The Round-Up (2010)

Original title: La Rafle
Year: 2010
Runtime: 115 minutes
Country: France | Germany | Hungary
Language: French | German | Yiddish
Subtitles: Chinese | English (hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama | History | War

Director: Roselyne Bosch

Cast:
Jean Reno … Dr. David Sheinbaum
Mélanie Laurent … Annette Monod
Gad Elmaleh … Schmuel Weismann
Raphaelle Agogué … Sura Weismann
Hugo Leverdez … Jo Weismann
Oliver Cywie … Simon Zygler
Mathieu Di Concerto … Noé Zygler
Romain Di Concerto … Noé Zygler
Rebecca Marder … Rachel Weismann
Anne Brochet … Dina Traube
Isabelle Gélinas … Hélène Timonier
Thierry Frémont … Capitaine Pierret
Catherine Allégret … La concierge ‘Tati’
Sylvie Testud … Bella Zygler

Plot/Synopsis:

The harrowing true story of how French police rounded up civilian Jews living in Paris in order to send 13,000 men, women and children to their deaths at Auschwitz is given an accurate, sometimes wrenching and occasionally overly theatrical treatment in The Round Up (La Rafle). Demonstrating exactly how French authorities pandered to the Nazis, this ambitious period drama boasts a prestige cast that should help draw local audiences to an uncomfortable subject.

Producer Ilan Goldman, who gambled and won on La Vie En Rose, has taken on a difficult slice of French history. Apart from 1973’s Les Guichets du Louvre (Black Thursday) and Joseph Losey’s Monsieur Klein, dramatic attempts to address the so-called Vel d’Hiv roundup of July 16, 1942 are virtually non-existent. Not unlike Andrzej Wajda’s Katyn, which set the record straight about another wartime travesty long ignored, The Round Up doggedly relates the morning raid and its aftermath in human terms.

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Joan the Maid 2 – The Prisons (2004)

Original title: Jeanne la Pucelle II – Les prisons
Year: 1994
Runtime: 104 minutes
Country: France
Language: French
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Biography | Drama | History

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast:
Sandrine Bonnaire … Jeanne d’Arc
André Marcon … Charles, Dauphin de France
Jean-Louis Richard … La Trémoille
Marcel Bozonnet … Regnault de Chartres
Patrick Le Mauff … Jean Batard d’Orléans
Didier Sauvegrain … Raoul de Gaucourt
Jean-Pierre Lorit … Jean d’Alencon
Bruno Wolkowitch … Gilles de Laval
Romain Lagarde … Nicolas
Florence Darel … Jeanne d’Orléans
Pierre Baillot … Jacques Boucher
Germain Rousseau … Le confesseur du Dauphin
Emmanuel de Chauvigny … Gros-Garrau
Mathias Jung … Jean Pasquerel
Mathieu Busson … Louis de Coutes

Plot/Synopsis:

The second portion of Rivette’s masterful Joan of Arc saga depicts Joan’s occupation of Compeigne, her desertion by her men, and her subsequent imprisonment and death sentence.
After a futile attempt to reclaim Paris, Joan of Arc (Sandrine Bonnaire) is captured at Compiegne, sold to the British and turned over to the ecclesiastical court in the second half of director Jacques Rivette’s epic biography of the legendary French icon. Bonnaire’s poignant and thoroughly human portrait of martyrdom scored her a César nomination for Best Actress in 1995. André Marcon also stars as Charles, Dauphin de France.

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Kapo (1959)

Original title: Kapò
Year: 1959
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes
Country: Italy | France | Yugoslavia
Language: Italian | German
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama | History | War

Director: Gillo Pontecorvo

Cast:
Susan Strasberg … Edith, alias Nicole Niepas
Laurent Terzieff … Sascha
Emmanuelle Riva … Terese
Didi Perego … Sofia
Gianni Garko … Karl, German Soldier
Annabella Besi
Graziella Galvani
Paola Pitagora
Eleonora Bellinzaghi
Bruno Scipioni
Dragomir Felba
Mira Dinulovic
Semka Sokolovic-Bertok
Dirjana Doc

Plot/Synopsis:

The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama Kapo stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank. Here, Ms. Strasberg is once again a European Jewish teenager victimized by the Nazis. Interred in a concentration camp, Strasberg is befriended by the camp’s kindly doctor, who helps her hide her true identity and work as a camp guard, or “kapo.” Unfortunately, Strasberg’s new found power goes to her head, and her abuse of that power is very nearly on the same level as the Nazis. Brought down to earth by the death of a close friend, Strasberg spearheads an escape attempt, sacrificing her own life in the process. Nominated for a best foreign picture Oscar in 1960, Kapo nonetheless did not find an American distributor until 1964.

