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- StarsJeff FaheyKarina LombardRoy ScheiderIn the year 3000 BC an illegitimate son is born to Queen Lostris and the brave warrior Tanus. Her devoted eunuch Taita, a loyal servant, takes the baby boy and places him in a basket on the Nile. Five thousand years later, during our time, famous archaeologist Duraid al Simma and his wife Royan discover Queen Lostris's grave at the same spot, with ten scrolls inside it resembling a form of diary. The seventh scroll, which contains directions to Mamose's magnificent tomb with the legendary treasure, disappears without trace. Soon afterwards the couple adopt an unusual boy who displays an almost magical urge to be close to the Nile, so they name him after the river god Hapi. It is only ten years later that Taita's secret is almost solved. Fanatical art thief Schiller is also very curious about the information, and tries to track down more with the aid of his sidekick Boris. Whe Duraid dies during a struggle for possession of the scroll, Hapi and his mother turn to Nick Harper, an old acquaintance of Duraid's. Harper, who is an archaeologist with a keen sense of adventure and also a ladies' man, decides to help. The three of them travel to Ethiopia, followed by the greedy collector and his evil sidekick Boris, in order to search for the treasure. Eventually they not only solve Taita's strange riddle but also discover the origin of little Hapi, who meets his real parents Lostris and Tanus in a magic labyrinth...
- StarsVirna LisiStacy KeachJohn Rhys-DaviesIn British-ruled India, an Army Officer lost his daughter when she was a child. Now after a long time, he is about to find her. But she falls in love with a native Indian who was also a freedom fighter.
- DirectorVittorio SindoniStarsAnthony HeadIris PeynadoTony MusanteThe two musicians, El Cacique and Michael Dowle, meet at a London concert. El Cacique invites Michael to come to Venezuela. When he arrives in Venezuela's metropolis Caracas he discovers a terrible bloodbath in Cacique's mansion. He's then pursued by Cacique's murderers. It's only with the help of Xiomara and Daniele that he can escape. The key to the murders lies in Devil's Hill. A relentless and merciless struggle for survival begins. What did Cacique find out about Devil's Hill and why did these brutal murders happen? (Translated from German VHS blurb)
- StarsClaudia CardinaleLise HearnsTobias MorettiMia, a temperamental red head, is the illegitimate daughter of Mary O'Sullivan, who lives in a small Irish fishing village. The O'Sullivan family has had a feud with another fishing family, the Ryans, for decades now - which is why Mia and Johnny Ryan are forced to be very secretive about their love for one another. Unlike Mia who would be happy to admit her love, Johnny hasn't the courage to do so, since he is also engaged to be married to Donna. When Mia discovers that she is pregnant, Johnny is unexpectedly cool towards her and also jealous, because he suspects that the child's father was an Italian photographer who is in Ireland to take fashion photographs. Deeply hurt, Mia leaves Ireland for Italy, where she begins a successful career as a model and later gives birth to her son. Johnny, still convinced of Mia's infidelity, marries Donna. When Mia discovers that Michele, the Italian photographer, wants to exploit her for various dubious projects, she abandons the modelling business and returns to Ireland in disappointment. Will her love for Johnny get a second chance?
- StarsChristian KohlundJean-Pierre BouvierRoger CarelA young English navy lieutenant sets out to prove that the quickest way to reach India from London is by way of the Mediterranean and Suez rather than the long sea route around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope, which takes six months. With his friend, French explorer and natural scientist Martial de Sassenage, Thomas Waghorn leaves London in October 1829 with the aim of reaching Bombay in India in three months. The owner of a shipping line fears for his company's future should the two adventurers succeed, so he sends his agents to delay them along their way.
- StarsDanny QuinnDelphine ForestAlberto SordiIn this adaptation of a classic Italian novel, young peasant couple whose relationship no one approves of elopes. On their journeys they face the horrors of plague and war and hypocrisy of the ruling class in 17th century's Lombardy.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsEnnio FantastichiniF. Murray AbrahamLloyd BochnerFreely inspired from a historical event. In December 1981, American officer James Lee Dozier is kidnapped in Verona by a "Brigate Rosse" commando. The huge intelligence effort that followed the fact ends after 40 days, in Padova, with an action by Nocs (Italian special operation police), releasing the kidnapped. The political consequence of the fact was the major crisis of the military and logistic organization of "Brigate Rosse". In the fictional reconstruction there are some changes, among which the introduction of the commissioner Vincenzo Masci, actually never existed.
- DirectorMaurizio ZaccaroStarsF. Murray AbrahamVirna LisiRegula GrauwillerSuccessful businessman Thomas (about 55), who has chosen to live in Rome, has dedicated his whole life to his work. When his kind and understanding wife Elisa dies, however, his life takes a turn for the worse. His daughter Beatrice, who has broken off her studies and is now living in a mission in India, is more eager than ever to stay there now that her mother has died. Thomas, who always pictured a sensible life for his daughter, decides to go there himself and fetch her back. The chaotic conditions in India and the misery in the streets is all too much for him, however, as are the charitable nuns who receive him at the mission. When Beatrice realizes why he has come, father and daughter have a fierce argument. Sister Beth, who supports Beatrice's decision, is a thorn in Thomas's side. Defeated, he leaves the fray # only to find he's missed his flight home. He has to wait a few days more for the next one, and during this time he changes his plans. Dressed in Indian clothing, he returns to the mission and pretends he wants to find out about Beatrice's life and work. Beth sees through the ploy, but Beatrice is overjoyed. Although Thomas actually admires Beth for giving women new hope from an education, he makes it clear to her that her commitment will never put an end to the misery all around her. He offers to found a charitable foundation for Beatrice, which she can run from Rome. Beatrice now wants nothing more to do with her father. Shortly afterwards Thomas is involved in an accident. Even though he's only slightly injured, Beatrice decides to return to Rome with him out of sympathy. Beth takes them to the airport, where Thomas finally realizes that Beatrice must be left to go her own way in life # and he returns to Rome a changed man.
