Summary: The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA ILLAndrews, Julie
Summary: A young novice, uncertain about becoming a nun, becomes governess to seven children of an autocratic ex-naval captain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Home Entertainment 2015
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SOUCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SoSummary: The story of the surviving members of the Viennese Hakoah sports club women's swim team, a world-dominating competitor in the 1930s. The club was eventually shut down during Hitler's reign, though all the women managed to escape capture. Combines historical footage and contemporary interviews to reconnect the women's lives and memories.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino on Video 2005
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC WATSummary: On the Bowery: A documentary film of men living on the Bowery. Depicts life inside the bars and on the sidewalks, the alcoholism and unemployment and life on the streets. Good times, wonderful times: This antiwar film predated Viet Nam, but had great impact in the sixties. The film cuts between documentary war footage and extemporized conversations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Milestone Film & Video 2012
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ONSummary: "Before the Menendez brothers, O.J. and Ted Bundy, Charles Manson's name loomed large in modern stories of murder and crime. Over 50 years have passed since Manson and his devoted followers committed their horrific acts, yet the public remains in the dark about the Manson family and their journey into the abyss. How has this legendary story, the stuff of sensational headlines, criminal culture,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC HELSummary: Every family has its secrets. Director Peter Stephan Jungk had always known that his Austrian-born great aunt, Edith Tudor-Hart, was a talented documentary photographer. But it was not until twenty years after her death in 1973 that he learned she had led a double life, and changed the course of history. Jungk unravels what had been a well-kept secret by speaking with military historians, photo...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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2 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TRASummary: Based on real events, this is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keep his spirit alive.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HIDSummary: Kasper Carr is a master thief, targeting businesses in the Chicago area. He stakes out fresh opportunities in front of a documentary film crew, which gradually becomed complicit in his crimes. As the director and producer become entangled in the allure of their fascinating subject and the legal ramifications of their actions, Carr pursues a series of larger-scale and more dangerous jobs. All...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Indie Films 2007
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF STRSummary: Heroic, daring and more than just a little colorful, The A-Team is a brave band of brothers who will stop at nothing to get the bad guys. Pile into that famous black van for another season of adventure with Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. as they fight for justice against criminals, while staying one step ahead of their archenemy, Colonel Decker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ASummary: "Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed and await death"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CHISummary: After the unexpected death of his wife, a sportswriter finds himself consumed with grief and completely unprepared to raise two boys. Determined to bring joy back into their lives, he takes a 'just say yes' approach to parenting. And as freedom reigns, chaos ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA BOYSummary: After breaking out of a maximum-security prison, Brendan Lynch, Australia's most notorious criminal, enlists 19-year-old JR to accompany him and his crew on a gold heist that promises to deliver millions. However, as things start to go wrong, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Son 2015Summary: The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE GRECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD TCMSummary: Where eagles dare: Commandos charged with freeing a U.S. general from an Alpine fortress should trust nothing -- including their own search-and-rescue orders.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Turner Entertainment Co. 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE ESSSummary: Jess, a concert violinist whose heart just isn't in it anymore, goes to Vienna for a performance. While there, she finds the inspiration she has been missing, and a new love.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark, Crown Media Productions 2021
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD CHRSummary: In this courtroom thriller, Chicago attorney Ann Talbot (Jessica Lange) agrees to defend her Hungarian immigrant father Mike Laszlo (Armin Mueller-Stahl) against accusations of heinous war crimes committed 50 years earlier. As the trial unfolds, Ann probes for evidence that will not only establish his innocence but also lay to rest her own agonizing doubts about his past.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Home Entertainment 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MUSGreenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS GRESummary: It tells the remarkable true story of Robyn Davidson, a young woman who leaves her life in the city to make a solo trek through almost 2,000 miles of sprawling Australian desert. Accompanied by only her dog and four unpredictable camels, she sets off on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she meets National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan who begins to photograph her...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Starz Media 2015
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA TRASummary: Hannibal, Face, Murdock and B.A. face off against new criminals with the most outrageous schemes yet-- from toxic-waste dumping to wild-game poaching to restaurant sabotage.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV ASummary: It's 1999, and freshly minted detective Jay Swan arrives in a dusty Outback town. Although he's the new copper on the beat, he grew up nearby, and his estranged family still lives here as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary. Before Jay can even report for duty, he finds himself in the middle of an armed holdup, one of a series being perpetrated by a masked gang. The heists...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MYSSummary: A charismatic yet psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers following his every command.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2013
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FOLSummary: Zane Malik is a young detective at the Major Crime Squad in Sydney, Australia. He's also a Muslim, in a post - 9/11 world where such an identity automatically arouses suspicion and fear. He's a good husband and father and a dedicated cop with one main problem on the job: Detective Sergeant Ray Crowley. Crowley's an old school policeman for whom rules and regulations play a poor second to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018