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The Singing Fool

September 1928 •English

After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.

La flama sagrada

October 2016 •Spanish

A Florentine legend tells the story of a blunt and arrogant blacksmith who enlists with the Crusaders in an attempt to rekindle the love his wife once had for him. After seizing Jerusalem, he lights up a candle in the tomb of Christ and bets to a Minstrel that he can carry it to Florence, all by himself. On his way home, he runs into a series of characters that help him to reflect upon the meaning behind the sacred flame and change his life for good.

Cabaret

February 1972 •English

Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally Bowles and an impish emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside a certain political party grows into a brutal force.

Cabaret

December 1993 •English

Filmed live from the 1993 revival, Sam Mendes' directorial debut takes place at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End. Jane Horrocks stars as cabaret girl Sally Bowles, Adam Godley as the bicurious Cliff, and Alan Cumming as the eccentric Emcee. Inside the Kit Kat Club of 1931 Berlin, starry-eyed singer Sally and the impish Emcee sound the clarion call to decadent fun, while outside, a notorious political party grows into a brutal force.

Fiddler on the Roof

Invalid date •English

In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words with God.

The Barnabáš Kos Case

April 1965 •Slovak

Barnabáš Kos, a meek and modest triangle-player in a state orchestra finds himself unfathomably promoted to musical director. Now drunk with power, the once timid musician turns into a poised, commanding peacock and seeks to transform the orchestra to suit his own agenda and inflated vision.

The Stormy Man

October 1966 •Japanese

A remake of the 1957 classic "Man Who Raised a Storm" with Watari Tetsuya in the title role.

The Devil and Daniel Mouse

October 1978 •English

When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.

The Hungry Stones

August 1960 •Bengali

A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunted. As time passes he grows more consumed by the mansion and its air of romance, and the spirits that haunt it, especially a beautiful woman. Adapted from a Rabindranath Tagore story.

Big Beat

December 1993 •Czech

A period musical comedy set in a quiet Prague quarter at the end of the fifties. Using the western plot device of the "man from nowhere" a generation gap story unfolds of changing social climate. The action is driven by the character of a young man named Baby who causes a local rebellion by bringing rock'n'roll to a Communist neighborhood raised on swing.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert

October 2001 •English

In 1846, Anthony Hope sails into London with the mysterious Sweeney Todd, a once-naive barber whose life and marriage was uprooted by a corrupt justice system. Todd confides in Nellie Lovett, the owner of a local meat pie shop, and the two become partners, as Todd swears revenge on those that have wronged him and decides to take up his old profession.

Bright Road

April 1953 •English

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Jack Vosmyorkin, American

December 1986 •Russian

Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.

Christmas Wafer

December 1977 •Slovak

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas.

Meet Me in St. Louis

April 1959 •English

Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Ukradnutý biely slon

July 1988 •Slovak

A television musical based on the short story by M. Twain. The King of Siam sends a gift - a white elephant - to the Queen of England. Inspector Blunt is responsible for the animal's safety. However, he has strange desires that are closer to him than his duties...

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

October 2017 •English

In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of first love.

Kamenný kvítek

November 1958 •Czech

Hubička

December 1954 •Czech

Napravení Jima Valentina

September 1964 •Czech