Trolosa (2000)
Trolosa 2000 Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus She becomes involved in an affair with their director friend, David, which leads to a painful divorce and battle for custody of their daughter, Isabelle Although all of them are merely fictional characters created b
Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
Beyond Good and Evil (1977) The life and ideas of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. A love triangle unfolds as Nietzsche and his best friend decides to live with a Jewish woman. According to Nietzsche's ...
Oxen (1991)
Oxen (1991) In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox and feeds it to his wife and baby daughter. No-one suspects anything until the meat is finished and Helge tries to sell the hide at a local market. He is spotted by the local vicar and, wracked with guilt, con
Face to Face (1976)
Face to Face 1976 With her husband Eric at a medical congress in Chicago and their fourteen year old daughter at riding camp for the summer, psychiatrist Dr Jenny Isaksson has emptied out their old house while their new house is being built, and has moved in with her grandparents in the house in whi
Montenegro (1981)
Montenegro (1981) Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog's milk and advises the dog not to drink it; she sets the sheets afire as her husband sleeps; she crawls under the dining table to sing. Whi
The Sacrifice (1986)
The Sacrifice (1986) Alexander, a journalist and former actor and philosopher, tells his little son how worried he is about the lack of spirituality of modern mankind. In the night of his birthday, the third world war breaks out. In his despair Alexander turns himself in a prayer to God, offering hi
The House of the Yellow Carpet (1983)
The House of the Yellow Carpet (1983) Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit becames a nightmare. He kidnaps Franca and says he killed
Nostalgia (1983)
Nostalgia (1983) The Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov, accompanied by guide and translator Eugenia, is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer. In an ancient spa town, he meets the lunatic Domenico, who years earlier had imprisoned his own family in his house fo
I Am Afraid (1977)
I Am Afraid (1977) Journey into the fears of the escort agent Graziano, guilty of knowing too much.
Variola Vera (1982)
Variola Vera 1982 One pilgrim, infected with an unknown illness, enter the country Relocated from place to place is dying, and disease spreads The moment they realize that they are responsible for the disease was considered eradicated, but it is too late An outbreak of smallpox begins to revive, lea
Hanussen (1988)
Hanussen 1988 A mans story parallels Hitlers rise Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr Emil Bettleheim Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients After the war, with one friend as
Saving Grace (1986)
Saving Grace 1986 A newly elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately teach the Pope and his new friends some important lessons about friendship and self esteem