Simon Abkarian

biography:
Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor.

Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil.

Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993 and played in 2001 "Beast on the Moon" by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Genocide of the Armenians, a role which won him critical acclaims and the Molière of the best comedian.

His first roles in cinema were proposed by French filmaker Cédric Klapisch, who asked him to play in several of his movies, notably in "Chacun cherche son chat" ("When the Cat is Away" (1996) and in "Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)" en 2003.

He was featured in Sally Potter's Yes (2004), in which he played the lead role.

Abkarian then played Mehdi Ben Barka in the thriller "J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka" by Serge Le Péron, about the kidnapping and the murder of the leader of the Moroccan opposition. He then played in "Prendre Femme" by Ronit Elkabetz which won him several interpretation prizes. Playing different roles and in different genres, he was featured in the adventure "Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas" by Bourlem Guerdjou, in the comedy "Le Démon de midi" by Marie-Pascale Osterriet. He has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Ararat (2002), he was Albert in Almost Peaceful (2004) by French Director Michel Deville a film about Holocaust survivors, he was featured in "Your Dreams" (2005) by Denis Thybaud. He played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a Government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond.

He was featured as Sahak in the thriller "Les Mauvais Joueurs" ("The Gamblers") (2007) by Frédéric Balekdjian. He has also been the voice of Ebi in the French version of the animated feature "Persepolis". Abkarian played the role of the eminent Armenian poet Missak Manouchianin in "Army of Crime" (2010) by Robert Guédiguian, a French filmaker based in Marseilles, who is also of Armenian parentage.

He has also played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks MI-5.

Abkarian is known for his intensity in acting and for his ecclectism in the roles he choses.

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Notre-Dame

overview: As the Paris firefighters try to stop the flames from spreading in the Cathedral, the show also follows characters being put through the wringer - they will have to fight each other, love each other, come across each other, hate each other, smile at or help each other - so that, in the end, they may have a chance to start all over again.

character: Max

original_name: Notre-Dame, la part du feu

original_language: fr

Tony's Revenge

overview: Tony Roucas, a long-term convicted criminal, escapes from prison with Kenz, a small-town big shot. Their run reveals a generational conflict of a new genre. Tony’s quest for truth and desire for vengeance take you to the heart of great French organized crime, from the 50s to today.

character: Tony Roucas

original_name: Les Beaux Mecs

Kaboul Kitchen

overview:
Kaboul Kitchen is a French comedy television series broadcast by Canal+. It was created by Marc Victor, Allan Mauduit and Jean-Patrick Benes. The series is based on the true story of Radio France Internationale journalist Marc Victor, who ran a restaurant for French expatriates in Kabul until 2008. The first series premiered on February 15, 2012 on Canal+ and ended on March 5, 2012. It set a ratings record for comedy series in the primetime slot on Canal+. A second series, which will have 12 episodes, has been commissioned.

The series depicts the life of French expatriate Jacky who runs the popular restaurant Kaboul Kitchen in Kabul, Afghanistan. His daughter Sophie, who he has not seen in 20 years, arrives to do humanitarian work, while he is interested only in making money.

The series won two Golden FIPA Awards at the 2012 Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels: one for Best TV Series and one for Best TV Screenplay. It was screened at MIPTV and named fourth on The Hollywood Reporter's list of "MIPTV A-List Projects" for the most promising series screened at the event.

character: Colonel Amanullah

original_name: Kaboul Kitchen

Malaterra

overview: Malaterra: for the residents, this village is a haven of peace, a refuge. Until the death of a child. A once united community, where everyone thought they could trust each other, falls apart. Who killed little Nathan? And why?

character: Thomas Rotman

original_name: Malaterra

Playground

overview: A lonely teenage girl joins a school for promising killers and trains hard to become an professional assassin as she uncovers the mysteries of her parents' death.

character: The Father

original_name: Playground

Spooks

overview: Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.

character: Dariush Bakhshi

original_name: Spooks

Pigalle, la nuit

character: Nadir Zainoun

original_name: Pigalle, la nuit

Wonderland

overview: Jeremy, 33, is a lonely Parisian. He's never felt like he belonged anywhere. One night, he discovers The Wonderland, a club with live music run by a charismatic manager called Tony. Jeremy starts bartending there, where dozens of photos cover the wall, telling the story of the club. One of them catch Jeremy's attention: the one of a woman on a beach, taken in Biarritz in 1960. After one night in the club, Jeremy finds himself in Biarritz, in the 1960s!

character: Tony

original_name: Romance

Vanished

overview: When a romantic getaway to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom aboard a train to the south of France, Alice is plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering shocking secrets about the man she thought she knew.

character: Gaspard Drax

original_name: Vanished

Malin Fors

original_name: Malin Fors

House of Saddam

overview: The intimate world of Saddam Hussein and his closest inner circle is in this gripping four-part drama that charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.

character: Qais

original_name: House of Saddam

Français

biography:
Après une enfance passée au Liban, Simon Abkarian se rend à Los Angeles et y intègre une compagnie théâtrale arménienne dirigée par Gérald Papazian. De retour à Paris en 1985, il entre au Théâtre du Soleil d'Ariane Mnouchkine et se produit sur les planches avec des pièces comme L'Histoire terrible mais inachevée d'Hélène Cixous, Les Atrides, Iphigénie à Aulis d'Euripide et Les Euménides d'Eschyle. La consécration, sur scène, viendra en 2001 avec Une bête sur la Lune de Richard Kalinoski, qui lui vaudra le Molière du Meilleur comédien.

Simon Abkarian décroche ses premiers rôles au cinéma grâce à Cédric Klapisch, qui le fait tourner dans Ce qui me meut (1989), Poisson rouge (1994) et Chacun cherche son chat (1996). Les deux hommes collaboreront à nouveau sur Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire) en 2003. Son regard sombre, sa stature et son côté animal lui permettent par ailleurs de jouer les petites frappes dans J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici, les repris de justice dans Dans tes rêves et les caïds dans Les Mauvais joueurs.

Prenant fait et cause pour l'Arménie, Simon Abkarian manifeste son soutien à la culture de ce pays, dont il est originaire, en s'illustrant en 2002 dans Ararat d'Atom Egoyan et Aram de Robert Kéchichian. Remarqué par Michel Deville, ce dernier lui offre l'un des rôles principaux d'Un monde presque paisible, un drame ayant pour cadre un atelier de confection pour dames au sortir de la guerre. Son charisme lui vaut également d'incarner le célèbre opposant marocain dans J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka en 2005.

Tenté par une carrière internationale, Simon Abkarian apparaît dans La Vérité sur Charlie, le remake de Charade réalisé par Jonathan Demme en 2003, et parvient à charmer Joan Allen dans Yes. En 2006, il franchit un cap en décrochant le rôle du second couteau Alex Dimitrios dans Casino Royale, 21e opus de la saga James Bond. Après avoir prêté sa voix au père de Persepolis, l'acteur est très présent : il est à l'affiche de Secret Défense, Détention secrète, Khamsa et Musée haut, musée bas. En 2009, le réalisateur marseillais Robert Guédiguian le fait tourner dans L'Armée du crime, avec le rôle fort du poète résistant, Missak Manouchian.

