Das Haus der Vergessenen(1991)
Um seiner schwerkranken Mutter eine Operation zu ermöglichen, bricht das 13jährige Ghetto-Kind Fool in ein düsteres Haus ein. Dort wird es von grauenvollen Überraschungen erwartet.
Um seiner schwerkranken Mutter eine Operation zu ermöglichen, bricht das 13jährige Ghetto-Kind Fool in ein düsteres Haus ein. Dort wird es von grauenvollen Überraschungen erwartet.
In 1997, 11-year-old Jesse finds a mysterious staircase in the woods and disappears - - 20 years later, a group of hikers sets off into the very same woods. Unfortunately for them, they come face-to-face with the very same set of stairs...
Die junge Witwe Keiko ist unglücklich – als alleinstehende Frau, die mit zunehmendem Alter bald aus dem traditionellen Raster der Männerwelt zu fallen droht und ohnehin keinen Mann kennt, der für eine Heirat in Frage kommen könnte. Auch ihr Job bereitet Keiko Sorgen – als Hostess mit moralischen Prinzipien, die nicht leicht zu haben ist, bekommt sie zwar den Respekt ihrer Kolleginnen, nicht aber einen Mann oder genug Geld, um eine eigene Bar aufmachen zu können. Und so muss sie jeden Tag die Treppen zu ihrem Arbeitsplatz hinaufgehen, die ihr Leben symbolisiert. Doch dann hält einer ihrer Kunden plötzlich um ihre Hand an – der Anfang eines neuen Lebens?
Hinter den Gemäuern einer Mädchenschule befindet sich eine Treppe mit 28 Stufen. Einer Legende nach, soll es eine verborgene 29ste Stufe geben. Diese Stufe kann nur jenen erscheinen, die sich etwas von ganzem Herzen wünschen. Für manch eine Schülerin geht dieser Wunsch in Erfüllung – auf schreckliche Weise.
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a relationship with one of them disrupt the delicate balance of their friendship?
Special ops squad "Hell's Bastards" are sent to infiltrate a civil war to retrieve intel. The unit soon find themselves trapped on a never-ending stairwell forced to climb or die. To survive, they must revisit their past sins if they ever want to get off.
Für die Arbeit an seinem neuen romantischen Drama wählt der hoffnungsfrohe Jungschriftsteller Rob Hanisey die Klausur einer innerstädtischen Absteige, die als Stiftung brotlosen Künstler Unterkunft bietet. Schon kurz nach er Ankunft nimmt Rob unheimliche Geräusche war und kommt bald auf die Spur einer geheimnisvollen jungen Frau, die hinter den Wänden des Hauses zu spuken scheint, und über die seine Mitbewohner mehr wissen, als sie zunächst auszupacken bereit sind.
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
In Oklahoma in the 1920s, Rubin Flood loses his job as a traveling salesman when the company goes bankrupt. This adds to his worries at home. His wife Cora is frigid because of trying to make ends meet. His teenage daughter Reenie is afraid of going out on dates, but eventually makes friends with a troubled Jewish boy Sammy Golden, and his son is a mama's boy. He finally storms out of the house when Cora falsely accuses him of having an affair with Mavis Pruitt.
Short directed by Agnès Varda in 1986 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the French Cinematheque.
While carrying the red flag and dynamite all the way up to the church tower, Niksha negligently draws the agents' attention. This prevents him and his female companion Vjeka to leave the tower. Until the morning of May 1st, which brings the highlight of a red flag flying over the occupied Split, Vjeka and Niksha spend the night of their long-awaited rapprochement.
An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in love.
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Surrounded by wealth, an impecunious young lady leaves home and the suave man of her dreams to spread her wings in Athens. But, he refuses to give up on her. Will she ever know that love awaits at the villa with the four marble stairs?
Die Chilenin Rosita Pérez ist mit ihrer Tochter Isabel nach dem Pinochet-Putsch aus Chile in die DDR geflohen. Zu Beginn der Handlung leben sie bereits seit sechs Jahren in Ostberlin, wo die Familie Kunze eine Patenschaft für sie übernommen hat. Doch im Laufe der Zeit hat der Kontakt zu den Kunzes, die mit ihren eigenen alltäglichen Sorgen beschäftigt sind und meinen, dass sich die Emigranten inzwischen eingelebt hätten, an Intensität verloren. In der Nachbarschaft bestehen bald Vorurteile gegenüber den Exilanten, die auch Frau Kunze teilt. Der zwölfjährige Sohn Philipp Kunze spürt, wie belastend die Situation vor allem für Isabel sein muss. Isabel glaubt, dass ihr in Chile verhafteter Vater tot ist, und dass ihre Mutter die Todesnachricht nicht verkraften wird.
Renowned cello virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma embarks on an intense year long collaboration with choreographer Mark Morris, which culminates in a spectacular performance.
A chief surgeon kills the nurse with whom he is having an affair after he becomes engaged to be married to the hospital director's daughter. He becomes tormented by her spirit.
A woman returns after twenty years to Toulon where her husband, who collaborated with the nazis, was murdered. Her motives are unclear.
Alice Chesterton is described as a "Baby Vamp" by the social set and engaged to boring Tom Carey. She flirts with many of the male guests idling at the Ives' Long Island house party, then encourages Terence O'Keefe, a playboy polo player from Ireland, to rendezvous with her in the city; they are seen together at the "Midnight Frolic". Because of this, Mrs. Ives convinces Alice's newly-arrived sister Betty to look after Alice.
Remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror comedy.
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. He is also a very active ladies'man and makes three women benefit from his sexual itch: Francesca the hospital manager's wife, Bianca, his devoted nurse and Carla, a nymphomaniac doctor's wife. His well-ordered universe starts being challenged with the coming of Anna, a trainee psychiatrist, who disapproves of his theory on the origin of madness. Worse, she resists his advances. As Bonaccorsi is more insecure than he looks, what will become of him?
Haruna Tsubame, an inconspicuous high school girl, is always sensitive to people’s moods and keeps the peace in school. One day, she gets pushed to become the president of the student council by the people around her. Tsubame's encounter with a man who is a genius speechwriter, leads to a revolution in school. She struggles to change a school full of irrationality and dissatisfaction with the power of words.
Saburo works at a medical office on The Izu Islands, which has seen its population dwindle over the years. Even though Saburo doesn't have a medical license, he performs operations under the instructions of Dr. Muraki. Because of his gifted dexterity and sincerity, people call him the Young Doctor. Saburo becomes conflicted over his position, but he convinces himself that what he is doing is helping people. Saburo becomes is also loved by nurse Akiko Suzuki and Akiko Tasaka, who is the daughter of the director of a general hospital in Tokyo. ~~ Based on the novel "Kumo no Kaidan" by Junichi Watanabe.
A century ago, 1.5 million British people worked as servants – astonishingly, more than worked in factories or farms. But while servants are often portrayed as characters in period dramas, the real stories of Britain’s servants have largely been forgotten. Presented by social historian Dr Pamela Cox – herself the great-granddaughter of servants – this three-part series uncovers the reality of servants’ lives from the Victorian era through to the Second World War.