Oskar Werner
Series
Criterion collection volume 693
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
Description
Hailed as one of the finest films ever made, it charts, over twenty-five years, the relationship between two friends and the object of their mutual obsession. The legendary Franȯis Truffaut directs, and Jeanne Moreau stars as the alluring and willful Catherine, whose enigmatic smile and passionate nature lure Jules and Jim into one of cinema's most captivating romantic triangles. An exuberant and poignant meditation on freedom, loyalty, and the fortitude...
Language
English
Formats
Description
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom.
Publisher
ITV Studios Global Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In 1939, 937 Jewish Germans were offered safe haven in Havana, Cuba. They departed Hamburg in high spirits, looking forward to their new life. However, after being denied access to Cuba, will the refugees find a new home or be forced to head back to Europe? Based on a true story.
Series
Criterion collection volume 452
Language
English
Formats
Description
The acclaimed, best-selling novel by John le Carre, about a Cold War spy on one final dangerous mission in East Germany, is transmuted by director Martin Ritt into a film every bit as precise and ruthless as the book. Richard Burton plays Alec Leamas, whose relationship with a beautiful librarian, puts his assignment in jeopardy.