Summary: During World War II and the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, a couple, Josef and Marie, decide to hide a young Jewish neighbor in their small apartment. They keep getting a visit from their neighbor, Horst, who is a German sympathizer and has his eye on Marie. When she rejects his advances he seeks revenge by trying to move a Nazi clerk into their home, forcing the couple to tell a lie that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Classics 2001
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DIVSummary: A trio of friends residing in an urban Czech housing project finds that happiness can come from the place where you least expect it in this quirky and heartfelt drama. As the shadow of the country's largest chemical factory looms large over their bleak industrial suburb, Monika, Tonik, and Dasha hold out hope for a brighter future in another place. While supermarket employee Monika's dreams are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Film Movement 2006
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SOMSummary: Inspired by the real life heroics of Nicholas Winton who saved hundreds of Czech Jewish children from the Nazis. The Silberstein's are a large and close knit extended family living in Czechoslovakia. Believing in the decency of mankind, they don't pay heed to the Nazi threat. They finally realize the true horror of what is coming, but it is too late. Making the toughest possible decision, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ALLSummary: A dysfunctional family, including a college professor, his long-estranged son and the lover they both shared are reunited. Two petty pickpockets attempt to rob a black belt in karate. A dimwitted soccer hooligan's wife buys a baby in a pawnshop. These are just a few of the unconnected strangers who find a common connection.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN UPSummary: Based on two Edgar Allen Poe stories and the works of the Marquis de Sade, uses live action, stop-motion animation and other methods to tell the story of a young man who becomes involved with a decadent marquis and his lavish and kinky lifestyle in 19th century France.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2007