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            Death and the Knight playing chess from "The Seventh Seal" [1957] by Ingmar Bergman            on this page:

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"Today, European cinema in the United States has almost evaporated."
— Louis Meinand, New Yorker Magazine (2003)

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Art House & International Films on DVD at Amazon.com
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Foreign Movies poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Foreign Language Movie Posters catalog at AllPosters [dot] com



Books  on  Foreign  Cinema

History of Russian Cinema book by Birgit Beumers   "A History of Russian Cinema" [2009]  
by Birgit Beumers
Berg Publrs 9x6 pb [2/2009] for $29.95
Berg Publrs 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2009] for $87.75
The Foreign Film In America book by James N. Selvidge   "Bergman, Fellini, Kurosawa: The Foreign Film In America" [2008]
by James N. Selvidge
Truline Legacy, Inc. hardcover [12/2008] out of print/used
official booksite

see also Magic Lantern's Bergman, Fellini, and Kurosawa Pages

Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs   "Guilty: Hollywood's Verdict On Arabs After 9/11" [2008]
by Jack G. Shaheen
Olive Branch Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $12.06
Brazilian National Cinema   "Brazilian National Cinema" [2007]
by Lisa Shaw & Stephanie Dennison
Routledge pb [9/2007] for $33.95
Routledge hardcover [9/2007] for $125.00
British Film Posters   "British Film Posters: An Illustrated History" [2007]
by Sim Branaghan, edited by Steve Chibnall
British Film Institute 10¾x8 pb [2/2007] for $26.40
British Film Institute 11x8 hardcover [2/2007] for $85.00
Cinema of Russia & The Former Soviet Union book edited by Birgit Beumers   "The Cinema of Russia & The Former Soviet Union" [2006]
Edited by Birgit Beumers, Preface by Alexei Balabanov
Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [12/2006] for $29.50
Wallflower Press 9½x7½ hardcover [12/2006] for $80.00
Transnational Cinema   "Transnational Cinema: The Film Reader" [2006]
Edited by Elizabeth Ezra & Terry Rowden
Routledge 9x6 pb [3/2006] for $46.95
Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $150.00
Austrian Cinema   "Austria Cinema: A History" [2005]
by Robert von Dassanowsky
McFarland & Co. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $65.00
East European Cinemas   "East European Cinemas" [2005]
by Anikó Imre
Routledge 8¾x6 pb [9/2005] for $27.95
Routledge 9x6 hardcover [9/2005] for $95.00
Small Nation, Global Cinema, Danish Cinema book by Mette Hjort   "Small Nation, Global Cinema: The New Danish Cinema" [2005]
by Mette Hjort
Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [8/2005] for $23.50
Univ MN Press 9x6 hardcover [8/2005] for $70.50
Irish National Cinema   "Irish National Cinema" [2004]
by Ruth Barton
Routledge 9x6 hardcover [5/2004] for $31.95
Routledge 9¼x6 hardcover [6/2004] for $125.00
Cinema of Latin America   "The Cinema of Latin America (24 Frames Series)" [2004]
Edited by Alberto Elena & Marina Díaz López
Wallflower Press 9x7½ pb [3/2004] for $29.50
Wallflower Press 9¼x7½ hardcover [3/2004] for $50.40
European Cinema   "European Cinema" [2004]
Edited by Elizabeth Ezra
Oxford Univ Press 9¾x6½ pb [2/2004] for $29.95
Cuban Cinema book by Michael Chanan  "Cuban Cinema" [2004]
by Michael Chanan
Univ MN Press 8¾x6 pb [2/2004] for $26.50
9x6 hardcover [2/2004] for $79.50
African Film   "African Film: Re-Imagining A Continent" [2004]
by Josef Gugler
Indiana Univ Press 8½x7¼ pb [1/2004] for $24.95
Indiana Univ Press 9x7½ hardcover [1/2004] for $59.95
Spanish National Cinema   "Spanish National Cinema" [2003]
by Nuria Triana-Toribio
Routledge 9x6½ pb [1/2003] for $31.95
Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $125.00
Guide To British Cinema   "Guide To British Cinema" [2003]
by Geoff Mayer
Greenwood Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/2003] for $109.95
Russian Cinema book by David Gillespie  "Russian Cinema" (Inside Film Series) [2002]
by David Gillespie (University of Bath, U.K.)
Prof. Gillesoie presents a topical analysis covering 300 Russian films
Longman 9x6 pb [12/2002] for $28.21
Polish National Cinema   "Polish National Cinema" [2002]
by Marek Haltof
Berghahn Books 8¾x6 [6/2002] for $24.95
Berghahn Books 9x6 hardcover [6/2002] for $75.00
Reel Bad Arabs   "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People" [2001]
by Jack G. Shaheen
Interlink Publng Group 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2001] for $16.50
African Cinemas   "African Cinemas: Decolonizing The Gaze" [2001]
by Olivier Barlet
Zed Books 9¼x6 pb [2/2001] for $31.95
Zed Books 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2001] for $89.95
Belgian Cinema   "Split Screen: Belgian Cinema & Cultural Identity" [2000]
by Philip Mosley
S.U.N.Y. Press 9x6 pb [11/2000] for $24.95
S.U.N.Y. Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [11/2000] for $72.50
History of Cinema In Latin America  "Magical Reels: A History of Cinema In Latin America"
[orig 1990, rev 2000] by John King
Verso 9x6¼ pb [10/2000] for $23.95
Verso hardcover [11/90] for $0.00
International Movie Industry   "The International Movie Industry" [2000]
by Gorham Kindem
Southern Illinois Univ 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2000] for $38.50
Southern Illinois Univ 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2000] for $59.95
Nordic National Cinemas   "Nordic National Cinemas" [1998]
by Tytti Soila
Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [2/98] for $33.95
Routledge 9¼x6¼ [2/98] for $125.00
New Latin American Cinema Volume 2   "New Latin American Cinema, Volume 2: Studies of National Cinemas" [1997]
Edited by Michael T. Martin
Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [6/97] for $24.95
Wayne State Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [3/97] for $40.11
New Latin American Cinema Volume 1   "New Latin American Cinema, Volume 1: Theory, Practices & Transcontinental Articulations" [1997]
Edited by Michael T. Martin
Wayne State Univ Press 8¾x6 pb [2/97] for $21.95
Wayne State Univ Press 9¼x6 hardcover [2/97] for $34.16
British National Cinema   "British National Cinema" [1997]
by Sarah Street
Routledge 9¼x6¼ pb [3/97] for $31.95
Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/97] for $125.00
Australian National Cinema   "Australian National Cinema" [1996]
by Tom O'Regan
Routledge 9¼x¼ pb [7/2005] for $31.95
Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [10/96] for $125.00
Early Cinema in Russia   "Early Cinema In Russia and Its Cultural Reception" [1994]
by Yuri Tsivian, translated by Alan Bodger, edited by Richard Taylor
Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [8/98] for $23.00
Routledge 9¼x6½ hardcover [12/94] for $150.00 [sic!]
Black African Cinema   "Black African Cinema" [1994]
by Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike
Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [8/94] for $24.95
Kino History of Russian & Soviet Film book by Jay Leyda   "Kino: A History of The Russian and Soviet Film" [orig 1960, rev 1983]
by Jay Leyda [1910-88]
Princeton Univ Press 3rd edition 9x5¾ pb [8/83] for $42.34
Princeton Univ Press 3rd edition hardcover [8/83] out of print/used
Brazilian Cinema   "Brazilian Cinema" [1981]
Edited by Randal Johnson & Robert Stam
Columbia Univ Press pb [4/95] for $33.50