Après cette performance remarquée, le comédien s’intéresse à la télévision et au monde des séries. Dans la création originale de Canal +, Pigalle, la nuit, il joue un patron de sex-shop, et devient un colonel afghan pour Kaboul Kitchen, série humoristique de la chaîne cryptée. En 2015, Simon Abkarian retrouve Robert Guédiguian pour son nouveau film, Une histoire de fou, avant d’être à la tête du casting de Malaterra, remake de Broadchurch ayant choisi comme nouveau cadre l’île de beauté. La production de France 2 le propulse une fois de plus aux yeux de tous, pour mener un casting de comédiens confirmés : Constance Dollé, Béatrice Dalle, Nicolas Duvauchelle…

Thomas Sevin

普通话

西蒙·阿布卡瑞安

biography:
法国男演员

西蒙·阿布卡瑞安于1962年3月5日出生在法国巴黎东北部郊区的戈内斯 ，成为一个法国-亚美尼亚家庭的一员。年轻时的阿布卡瑞安成长在一个三语环境，他除了在学校学习法语、在家中学习亚美尼亚的语言之外，还通过看美国电影学习了英语。他的大部分童年时间都在法国，直到9岁时与他的父母搬到黎巴嫩的贝鲁特。主要作品有《情寻猫脚印》等。

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english_name: Malayalam

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

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english_name: Punjabi

فارسی

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普通话

西蒙·阿布卡瑞安

biography: 法國男演員 西蒙·阿布卡瑞安於 1962 年 3 月 5 日出生在法國巴黎東北部郊區的戈內斯 ，成為一個法國 - 亞美尼亞家庭的一員。年輕時的阿布卡瑞安成長在一個三語環境，他除了在學校學習法語、在家中學習亞美尼亞的語言之外，還透過 透過 透過 通過看美國電影學習了英語。他的大部分童年時間都在法國，直到 9 歲時與他的父母搬到黎巴嫩的貝魯特。主要作品有《情尋貓腳印》等。

Deutsch

Simon Abkarian

biography:
Simon Abkarian (* 5. März 1962) ist ein französisch-armenischer Schauspieler.

Geboren in Gonesse im Département Val-d’Oise, verbrachte Abkarian seine Kindheit im Libanon. Er zog nach Los Angeles, wo er sich einer armenischen Theatergruppe unter der Leitung von Gerald Papazian anschloss. 1985 kehrte er nach Frankreich zurück und ließ sich in Paris nieder. Er besuchte die Acting International School und spielte anschließend am Théâtre du Soleil unter der Leitung von Ariane Mnouchkine.

1993 verließ Abkarian das Théâtre du Soleil und spielte 2001 in Richard Kalinoskis „Beast on the Moon“ unter der Regie von Irina Brook. Das Stück handelt vom Leben eines Überlebenden des Völkermords an den Armeniern und brachte ihm Kritikerlob und den Molière-Preis für den besten Komiker ein.

Seine ersten Filmrollen erhielt er vom französischen Regisseur Cédric Klapisch, der ihn für mehrere seiner Filme engagierte, darunter „Chacun cherche son chat“ („Wenn die Katze aus dem Haus ist“) (1996) und „Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)“ (2003).

In Sally Potters „Yes“ (2004) spielte er die Hauptrolle.

Anschließend verkörperte Abkarian Mehdi Ben Barka in Serge Le Pérons Thriller „J'ai vu tuer Ben Barka“ über die Entführung und Ermordung des marokkanischen Oppositionsführers. Danach spielte er in Ronit Elkabetz’ „Prendre Femme“, wofür er mehrere Preise gewann. Er spielte verschiedene Rollen in unterschiedlichen Genres, darunter in Bourlem Guerdjous Abenteuerfilm „Zaïna, cavalière de l'Atlas“ und in der Komödie „Le Démon de“. Er spielte in Marie-Pascale Osterriets Film „midi“. Außerdem wirkte er in Atom Egoyans „Ararat“ (2002) mit und verkörperte Albert in Michel Devilles „Almost Peaceful“ (2004), einem Film über Holocaust-Überlebende. In Denis Thybauds „Your Dreams“ (2005) war er ebenfalls zu sehen. Im James-Bond-Film „Casino Royale“ spielte er den Bösewicht Alex Dimitrios, einen Regierungsauftragnehmer und Waffenhändler, der gegen Bond arbeitet.

In Frédéric Balekdjians Thriller „Les Mauvais Joueurs“ („Die Spieler“) (2007) spielte er Sahak. Zudem lieh er Ebi in der französischen Version des Animationsfilms „Persepolis“ seine Stimme. Abkarian verkörperte den bedeutenden armenischen Dichter Missak Manouchianin in Robert Guédiguians „Army of Crime“ (2010), einem französischen Filmemacher armenischer Abstammung, der in Marseille lebt. Abstammung.

Er spielte außerdem Dariush Bakhshi, den iranischen Sonderkonsul, in der BBC-Serie „Spooks MI-5“.

Abkarian ist bekannt für seine intensive Darstellung und seine Vielseitigkeit bei der Rollenwahl.

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title: Trivial

overview: An inspector who just suffered a family tragedy is looking for a missing older man. Man's family is of no help, or are they hiding something? He is helped by a ghost of an actress who died 30 years ago, or is he slowly going insane?

character: Pierre

original_title: La Disparue de Deauville

title: Persepolis

overview: In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

character: Marjane's Father (voice)

original_title: Persepolis

title: The Snake

overview: A ruthless gang led by private detective Joseph Plender is extorting rich people and famous fashion photographer Vincent Mandel seems the next victim. He is married to Hélène, daughter of one of the richest people in Europe, but not quite happily. In fact the marriage is on the brink of a divorce and a judge is deciding who will take the two children. Can Hélène take them to Germany or will they stay with Vincent? Vincent has a lot on his mind and he improvises when model Sofia Kippiani comes to his studio, but his makeup crew doesn't show up. Before he knows it, he is accused of a rape. Things go worse and worse for Vincent, he sees his entire life slipping away and, most importantly, he might lose his children. But why does his former schoolmate Joseph Plender seek contact with Vincent and even solve a nasty problem for him? Does Plender want something more than money?

character: Sam

original_title: Le serpent

title: Army of Crime

overview: This gripping historical drama recounts the story of Armenian-born Missak Manouchian, a woodworker and political activist who led an immigrant laborer division of the Parisian Resistance on 30 operations against the Nazis in 1943. The Nazis branded the group an Army of Crime, an anti-immigrant propaganda stunt that backfired as the team's members became martyrs for the Resistance.

character: Missak Manouchian

original_title: L'Armée du crime

title: To Take A Wife

overview: The story takes place in Haifa, Israel, in 1979, during three days before the Shabbat. A young woman trying to raise three children, work from home, and observe the strict Moroccan traditions of her family finds herself at constant odds with her husband and her brothers, who want her to stay married and leave behind the notions of being loved and free.

character: Eliyahoo

original_title: ולקחת לך אישה

original_language: he

title: When the Cat's Away

overview: When Chloe, a young Parisian, decides to take a long-overdue vacation, she has to find someone to look after Gris-Gris, her beloved cat. Everyone, including her gay male roommate, refuses to help her, but she finally makes an arrangement with the elderly Madame Renée, who often watches over other peoples' cats and dogs. However, when Chloe comes back, Madame Renée tells her that unfortunately the cat has been lost, and the unlucky owner goes on a search for her dear animal friend. While looking for the cat, she meets many colorful characters who populate the neighborhood.

