Search results for "Jean-Marie Straub"
History Lessons

History Lessons

History Lessons
IMDb: 6.5
88

Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political manipulation by ancient Roman society led to Caesar’s dictatorship. –…

Genre: Drama
Communists

Communists

Communists
IMDb: 6
70

Jean-Marie Straub pushes this musicality of blocks to a paroxysmal extreme, mixing blocks of time (40 years separate the various extracts that are going to be used, and what is…

Genre: Drama
Class Relations

Class Relations

Class Relations
IMDb: 6.8
127

A young man, recently arrived in New York from Europe, becomes swept up in a series of events that are beyond his knowledge or control.

Genre: Drama
Sicily!

Sicily!

Sicily!
IMDb: 6.7
66

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an…

Genre: Drama
Antigone

Antigone

Antigone
IMDb: 6.4
100

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian tyrant Creon by burying him.

Genre: Drama
Moses and Aaron

Moses and Aaron

Moses and Aaron
IMDb: 6.8
107

A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God’s true message and intent for His creations, a…

Genre: Drama
Not Reconciled

Not Reconciled

Not Reconciled
IMDb: 6.4
55

A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a brave cinematic game, Heinrich Böll’s story…

Genre: Drama
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
IMDb: 6.9
94

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

Genre: Drama, Music
Checkmate

Checkmate

Checkmate
IMDb: 7.1
29

Claire (Virginie Vitry) is a chic young Parisian woman married to a somewhat older husband, Jean (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze). As this 28-minute trifle opens, she leaves her husband playing baroque music…

Genre: Comedy, Romance