http://www.amazon.com/Insiders-Outsiders-Russian-Literature-Culture/dp/0253219825/
http://www.amazon.com/Nikita-Mikhalkov-Filmmakers-Companion-Companions/dp/1860647855/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Soviet-Society-Revolution-Russian/dp/1860645682/
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Movie-Camera-Companion-KINOfile/dp/1860643949/
http://www.amazon.com/Movies-Masses-Popular-Cinema-Society/dp/0521466326/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Other-Europe-Dina-Iordanova/dp/1903364612/
http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Spanish-Cinema-Barry-Jordan/dp/0719044138/
http://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-World-Cinema-Europe-Middle/dp/074861799X/
http://www.amazon.com/East-European-Cinemas-Film-Readers/dp/041597268X/
http://www.amazon.com/British-National-Cinema-Cinemas/dp/0415384222/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinema-Australia-New-Zealand-Frames/dp/1904764975/
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Cinema-Reconstruction-National-Centennial/dp/0520081579/
http://www.amazon.com/Finest-Years-British-Cinema-Society/dp/1845114116/
http://www.amazon.com/Cinemas-Ireland-Isabelle-Corff/dp/1443802409/

Books on Asian Cinema   •   Books on Canadian Cinema   •   Books on French Cinema
Books on German Cinema   •   Books on Cinema of India   •   Books on Italian Cinema
Books on Japanese Cinema   •   Books on Mexican Cinema



Foreign  Filmmakers

NOTE: Oscar Awards for Best Foreign Language Film are not attributed
by A.M.P.A.S. or IMDb to the director or producer, but to the country of origin.