character: Carlos

original_title: Chacun cherche son chat

title: Not For, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

overview: "Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand-to-mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank robbery. Although other gang members feel out of their league, Jean persuades them to take part and Caty finds herself in a hellish world of betrayal, violence and murder.

character: Freddy

original_title: Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)

title: Yes

overview: She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.

title: The Seven Days

overview: The Ohaion family is mourning the death of one of their relatives. In keeping with tradition, they gather together in the home of the deceased and stay there for seven days. Forced to put up with one another day and night, the brothers and sisters soon let their bitterness and arguments override the sense of communal reverence. The atmosphere becomes unbearable and long-buried truths finally surface.

title: Permis de construire

overview: When his father passes away, a dentist in Paris inherits a plot and the will to build a house on it. The situation becomes tricky when he learns the plot is located in Corsica.

title: Rage

overview: A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.

title: Overdose

overview: Captain Sara Bellaiche, from Toulouse Judiciary Police branch, is investigating a go-fast linked to the murder of two teenagers, an investigation led by Richard Cross, from the Paris Criminal Brigade. Forced to collaborate in order to find the murderer and stop the bloody go-fast, Sara and Richard are both thrown in a breathless race against the clock on the roads of Spain and France.

title: Off-Season

overview: A seaside resort in the middle of winter, with its abandoned beach bars and rain-battered alleys, can easily flank the drone. Refugees on the top floor of a building in La Grande Motte, Carole and Richard Lazure have zero morale: swindled by their tax advisor and badly defended by an incompetent lawyer, they lost their business, their house and no longer even enough to buy the essentials. The eruption into their life of a childhood friend of Richard, a talkative talker with questionable dating, could be a game-changer - or make their situation worse.

title: Casino Royale

overview: Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

title: Almost Peaceful

overview: Set during the largely unexplored period immediately following World War II, the film follows a group of mostly Jewish Parisians who attempt to restart their lives and rekindle their capacity for happiness in the shadow of unspeakable horrors. Variety called it "thoroughly charming. Sad, gentle, and funny in the best French tradition of high quality cinema." A film by Marcelo Gomes

title: Turk's Head

overview: A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and all will be swept by the shock wave.

title: Black Notebooks

overview: With this two-part feature documentary, Shlomi Elkabetz shares a poignant love letter to his sister, the late actress and director Ronit Elkabetz, and delivers a rare cinematic experience.

original_title: מחברות שחורות

title: Ararat

overview: Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

title: Secrets of State

overview: In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.

title: The Wedding Song

overview: The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and a Sephardic Jewess who are both preparing for their marriages.

title: Restless

overview: After going to extremes to cover up an accident, a corrupt cop's life spirals out of control when he starts receiving threats from a mysterious witness.

title: Armenia

overview: This is a story about returning to ones ancestral homeland. Anna is a cardiologist who discovers her father has fled to his native Armenia after being diagnosed with a heart problem. Despite their contentious relationship, she sets out to bring her father back for this operation. Anna is a tough-minded, headstrong woman with little feeling for her fathers homeland or patience with its politics and socially intrusive culture, yet she finds this journey not only a reunion of sorts, but one of reconciliation as well.

title: Les mauvais joueurs

overview: Paris, the Sentier district. Christmas is approaching and Vahé Krikorian's life is falling apart. The shop he runs with his father is about to close. Too many debts and unpaid bills. Lu Ann, the woman he loves, is leaving him, and he knows that the shell games he plays with Sahak and his brother Toros won't get him very far.

title: Zarafa

overview: Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies.  Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.

title: The Demon Stirs

overview: Anne Cestac accepts the obvious: her husband Julien, in his forties, has fallen madly in love with another woman. Annoyed, Anne sets out to find potential lovers.

title: Force

overview: Following a series of unsolved robberies, the authorities decide to give carte blanche to commander Clara Damico to neutralize a particularly organized gang. Manual Makarov, a well-known figure in organized crime, is currently serving a sentence of twelve years in prison. Commander Damico promises him freedom in exchange for his cooperation. He refuses. There is no other solution, she is obliged to compel him by force.

title: The Way to Happiness

overview: Saul escaped the coming Shoah as a child by being sent from Vienna to Brussels by a Kindertransport. Now in 1986, he is on the road to resilience and owner of a Delicatessen dedicated to the "Septième Art" - the movies. With Joakin, his protégé, a young Chilean director, they decide to write the story of Saul's childhood and make it into a film. But love comes knocking at his door and confronts him with his past as a hidden child...

title: Aram

overview: Aram, an ex-soldier from the Armenian cause, has come to France to close an arms deal under secret service surveillance. Held responsible and banished by his faher for his brother's injuries in a terrorist ttack, he's also come to seek revenge for the drama that has marked his family and his life.

title: Les Amants naufragés

overview: Stan Mirkine would have everything to be happy. Now, he is sure of it: his wife is cheating on him. Too much in love, possessive to the extreme, he is haunted every day by the only fear of discovering that Mathilde is unfaithful. Day after day, week after week, suspicions precipitate Stan in an infernal spiral driven by jealousy. The existence of Mathilde and Stan rocking after an irreparable act: Stan kills the one he thinks is his rival. Soon, doubt settles, jealousy resurfaced. What if Stan was abused by his paranoia? Could it be that his jealousy is only the result of a mad scheme? Who would then draw the strings? ...

title: De Gaulle: Résistance

overview: June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.

title: De Gaulle: Liberté

overview: Part two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.

title: The Silence of Rak

overview: The adventures of Rak, who after his dismissal begins to reflect on the meaning of the word work and on the act of working.

title: Angélique

overview: The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.

title: Lila Lili

overview: Micheline, who is pregnant, lives in a home for women from which she tries to observe the world with calm and serenity. Among other women of the home who are also pregnant the frequently asked question is whether they will keep their baby or not.

title: Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?

title: Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

overview: The trial story of Viviane Amsalem's five year fight to obtain her divorce in front of the only legal authority competent for divorce cases in Israel, the Rabbinical Court.

original_title: גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם

title: Ana El Awan

overview: Camille is a composer going back to his homeland Lebanon to write a song about his country. Raya is looking for her lost son. They meet, fall in love, and discover the despair of the people of war-torn Lebanon.

title: The 4th Wall

overview:
Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: to stage the play Antigone on the front line, in order to steal a moment of peace from the raging civil war. The characters will be played by actors from different political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he knows nothing about, Georges is guided by Marwan.
 As fighting resumes, everything is soon called into question, and Georges, who falls in love with Imane, has to face up to the reality of war.

title: Zaina: Rider of the Atlas

overview: Young Zaina, must lead a caravan of precious thoroughbreds to Marrakech to take part of the most prestigious of all races : the Agdal. Along she'll have to face powerful OMAR and learn to trust her newly discovered father Mustapha.

title: God Will Know His Own

overview: After a long journey through the circuit of international Islamism that took him from France to London via Bosnia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Hamid returns to his hometown in northern France. Everyone thinks he died in Bosnia and he doesn't want that to change. But he can't help but see Rafiq, his little brother.

