Jeroen Krabbé
Language
English
Formats
Description
Valentina is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukrainian government official. Frank Martin is given an offer he cannot refuse and ends up putting on his driving gloves to deliver Valentina from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to deal with the thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe delivery. On top of that, he cannot let his personal feelings get in the way of his dangerous objective.
3) The fugitive
Language
English
Formats
Description
Based on Graham Greene's novel The Power and the Glory, the story follows a priest in Latin America pursued by a ruthless police lieutenant carrying out the dictates of an oppressive, anti-clerical government. There's another fugitive as well: an American killer on the run, and the paths of the two hunted men cross with fateful consequences. A haunting paean to the resilience of faith, The Fugitive remains a filmmaking triumph.
Language
English
Description
Set in South Africa in 1963, the story concerns an idealistic journalist Diana Roth who defies the government and becomes the first woman arrested under the 90-day Detention Act-- both a story of government abuse and a look at one mother's neglect of her family because of her involvement with a larger cause. Based on a true story.
Language
Italiano
Description
The true story of a world famous castrato in the 18th century. With charisma, talent, drive and success, Farinelli had everything: money, talent, fame, women, and the voice of an angel. He becomes obsessed with earning the respect of his brother's rival, the composer Handel.
Language
English
Description
Deuce Bigalow, whose gift to the world is the amazing ability to please women in his role as the consumate gigolo. Deuce is still relatively green to the profession, but he is going to go and help out a friend. Deuce is introduced to a whole new gaggle of eager clientele. The fun all leads up to a big finale at the 73rd Annual Man Whore Awards.
Series
Criterion collection volume 698
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set in St. Louis during the Depression, it follows the daily struggles of a resourceful and imaginative adolescent who, after his tubercular mother is sent to a sanatorium, must survive on his own in a run-down hotel during his salesman father₂s long business trips.
8) Robin Hood
Language
English
Description
The swashbuckling legend of Robin Hood unfolds in the 12th century when the mighty Normans ruled England with an iron fist. Two sided disc widescreen and fullscreen versions.
12) Jesus
Language
English
Description
The life and times of Jesus of Nazareth, from his humble beginnings as a carpenter to his destiny as the son of God.
13) Left luggage
Language
English
Description
The daughter of two concentration camp survivors struggles to accept her Jewish identity in 1970s Belgium. As the nanny of five Hassidic children, she learns to accept and respect a culture steeped in traditions, and finds the true value of life.
14) Scandal
Language
English
Description
Dramatizes the Profumo Affair, a famous sex scandal in Great Britain in 1963, when it was learned that a government minister and a Russian spy were both having an affair with playgirl Christine Keeler, the houseguest of society doctor Stephen Ward.
15) Off screen
Language
Nederlands
Description
An unassuming bus driver goes berserk and takes an entire office tower hostage at gunpoint. John Voerman may or may not be imagining that the latest television technology is sending him terrifying subliminal messages. After meeting TV executive Gerard Wesselinck, Voerman is led on a strange odyssey of sinister revelations that peel away the chilling layers of the truth. Based on a true story.
Language
English
Description
Fugitive: A Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife is determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. U.S. Marshals: U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan...
17) Jesus
Series
Language
English
Description
During his journey, Jesus of Nazareth must overcome many obstacles, including the death of his earthly father Joseph, temptation by Satan, and betrayal by his disciple Judas. Throughout it all, Jesus shows love and compassion, performs incredible miracles and finally makes the greatest sacrifice for the salvation of mankind.
18) The odyssey
Language
English
Description
Aided by the goddess Athena, warrior-king Odysseus braves the terrors and temptations of a fantastic array of creatures as his return from the Trojan War becomes a decade-long quest to reach his homeland and his faithful wife, Penelope.
Series
Language
English
Description
"Single, attractive Isabelle ("Izzy") Grossman has a rent-controlled uptown apartment and a blooming career in publishing. She also has Bubbie, a tradition-minded grandmother who's hired a matchmaker to find a husband for Izzy. There's already a prospect: the corner pickle seller?!?"--Container.