Filmmakers of Asia   •   Filmmakers of Canada   •   Filmmakers of France   •   Filmmakers of Germany
Filmmakers of India   •   Filmmakers of Italy   •   Filmmakers of Japan   •   Filmmakers of Mexico

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won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "All About My Mother" [1999]  won Oscar for Best Original Script for "Talk To Her" [2002]   Pedro  Almodóvar  [Spain]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

http://www.amazon.com/Desire-Unlimited-Cinema-Pedro-Almodovar/dp/1859843042/

Viva Pedro Almodovar collxn  
"Viva Pedro: The Almodóvar Collection [2007]
Sony color DVD [1/2007] 9 disks for $87.99
includes "Matador" [1986], "Law of Desire" [1987], "Women On The Verge of A Nervous Breakdown" [1988], "The Flower of My Secret" [1995], "Live Flesh" [1997], "All About My Mother" [1999], "Talk To Her" [2002], and "Bad Education" [2004]

Santiago  Álvarez  [1919-98; Cuba]
Lacking formal training of any sort, Álvarez was appointed head of the fledgling Cuban Film Institute's now legendary
newsreel division [Noticiero I.C.A.I.C.] in 1959. Álverez created 700 films, and under his command the banal and
utilitarian newsreel was transformed into a veritable laboratory of radical innovation.
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Theodoros  Angelopoulos  [Greece]
IMDb listing • official website {Flash only} • Wikipedia

Landscape In The Mist   "Landscape In The Mist" aka "Topio stin omichli"
[Greece 1988, U.S.A. Sept 1990]
Cinematic poetry, a masterpiece of magical realism. The tale of two Greek children who believe that their father is in Germany and leave home to find him. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Tania Palaiologou, Michalis Zeke, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos, Aliki Georgouli & Dimitris Kaberidis
New Yorker Films color DVD [11/2005] for $26.99
New Yorker Films color VHS [11/98] for $14.20
full credits from IMDb

O Thiasos / Travelling Players   "The Travelling Players" aka "O Thiasos" [Greece 1975, U.S.A. April 1976]
Greek history from 1939 to 1952 - war against Italy, occupation by the Nazis, liberation, the Greek civil war - with a troupe of traveling actors providing the backdrop of ancient Greek mythology for comparison. Written & directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos; starring Stratos Pahis, Aliki Georgouli, Petros Zarkadis, Eva Kotamanidou, Vangelis Kazan, Kiriakos Katrivanos & Maria Vassiliou
New Yorker Films subtitled color VHS [6/99] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

Yevgeni  Bauer   [1865-1917; Russia]
"The greatest director you've never heard of."
— Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times film critic
three films on DVD [12/2003] • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Virgin Spring" [1950]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Through a Glass Darkly" [1961]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Fanny and Alexander" [1982]     Ingmar  Bergman [1918-2007] Page
received 9 Oscar nominations [1960-1984]; won in 1960, 1961 & 1984

writer-director  Fabián  Bielinsky  [1959-2006; Argentina]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie" [1972]    Luis  Buńuel  [1900-83; Spain/France/Mexico]
browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Luis Bunuel Collection DVD box set  "The Luis Bunuel Collection" DVD box set [2007]
Optimum Home Ent. Region 2 DVD only [1/2007] 8 PAL disks for £28.98 at Amazon U.K.
includes "The Young One" aka 'La Joven' [1960] starring Zachary Scott; "The Diary of A Chambermaid" [1964] starring Jeanne Moreau & Michel Piccoli; "Beauty of The Day" aka 'Belle de Jour' [1967] starring Catherine Deneuve; "The Milky Way" [1969]; "Tristana" [1970] starring Catherine Deneuve & Fernando Rey; "The Discreet Charm of The Bourgeoisie" [1972] starring Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran & Jean-Pierre Cassel; "The Phantom of Liberty" [1974]; and "That Obscure Object of Desire" [1977] starring Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet & Ángela Molina; plus extras including documentaries, trailers, commentary & booklet