title: The Cut

overview: In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

title: Colt 45

overview: Vincent Miles, a gunsmith and shooting instructor at the National Police, is an expert in combat shooting who stubbornly refuses to join a field brigade, a choice which his colleagues do not understand. When he meets Milo Cardena, a mysterious and skilled cop, his life changes in such way that he cannot ignore his true nature anymore.

title: I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

overview: January 1966. In a Paris apartment, police discovers the corpse of Georges Figon, the man who broke the scandal of the Ben Barka affair and undermined Gaullist power.

title: Mémoires de Palestine

title: 1915

overview: Exactly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide, a theatre director stages a play to bring the ghosts of the past back to life.

title: Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

overview: Aram, a young man from Marseille of Armenian origin, blows up the Turkish ambassador's car in Paris. Gilles, a young cyclist who was passing at that precise moment, is seriously injured. Aram's mother feels guilty and feels the need to visit Gilles at the hospital and beg for his forgiveness, something that Gilles does not understand. Against the advice of his comrades in Beirut, Aram decides to go meet his victim.

title: Comme une ombre

title: S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

title: New Délire

overview: Take a Bollywood film--a good Bolllywood film--with action, emotion, suspense, and laughter. With Indian actors who act, dance, sing and smother themselves with tomato sauce when feigning a bloody head wound. Now, watch the image with the sound turned down! And let Pascal Legitimus and Eric Le Roch re-invent a story, recreate the sounds and the atmosphere, rewrite the lyrics to the songs. They'll give a new meaning to the film, helped in doing so by many well-known actors, who'll lend their voices to the Indian actors on screen. This diversion isn't a danger to your health. You simply risk killing yourself laughing!

title: The Legend of Princess Parva

overview: The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw killed the island’s ruler and deprived the Crown Prince Shiva of the throne. The insidious Malaw had the prince locked up in a dungeon in the palace’s underground labyrinth, and he announced to the Kiam residents that he would kill Shiva if they only tried to rebel. Then the Old Sage Swami, aided by programmer Agni, came into contact with the Light of Crystal. That’s what he called a girl named Parva, who embodied radiant innocence and was born of the same astral combination as Prince Shiva. Only she and her love could save the prince and bring peace back to the island of Kiam.

title: A World of Ours

overview: Noé comes into sixth grade at the same time he discovers a new city and a new house where he has just moved with his father, Marc. Coached by him, Noé takes intensive training of combat sport. And Mark does not hesitate to put him in a situation of attack. They are in danger, he must be prepared to respond to any aggression. While keeping the secret of his "double" life, Noé has to learn how to find a place in his new college. He becomes friend with Marine, a young girl full of energy. Noé discovers a world whose vision was shaped by his father so far. A father so near and yet so mysterious. Between them there is a history of complicity and confrontation.

title: Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »

overview: The final part of a family trilogy by Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz. It follows Viviane Amsalem's grueling legal marathon to obtain a divorce.

original_title: Il était une fois... « Le procès de Viviane Amsalem »

title: Chroniques d'un indic

title: Minor Revelations

overview: "The choice of each period is intimate, as each period awakens a particular emotion in me. This emotion reflects what is around me, not everyone is able to recognise it -- that is the risk I take. I think that this is good enough reason to make a film that will make visible small yet revealing things in differeent ways. I believe in tropisms and that is what interests me in this film." -- Marie Vermillard [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]

title: J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

overview: In this French gangster drama, a young hoodlum, new to his famed father's dubious profession, successfully completes his first hit but then finds himself trapped in between a brutal vendetta between rival gangs. To save himself, Francois joins forces with a motley gang of crooks, led by the emotionally unstable Rufin, and tries to wait the situation out while amusing himself with the affections of a nightclub chanteuse. Meanwhile, his colleagues are being killed off, one by one, leaving him to wonder whether or not his father will use his clout to save him.

title: Overdrive

overview: Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

title: J'ai tué ma femme

overview: Max and Minou are having a relationship crisis: she's crying, he's getting annoyed. Their car has been vandalised but this is not why she's crying. While looking for a car repairer on a small industrial estate, they come across some people who are even more troubled than they are. The world seems about to erupt.

title: Journey from Greece

overview: Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a nineteen-year-old French girl, alone and without any money, who came to Turkey as a voluntary worker with refugees. Djam, generous, cheeky, unpredictable, and free-spirited, takes Avril under her wing on the way to Mytilene. A journey filled with encounters, music, sharing, and hope.

title: In Your Dreams

overview: Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his neighborhood. With his band and supported by Keuj, hairdresser apprentice producer, he tries to attend concerts and trying to break into the music, to the chagrin of his mother, who would see him in a more conventional career at the post office...

title: Chouf

overview: Chouf: It means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss’s right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence…

title: The Sonata

overview: After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.

title: Scribe

overview: Two years after a burn-out, Duval is still unemployed. Contacted by an enigmatic businessman, he is offered a simple and well-paid job: transcribing telephone tapping. Duval accepts financially without questioning the purpose of the organization that employs him. Precipitated at the heart of a political plot, he must face the brutal mechanics of the underground world of the secret services.

title: Cyrano, My Love

overview: Paris, France, December 1897. The young playwright Edmond Rostand feels like a failure. Inspiration has abandoned him. Married and father of two children, desperate and penniless, he persuades the great actor Constant Coquelin to perform the main role in his new play. But there is a problem: Coquelin wants to premiere it at Christmas and Edmond has not written a single word.

title: Rebels

overview: Sandra, a young woman forced to leave the south of France to flee a violent husband. Without attachment, she returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, the city of her childhood which she left almost 15 years ago. She finds her mother there and a world she left behind. Without money, she is hired in a fish cannery where she befriends two workers. But one day, one of her colleagues tackles her insistently, she defends herself and kills him accidentally.

title: The Audition

overview: Violin teacher Anna Bronsky detects remarkable talent in a student, Alexander. Anna becomes obsessed with mentoring him, neglecting her family and spiralling under mounting pressure. As her fixation overtakes her, all is staked on exam day.

title: Someone, Somewhere

overview: Rémy and Mélanie live next door to each other in Paris but have never met. The two thirty-year-old Parisians search for connections online, but never have much success. Falling deeper into loneliness and depression, both decide to start attending regular therapy. With the help of their therapists, they uncover the real roots of their issues, and find that the connection they were both searching for is much closer than they thought.

title: The Swallows of Kabul

overview: Summer 1998—Kabul under Taliban rule. Zunaira and Mohsen are young and in love. Despite the daily violence and misery, they hope for a better future. One day, a foolish gesture causes life to take an irrevocable turn.

title: Ce soir-là et les jours d'après

overview: On the night of November 13, 2015, a woman who lives behind the Bataclan and a man who happens to pass by help the injured as they flee the terrorists and the hell of the attack. A few days later, they are contacted by the people they rescued, who want to meet the strangers who helped them that night. The man and the woman meet again. Is the passion they feel real? Or is it just the romantic illusion they invented to compensate for the trauma they experienced together? From hospital rooms to cafe encounters, from individual destinies to love stories, from suffering to resilience, from anger to fraternity, the film portrays the days following the attacks and each person's journey to find their way back to life.