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Edvard Munch (1974)

Original title: Edvard Munch
Year: 1974
Runtime: 3 hours, 31 minutes
Country: Sweden | Norway
Language: French | English | Norwegian | German | Swedish | Danish
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Biography | Drama | Fantasy | History | Mystery

Director: Peter Watkins

Cast:
Geir Westby … Edvard Munch
Gro Fraas … Fru Heiberg
Kerstii Allum … Sophie Munch – 1868
Eric Allum … Edvard Munch – 1868
Susan Troldmyr … Laura Munch – 1868
Ragnvald Caspari… Peter Andreas Munch – 1868
Katja Pedersen … Inger Munch – 1868
Hjordis Ulriksen… Housemaid – 1868
Inger-Berit Oland… Sophie Munch – 1875
Amund Berge … Edvard Munch – 1875
Camilla Falk … Laura Munch – 1875
Erik Kristiansen… Peter Andreas Munch – 1875
Anne-Marie Daehli… Inger Munch – 1875
Johan Halsborg … Dr. Christian Munch – 1884
Gro Jarto … Laura Catherine Munch – 1884

Plot/Synopsis:

Following a rough chronology from 1884 to 1894, when Norwegian artist Edvard Munch began expressionism and established himself as northern Europe’s most maligned and controversial artist, the film also flashes back to the death from consumption of his mother, when he was five, his sister’s death, and his near death at 13 from pulmonary disease. The film finds enduring significance in Munch’s brief affair with “Mrs. Heiberg” and his participation in the café society of anarchist Hans Jaeger in Christiania and later in Berlin with Strindberg. Through it all comes Munch’s melancholy and his desire to render on canvas, cardboard, paper, stone, and wood his innermost feelings.

Famously described by the late Ingmar Bergman as ‘a work of genius’, Peter Watkins’ multi-faceted masterwork is more than just a biopic of the iconic Norwegian Expressionist painter, it is one of the best films ever made about the artistic process. Focusing initially on Munch’s formative years in late 19th century Kristiania (now Oslo), Watkins uses his trademark style to create a vivid picture of the emotional, political, and social upheavals that would have such an effect on his art.

The young artist (Geir Westby) has an affair with ‘Mrs. Heiberg’ (Gro Fraas), a devastating experience that will haunt him for the rest of his life. His work is viciously attacked by critics and public alike and he is forced to leave his home country for Berlin, where, along with the notorious Swedish playwright August Strindberg, he becomes part of the cultural storm that is to sweep Europe.

There have been countless film biographies of famous artists, but only a handful can be considered major works in their own right. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Watkins’ extended 221-minute version, originally made for television.

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The Travelling Players (1975)

Original title: O Θίασος
Year: 1975
Runtime: 3 hours, 41 minutes
Country: Greek
Language: Greece
Subtitles: English | French (.srt)
Genre: Drama | History | War

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Cast:
Eva Kotamanidou … Elektra
Aliki Georgouli … Elektra’s Mother
Vangelis Kazan … Aegisthus
Stratos Pahis … Elektra’s Father
Maria Vassiliou … Chrysothemis
Petros Zarkadis … Orests
Kiriakos Katrivanos … Pyladis
Giannis Fyrios … Accordionisth
Nina Papazaphiropoulou … Old Woman
Alekos Boubis … Old Man
Grigoris Evangelatos … Poet
Giorgos Tzifos
Kosta Stiliaris … Militia leader

Plot/Synopsis:

In a complex interweaving of drama, history and allegory, this Greek film tells the story of the tours of a theatrical troupe along the Greek isles between 1939 and 1952. In each town, the troupe enacts the play “Golfo the Shepherdess.” Simultaneously, an actress in the troupe is searching for a way to exact vengeance against her mother whom she believes was responsible for the death of her father. Her brother, a resistance fighter, helps her accomplish this. This level of the story re-creates, in “real life,” the classical Greek drama of the Orestaia. At the same time, Greece is fully embroiled in the Second World War, political struggles, and its own Civil War. This film exists in several versions: the one which is 230 minutes long is the original, preferred version.

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Female Agents (2008)

Original title: Les femmes de l’ombre
Year: 2008
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: France
Language: French | German | English
Subtitles: English | Chinese (.srt)
Genre: Drama | History | War

Director: Jean-Paul Salomé

Cast:
Sophie Marceau … Louise Desfontaines
Julie Depardieu … Jeanne Faussier
Marie Gillain … Suzy Desprez
Déborah Francois … Gaelle Lemenech
Moritz Bleibtreu … Karl Heindrich
Maya Sansa … Maria Luzzato
Julien Boisselier … Pierre Desfontaines
Vincent Rottiers … Eddy
Volker Bruch … Lieutenant Becker
Robin Renucci … Melchior
Xavier Beauvois … Claude Granville
Colin David Reese … Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
Jurgen Mash … Gerd Von Rundstedt
Conrad Cecil … Le géologue anglais
Alexandre Jazede … René Bourienne

Plot/Synopsis:

A member of the French Resistance, Louise (Sophie Marceau) flees to London after her husband’s summary execution. She is recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), an intelligence and sabotage service overseen by Churchill himself.

She immediately assigned to an urgent mission: the rescue of a British agent who has fallen into German hands while preparing for D-Day on the Normandy beaches. The man hasn’t talked yet, but there is no time to lose. Louise must first put together an all-female commando unit. She will stop at nothing to get exactly the right women for the mission’s special requirements, even if it means lying, blackmailing or securing pardons for serving prisons.