Nuri  Bilge  Ceylan  [Turkey]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Youssef  Chahine  [1926-2008; Egypt]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Cairo Station" [1958]
"The Other" [1999]

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Z" [1969]    won Oscar for Best Script Adaptation for "Missing" [1982]    Costa-Gavras
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Carl  Theodor  Dreyer  [1889-1968; Denmark]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Carl Th. Dreyer at Masters of Cinema fansite

Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer book by David Bordwell   "The Films of Carl-Theodor Dreyer" [1981]
by David Bordwell
Univ CA Press pb [6/81] out of print/used
Univ CA Press 10x10 hardcover [6/81] out of print/used
author's official website
The Life and Films of Carl Th. Dreyer book by Jean & Dale D. Drum   "My Only Great Passion: The Life and Films of Carl-Th. Dreyer" [2000]
by Jean & Dale D. Drum
Scarecrow Press 8¾x5¾ pb [7/2000] for $42.00
Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection on DVD   "Carl Theodor Dreyer Collection" DVD box set [2001]
Criterion b&w DVD set [8/2001] 4 disks for $71.99
includes three late (sound) feature films: "Day of Wrath" [1943] starring Lisbeth Movin; "Ordet" aka 'The Word' [1955] starring Birgitte Federspiel; "Gertrud" [1964] starring Nina Pens Rode; and the documentary "Carl Th. Dreyer: My Métier" [1995] by Torben Skjřdt Jensen

Sergei  Eisenstein  [1898-1948] Page
Russian-born Eisenstein also worked in France & Mexico

won the first official Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "La Strada" [1954]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "The Nights of Cabiria" [1957]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "8½" [1963]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Amarcord" [1973]  won Honorary Oscar in 1993     Federico  Fellini  [1920-93] Page
won an Honorary Oscar in 1993, after 12 personal Oscar nominations [1947-1977]
(four of his films won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, 1954-1973)

won Oscar for Best Director for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" [1975]  won Oscar for Best Director for "Amadeus" [1984]     Milos  Forman  [Czech Republic]
browse books • posters • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Cuckoo's Nest video  
Cuckoo's Nest movie poster  		 "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [United Artists Nov 1975]
The first movie since 1934 to win all 5 top Oscars. Considered Nicholson's best all-time performance, he plays R.P. McMurphy, who tries to avoid jail time by feigning madness, leading to a tragic yet life-affirming end. Directed by Milos Forman; starring Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Will Sampson, Scatman Crothers, Danny DeVito, Christopher Lloyd, Sydney Lassick & Vincent Schiavelli; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script/Adaptation, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor (JN), nominated for Best Actor (BD), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score; won DGA, WGA & 6 BAFTA awards; listed on National Film Registry (1993)
Warner Special Edition DVD [9/2002] for $19.99
Warner widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99
Warner color VHS [3/2001] for $13.74
Fantasy soundtrack CD [10/93] for $10.97
full credits from IMDb
11"x17" white poster from Amazon for $9.99
11"x17" black/Oscar poster from Amazon for $9.99
Cuckoo's Nest book   classic novel [1962] by Ken Kesey [1935-2001]
listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005)
NAL pb [7/89] for $6.99
Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2002] for $24.95
Penguin Audio read by Ken Kesey [12/93] for $11.20
Blackstone UNABR audio CD [4/2000] for $73.99
Amadeus video   "Amadeus" [Orion Sept 1984]
First there is the music, then the period ambience, and the story of a mad, immature genius, and his destruction from within and from without. Directed by Milos Forman; starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce & Elizabeth Berridge; nominated for 11 Oscars, winning eight (including Best Picture, Director & Script), and a slew of other awards.
Warner Video color VHS [1/2001] for $13.99
Warner Video widescreen VHS [3/2001] for $14.95
Warner Video widescreen DVD [12/97] for $15.99
full credits from IMDb | eine kleine Mozart [5min:41sec]
Amadeus soundtrack   Fantasy soundtrack CD box set [12/97] 3 disks for $35.99
Fantasy soundtrack CD [12/92] for $29.49
Fantasy soundtrack cassette [10/90] for $19.93
Fantasy soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] for $19.93
Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack CD [6/91] for $14.99
Good Times "More Music.." soundtrack cassette [11/91] for $10.43
Fantasy "More Music.." soundtrack on vinyl [4/95] for $10.43

