Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric Pressburger (born Imre József Pressburger; 5 December 1902 – 5 February 1988) was a Hungarian British screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in an award-winning collaboration partnership known as the Archers and produced a series of films, notably 49th Parallel (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

  • Title: Emeric Pressburger
  • Popularity: 1.764
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1902-12-05
  • Place of Birth: Miskolc, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
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  • Also Known As: Richard Imrie, Emmerich Pressburger, Imre Pressburger, Emmerich Preßburger, 에메릭 프레스버거, 埃默里克·普雷斯伯格
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Emeric Pressburger Movies

  • 2024
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    Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

    7.5 2024 HD

    Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric...

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  • 1948
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    The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    8 1948 HD

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious...

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  • 1981
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    A Pretty British Affair

    A Pretty British Affair

    1 1981 HD

    Detailed interview with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger looking back at their long career as influential British film-makers and their unusual...

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  • 1931
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    Emil and the Detectives

    Emil and the Detectives

    6.8 1931 HD

    When a suspicious man bribes Emil with chocolate in return for a bundle of cash, the young lad thinks of a plan to catch him.

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  • 1931
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    The Scoundrel

    The Scoundrel

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1966
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    They're a Weird Mob

    They're a Weird Mob

    5.8 1966 HD

    Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday...

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  • 1943
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    7.5 1943 HD

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...

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  • 1943
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    7.5 1943 HD

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...

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  • 1943
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    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    7.5 1943 HD

    General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...

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  • 1946
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    7.7 1946 HD

    When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But...

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  • 1946
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    7.7 1946 HD

    When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But...

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  • 1965
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    Operation Crossbow

    Operation Crossbow

    6.7 1965 HD

    Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between...

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  • 1951
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    The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    7.1 1951 HD

    A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is...

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  • 1951
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    The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    7.1 1951 HD

    A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is...

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  • 1951
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    The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    7.1 1951 HD

    A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is...

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  • 1949
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    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.6 1949 HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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  • 1949
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    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.6 1949 HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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  • 1942
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    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.4 1942 HD

    During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of...

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  • 1944
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    A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale

    6.9 1944 HD

    Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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  • 1944
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    A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale

    6.9 1944 HD

    Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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  • 1947
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    Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    7.533 1947 HD

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are...

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  • 1947
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    Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    7.533 1947 HD

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are...

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  • 1947
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    Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    7.533 1947 HD

    A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1948
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    The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    8 1948 HD

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious...

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  • 1948
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    The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    8 1948 HD

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious...

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  • 1957
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    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    6.1 1957 HD

    Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

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  • 1957
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    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    6.1 1957 HD

    Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

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  • 1945
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    I Know Where I'm Going!

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    7 1945 HD

    Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...

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  • 1945
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    I Know Where I'm Going!

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    7 1945 HD

    Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...

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  • 1945
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    I Know Where I'm Going!

    I Know Where I'm Going!

    7 1945 HD

    Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by...

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  • 1950
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    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

    6.1 1950 HD

    Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack...

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  • 1950
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    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

    6.1 1950 HD

    Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack...

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  • 1941
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    Atlantic Ferry

    Atlantic Ferry

    5.5 1941 HD

    The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

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  • 1944
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    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    4.7 1944 HD

    World War II propaganda film.

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  • 1964
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    Behold a Pale Horse

    Behold a Pale Horse

    5.9 1964 HD

    Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting...

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  • 1950
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    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    6 1950 HD

    A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

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  • 1950
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    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    6 1950 HD

    A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

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  • 1936
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    One Rainy Afternoon

    One Rainy Afternoon

    4.6 1936 HD

    Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to...

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  • 1950
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    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    6 1950 HD

    A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

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  • 1953
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    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    6 1953 HD

    A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while...

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  • 1932
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    Sehnsucht 202

    Sehnsucht 202

    1 1932 HD

    After a mix-up with a newspaper advertisement, a shop-girl and a millionairess are mistaken for one another by two businessmen. A musical romantic...

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  • 1940
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    Contraband

    Contraband

    6.9 1940 HD

    When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved...

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  • 1938
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    The Challenge

    The Challenge

    5.9 1938 HD

    Dramatization of the first climbing of the Matterhorn in 1865.

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  • 1957
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    Miracle in Soho

    Miracle in Soho

    5.3 1957 HD

    In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets...

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  • 1957
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    Miracle in Soho

    Miracle in Soho

    5.3 1957 HD

    In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy, with little hope of finding happiness. Then he meets...

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  • 1944
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    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    4.7 1944 HD

    World War II propaganda film.

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  • 1955
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    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    6 1955 HD

    In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

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  • 1955
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    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    6 1955 HD

    In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

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  • 1957
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    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    6.1 1957 HD

    Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

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  • 1947
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    The End of the River

    The End of the River

    5 1947 HD

    A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.

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  • 1972
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    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    5.3 1972 HD

    John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back...

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  • 1972
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    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    The Boy Who Turned Yellow

    5.3 1972 HD

    John and his class go on a school trip to the Tower of London. While he is there he loses his pet mouse and vows to return and find her later. Back...

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  • 1939
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    The Spy in Black

    The Spy in Black

    6.3 1939 HD

    A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.

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  • 1947
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    The End of the River

    The End of the River

    5 1947 HD

    A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.

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  • 1944
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    A Canterbury Tale

    A Canterbury Tale

    6.9 1944 HD

    Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.

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  • 1943
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    Squadron Leader X

    Squadron Leader X

    1 1943 HD

    Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into...

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  • 1930
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    The Great Longing

    The Great Longing

    6 1930 HD

    During lunch break at the movie studio, the extras rush to the canteen Hans Adalbert Schlettow, Maria Paudler and Luis Trenker are chatting. Eva von...

