Man from Deep River (1972)

Original title: Il paese del sesso selvaggio
AKA: Sacrifice!
Year: 1972
Runtime: 93 minutes
Country: Italy
Language: Italian | Burmese | Thai
Subtitles: English (.sub/.idx)
Genre: Adventure | Drama

Director: Umberto Lenzi

Cast: Ivan Rassimov (Bradley) | Me Me Lai (Marayå) | Pratitsak Singhara (Taima)

Plot/Synopsis:

While on an expedition in Thailand, a photographer is taken hostage by cannibals and forced to endure several violent adventures. The film was originally an Italian release, and its even more violent version is rarely seen.

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Tu Pa Tam (2004)

Original title: Tu Pa Tam
Year: 2004
Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Country: Slovenia
Language: Slovenian | Serbo Croatian
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Action

Director: Mitja Okorn

Cast: Adnan Omerovic, Toni Cahunek, Klemen Bucan, Miki Bubulj

Plot/Synopsis:

Four “enterprising” young men borrow a larger sum of money from the local mob with the intention of embarking on a modern-day entrepreneurship. Utterly incompetent, they lose the money like a shot, and are thus immediately thrust into the rough, provincial underground of the so-called “Kransterdam”. By dealing, gambling, blackmailing and implementing other more or less ingenious ideas, they endeavour to regain the money. But if they do not return their debt with interest within seven days, the future will be all but bright for them…

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Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)

Original title: Kirikou et la sorcière
AKA: Emmanuelle – A World of Desire
Year: 1998
Runtime: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Country: France | Belgium | Luxembourg
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family

Director: Michel Ocelot

Plot/Synopsis:

In a little village somewhere in Africa, a boy named Kirikou is born. But he’s not a normal boy, because he knows what he wants very well. Also he already can speak and walk. His mother tells him how an evil sorceress has dried up their spring and devoured all males of the village except of one. Hence little Kirikou decides, he will accompany the last warrior to the sorceress. Due to his intrepidity he may be the last hope of the village.

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Azur et Asmar (2006)

Original title: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages
Year: 2006
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Country: France | Belgium | Spain | Italy
Language: French | Arabic
Subtitles: English | French (.srt)
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Director: Michel Ocelot

Plot/Synopsis:

Once upon a time there were two children nursed by same woman. Azur, a blonde, blue-eyed son of a noblewoman and Asmar, the dark skinned and dark-eyed child of the nurse. As kids, they fought and loved each other as brothers do. As grown ups, they mercilessly become rivals in the quest years later, when Azur is being haunted by memories of the legendary Djinn-fairy, and takes it upon himself to journey all the way to Asmar’s homeland to seek it out. Now reunited, he finds that she has since become a successful merchant, while Asmar is now a member of the royal guard. However, Asmar also longs to find the Djinn-fairy, and only one of the two youths can be successful in their quest

I saw this today as part of the London Children’s Film Festival 2006 at the Barbican Centre and found it completely and utterly satisfying. Every second of screen time is mind-blowingly beautiful to the point of being painful – from the wild flowers on the field where the title characters played as boys, to the starlit silhouette of Azur and the Princess on a treetop. But don’t let the sumptuous visuals make you think this film is just eye candy. The story is engaging and yet profound, the characters vivid, and the message (yes, it has a message, but what’s wrong with that?) is inspirational; a quality that the English-language animated films of the last decade has completely eschewed. Ocelot’s early ‘Princes et Princesses’ was enchanting and promising, and both his Kirikou films were endearing. But with ‘Azur’ he has totally ascended to a different level. It is admirable how he consistently refuses to dumb down his characters, and the delightful ending is wonderfully faux conventional in Ocelot’s trade mark style. Difficult to see how popular this would be with today’s kids, but a generation growing up inspired by ‘Azur’ would no doubt be more pacifist and tolerant.

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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005)

Original title: Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages
Year: 2005
Runtime: 1 hour, 11 minutes
Country: France
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Family

Director: Michel Ocelot, Bénédicte Galup

Plot/Synopsis:

Kirikou’s Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou’s accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.

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Soldier of Orange (1977)

Original title: Soldaat van Oranje
Year: 1977
Runtime: 2 hours, 27 minutes
Country: Belgium | Netherlands
Language: Dutch | English | German
Subtitles: English (.srt) embedded in .MKV
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast:
Rutger Hauer … Erik Lanshof
Jeroen Krabbé … Guus LeJeune
Susan Penhaligon … Susan
Edward Fox … Colonel Rafelli
Lex van Delden … Nico
Derek de Lint … Alex
Huib Rooymans … Jan Weinberg
Dolf de Vries … Jack Ten Brinck
Eddy Habbema … Robby Froost
Belinda Meuldijk … Esther
Peter Faber … Will Dostgaarde
Rijk de Gooyer … Gestapo-man Breitner
Paul Brandenburg … SS Lt. Thelen
Ward de Ravet … Resistance Leader
Bert Struys … Resistance Leader

Plot/Synopsis:

With this fact-based World War II drama and the equally memorable The Fourth Man (1983), Dutch director Paul Verhoeven gained an international following, eventually translating his reputation into Hollywood fame as the director of bloody science fiction spectacles and prurient sex thrillers.