Gyula  Gazdag  [Hungary]
IMDb listing

"A Hungarian Fairy Tale" [Hungary 1988]
full credits at IMDb

Jean-Luc  Godard  Page

Marina  Goldovskaya  [Russia & U.S.A.]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

production company Gold Films in Los Angeles, CA

Agnieszka  Holland  [Poland/Germany]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Joris  Ivens  [1898-1989; Holland/France]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Miklos Jancso  [Hungary]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Miklos Jancso bio entry at Hungary.HU

Aki  Kaurismäki  [Finland]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Rustum  Khamdamov  [Russia]
no videos/DVDs at Amazon • IMDb listing

Abbas Kiarostami  [Iran]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Krzysztof  Kieslowski  [1941-96; Poland]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors Trilogy DVD set {aka 'Trois couleurs'}
Miramax color DVD set [3/2003] 3 disks for $29.99

Kieslowski's Three Colors: Blue   "Three Colors: Blue" [France Sept 1993]
The theme is Freedom: After surviving an automobile accident that killed her husband and daughter, a Parisian woman eliminates & destroys elements of her past, until she falls in love with her husband's aide. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, Hélčne Vincent, Emmanuelle Riva & Guillaume de Tonquédec; won Cesar Awards for Best Actress (JB), Best Sound, Best Editing, 6 other noms
Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99
Virgin Records soundtrack CD [12/93] for $7.97
27"x39" French-language poster available at AllPosters.com
full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors: White   "Three Colors: White" [France Jan 1994, U.S.A. Feb 1994]
The theme is Equality: A Polish man is divorced by his French wife in Paris, and becomes a beggar. After returning to Warsaw, he becomes successful and plots revenge. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Julie Delpy, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Aleksander Bardini, Grzegorz Warchol, Cezary Harasimowicz, Jerzy Nowak, Jerzy Trela & Juliette Binoche; won Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director
Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $14.99
Virgin Records soundtrack CD [6/94] out of prodn/used
three poster versions available at AllPosters.com
full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia

Kieslowski's Three Colors: Red   "Three Colors: Red" [France May 1994, U.S.A. Dec 1994]
The theme is Fraternity: A university student-model meets a retired judge who eavesdrops on telephone conversations of people in his neighborhood. Produced, co-written & directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski; starring Irčne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Samuel Le Bihan & Jean Schlegel; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography, won 1 of 6 Cesar noms, 4 BAFTA noms
Miramax subtitled widescreen DVD [3/2003] for $13.99
Virgin Records soundtrack CD [11/94] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia

Three Colours Trilogy book   "The Three Colours Trilogy" [1998]
by Geoff Andrew & Krzysztof Kieslowski
British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [7/98] for $14.95

"Kieslowski by Preisner" [2004]
includes music from "Red", "White", "Blue", "Double Life of Veronique", "Decalogue" & more
E.M.I. Intl. soundtrack CD [3/2004] for $30.99

León  Klimovsky  [Argentina/Spain; 1906-96]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Rashômon" [1950]  won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Derzu Uzala" [1975]  won Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 1990    director  Akira  Kurosawa  [1910-98] Page
Kurosawa/Mifune Films Page

filmmaker & musician  Emir  Kusturica  [Serbia]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

'Kustupedia' Emir Kusturica fansite

Oldrich  Lipský  [Czech Republic; 1924-86]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Lemonade Joe parody   "Lemonade Joe: A Horse Opera" [Czechoslovakia 1964]
I remember it as being a silent film, perhaps because this total sendup of the old cowboy silents was filmed in Czech, with subtitles. The hero, a teetotaling salesman for Kola Loca, wears spotless white even after climbing down a chimney, the bad guys wear black – all the cliches. A hilarious spoof, finally available on VHS & DVD.
Co-written & directed by Oldrich Lipsky
Facets Video b&w DVD [4/2006] for $26.99
Facets Video b&w VHS [3/2002] for $28.45
full credits from IMDb

Jean-Pierre  Melville  [1917-73] Page

Jirí  Menzel  [Czech Republic]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

comedy "Cottage By The Woods" [1976]
video/DVD not available; full credits at IMDb