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  • 1934
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    The Million Hunters

    The Million Hunters

    1 1934 HD

    It tells the story of the funny situations that occur when the advertisements placed in an advertising agency are mixed up due to the carelessness of...

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  • 1943
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    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

    6 1943 HD

    Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to...

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  • 1943
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    The Silver Fleet

    The Silver Fleet

    6 1943 HD

    Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to...

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  • 1936
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    Parisian Life

    Parisian Life

    1 1936 HD

    A rich Brazilian, Mendoza, visited Paris in 1900 and was romantically involved with the star of Offenbach's 'La vie parisienne' which was playing at...

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  • 1942
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    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.4 1942 HD

    During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of...

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  • 1942
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    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

    6.4 1942 HD

    During the Allied Bombing offensive of World War II the public was often informed that "A raid took place last night over ..., One (or often more) of...

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  • 1948
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    The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    8 1948 HD

    In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious...

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  • 1933
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    ...und es leuchtet die Pußta

    ...und es leuchtet die Pußta

    5 1933 HD

    A 1934 film directed by Heinz Hille.

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  • 1944
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    The Volunteer

    The Volunteer

    4.7 1944 HD

    World War II propaganda film.

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  • 1930
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    Farewell

    Farewell

    6.8 1930 HD

    Hella lives in a boarding house and has various romantic adventures before settling down with vacuum cleaner salesman Winkler.

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  • 1931
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    Ronny

    Ronny

    5 1931 HD

    Käthe von Nagy plays Ronny, who designs the costumes for the upcoming premiere of an opera written by the young prince of Perusa (Willy Fritsch)...

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  • 1931
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    The Little Escapade

    The Little Escapade

    1 1931 HD

    A wife believes her husband has been deceiving her and decides to have some fun at his expense. After a bit of mischief, her husband, a lawyer who is...

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  • 1953
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    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    6 1953 HD

    A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while...

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  • 1953
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    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    6 1953 HD

    A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp, and while...

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  • 1946
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    7.7 1946 HD

    When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But...

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  • 1931
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    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    I'd Rather Have Cod Liver Oil

    1 1931 HD

    Each evening, before saying their prayers, some children swallow their cod liver oil. One evening, the youngest child makes a daring request in his...

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  • 1932
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    The Old Scoundrel

    The Old Scoundrel

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Gilgi: One of Us

    Gilgi: One of Us

    1 1932 HD

    A young woman born illegitimately comes to terms with the challenge of getting married.

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  • 1936
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    Under Western Eyes

    Under Western Eyes

    6.2 1936 HD

    Political turmoil convulses 19th-century Russia as Razumov, a young student preparing for a career in the czarist bureaucracy, unwittingly becomes...

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  • 1933
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    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1947
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    The End of the River

    The End of the River

    5 1947 HD

    A South American Indian is taken from his jungle home into the world of the White Man where he is forced to stand trial for murder.

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  • 1946
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    Wanted for Murder

    Wanted for Murder

    6.2 1946 HD

    The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.

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  • 1937
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    The Great Barrier

    The Great Barrier

    5 1937 HD

    The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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  • 1942
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    Breach of Promise

    Breach of Promise

    1 1942 HD

    Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know.

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  • 1942
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    Breach of Promise

    Breach of Promise

    1 1942 HD

    Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know.

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  • 1936
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    Port Arthur

    Port Arthur

    5 1936 HD

    Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky marries Youki, the sister of a fanatical Japanese officer,...

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  • 1940
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    Spy for a Day

    Spy for a Day

    1 1940 HD

    During World War I, a British farmer is abducted by the Germans to take the place of a spy about to be executed whom he closely resembles.

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  • 1957
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    Men Against Britannia

    Men Against Britannia

    1 1957 HD

    Based on the novel by Pierre Nord.

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  • 1935
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    Monsieur Sans-Gêne

    Monsieur Sans-Gêne

    1 1935 HD

    A man creates a national scandal after he mistakenly kisses the wrong woman in a darkened cinema. The following year it was remade as an American...

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  • 1939
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    The Silent Battle

    The Silent Battle

    1 1939 HD

    Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.

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  • 1934
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    My Heart Calls You

    My Heart Calls You

    1 1934 HD

    An opera company tries to get an engagement.

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  • 1932
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    The Beautiful Adventure

    The Beautiful Adventure

    1 1932 HD

    Helene has agreed to marry a man that she isn't in love with. On the day of her wedding her cousin arrives just in time to rescue her and they run...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1941
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    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

    7 1941 HD

    In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...

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  • 1932
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    A Girl and a Million

    A Girl and a Million

    1 1932 HD

    The French language version of Sehnsucht 202 (1932).

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  • 1942
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    Rings on Her Fingers

    Rings on Her Fingers

    6.7 1942 HD

    Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have....

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  • 1941
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    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

    7 1941 HD

    In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...

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  • 1941
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    49th Parallel

    49th Parallel

    7 1941 HD

    In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by...

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  • 1955
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    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    Oh... Rosalinda!!

    6 1955 HD

    In post-war Vienna, Rosalinda and her husband become embroiled in a series of complicated escapades that puts their marital bliss at risk.

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  • 1949
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    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.6 1949 HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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  • 1936
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    Port-Arthur

    Port-Arthur

    1 1936 HD

    French-language remake of Port Arthur (1936): espionage, action and romance in the Russo-Japanese War, as the conflict threatens Russian naval...

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  • 1975
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    Arena

    Arena

    6.6 1975 HD

    Arena is a British television documentary series, made and broadcast by the BBC. Voted by leading TV executives in Broadcast as one of the top 50...

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