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Plot: The story of the honest prince, the perverse beauty, and the gloomy merchant's son takes place in Hokkaido instead of Petersburg. The beauty toys with the affections of both men, while the prince is also attracted to an upstanding general's daughter.
Yugoslavia: 1968
Dragoljub Aleksic, Ana Milosavljevic, Vera Jovanovic-Segvic Art / War
Plot: This utterly unclassifiable film—assembled from the “lost” footage of the first Serbian talkie made during the Nazi occupation—is one of Makavejev’s most freewheeling farces.
AKA: Osaka Elegy; Sisters Of The Gion; Street Of Shame; Women Of The Night Japan: 2008 Drama
Plot: Includes the following four Kenji Mizoguchi-directed flix on 4 discs: "Osaka Elegy" (1936), "Sisters Of The Gion" (1936), "Street Of Shame" (1956), and "Women Of The Night" (1948).
AKA: Akibiyori Japan: 1960
Setsuko Hara, Sayoko Tsuka, Chisu Ryu, Keiji Sada Drama
Plot: Ayako is a young girl who ignores marriage prospects to stand by her widowed mother, Akiko. But when three old friends of Ayako's late father plan a remarriage for Akiko, the relationship between the mother and daughter faces a real challenge.
AKA: Les Misérables France: 1934
Harry Bauer, Charles Vanel Drama
Plot: Hailed as the greatest screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's mammoth nineteenth-century novel, Raymond Bernard's dazzling, nearly five-hour "Les Misérables" is a breathtaking tour de force, unfolding with the depth and detail of its source.
Yugoslavia: 1967
Eva Ras, Slobodan Aligrudic, Ruzica Sokic, Miodrag Andric Drama / Romance
Plot: This story of the tragic romance between a young telephonist (Eva Ras) and a middle-aged rodent sanitation specialist (Slobodan Aligrudic) in Belgrade is an endlessly surprising, time-shifting exploration of love and freedom.
USA: 1929
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald Musical / Comedy
Plot: Hollywood's first movie musical to integrate songs with narrative stars Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. This film of naughty innuendo and satiric romance opened the door for a decade of witty screen battles of the sexes.
AKA: The Love Parade; Monte Carlo; One Hour With You; The Smiling Lieutenant USA: 2008 Musical / Comedy
Plot: Includes the following four Ernst Lubitsch musicals on 4 discs: "The Love Parade", "Monte Carlo", "One Hour With You", and "The Smiling Lieutenant".
Yugoslavia: 1965
Milena Dravic, Janez Vrhovec, Eva Ras, Stole Arandelovic Drama
Plot: "Man Is Not A Bird" is an antic, free-form portrait of the love lives of two less-than-heroic men who labor in a copper factory. This is one of cinema’s most assured and daring debuts.
AKA: Workers' Trilogy; Underdog Trilogy Finland: 1990
Kati Outinen Drama / Dark Comedy
Plot: This blackly comic minimalist masterpiece stars Kati Outinen as Iiris, a shy and dowdy young woman whose dreams of finding love at the local dancehall are constantly foiled. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand, she plots her revenge.
AKA: Le Couple Témoin; Le Couple Temoin France: 1977
Anémone (Anemone), André Dussolier (Andre Dussolier) Comedy
Plot: In this searing satire, the French Ministry of the Future chooses two "normal," white, middle-class citizens to be monitored and displayed on television for six months in a model apartment to serve as the template for "a new city for the new man."
USA: 1930
Jeanette MacDonald, Jack Buchanan Musical / Comedy
Plot: Lubitsch's follow-up to The Love Parade stars Jeanette MacDonald as an independent-minded countess who leaves her foppish prince fiancé at the altar, and whisks herself away to the Riviera for romantic adventures.
AKA: Eclipse Series 17; I Am Waiting; Rusty Knife; Take Aim At The Police Van; Cruel Gun Story; A Colt Is My Passport Japan: 2009 Action/Adventure / Crime
Plot: Includes the following five flix on 5 discs: "I Am Waiting", "Rusty Knife", "Take Aim At The Police Van", "Cruel Gun Story", and "A Colt Is My Passport".
USA: 1932
Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald Musical / Comedy
Plot: Lubitsch reunites Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, this time as a seemingly blissful couple whose marriage hits the skids when her flirtatious school chum comes on to her husband a bit too strong.
Plot: Yuzo and his fiancee Masako spend their Sunday together, trying to have a good time on just 35 yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.
AKA: Naniwa Elegy; Woman Of Osaka Japan: 1936
Isuzu Yamada Drama
Plot: Isuzu Yamada stars as Ayoko, a switchboard operator trapped in a compromising, ruinous relationship with her boss to help support her wastrel father.
AKA: Kihachi Trilogy; Dekigokoro Japan: 1933
Takeshi Sakamoto, Nobuko Fushimi, Den Obinata, Kozo Tokkan Drama
Plot: This first installment of the "Kihachi Trilogy" concerns the relationship between an illiterate brewery worker Kihachi and his educated son. The film follows Kihachi's interest in a younger woman and the effect this infatuation has on both father and son.
AKA: Place De La République France: 1974 Documentary
Plot: An entertaining snapshot of the comings and goings on one street corner in Paris. Louis Malle's French-set documentary reveals the director's eternal fascination with, and respect for, the everyday lives of everyday people.
AKA: Hamnstad Sweden: 1948
Nine-Christine Jonsson, Bengt Eklund Drama / Art
Plot: After a suicidal young woman falls for a sailor on leave, she begins to hope that the relationship might save her from self-destruction--and from her domineering mother.
AKA: Eclipse Series 7; I Live In Fear; The Idiot; No Regrets For Our Youth; One Wonderful Sunday; Scandal Japan: 2008 Drama / Action/Adventure
Plot: Includes the following five Kurosawa flix on 5 discs: "I Live In Fear", "The Idiot", "No Regrets For Our Youth", "One Wonderful Sunday", and "Scandal".
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