title: The Truth About Charlie

overview: Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie. Upon her return to Paris, she finds that both her apartment and her bank account have been emptied, and her husband has been murdered. Stuck in ever-increasing danger and with four men pursuing her, another stranger offers assistance - but who can she trust?

title: Le Menteur : La Pièce !

title: L'Affaire Ben Barka

character: le général Oufkir, ministre marocain de l'intérieur

title: Tempest in a Teapot

overview: American actor-director Arnold Barkus made this low-budget French film, a comedy set in New York, with scenes taking place in Chinatown, in a Franco-Greek cabaret, and on the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn-born Max suspects his girlfriend Sophia has been cheating on him. His French pal Jean and a young woman, Vita, step in with a scheme to get back at Sophia, a character who is never seen during the entire film. Included is a parody of the Russian roulette scene from The Deer Hunter (1978).

title: Rendition

overview: When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

title: The Marchers

overview: In 1983, in France experiencing intolerance and racial violence , three young teens and the priest Minguettes launching a largely peaceful march for equality and against racism, over 1,000 km between Marseille and Paris . Despite the difficulties and resistance encountered, their movement will bring about a real boost of hope in the way of Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They unite with their arrival more than 100 000 people from all walks of life and give France its new face.

title: Le dernier jour du jeûne

title: Les Damnés de la Commune

overview: Exclusively created with period engravings, this animated feature explores the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and the ensuing Paris Commune revolution in 1871.

title: The Goldfish

overview: A woman with her hands full finds navigating the city streets nearly disastrous for her aquatic pal but for the clever use of a common prophylactic.

title: Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

overview: On 15 March 1921, Talat Pasha, a high-ranking Turkish dignitary, was shot dead in a Berlin street by a young Armenian. A few months later, Soghomon Tehlirian, his assassin, appeared before a German court. He faced the death penalty. Yet, during the trial, the victim gradually changed into the guilty party, and the accused was finally acquitted.

original_title: La vengeance des Arméniens, Le procès Tehlirian

title: Khamsa

overview: After fleeing from his foster family, 11-years-old Khamsa returns to the gypsy camp where he was born. With his cousin, Tony "The Midget", Khamsa dreams of getting rich with cock fights. Nothing seems to have changed since he left, the card games, the Mediterranean Sea... Until his best friend, Coyote, meets Rachitique, a small-time crook. Very soon they pass from stealing scooters to armed robbery, and Khamsa quickly spirals down into delinquency.

title: A Day at the Museum

overview: Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.

title: Cop Goes Missing

overview: One morning, a worn-out field cop, nicknamed Ping-Pong by everyone, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Ping-Pong a little bit closer to his own destiny.

title: Electre des bas-fonds

title: Le lièvre

title: Playground

title: La nuit miraculeuse

overview: To celebrate the bicentennial of the French revolution, an exposition of mannequins representing the deputies brought together in 1789 to discuss the Declaration of the rights of man, is held in the the French National Assembly. The mannequins come to life suddenly and are joined by other historical figures who fought for human rights.

title: Dead Man Walking

overview: A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.

title: Le dernier jour du jeûne

title: Electre des bas-fonds

title: Trivial

title: Persepolis

title: The Snake

title: Army of Crime

title: To Take A Wife

original_title: ולקחת לך אישה

title: When the Cat's Away

title: Yes

title: The Seven Days

title: Permis de construire

title: Rage

title: Overdose

title: Off-Season

title: Casino Royale

title: Almost Peaceful

title: Turk's Head

title: Black Notebooks

original_title: מחברות שחורות

title: Ararat

title: Secrets of State

title: The Wedding Song

title: Restless

title: Armenia

title: Les mauvais joueurs

title: Zarafa

title: The Demon Stirs

title: Force

title: The Way to Happiness

title: Aram

title: Les Amants naufragés

title: De Gaulle: Liberté

title: De Gaulle: Résistance

title: The Silence of Rak

title: Angélique

title: Lila Lili

title: Qu'est-ce qu'on va faire de toi?

title: Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

original_title: גט: המשפט של ויויאן אמסלם

title: Ana El Awan

title: The 4th Wall

title: Zaina: Rider of the Atlas

title: God Will Know His Own

title: The Cut

title: Colt 45

title: I Saw Ben Barka Get Killed

title: Mémoires de Palestine

title: 1915

title: Don't Tell Me the Boy Was Mad

title: Comme une ombre

title: S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

title: New Délire

title: The Legend of Princess Parva

title: A World of Ours

title: Chroniques d'un indic

title: Minor Revelations

title: J'irai au paradis car l'enfer est ici

title: Overdrive

title: J'ai tué ma femme

title: Journey from Greece

title: Chouf

title: In Your Dreams

title: The Sonata

title: Scribe

title: Cyrano, My Love

title: Rebels

title: The Audition

title: Someone, Somewhere

title: The Swallows of Kabul

title: Ce soir-là et les jours d'après

title: The Truth About Charlie

title: Le Menteur : La Pièce !

title: L'Affaire Ben Barka

title: Tempest in a Teapot

title: Rendition

title: The Marchers

title: Le dernier jour du jeûne

title: Les Damnés de la Commune

title: The Goldfish

title: Tehlirian on Trial: Armenia's Avenger

title: Khamsa

title: A Day at the Museum

title: Cop Goes Missing

title: Electre des bas-fonds

title: Le lièvre

title: Playground

title: La nuit miraculeuse

title: Dead Man Walking

title: Le dernier jour du jeûne

title: Electre des bas-fonds


Philip Tonge

One Step Beyond

overview: Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.

character: Colonel Tim Marlowe

original_name: One Step Beyond

original_language: en

26 Men

overview: 26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.

original_name: 26 Men

Suspicion

overview: Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

character: Ralph Newcombe, Sr.

original_name: Suspicion

Four Star Playhouse

overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine.

Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino.

The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

character: Colonel Briggs

original_name: Four Star Playhouse

Perry Mason

overview: The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

character: Cortland

original_name: Perry Mason

The 20th Century Fox Hour

overview: The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.

character: Buzzy Loring

original_name: The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Danny Thomas Show

overview: Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.

character: Thomas Bingham

original_name: The Danny Thomas Show

English

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Català

biography: Philip Asheton Tonge (Hampstead, Middlesex, 26 d’abril de 1897 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, 28 de gener de 1959) va ser un actor anglès. Nascut en una família de teatre, va ser un actor infantil, que va debutar a l'escenari als cinc anys.

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Deutsch

Philip Tonge

biography: Philip Ashton Tonge (* 26. April 1897 in London, England; † 28. Januar 1959 in Hollywood, Kalifornien) war ein britischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler.