Nikita  Mikhalkov  [Russia]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Andrzej  Munk  [1920-61; Poland]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"Eroica" + "Passenger"

Jan  Nemec  [Czech New Wave]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Phillip  Noyce  [Australia]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Pratibha  Parmar  [U.K.]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Ivan Passer

Patricia  Plattner  [Switzerland]
IMDb listing • no entry at Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Director for "The Pianist" [2002     Roman  Polanski  [Poland/U.S.A./France]
posters • IMDb listing • site officiel • Wikipedia

Sally  Potter  [U.K.]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

won Honorary Oscar in 1992  Satyajit  Ray  [1921-92] Page

Carlos  Saura  [Spain]
IMDb listing • official website {Spanish language; Flash only} • Wikipedia

Ousmane  Sembéne  [Senegal; 1923-2007]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

founded biannual FESPACO Pan-African Film & Television Festival in 1969

Larisa  Shepitko  [Russia; 1938-79]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

short career: 5 feature films, plus bio-documentary "Larisa" [1980]

Slobodan  Sijan  [Serbia]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Jerzy  Skolimowski  [Poland]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

Oscar-winner  Jan  Sverák  [Czech Republic]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

István  Szabó  [Hungary]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1982  "Mephisto" [Hungary 1982]
full credits at IMDb

Andrei  Tarkovsky  [1932-86; Russia]
IMDb listing • Wikipedia

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/

"Un Poeta nel Cinema: Andreij Tarkovskij" documentary [Italy 1984]
Directed by Donatella Baglivo; video/DVD not available; credits at IMDb

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Day For Night" [1973]    François  Truffaut  [1932-84] Page

Andrzej  Wajda  [Poland]
IMDb listing • official website • Wikipedia

"Ashes and Diamonds" [1958]
"Man of Marble" [1976]
"Man of Iron" [1981]
"Pan Tadeusz" [1998]



Genres

Film Noir
Noir Films of Asia at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore
Noir Films of Europe at BlackHat Mystery Bookstore


Samurai Films
Magic Lantern's Samurai Films Page
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Bollywood: Popular Cinema of India
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Jenny  Agutter  [U.K.]
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screenwriter  Rafael  Azcona  [1926-2008; Spain]
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won Oscar for 1992 "Belle Epoque"

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Javier  Bardem  [Spain]
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Penélope  Cruz  [Spain]

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David  Gulpilil  [Australia]

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Fernando  Rey  [1917-94; Spain]
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José  Luis  López  Vázquez  [Spain]
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Selected  Foreign  Films

Selected films of:  Asia   •   Canada   •   France   •   Germany   •   India   •   Italy   •   Japan   •   Mexico

list of Best Foreign Language Oscar® winners & nominees at Wikipedia

list of Czech submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Netherland's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Poland's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Russian & Soviet Russia's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Spain's submissions for Oscar consideration
list of Sweden's submissions for Oscar consideration

"Alexander  Nevsky"  [Mosfilm/Russia Nov 1938]
Alexandr Nevskiy 1938 poster   True epic tale of a XIIIth Century Russian prince who rallied the people to form a ragtag army and repel Teutonic invaders at Novgorod. Co-written & co-directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein [1898-1948]; co-directed by Dmitri Vasilyev; co-written by Pyotr Pavlenko; music by Sergei Prokofiev; starring Nikolai Cherkasov, Nikolai Okhlopkov & Andrei Abrikosov
Image Ent. subtitled b&w DVD [10/98] for $21.99
Kultur Video subtitled b&w VHS [6/95] out of prodn/used
Soundtrack Factory soundtrack CD by Sergei Prokofiev [10/2000] for $11.99
full credits from IMDb • film entry at Wikipedia

"All About My Mother"
aka 'Todo Sobre mi Madre' [Spain 1999]
won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film; full credits from IMDb

"Burnt By The Sun" aka "Utomlyonnye Solntsem" [Russia 1994]
by Nikita Mikhalkov; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Closely Watched Trains"
aka "Ostre Sledované Vlaky" [Czechoslovakia 1967]
by Jirí Menzel; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Das Boot" [Germany 1981]: full credits at IMDb

