Bresson: Without a Trace

Hitler's Hollywood

2017

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945, when the Third Reich collapsed. (A sequel to From Caligari to Hitler, 2015.)

Die Zeit meines Lebens - Dirty Dancing in Ost und West

2022

In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German cinemas against all negative odds. The film becomes the hit of the year, in complete contrast to France, where foreign films have a hard time against the local film landscape.

Behind Natacha Rambova's Shadow

2019

The adventurous life of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), an American artist, born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy, who reincarnated herself countless times: false Russian dancer, silent film actress, scenographer and costume designer, writer, spiritist, Egyptologist, indefatigable traveler, mysterious and curious; an amazing 20th century woman who created the myth of Rudolph Valentino.

Omnibus: François Truffaut

1973

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

2008

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic

2004

Documentary about the legendary American film director from his introduction to the film industry in its early years to his death in 1959.

Akira Kurosawa: My Life in Cinema

1993

Nagisa Oshima interviews Akira Kurosawa, leading him to share his thoughts about filmmaking, his life and works, and numerous anecdotes relating to his films and his various film activities.

Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials

1965

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the former empress of Persia. Featuring interviews with Monica Vitti, Tonino Guerra and more.

Cinéastes de notre temps : Max Ophuls ou la ronde

1965

A 1965 episode of the French television program Cinéastes de notre temps, featuring interviews with many of film director Max Ophuls’s collaborators

That's Life: Vittorio De Sica

2001

Documentary about the life and career of Italian film director Vittorio De Sica.

The Birth of Children of Paradise

1967

Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer, as well as other French directors.

Cesare Zavattini

2003

Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini

Chishu Ryu and Shochiku's Ofuna Studio

1988

Documentary about the life and career of Japanese actor Chishu Ryu.

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

Documentary about the making of Juzo Itami's film "Tampopo" (1985).

Talking with Ozu

1993

A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki Kaurismäki, Stanley Kwan, Paul Schrader, and Wim Wenders