Suze (Marie Gillain) is a showgirl who excels in the art of seduction. Gaelle (Deborah Francois) is a chemist and explosive expert. And Jeanne (Julie Depardieu) is a prostitute who has already killed in cold blood. Parachuted into Normandy, they are joined by Maria (Maya Sansa) a Jewish Italian radio operator and the final member of the team. The mission begins well but there are soon complications. Their SOE bosses give the women a new, almost suicidal objective: they must move on to eliminate Colonel Heindrich (Moritz Bleibtrey), the head of Nazi counter-intelligence, who has gleaned too much information about the Landings.

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Days of 36 (1972)

Original title: Μερες του ’36
Year: 1972
Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
Country: Greece
Language: Greek
Subtitles: English | French (.sub/.idx)
Genre: Drama | History | Political thriller

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos

Cast:
Vangelis Kazan
Kostas Pavlou … Sofianos
Thanos Grammenos … Brother of Convict
Giorgos Kyritsis … Kontaxis
Petros Zarkadis
Christoforos Nezer … Prison Director
Toula Stathopoulou
Christos Kalavrouzos
Vasilis Tsaglos
Giannis Kandilas … Hostage
Petros Hoedas
Takis Doukatos … Chief of Police
Alekos Boubis
Giorgos Tzifos
Kaiti Ibrohori

Plot/Synopsis:

Meres Tou 36 or Days of ’36 is a political and crime thriller set in Greece in 1936 and based on a true story. Concerns for political stability override concerns for justice or fair play at this chaotic time in Greek history. When the man convicted of murdering a politician protests his innocence of the crime by holding a lawman hostage in his cell, it creates a national crisis.

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Konjanik (2003)

Original title: Konjanik
Year: 2003
Runtime: 2 hour, 12 minutes
Country: Croatia
Language: Croatian
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama | History | Romance

Director: Branko Ivanda

Cast:
Nikša Kušelj – Petar Revač
Zrinka Cvitešić – Lejla
Mladen Vulić – Mujaga Lulić
Danko Ljuština – Džafer-beg
Goran Grgić – Andrija
Gordana Gadžić – Begovica
Zijah Sokolović – Luda

Plot/Synopsis:

Konjanik (English: Horseman) is a 2003 Croatian film directed by Branko Ivanda based on the works of Ivan Aralica.

In the mid-18th century, Southern Europe is divided by a border between the Venetian Republic and the Turkish Empire, between Christianity and Islam. While the characters of this story drag us into complicated and exciting labyrinths of their personal dramas, we discover the roots of a century old political tragedy.

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Napoleon (1927) [Abel Gance]

Year: 1927 (restored 1981)
Runtime: 3 hours, 42 minutes
Country: France
Language: Silent. Music by Carmine Coppola
Subtitles: English inter-titles
Genre: Biography | Drama | History | War

Director: Abel Gance

Cast:
Albert Dieudonne … Napoleon Bonaparte
Vladimir Roudenko … Napoleon Bonaparte enfant
Edmond Van Daele … Maximilien Robespierre
Alexandre Koubitzky … Danton
Antonin Artaud … Marat
Abel Gance … Louis Saint-Just
Gina Manes … Josephine de Beauharnais
Suzanne Bianchetti … Marie-Antoinette
Marguerite Gance … Charlotte Corday
Yvette Dieudonne … Elisa Bonaparte
Philippe Heriat … Antonio Salicetti
Pierre Batcheff … Le general Lazare Hoche
Eugenie Buffet … Laetizia Bonaparte

Plot/Synopsis:

A massive six-hour biopic of Napoleon, tracing his career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign), his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797 (the film stops there because it was intended to be part one of six, but director Abel Gance never raised the money to make the other five). The film’s legendary reputation is due to the astonishing range of techniques that Gance uses to tell his story, culminating in the final twenty-minute triptych sequence, which alternates widescreen panoramas with complex multiple- image montages projected simultaneously on three screens.

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Danton (1983)

Original title: Danton
Year: 1983
Runtime: 2 hours, 16 minutes
Country: France | Poland | West Germany
Language: French | Polish
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Biography | Drama | History

Director: Andrzej Wajda

Cast:
Gérard Depardieu … Danton
Wojciech Pszoniak … Robespierre
Anne Alvaro … Eleonore
Roland Blanche … Lacroix
Patrice Chéreau … Camille Desmoulins
Emmanuelle Debever … Louison Danton
Krzysztof Globisz … Amar
Ronald Guttman … Herman
Gérard Hardy … Tallien
Tadeusz Huk … Couthon
Stéphane Jobert … Panis
Marian Kociniak … Lindet
Marek Kondrat … Barere de Vieuzac
Boguslaw Linda … Saint Just
Alain Macé … Héron

Plot/Synopsis:

In 1982, legendary Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda fled his homeland and relocated in France to direct this powerful story about the ethical boundaries of power and leadership, which had many parallels to Poland’s volatile political situation in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Danton (Gérard Depardieu) and Robespierre (Wojciech Pszoniak) were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France’s ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre’s violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies. Wajda remained in France until 1989, when the collapse of Communist rule made it possible for him to return to his homeland.

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