"Divided We Fall" aka "Musíme si Pomáhat" [Czech Republic 2000]
by Jan Hrebejk; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"The Elementary School" aka "Obecná škola" [Czechoslovakia 1991]
by Jan Sverák; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984   "Fanny  and  Alexander"  [Sweden 1982]
full credits from IMDb
"Document" 'making of' film [1987]

"The Firemen's Ball"
aka "Horí, má Panenko" [Czechoslovakia 1968]
by Miloš Forman; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

"Kolya" aka "Kolja" [Czech Republic 1996]
by Jan Sverák; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Loves of A Blonde"
aka "Lásky Jedné Plavovlásky" [Czechoslovakia 1966]
by Miloš Forman; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

"Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"
[Soviet Union 1980]
by Vladimir Menshov; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Mother, 1905"
[Russia Oct 1926, USA May 1934 silent]
Mother, 1905 Russian silent film directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin   Film version of Gorky's classic novel of the failed 1905 Revolution; film restored in 1968, with new music. The title character's son joins a workers' strike, and her brutish husband joins the loyalist group arming to stop any such revolutionary activity; over time, she becomes more aware of the reasons for the workers' stand against the oppressors and joins the revolution herself. Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin; written by Nathan Zarkhi, based on the 1907 novel by Maxim Gorky [1868-1936]; starring Vera Baranovskaya, Nikolai Batalov, Aleksandr Chistyakov & Anna Zemtsova
Image Ent. b&w DVD [1/99] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb

"My Sweet Little Village"
aka "Vesnicko má Stredisková" [Czechoslovakia 1986]
by Jirí Menzel; nominated for Best Foreign Language Film

"Pan's Labyrinth"
aka "El Laberinto del Fauno" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb

"Pelle the Conqueror" [Denmark 1988]
by Bille August; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"The Shop On Main Street"
aka "Obchod na Korze" [Czechoslovakia 1965]
co-directed by Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Talk To Her" aka 'Hable Con Ella' [2002]
Written & directed by Pedro Almodóvar; full credits from IMDb

"Volver" [Spain 2006]
full credits from IMDb

"War and Peace" aka "Voyna i Mir" [Soviet Union 1968]
by Sergei Bondarchuk; won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

"Z"  [Algeria-France Dec 1969]
won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film   Costa-Gavras's "Z" poster   A liberal politician is murdered during a peace demonstration, and right wing leaders try to cover up their involvement and also try to hide the murder itself. A chronicle of the overthrow of the democratic government of Greece, told as a combination of thriller & murder mystery. Directed by Costa-Gavras; script by Jorge Semprún, based on the novel by Vassilis Vassilikos; music by Mikis Theodorakis; starring Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, François Périer & Pierre Dux; won Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Editing, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director & Best Script Adaptation
Fox Lorber widescreen color DVD [7/2002] for $18.99
Fox Lorber widescreen color VHS [11/97] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDb
Vassilis Vassilikos novel "Z" {French edition)  
novel by Vassilis Vassilikos [1967]
Thunder's Mouth Press 8½x5½ pb [5/91] out of print/used
Ballantine pb [9/69] out of print/used



Foreign  Cinema  Links

foreign movie poster catalog at AllPosters [dot] com
Movies 4 Arabs
Arab Film Distribution [est. 1990] of Seattle, WA
Lauren Film {distributor} in Spain/España
Cartel Producciones Audiovisuales SL in Madrid,Spain/España
Foreign Films [dot] com
Canadian Film Encyclopedia
Festival Internacional del Nuevo Ciné Latinamericano [Dec 2009 = #31] in Havana, Cuba
Cuba Ciné website {parked 4/2009}
Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano [est. 1985] in Havana, Cuba
European Film Academy [est. 1988]
European Film Festivals Coordination
Pacific Film & TV Commission of Queensland, Australia
Melbourne Film Office in Victoria, Australia
Australians In Film
ShowFilm travel & freight consultants of Australia
Danish Film Institute
Film Academy of Denmark
Latin-American Cinemateca of Los Angeles [est. 1997]
Complete Index To World Film
Screen Africa website
Nigeria Entertainment Festivals & Awards
BritMovie website: focusing on Britain's rich cinema heritage
Greek Movies website {in Greek}

Swedish Film Institute / Svenska Filminstitutet [est. 1963] in Stockholm, Sweden {site in Swedish or English}         Australian Museum of Motion Picture Technology in Leederville, Perth, Western Australia         Distribuidora Amazonia Films of Venezuela

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