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also_known_as:
菲利普·汤格
Philip Asheton Tonge
Phillip Tonge
Philip Ashton Tonge

title: Miracle on 34th Street

overview: Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.

character: Julian Shellhammer

original_title: Miracle on 34th Street

title: Macabre

overview: After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is kidnapped and reported as buried alive, leaving him with mere hours to find and rescue her.

character: Jode Wetherby

original_title: Macabre

title: Pardners

overview: Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.

character: Mr. Baxter, Footman

original_title: Pardners

title: Witness for the Prosecution

overview: An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

character: Inspector Hearne

original_title: Witness for the Prosecution

title: Les Girls

overview: After writing a tell-all book about her days in the dance troupe "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren is sued for libeling her fellow dancer Angele. A Rashômon style narrative presents the story from three points of view where Sybil accuses Angele of having an affair with Barry, while Angele insists that it was actually Sybil who was having the affair. Finally, Barry gives his side of the story.

character: Associate Judge

original_title: Les Girls

title: Hans Christian Andersen

overview: A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.

character: Otto

original_title: Hans Christian Andersen

title: Love from a Stranger

overview: Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.

character: Dr. Gribble

original_title: Love from a Stranger

title: Track of the Cat

overview: A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the first big snowstorm of winter and an enormous panther with seemingly mythical qualities which is killing cattle.

character: Pa Bridges

original_title: Track of the Cat

title: Invisible Invaders

overview: Aliens, contacting scientist Adam Penner, inform him that they have been on the moon for twenty thousand years, undetected due to their invisibility, and have now decided to annihilate humanity unless all the nations of earth surrender immediately. Sequestered in an impregnable laboratory trying to find the aliens' weakness, Penner, his daughter, a no-nonsense army major and a squeamish scientist are attacked from outside by the aliens, who have occupied the bodies of the recently deceased.

character: Dr. Adam Penner

original_title: Invisible Invaders

title: Mission of Danger

overview: After his Rangers are caught during a raid, a major must infiltrate the French army to save his men.

character: General Amherst

original_title: Mission of Danger

title: House of Wax

overview: A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.

character: Bruce Allison (uncredited)

original_title: House of Wax

title: Desert Sands

overview: The French Foreign Legion battles rebellious Arabs in North Africa.

character: Cpl. McTavish

original_title: Desert Sands

title: Frontier Rangers

overview: A pastiche of three episodes from the 1958 TV series Northwest Passage, stitched together as a feature and released theatrically in Europe.

original_title: Frontier Rangers

title: O. Henry's Full House

overview: Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

character: Umbrella Man (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

original_title: O. Henry's Full House

title: Scandal at Scourie

overview: After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy meets Victoria McChesney. Victoria and her husband Patrick have no children and she immediately decides to adopt the girl. The only condition imposed on them is that as Patsy has been baptized a Roman Catholic the Protestant McChesneys agree to raise her as a Catholic. Patsy is a well-behaved little girl whose only real problem is a school bully, also one of the orphans, who spreads stories that she set their orphanage on fire.

character: Fred Gogarty

original_title: Scandal at Scourie

title: His Double Life

overview: Priam Farrel is a celebrated artist but a social recluse. When his valet dies of a sudden illness, a mix-up leads to the body being identified as Farrel's. The timid artist then assumes the identity of his former servant, but finds himself faced with constant dilemmas as a result.

character: Leek Twin - Henry

original_title: His Double Life

title: Elephant Walk

overview: Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.

character: Planter John Ralph

original_title: Elephant Walk

title: The Silver Chalice

overview: A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.

character: Ohad

original_title: The Silver Chalice

title: Ricochet Romance

overview: Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.

character: Mr. Webster

original_title: Ricochet Romance

title: The Peacemaker

overview: A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. There he finds a feud between the ranchers and the farmers. The Railroad Agent is after the ranchers land and has his men causing all the trouble. The new preacher sets out to bring the two sides together and he says he will not need a gun.

character: Elijah Maddox

original_title: The Peacemaker

title: The Prodigal

overview: A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

character: Barber-Surgeon

original_title: The Prodigal

title: Small Town Girl

overview: Rick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. He persuades the judge's daughter Cindy to let him leave for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on her birthday. After that he goes on the town with Cindy and she falls in love with him. But Dr. Schemmer wants his son to become her husband.

title: Fury River

overview: Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead to this ocean.

title: Blithe Spirit

overview: While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elvira, leading to an increasingly complex love triangle with Ruth, his current wife of five years.

title: Still Waters

overview: A canal boat captain disowns his daughter when she marries a circus performer. Years later he is reunited with the granddaughter he never knew.

title: Miracle on 34th Street

title: Macabre

title: Pardners

title: Witness for the Prosecution

title: Les Girls

title: Hans Christian Andersen

title: Love from a Stranger

title: Track of the Cat

title: Invisible Invaders

title: Mission of Danger

title: House of Wax

title: Desert Sands

title: Frontier Rangers

title: O. Henry's Full House

title: Scandal at Scourie

title: His Double Life

title: Elephant Walk

title: The Silver Chalice

title: Ricochet Romance

title: The Peacemaker

title: The Prodigal

title: Small Town Girl

title: Fury River

title: Blithe Spirit

title: Still Waters


Irvin Kershner

biography:
Irvin Kershner (born Isadore Kershner; April 29, 1923 – November 27, 2010) was an American director for film and television. Early in his career as a filmmaker he directed quirky, independent drama films, while working as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. Later, he began making high-budget blockbusters such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond adaptation Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2. Through the course of his career, he received numerous accolades, including being nominated for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Palme d'Or.

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Spécial cinéma

overview: Marcello Mastroianni, Isabelle Adjani, Alain Delon, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen... the biggest stars in cinema were welcomed by Christian Defaye on his show Spécial cinéma. Between intimate confessions from actors and immersion in the world of the greatest filmmakers, Christian Defaye took viewers on a journey into the fascinating world of cinema for nearly thirty years.

character: Self

original_name: Spécial cinéma

Omnibus

overview: Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'.  It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards.  Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott.  For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman.  The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.

original_name: Omnibus

Film '72

overview: The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

original_name: Film '72

Cain's Hundred

job: Director

overview: A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.

department: Directing

original_name: Cain's Hundred

Naked City

overview:
Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic “semi-documentary” format.

In 1997, the episode “Sweet Prince of Delancey Street” was ranked #93 on TV Guide’s “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”.

original_name: Naked City

Amazing Stories

overview: A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.

original_name: Amazing Stories

seaQuest DSV

overview: In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

original_name: seaQuest DSV

Kraft Suspense Theatre

original_name: Kraft Suspense Theatre

The Rebel

overview:
After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys...

THE REBEL is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. The Rebel was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, The Rebel reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.

original_name: The Rebel

Ben Casey

original_name: Ben Casey

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biography:
Isadore Kershner, dit Irvin Kershner, né le 29 avril 1923 à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie) et mort le 27 novembre 2010 à Los Angeles (Californie), est un cinéaste américain. Il est surtout connu pour avoir réalisé L'Empire contre-attaque pour George Lucas.

Né le 29 août 1923 à Philadelphie, Irvin Kershner étudie la photographie au Art Center College of Design avant d’enseigner lui-même cette discipline à la University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Il met en scène quelques documentaires en Iran, en Grèce et en Turquie pour le compte du service d'information américain, puis développe une série intitulée Confidential File pour le petit écran. C’est en 1961 qu’il saute le cap de la réalisation avec un premier long métrage, Le Mal de vivre, interprété par Don Murray. Suivront d’autres films : The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) avec Robert Shaw, L'Homme à la tête fêlée (1966) avec Sean Connery, Loving (1970) avec George Segal ou encore Up the Sandbox (1972) avec Barbra Streisand. En 1974, il réunira même le tandem de M.A.S.H., Elliott Gould et Donald Sutherland, pour la comédie d’espionnage Les S pions. Mais ses talents de cinéaste sont surtout appréciés dans la deuxième moitié des années 70 avec le western La Revanche d'un homme nommé cheval (1976), interprété par Richard Harris, et l’efficace thriller Les Yeux de Laura Mars (1979).