Rutger Hauer stars as Erik Lanshof, an aristocratic Dutch student, one of six carefree friends who don’t care much for politics. When the Nazis invade Holland, however, the group is drawn inevitably into the conflict. While Alex (Derek de Lint) joins the German army, the suave Gus (Jeroen Krabbe) becomes a resistance leader, eventually escaping with Erik to England, where they become pawns in a much larger underground movement to restore their country’s Queen Wilhelmina (Andrea Domburg) to her rightful throne. Based on an autobiographical novel by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, Soldaat van Oranje (1977) also features early work by another Dutch master who went on to success as a director of big budget Hollywood films, cinematographer Jan De Bont.

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Swept Away (1974)

Original title: Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto
AKA: Swept Away by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August
Year: 1974
Runtime: 1 hour, 54 minutes
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Adventure | Drama | Romance

Director: Lina Wertmüller

Cast:
Giancarlo Giannini … Gennarino Carunchio
Mariangela Melato … Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti
Riccardo Salvino … Signor Pavone Lanzetti
Isa Danieli … Anna
Aldo Puglisi
Anna Melita
Giuseppe Durini
Lucrezia De Domizio
Luis Suarez
Vittorio Fanfoni
Lorenzo Piani
Eros Pagni … Pippe

Plot/Synopsis:

The movie stars Giancarlo Giannini as long-abused crewmember Gennarino Carunchio, toiling on a yacht rented by a wealthy couple, Raffaella Pavone Lanzetti (Mariangela Melato) and Signor Pavone Lanzetti (Riccardo Salvino). A beautiful, wealthy, spoiled woman, Raffaella takes endless pleasure in verbally abusing Gennarino over nearly everything, but especially about his Communist politics. When an unusual event at sea leaves Gennarino and Raffaella cast away on a deserted Mediterranean island, the tables are finally turned and the Communist sailor suddenly has the upper hand in the relationship.

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Sins of the Realm (2003)

Original title: Slaves of the Realm
Year: 2003
Runtime: 99 minutes
Country: Canada | Czech Republic
Language: English
Subtitles: Chinese (hard-subbed)
Genre: Fantasy | Action | Adventure

Director: Srdjan Spasojevic

Cast:
Rena Mero … Shira
Daniela Krhutova … Briana
Lucie Vondráckova … Alana
Ryan MacDonald … Alexander
Marketa Rosak … Page
Milan Gargula … Magnus
John Comer … Tarka
Richard Pistek … Duke
Katerina Prosek … Caroline
Philip Lenkowsky … Priest
Vladimira Pitelova … Nora
Katerina Cermak … Laura
Katerina Hovorek … Princess
Jana Vostra … Princess
Jana Melichar … Princess

Plot/Synopsis:

In a distant time and place, a country is divided into several kingdoms. The king of the richest has recently died and his son and heir will have a new bride selected for him from amongst the princesses by the high priestess. But before the selection can begin, the beautiful princesses must be freed from their jealous kidnappers, who have forced them to work in the silver mines!

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A Town Called Panic (2009)

Original title: Panique au village
Year: 2009
Runtime: 77 minutes
Country: Belgium | Luxembourg | France
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Director: Stéphane Aubier | Vincent Patar

Cast:
Stéphane Aubier … Coboy (voice)
Jeanne Balibar … Madame Longrée (voice)
Nicolas Buysse … Mouton / Jean-Paul (voice)
Véronique Dumont … Janine (voice)
Bruce Ellison … Indien (voice)
Christine Grulois … Vache / Étudiante (voice)
Frédéric Jannin … Gendarme / Gérard / Livreur de briques (voice)
Bouli Lanners … Facteur / Simon / Vache (voice)
Christelle Mahy … Poule (voice)
Eric Muller … Rocky Gaufres / Étudiant chorle 1 (voice)
Vincent Patar … Cheval (voice)
Franco Piscopo … Ours (voice)
Benoît Poelvoorde … Steven (voice)
Alexandre von Sivers … Scientifique 1 (voice)

Plot/Synopsis:

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?

