Arthur Allan Seidelman — Director (21)

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A Friendship in Vienna (1988)
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other title: Eine Freundschaft in Wien / Amistad en Viena
Inge Dournenvald and Lise Mueller are best friends in pre-WW2 Austria, despite the fact that Inge is Jewish and Lise is the daughter of a Nazi sympathizer. When they are forbidden to see each other, they meet secretly. After the Germans invade Austria in 1938, Inge and her family escape to America with the help of Lise

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Children of Rage (1975)
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other title: Hijos de la furia / Les Enfants de la rage
The viscous conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is now a generation old. For many of the children of the region, the terrorist war has been going on for their entire lifetimes, killing their family and friends, and overshadowing their lives. They are the Children of Rage

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The Summer of Ben Tyler (1996)
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other title: Ben Tyler – Sein einzigartiger Sommer
Set early during World War II, the film has a lot to say about love, honor, relationships, commitment and power. Keeping their promise to their dying black housekeeper, a white family takes in her teenage mentally-slow son. The movie details the joys and conflicts the family faces as a result of their decision.

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Body Language (1992)
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The ambitious Betsy is happy: she gets promoted to a leading management position. Her happiness is spoiled only a little by problems with a boyfriend who feels neglected and an harassing boss. She realizes much too late that her secretary Norma is after her job and step by step tries to ruin her career and private life.

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The Runaway (2000)
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other title: Le prix du courage
At the birth of two boys, one white and one black, a mysterious and powerful Conjure Woman (Maya Angelou) prophesies that they will start the change. Growing up as best friends in rural Georgia in the 1940s, the boys make a discovery that leads the town's new sheriff, Frank Richards (Dean Cain), to reopen the investigation of the unsolved murders of three black men. While the town would prefer that the truth remain hidden, the sheriff pursues the case, determined to see justice prevail. The Runaway is a stirring story of how friendship, determination and conviction can generate racial change in one heart or an entire town.

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A Christmas Carol (2004)
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other title: クリスマス・キャロル ザ・ミュージカル / Un cuento de Navidad (El musical) …
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

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The People Across the Lake (1988)
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other title: 静静的湖 / Al di là del lago …
查克·约曼和瑞查尔夫妇带着他们的孩子来到一个风景宜人,远离喧嚣的湖边小镇。他们以为找到了一片适合一家人生活的净土。他们在...查克·约曼和瑞查尔夫妇带着他们的孩子来到一个风景宜人,远离喧嚣的湖边小镇。他们以为找到了一片适合一家人生活的净土。他们在这里游泳,乘帆船,自由自在。可不久他们听说这湖边发生过谋杀案,十几年前失踪的人,仿佛和这个湖有关系。当地的男孩乔恩和爸爸麦尔克姆生活在一起。瑞查尔经常和乔恩在一起谈到很多以前的事情。这令麦尔克姆十分不快。没想到原来麦尔克姆的妻子玛莎在十几年前因另有新欢欲远离乔恩,使得麦尔克姆心理大受打击将其杀死,放置在湖边的小屋中。在其后连续的几年中麦尔克姆杀死很多人和玛莎做伴。因约曼一家知道了这个秘密,也被麦尔克姆追杀,在争执中瑞查尔救下自己的丈夫,脱离了危险。

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魅力师娘 (2000)
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other title: Sex & Mrs. X / 情色娘师
故事发生在繁华的大都市纽约,乔安娜(琳达·汉密尔顿 Linda Hamilton 饰)是一名记者,自认为是完美妻子的她怎么也想不到,丈夫戴尔(Stewart Bick 饰)竟然在外面有了秘密情人。一直以来的自信被猛然摧毁,乔安娜开始对人生产生了质疑,为了安抚受伤的心灵,乔安娜离开了伤心地前往法国巴黎,她此行有一个特殊的目的,那就是拜访在欧洲被称为传奇的极品女人——西蒙娜(杰奎琳·比塞特 Jacqueline Bisset 饰),向她讨教成为一名成功女性的秘诀。 一开始,乔安娜并不能十分理解西蒙娜的作风,她西蒙娜像是一个老鸨,在教她手底下的女孩勾引男人的方法。但随着时间的推挤,乔安娜发现那些她先前瞧不上的技巧在潜移默化之间改变了她为人处世的方法,她变得更加有魅力,也更加受欢迎了。