Professeur et mentor de George Lucas à la Southern University, Irvin Kershner hérite de ce dernier la direction de Star Wars : Episode V - L'Empire contre-attaque (1980), considéré par les fans comme le meilleur épisode de la saga. Après ce gros coup cinématographique, le cinéaste-producteur se voit confier la mise en scène d’un James Bond « non officiel », Jamais plus jamais (1983), de nouveau interprété par Sean Connery, puis du deuxième opus de Robocop en 1989. Entre-temps, il s’adjoint une nouvelle casquette, celle d’acteur, pour La Dernière tentation du Christ (1988) de Martin Scorsese. Une expérience qu’il renouvellera sur le tournage de Terrain miné (1994) de Steven Seagal. En 2007, le Festival Fantastic'Arts de Gérardmer lui rendra hommage en lui proposant de présider le Jury longs métrages.

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厄文·克什纳

biography: 厄文·克什纳（Irvin Kershner，1923 年 4 月 29 日 - 2010 年 11 月 27 日）是一位美国电影导演和临时演员，以在他职业生涯早期执导古怪的独立电影而闻名，然后是《星球大战前传 V：帝国反击战》。

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艾榮·卡舒納

biography: 艾榮·卡舒納（Irvin Kershner，1923 年 4 月 29 號 — 2010 年 11 月 27 號）是一位美國電影導演和臨時演員，以在他職業生涯早期執導古怪的獨立電影而聞名，著名的電影有《星球大戰：帝國反擊戰》（Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back）（1980 年）、《鐵金剛勇奪巡航導彈》（Never Say Never Again）（1983 年）、《鐵甲威龍2》（RoboCop 2）（1990 年）。

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biography:
Irvin Kershner (eigentlich Isadore Kershner) war ein US-amerikanischer Film- und Fernsehregisseur.

Zu Beginn seiner Karriere als Filmemacher drehte er eigenwillige Independent-Dramen und war gleichzeitig Dozent an der University of Southern California. Später drehte er hochbudgetierte Blockbuster wie „Das Imperium schlägt zurück“, die James-Bond-Verfilmung „Sag niemals nie“ und „RoboCop 2“. Im Laufe seiner Karriere erhielt er zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, darunter Nominierungen für einen Primetime Emmy Award und eine Goldene Palme.

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title: The Last Temptation of Christ

overview: Jesus, a humble Judean carpenter beginning to see that he is the son of God, is drawn into revolutionary action against the Roman occupiers by Judas -- despite his protestations that love, not violence, is the path to salvation. The burden of being the savior of mankind torments Jesus throughout his life, leading him to doubt.

character: Zebedee

original_title: The Last Temptation of Christ

title: Angus

overview: Angus is a large, pathetic 14-year-old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of only one girl, Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised (along with the rest of the school) that he is chosen to dance with her at the Winter Ball. The only one not surprised is the cool kid who set him up to fail, but Angus' best friend is going to help him win the heart of Melissa by developing a new look for him

character: Mr. Stoff

original_title: Angus

title: Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

overview: Host Howie Long takes viewers on a tour of the "Star Wars" universe, as Fox TV celebrates the re-release of the original three legendary films in this one hour special.

original_title: Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

title: Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

overview: Current filmmakers such as Ridley Scott and George Lucas reflect on the importance and influence of the epic classic "Ben-Hur".

original_title: Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

title: Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

overview: Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does marketing and the hype surrounding the stars play?

original_title: Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

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title: A Conversation with the Masters: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later

overview: George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Lawrence Kasdan and John Williams look back at The Empire Strikes Back 30 years later.

title: Berkeley

overview: Just as sex, drugs, rock & roll, hippies, and Vietnam enter our consciousness, so it does for Ben Sweet, the shy, 18-year-old son of conservative businessman, Sy. Ben enters UC Berkeley in 1966 to avoid the draft, but finds himself smack in the middle of a home-grown revolution.

character: Statistics Professor

original_title: Berkeley

title: When Star Wars Ruled the World

overview: A VH1 television special wherein the cast discuss the making of the films and what made the franchise a phenomenon.

original_title: When Star Wars Ruled the World

title: On Deadly Ground

overview: Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.

character: Walters

original_title: On Deadly Ground

title: Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

overview: From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

title: Being and Becoming

overview: Being and Becoming explore the choice not to school ones children, to trust them and to let them learn freely what they are passionate about. Through four countries, the US, Germany (where it's illegal not to go to school), France and the UK, the film is a truth quest about the natural desire to learn.

original_title: Être et devenir

title: Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

overview: This retrospective features both archival and 2017 interviews with cast and crew members. It includes interviews with CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon, executive producer Patrick Crowley, associate producer Phil Tippett, cinematographer Mark Irwin as well as actors Nancy Allen, Tom Noonan, and Galyn Görg. Sammon's 1989/90 interviews with producer Jon Davidson and director Irvin Kershner are excerpted. There is also vintage rehearsal and BTS footage.

character: Self (archive footage)

original_title: Corporate Wars: The Making of 'RoboCop 2'

title: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

overview: Even the most devout Star Wars fan might not know that filmmaker and journalist Michel Parbot was once given unprecedented access to the set, stars, and filmmakers behind The Empire Strikes Back. The resulting work, The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, has apparently never been commercially released.  Most of the footage has been lost, but 15 minutes has circulated online in recent years. Now, the 1 hour cut of Michel Parbot’s lost documentary has been found.

original_title: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

title: Star Wars: Music by John Williams

overview: BBC documentary. Witness John Williams composing the legendary score for The Empire Strikes Back and conducting the London Symphony Orchestra.

title: Corman's World

overview: A chronicle of the long career of American filmmaker Roger Corman, the most tenacious and ingenious low-budget producer and director in the US film industry, a pioneer of independent filmmaking and discoverer of new talent.

title: Fog City Mavericks

overview: Fog City Mavericks: The Filmmakers of San Francisco is a compelling exploration of the legendary filmmakers who call the San Francisco Bay Area home including George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Chris Columbus and producer Saul Zaentz. The special weaves interviews, commentaries and unforgettable moments from some of the most visionary movies ever created such as American Graffiti, the Star Wars film series, the Indiana Jones film series, The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Toy Story, The Incredibles, Lost in Translation, Flags of Our Fathers and many others. It also features interviews with those who have worked with Bay Area mavericks: Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Anthony Minghella, Milos Forman and Frank Darabont.

title: Manhood

overview: Filled with both laughter and tears, Manhood is a fascinating exploration of the interpersonal relationships that can define - or destroy - a family. A teenage son rebels against everything his parents hold sacred. A gather tries hard to own up to his responsibilities. A black-sheep brother-in-law revels in the depths of depravity. His estranged wife finds the freedom to explore her sexuality. Together, they create an emotionally charged family dynamic that builds to a powerful - and unexpected - ending.

title: From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

overview: From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga is a 1983 television documentary special that originally aired on PBS. It is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the original Star Wars trilogy, with particular emphasis on the final film, Return of the Jedi. Narrated by actor Mark Hamill, the documentary was written by Richard Schickel who had written the previous television documentaries The Making of Star Wars (1977) and SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

original_title: From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

title: Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

overview: For over a half century, Ray Harryhausen has amazed and inspired countless filmmakers and fans around the world with his breathtaking motion picture effects and stop-motion animation. Presented here for the first time ever is the authorized collection of his earliest work, along with hours of supplemental features.