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Die Nibelungen (1924) Fritz Lang

Original title: Laberinto de pasiones
AKA: It’s Gradiva Who Is Calling You
Year: 1982
Runtime: Part 1: 2h 22mn & Part 2: 2h 28mn
Country: Germany
Language: Silent
Subtitles: English inter-titles
Genre: Fantasy | Drama | Adventure

Director: Fritz Lang

Cast:
Paul Richter … Siegfried
Margarethe Schön … Kriemhild
Theodor Loos … King Gunther
Hanna Ralph … Brunhild
Georg John … Mime, the Smith, and Alberich
Gertrud Arnold … Queen Ute
Hans Carl Müller … Gerenot
Erwin Biswanger … Giselher
Bernhard Goetske … Volker von Alzey
Hans Adalbert Schlettow … Hagen Tronje
Rudolf Rittner … Markgraf Rüdiger von Bechlarn
Hardy von Francois … Dankwart
Fritz Alberti … Dietrich von Bern
Georg August Koch … Hildebrand
Rudolph Klein-Rogge … King Etzel
Hubert Heinrich … Werbel
Grete Berger … Hun
Frida Richard … Lecturer
Georg Jurowski … Priest
Iris Roberts … Page

and

Plot/Synopsis:

In 1924, years before Metropolis and M, director Fritz Lang created a silent epic based on the quintessential German legend: Die Nibelungen, the ancient folk tale of heroism and revenge that also served as basis for Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle of operas. Lang’s tale is broken into two movies which together clock in at close to five hours. Conceived as a monumental spectacle at Berlin’s Ufa studios, Die Nibelungen is the Lord of the Rings superproduction of its time; its images and larger than life emotions still have the power to astound. … By today’s hectic standards, individual shots in Die Nibelungen could be tightened to make for a more streamlined movie. But there is no extraneous scene; every boiling emotion and outrageous plot twist still resonates over eighty years later …

Summary:

1. Siegfrieds Tod / Siegfried’s Death
Volker von Azley (Bernard Goetzke), a minstrel, sets down to tell the story of Siegfried, son of King Siegmund of the Nibelungen (Netherlands). Siegfried (Paul Richter) is apprenticed to Mime, a blacksmith, who helps him forge a special sword. Siegfried then sets off to the court of the Burgundian King Gunther (Theodor Loos), at Worms by the Rhine, seeking the hand of the beautiful young Princess Kriemhild (Margaret Shoen), sister to Gunther. En route to Worms, Siegfried encounters and slays a dragon. He bathes in its blood in order to make his body impervious to swords and arrows. Unfortunately, a leaf lands on his upper back, stopping the dragon’s blood reaching him there. This part of his body is therefore made vulnerable. Siegfried also encounters Alberich (Georg John), the dwarf Lord Treasurer to the Nibelungen dynasty. He captures the Nibelungen treasure and acquires a magic cloak which makes him invisible and provides him with the strength of many men.

Upon arrival at the castle of King Gunther, Siegfried is opposed by the warrior Hagan (Hands Adalbert von Schlettow), half-brother of Gunter. Hagan is jealous of the young and handsome Siegfried who seeks the hand of the beautiful Kriemhild. This maiden had previously vowed to marry no warrior. She subsequently foresees Siegfried’s death in a dream during which a white dove is attacked by a pair of black hawks.

In order to obtain the hand of Kriemhild in marriage, Siegfried must assist Gunther in likewise obtaining the hand of Brunhild (Hanna Ralph), warrior queen of Iceland. Brunhild has pledged that she will only marry a warrior who can defeat her in a series of athletic games – these involve throwing a large spear, throwing a heavy rock, and leaping through the air. Upon arrival at Brunhild’s castle, Siegfried assists Gunter in defeating Brunhild by donning the cloak of invisibility and utilising his special strength.

Upon the party’s return to Worms, Brunhild weds Gunther, and Siegfried takes Kriemhild. However, during an encounter on the steps of Worms cathedral between the two women, Brunhild learns how Siegfried and Gunther had deceived her into giving up her kingdom. She calls on Siegfried to be killed in revenge. Gunther agrees and together with Hagan tricks Kriemhild into revealing Siegfried’s vulnerable spot. Hagan then spears the young hero in the back and kills him. With the death of Siegfreid, Brunhild becomes remorseful and apparently commits suicide. Kriemhild seeks revenge on Gunter and Hagan.

2. Kriemhilds Rache / Kriemhild’s Revenge

As part of her scheme of revenge, Kriemhild accepts the offer of Rudiger and travels to the land of the Huns (Hungary) to marry King Etzel of the Huns (Rudolf Klein-Rogge). Upon the birth of their son, she invites Gunther and Hagan to Etzel’s court for a celebration. As Hagan holds the baby in his arms he hears that Huns have killed some of his comrades – Burgundians. Hagan then kills the baby (a boy), and in the following skirmish Kriemhild kills Hagan with Siegfried’s sword. She is then killed by Hildebrand (Georg August Koch), but is finally at peace.

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