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Smuggler's Ball (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Le Banquet des Fraudeurs
other title: Le Banquet des Fraudeurs / 走私者的宴會
Smuggler's Ball is the English-language title for this French-Belgian seriocomedy. The action takes place along the borders separating Belgium, Holland and France. It is here that the worldly Pierre (J. P. Kieran) carries on a profitable smuggling operation, all the while romancing Siska (Christian Lenier), the daughter of a local customs official. Various subplots and secondary characters weave in and out as the plotline guides the viewer through the WW II years. Towards the end, the story shifts gears when the Benelux Frontier Agreement eliminates all government regulations. The film's screenplay is by Charles Spaak, himself the descendant of a Belgian political family, and thus well-versed in bureaucracy and red tape.
No Greater Love (1952) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Herz der Welt
director: Harald Braun actor: Hilde Krahl / Dieter Borsche
other title: Herz der Welt / Le cœur du monde
Directed by Harald Braun and told from the perspective of Bertha von Suttner, the first female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, The Alfred Nobel Story - No Greater Love chronicles the life of scientist, inventor, and businessman Alfred Nobel. Nobel built a massive fortune throughout his life, and while much if it was amassed by his inventions--dynamite being perhaps the most notable--he was also revered for his discoveries within the fields of science and economics. Upon his death, Nobel decided that his fortune was simply too great to continue in the form of an inheritance or single charitable donation, opting instead to use the money as reward for the greatest contributors to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and, of course, peace.
Münchhausen (1943) [Movie] Eggplant.place
Münchhausen
director: Josef von Báky actor: Hans Albers / Wilhelm Bendow
other title: Il barone di Münchhausen / Les aventures fantastiques du baron de Münchhausen
Wanting a lavish production to mark the 25th anniversary of UFA, the German film studio, Joseph Goebbels, director of the Nazi propaganda machine, commissioned an adaptation of Baron von Münchhausen‘s “autobiographical” stories. Baron von Münchhausen (1720-97) was an eccentric figure in European history, whose tall tales about his adventures rival anything to be found in the legends of Paul Bunyan or classic figures like Odysseus. This film recounts some of the episodes from the Baron’s sensational stories, which are set in the world of the 18th century.
Bismarck (1940) [Movie] Douban
Bismarck
director: 沃尔夫冈·利本艾纳 actor: Paul Hartmann / Friedrich Kayßler
other title: 俾斯麦 / Bismarck - Das politische Schicksal des Eisernen Kanzlers
A biographical film of Otto von Bismarck, the Prime Minister of Prussia, and how he and his policies - including aggressive war - helped to unite Germany.