1981 Movies

In 1976, the Czech New Wave philosopher and director Evald Schorm came to the Na zábradlí Theatre. He stayed there for twelve years, until his death. He raised a generation of actors who were aware of their own personalities. In The Brothers Karamazov, the the...

Family conflicts and shady business practices lead to fratricide. And then...

Filming in the town of Barranca about the formation of an artisanal fishing cooperative in Caleta Vidal with support from the German Foundation Neumam 3.

Richard Feynman was a scientific genius with - in his words - a "limited intelligence". This dichotomy is just one of the characteristics that made him a fascinating subject. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out exposes us to many more of these intriguing attrib...

Vision and history of the old convent of Los Descalzos, in the city of Lima.

Mary Marquis introduces a concert recorded in the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh in 1981 with Dame Janet Baker. She performs Mendelssohn's concert aria Infelice and Handel's dramatic solo cantata Lucrezia with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.

Documentary examining what it means to live in South Wales, made in collaboration with and focusing on the lives of the Butts family. Explores the effects of complex historical forces on industry, family, work, education and learning.

A politically naive Viennese butcher manages to survive the Nazi occupation of Austria and the second world war.

This is a story about Greek slave Esop, who contributed a lot to the world of literature, and about his silly owner, who had the power and money, but did not have kindness.

A Super 8 film with sound by Joseph Morder.

A study of flowers.

An intellectually disabled young man has his childlike world threatened by a violent neighborhood loan shark.

Rock concerts used to be suspicious. They were supposed to attract all sorts of strange individuals who meant no good. In this case, it's a pair of escaped convicts who want to hide in the heat of the concert...

Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and are also not interested in ending the exploitation of their workers. On the opposite side of the fenc...

Based on a real event - the shooting of a group of working-class children on 20 April 1930 in Radotín. Thirteen-year-old Boženka‘s mother works as a laundress, and Boženka and her two younger siblings are not living on a bed of roses.