- StarsEdward AsnerMassimo GhiniClaude RichThe inspirational story of the jolly cardinal Angelo Roncalli, who looks back at his memories as a poor country priest and is eventually elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church.
- DirectorRicky TognazziStarsBob HoskinsCarlo CecchiRoberto CitranAngelo Roncalli, born in Sotto Il Monte in 1881, is known for his profound spirituality as well as his extraordinary goodness from the young years of his life. When he feels a need to serve God, Angelo goes to study theology in Bergamo, and in Apollinare School (Rome) and becomes a priest. During his studies, he gets to know his two dearest friends, Mattia and Nicola. Very soon, most people see marvelous talents in him, including his wide knowledge and a constant readiness for sacrifice. The Holy See makes him go further to bishop and cardinal, and the Holy Father sends him to various places as a representative of the Church. When Pius XII dies on October, the 9th, 1958, 77 year-old Angelo goes to Rome, to conclave to choose a new pope. However, this time, it is him who hears gentle words of Jesus "Tu es Petrus!" ("You are Peter!") and from October, the 28th leads the church as Pope John XXIII.
- StarsEdwige FenechRay LovelockVictoria VeraThe discovery of murdered businessman Marco Pierboni sends shock waves through the small Italian town of Lucca.
- StarsTomas AranaVictor AlfieriTony MusanteEpic drama of forbidden love in Pompeii at the city's height of glory, up to the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79. We follow nobles, slaves, gladiators and the secret gatherings of early Christians. Mostly in English.
- DirectorWilliam KarelStarsBen GazzaraMickey RooneyKirk DouglasA tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood golden age. It recaptures the time and place of New York in the 30's and 40s as well as plays with the codes and references of the genre.
- StarsRupert EverettDelphine ForestF. Murray AbrahamWith World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.
- StarsChristopher LeeBen GazzaraDaniele PecciFollowing the premature death of his mother, Karol Wojtyla is brought up by his father in the Polish city of Krakow during the first half of the 20th century. An outstanding student with a magnetic personality, he dreams of becoming an actor. When his homeland is invaded by the Nazis in 1939, he and his friends secretly oppose the systematic persecution of their Polish culture. But, with the death of his father and the lacerating solitude which accompanies this loss, Karol's personal "resistance" takes on a new form and he decides to follow a priestly vocation. At the end of the war, Poland falls into the grip of Soviet totalitarianism. The newly ordained Karol is constantly surrounded by young people whom he teaches to safeguard and defend human dignity. He could be considered a serious threat to the regime, but the Communist authorities merely see him as an innocuous intellectual and even encourage his nomination for the position of bishop. Karol Wojtila is the youngest bishop in the history of Poland. When he is appointed Cardinal, Karol is more intransigent in the spiritual guidance of his homeland, becoming a real and proper thorn in the side of the Communist government. And the whole Catholic world begins to wonder who he is. On the death of Pope John Paul I in 1978, the cardinals of the Conclave decide that Woytjla is the right man to replace him. Thus Karol leaves his beloved Poland to become Pope John Paul II. His free, unconventional attitude alarms several prelates, but immediately wins the hearts of the people. In an age paralyzed by fear and ideology, the new Pope once again shows everybody the overwhelming fascination of Christianity: this is the beginning of a deep change, which will affect the whole world and the Church itself, as a sort of "contagion". He miraculously survives an attempt on his life in 1981, and not even this event curbs his mission. Thanks to his unshakable tenacity, Pope John Paul II helps to change the course of history: the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 decrees the collapse of Communism. But the Pope does not stop being the voice of Christ, even among the injustices of the capitalistic Western world, and even among the provocations and challenges of modern times. The Great Jubilee of 2000 is the most moving evidence of his mission: 3 million young people in love with the Pope gather in Rome, bringing with them the whole world's hopes. This world has learned to look to him, now old and shaky, as a ray of light in the heart of darkness.
- DirectorJosé María SánchezStarsLino BanfiStefania SandrelliBen GazzaraTwo very different men, Caesar and Enzo, love the same woman, Pina, and do a long trip from Turin to Barcelona with a foundling baby that both consider their grandson.
- StarsStefano AntonucciTomas AranaEnzo CannavalePaola Del Sol, Anna Folena and Iris Cavalcanti are actresses in the summer of 1943. But the events of those years will revolutionize the lives of all Italians.
- DirectorJosé María SánchezStarsFranco NeroBen GazzaraValérie KapriskyA mysterious black marble tablet is found in Syrian desert by an Arab terrorist after an attack on a UN scientific expedition.
- DirectorRoberto RoccoStarsGiuliana de SioGabriel GarkoBen GazzaraJack Altieri, an Italian-American restorer, arrives in Vesta to restore a 16th-century painting that depicts the veiled face of Medea of Carpi, a noble woman accused witchcraft. Shortly thereafter, a girl is murdered mysteriously. Jack is soon advised against completing the restoration, because it would unleash an ancient curse.
- StarsÁngela MolinaHarvey KeitelMimsy FarmerAfter leading a miserable life in her native Spain, Caroline Otero, reinvents herself in Paris and becomes La bella Otero, dancer, singer and courtesan, who parlayed her love affairs into a fortune in cash and jewels.
- StarsRutger HauerCarol AltOmar SharifA mother hires an ex-C.I.A. man to find and bring back her son, who has been abducted by his father and taken to Morocco, where his grandfather, the ruler of a desert tribe, wants him to become his successor.