Predohra v mol

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

May 1932 •English

Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

Land

February 1957 •Polish

Poland in the 50s, 20th century The process of collectivization of agriculture is under way. The wealthy Slumdog farmer is one of the last individual farmers who have not joined the cooperative and are trying to grow their own land. But it is very difficult - the unemployed mercenaries who paid for them run to cooperatives (where they have better conditions), the environment or the local authorities do not accept him as a kulak. Struggling with the problem of how to make a 40-hectare farm last, he remains alone in the face of a loss of land that he cannot cultivate.

Bitva na kopci

November 1987 •Czech

Dokud jsou ryby němé

January 1971 •Czech

Dravý prúd

January 1977 •Slovak

Men Who Sleep in Cars

October 2017 •English

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power.

Heaven's Judgment

November 1990 •Tagalog

An oppressed housemaid has transformed herself into a wealthy and powerful business mogul through sheer dint of talent, ambition and driving need to avenge herself on her tormentors.

Hodina pravdy

December 1977 •Czech

Jarmila Slezáková, a young woman convalesces badly at home after the results of a heart attack which she suffered some time ago. After the doctors have results of the examinations they consider to hospitalize her again. They would like to settle it with her husband, their colleague. But the attractive doctor Slezák made up a story about his participation in a scientific seminar and he left with his lover, a nurse Petra to a summer house.

Queen for a Day

July 1951 •English

Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.

Trinil

January 2024 •Indonesian

Returning home after their honeymoon, a couple find themselves haunted by a disembodied head seeking its missing body.

Kto odchádza v daždi...

March 1975 •Slovak

A drama from the period of village collectivisation in 1947-1948, it depicts the life of former beggars who, after the war and land reform, acquire land and dream of becoming wealthy landlords. New social conditions, the onset of collectivisation, but also the great drought bring with them unwelcome changes.

Mŕtvi učia živých

May 1984 •Slovak

Polnoc bude o päť minút

January 1962 •Slovak

Kde leží naša bieda

January 1965 •Slovak

Steps / Qayler

January 1962 •Armenian

The meeting of a journalist and a doctor revives the memories of the war where they had first met.

Spaceways

August 1953 •English

A rocket engineer, responsible for sending a satellite into space, is accused of committing the most extraordinary crime.

Dvere dokorán

June 1978 •Slovak

The story of a young college student who loses his parents and well-off family background in a car accident. He gradually finds inner balance with the help of a group of young workers whose friendship helps him overcome difficult life problems.

Light Over Koordi

August 1951 •Estonian

When Paul Runge, a soldier of the Red Army, returns home to Koordi after the war, he sees that, despite the new regime, life in Koordi hasn't changed. It's still a abandoned, uncultured Estonian village, where rich landlords still oppress the population. Runge starts talking about founding a kolkhoze.

Přicházejí z tmy

June 1954 •Czech

In a South Bohemian village in 1951, the local rich organize acts of sabotage and try to stop the establishment of an agricultural cooperative with threatening letters and arson. A kulak's son even secretly returns from the West to terrorize the village with his brother. However, the ordinary villagers stand up to them.

Frona

September 1954 •Czech

Frona Filípková, out of a desire for a better life, married Floriš Zobač on the land. However, the ownership of the land has affected both her husband and her father-in-law, who, out of hatred, intrigue against the emerging agricultural cooperative and against each other, so Frona looks for a way to free herself.