
This breezy romantic comedy follows a quirky career
girl who stops doing good things for others to focus
on her quest for Mr. Right.
DV91265 $29.95
Directed by Peter Bergendy.
Forough Farrokhzad
The Last Blues
In this award-winning psychological drama, a married
man’s infidelity hits close to home when his mistress
becomes pregnant with his child.
DV75068 $29.95
Directed by Peter Gardos.
Vaska Easoff
Derived from a mythical story passed among
Communist labor camp prisoners, Vaska Easoff
follows two Soviet thieves who steal the Czar’s
treasure from the Bank of St. Petersburg.
DV92392 $29.95
Directed by Peter Gothar.
In Russian and Hungarian with English subtitles.
Child Murders
A macabre story of despair and murder among
Hungary’s outcasts about a hopeless young boy
whose life takes unexpected turns when he befriends
a pregnant gypsy girl.
DV92632 $29.95
Directed by Ildiko Szabo.
In Hungarian with optional English subtitles.
The Mirror of the Soul:
The Forough Farrokhzad Trilogy
This extensive, three-part documentary looks
at controversial Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad’s
life and work with interviews with family members
and peers and footage of her shot by Bertolucci.
DV92314 $29.95
Directed by Nasser Saffarian.
Banned in Iran, Released by Facets
The House is Black
Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad’s only film is a lyrical
revelation depicting the lives and bodies of people
deformed by leprosy. Also includes two shorts by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
DV70441 $29.95
Directed by Forough Farrokhzad.
Charlatan
A bittersweet tale of romance by actor-director Arash
Moayerian in which two young couples find their lives
intertwined after a fateful close encounter.
DV88506 $29.95
Directed by Arash Moayerian.
Black Mirrors: Forough Farrokhzad
(The House Is Black/
The Mirror of the Soul)
Boutique
Cease Fire
Corrupted Hands
Donya
Friday’s Soldiers
This set explores the work of Forough Farrokhzad,
“one of the greatest contemporary Persian poets”
(Chris Marker). Includes The House Is Black and
The Mirror of the Soul.
DV94930 $49.95
Directed by Forough Farrokhzad/Nasser Saffarian.
A wedding photographer, his brother and sister
make marriage both profitable and criminal
in this heist comedy.
DV70891 $29.95
Directed by Syrus Alvand.
A gentle, thoughtful young man steals a pair of blue
jeans for a poor, beautiful girl, setting off a downward
spiral chain of events.
DV73579 $29.95
Directed by Hamid Nematollah.
A traditional, conservative older man finds himself
doing unexpected things to impress a younger woman
in this breezy, domestic comedy.
DV72430 $29.95
Directed by Manouchehr Mosayeri.
This irreverent romantic comedy with a pointed
insight into modern marriage follows an exasperated
newlywed who stumbles into a psychiatrist’s office
to unload about her chauvinist husband.
DV90910 $29.95
A haunting drama about four soldiers who experience
life-changing adventures that reveal the sights
and sounds of modern-day Tehran.
DV76769 $29.95
Directed by Massoud Kimiai.
Going By
Hemlock
The Iranian Fatal Attraction follows a married,
small-town factory manager who grapples with his
company’s dire financial situation while becoming
involved in an unstable affair.
DV95366 $29.95
Directed by Behrooz Afkhami.
Letters in the Wind
Low Heights
Four carloads of people on a road from Tehran to
northern Iraq engage in conversations about life and
death in this road film with a metaphysical dimension.
DV88519 $29.95
Directed by Iraj Karimi.
Party
Siavash
This once-banned drama captures the mood of
Iran just after the Iran-Iraq war, when the younger
generation was less fervent about religion and more
concerned with leading peaceful lives.
DV94056 $29.95
Directed by Saman Moghadam.
Soul Mate
The Fifth Reaction
When a writer gets arrested for insulting the state,
his friends try to make bail by renting out his home
for parties, the plan crumbles, though, when they
inadvertently host a raucous party.
DV94057 $29.95
The Girl in the Sneakers
The May Lady
Cafe Setareh
The Twilight
The love between two Iranian teens sparks opposition
between their parents and strict Islamic law in this
snapshot of first love and youthful rebellion.
DV70547 $29.95
Directed by Rassul Sadr-Ameli.
A divorced Iranian woman confronts the contradictory
desires affecting her life and work in this bold
examination of the universal tensions between
motherhood, womanhood and work.
DV70546 $29.95
Directed by Rakhshan Bani-Etemad.
Ali-Reza Amini’s Iranian New Wave stand-out tells
of a military man who smuggles letters and
recordings to the cheerful world beyond his barracks.
DV86901 $29.95
Directed by Ali-Reza Amini.
In this searing drama, a man fresh out of an asylum
and a woman impulsively get married, beginning
a series of life adventures for the odd couple.
DV76768 $29.95
Directed by Medhi Fakhim-Zadeh.
Talented newcomer Saman Moghadam interweaves
the lives of three women through a triptych of warmhearted, poignant stories set in contemporary Tehran.
DV92635 $24.95
A dark humor permeates this action film about a
desperate man who hijacks a plane to get his family
out of Iran. Based on a true story.
DV70892 $29.95
Directed by Egrahim Hatamikia.
A progressive widowed teacher and her conservative
controlling father-in-law fight for custody of her kids
in this Iranian melodrama.