original_title: Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection

title: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

overview: Hosted by Mark Hamill, this revealing documentary offers behind-the-scenes glimpses into the amazing special effects that transformed George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back into reality!

title: Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

overview: An investigation of the cop movie phenomena with some of Hollywood’s most intriguing filmmakers, actors, and personalities.

title: The Empire Strikes Back

overview: The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

title: RoboCop 2

overview: After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.

title: Raid on Entebbe

overview: Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.

title: The Return of a Man Called Horse

overview: Lord John Morgan has returned to civilized life in England, but finds he has nothing but disdain for that life. Yearning to embrace the simplicity of the American West, and the Sioux tribe he left behind, Morgan returns to the their land only to discover that they've been decimated by ruthless, government-backed fur traders. Led by Horse, they fight to repossess their land.

title: S*P*Y*S

overview: Two CIA bunglers botch a Soviet defection, then both sides mark them for termination.

title: Eyes of Laura Mars

overview: A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

title: Never Say Never Again

overview: James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge.

title: The Flim-Flam Man

overview: Mordecai Jones, a silver-tongued swindler and self-proclaimed “M.B.S., C.S., D.D.—Master of Back-Stabbing, Cork-Screwing and Double-Dealing,” has made a career out of charming and cheating his way through life. Played with devilish charm by George C. Scott, Jones takes on a new protégé in Curley, a wide-eyed Army deserter eager for direction. Together, they crisscross the backroads of the rural South, pulling off a string of homespun cons while staying one step ahead of a relentless local sheriff. Along the way, Curley falls for Bonnie Lee Packard, a rebellious heiress who joins their misadventures. But as the scams grow riskier, Curley begins to wonder whether a life of flimflam is worth the price.  With its colorful characters, offbeat humor, and standout performance by Scott, The Flim-Flam Man is a rollicking Southern caper about cons, conscience, and unlikely camaraderie.

title: Up the Sandbox

overview: Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange transformations, and joining terrorists to plant explosives in the Statue of Liberty.

title: Loving

overview: Brooks Wilson is in crisis. He is torn between his wife Selma and two daughters and his mistress Grace, and also between his career as a successful illustrator and his feeling that he might still produce something worthwhile.

title: A Fine Madness

overview: A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

title: The Hoodlum Priest

overview: Venturing into some of the roughest slums of St. Louis, Jesuit priest Rev. Charles Dismas Clark dedicates himself to helping young ex-convicts who are struggling to rejoin a society that fears and rejects them. An especially wrenching case for the Reverend is Billy Lee Jackson, a troubled thief whose personal demons constantly tempt him back to a life of crime — and may ultimately make him pay the highest price for a few desperate decisions.

title: Stakeout on Dope Street

overview: Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a  briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust.

title: Stakeout on Dope Street

title: The Luck of Ginger Coffey

overview: An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.

title: The Young Captives

overview: Two high-school teenagers on their way to Mexico to get married cross paths with a homicidal fugitive.

title: Confidential File: Barbiturates

overview: A filmed sequence dramatizes the problems addressed in the program: the story of a working mother addicted to barbiturates initially prescribed by her doctor.

title: Confidential File: Horror Comics

overview: In 1954 the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency  conducted an investigation into how the comic book industry was supposedly contributing to the moral decay of a nation's youth. The investigations were spurred on by a number of articles that blamed comics for the rise in juvenile delinquency in post-war America. Chief among  the critics was Doctor Frederic Wertham, whose book, "Seduction of The Innocent" has been blamed for nearly single-handedly crippling the entire comics industry.  "Confidential File" was aired in 1955, after the senate hearings and the formation of the Comics Code, but it serves as a perfect example of how the media reacted to the comic book industry, and sought a scape goat by blaming the comic book publications for society's own lack of responsibility in raising its children.

title: A Face in the Rain

overview: An American spy hides in an apartment. But the woman who lives there is herself the mistress of a German Officer.

title: Traveling Man

overview: A poignant comedy about a middle-aged salesman trying to get his life and career back on track while being pushed and antagonized by an aggressive rookie he has been teamed up with.

title: American Perfekt

overview: Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be made on a flip of a coin. Meanwhile, Sandra Thomas, disenchanted professional, is en route to pick up her flunked out sister, Alice, at a cheap motel before continuing on to visit their ailing mother. After being forced off the road by a mysterious assailant, however, Sandra is picked up by Jake, who's coin flipping amoral attitude quickly excites her own desire to break a few rules. Or worse. Jake and Sandra's romance is soon driven by chance acts of crime and kindness, all governed by the flip of a coin - at least until Sandra mysteriously disappears and Jake unwittingly picks up her suspicious sister, Alice ...

title: Wildfire

overview: Since they met the first time in boarding school as little kids, it was obvious that the orphans Kay and Dave would become a couple. But at sixteen, Dave foolishly attempted to rob a bank with a water pistol, and ended up in jail for eight years. Meanwhile Kay was sent to foster parents, where she met the successful business man Mike, whom she married and bore two kids. Now Frank is released from prison and immediately starts wooing Kay again. Although she's happy with Mike, she can't withdraw herself completely. Old memories and her husband's jealousy make her spend more and more time with him.

title: Badlands

overview: An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town and her older greaser boyfriend embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota badlands.

title: Now Is Tomorrow

overview: "Now Is Tomorrow" was a pilot for a hosted series from Roncom Telefilms. A military captain is given a new assignment, the high-stress task of making a life-or-death decision for everyone on earth. One by one they wash out from the stress.

title: The Flim Flam Man

overview: The Stews shun Mulligan when he refuses to follow the direction of a fad diet promoter. Mulligan is ultimately proven correct, but not without some anguish on his part.

title: SeaQuest DSV

overview: The adventures of SeaQuest DSV crew, an advanced high-tech submarine in mission to protect the oceans against all evil, in a 21st century where human race has colonized underwater.

title: The Last Temptation of Christ

title: Angus

title: Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

title: Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

title: Berkeley

title: When Star Wars Ruled the World

title: On Deadly Ground

title: Being and Becoming

title: The Making of The Empire Strikes Back

title: Star Wars: Music by John Williams

title: Corman's World

title: Fog City Mavericks

title: Manhood

title: SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back

title: Shooting the Police: Cops on Film

title: The Empire Strikes Back

title: RoboCop 2

title: Raid on Entebbe

title: The Return of a Man Called Horse

title: S*P*Y*S

title: Eyes of Laura Mars

title: Never Say Never Again

title: The Flim-Flam Man

title: Up the Sandbox

title: Loving

title: A Fine Madness

title: The Hoodlum Priest

title: Stakeout on Dope Street

title: Stakeout on Dope Street

title: The Luck of Ginger Coffey

title: The Young Captives

title: Confidential File: Barbiturates

title: Confidential File: Horror Comics

title: A Face in the Rain

title: Traveling Man

title: American Perfekt

title: Wildfire

title: Badlands

title: Now Is Tomorrow

title: The Flim Flam Man

title: SeaQuest DSV