DV88501 $29.95
A simple, but powerful true story of prison life in Iran,
featuring real-life prisoners playing themselves, about
married ex-inmates trying to make it work in the
outside world.
DV73480 $29.95
Directed by Mohammed Rasoulof.
In Farsi with English suntitles.
Twilight
Under the Moonlight
A seminary student heads to a distant suburb to find
his stolen vestments and encounters poor villagers
who have never had contact with the clergy.
DV70894 $29.95
Directed by Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi.
Unwanted Women
White Dream
Honored Iranian actor Ezzatollah Entezami stars as
a lonely, disillusioned veteran detective who begins
seeing images of his dead wife while investigating a
murder case.
DV88525 $29.95
Directed by Hassan Hedaiat.
Born Under Libra
20 Fingers
First-time director Mania Akbari explores the
heartbreak and joy of romantic relationships through
seven stories of couples searching for happiness.
DV92076 $29.95
Directed by Mania Akbari.
The Last Supper
A Thousand Women Like Me
This controversial romantic drama follows two
university students in love who are being pushed
apart by their respective associations with an
ultra-religious group and reformists.
DV88580 $29.95
Directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish.
Two Women
The Hidden Half
The Pastry Girl
Tahmineh Milani directs the dramatic story of two
women in modern Tehran whose lives take very
different paths. “Impressive” (The New York Times).
DV67554 $29.95
An explosive film that touched a nerve in modern Iran
about a women who tells of her repression as a leftist,
and as a women, in post-1979 Iran.
DV67555 $29.95
A searing tale about the struggles of women in
modern Iran that sees a man masquerade his lover
as his cousin—a situation that proves dangerous
and humiliating.
DV88510 $29.95
In this searing domestic drama about a unique love
triangle, a woman and her daughter return to her
father’s house after a divorce to begin life anew.
DV70893 $29.95
Directed by Feredyoun Jeyrani.
A woman faces resistance in her wooing of a homely
pastry chef in this hilarious farce about marriage
customs and social conventions.
DV71079 $29.95
Directed by Iraj Tahmasb.
Actor-director Hamid Jebelli offers a charming
portrait of a mentally-challenged man looking
for love in a world that largely ignores him.
DV73481 $29.95
Directed by Hamid Jebelli.
A tightly-wound family drama that follows a lawyer
in modern-day Tehran who takes on Iran’s patriarchal
institutions after losing custody of her son following
a divorce.
DV96252 $29.95
Directed by Reza Karimi.
Children’s Animation
Culture For Kids
Bolek & Lolek
Bolek & Lolek 2
Bolek & Lolek Are Going Camping
Bolek & Lolek in the Wild West
Bolek & Lolek on Vacation
Bolek & Lolek Collection
The Adventures of Little Mouse 1
The Adventures of Little Mouse 2
The Enchanted Crayon
The Enchanted Crayon 2
Kirikou and the Sorceress
Animated in a simple, expressionistic manner, these
six charming children’s cartoons follow youngsters
Bolek and Lolek across the globe. A hit throughout
Poland and in much of Europe.
DV67329 $19.98
Directed by Marszalek, Wajser, Nehrebecki, Dulz,
Zeman and Kudla.
No dialogue.
Bolek & Lolek enjoy fun trips, new friends, and new
places in these seven cartoons.
DV94309 $14.95
Directed by Alfred Ledwig, Stanislaw Dutz, Jozef
Byrdy and Lechoslaw Marsz.
No dialogue.
A little boy performs good deeds with a magic crayon
that allows him to draw objects that come to life in six
loved Polish cartoons.
DV67333 $19.98
Directed by Baraniecki, Piliczewski, Czernelecki
and Kotowska.
No dialogue.
The globetrotting animated adventures of youngsters
Bolek and Lolek continue in this second volume of
six cartoons.
DV67330 $19.98
Directed by Byrdy, Wajser, Nehrebecki, Cwiertnia
and Kudla.
No dialogue.
Includes: Bolek & Lolek On Vacation, Bolek & Lolek
Are Going Camping, and Bolek & Lolek in
the Wild West.
DV94312 3-Disc Set $39.95
No dialogue.
A little boy’s adventures with a magic crayon that
allows him to draw objects that come to life continue
in six more Polish cartoons.
DV67334 $19.98
Directed by Czernelecki, Kronic and Kotowska.
No dialogue.
The capricious animated pair star in seven cartoons
about wild times in the great outdoors.
DV94311 $14.95
Directed by Edward Water, Leszek Lorek, Wladyslaw
Nehrebecki and Stanislaw Dutz.
No dialogue.
A good-hearted mouse tries to get along with his
neighbors in the animal kingdom in six appealing
Polish cartoons aimed at younger children.
DV67331 $19.98
Directed by Eugeniusz Kotowski.
No dialogue.
Bolek & Lolek don their seven-gallon hats and spurs
for seven cartoons about cowboy adventures.
DV94310 $14.95
Directed by Stanislaw Dulz.
No dialogue.
Seven more stories following the animated activities
of Little Mouse as he encounters a variety of creatures
and overcomes a number of problems.
DV67332 $19.98
Directed by Eugeniusz Kotowski.
No dialogue.
This animated film exquisitely recounts the tale of a
clever, courageous little boy who sets out to free his
African village of a curse.
DVD: DV72976 $29.95
Directed by Michel Ocelot.

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