Films with: Schell, Maximilian

American film theatre.

A collection of 5 film adaptations of 20th century plays produced by the American Film Theatre.

DVD 2850

Black hole

Explorer craft, U.S.S. Palomino encounters a black hole with a ghost ship, the U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near it. As the scientists take a closer look, their ship is damaged and they must land on the Cygnus for repairs. They encounter electronic robots and ultimately must pit themselves against these machines in order to escape.

DVD 955

Chosen

The story of two teenage boys who become best friends despite huge differences in their upbringing. Danny is the son of an orthodox Hasidic Rabbi. Reuven comes from a progressive Jewish family whose father stands at the forefront of the battle for Israeli statehood. Danny's every moment is devoted to religious study, while Reuven plays jazz piano and is intensely interested in the changing world around him. Their family differences soon force both to make difficult choices.

DVD 8835

Cross of iron

A battle-hardened German sergeant tries to hold his platoon together on the Russian front during WWII. Not only must he try to hold his platoon together, but he must deal with his commander, a glory seeker, who wants to be awarded Germany's highest medal of honor, the "Cross of Iron."

DVD 150

Deep impact

'Deep Impact' is the story of the world's reaction to a death sentence. As a comet approaches the earth which might not be destroyed or divertedbefore it reaches earth, each individual struggles in the face of extinction to find what most matters to him or her.

DVD 2254

Freshman

A naive student freshly arrived in New York City accepts a delivery job involving a shady businessman and a large lizard, eventually running afoul of an eccentric chef and the FBI.

DVD 1149

Joan of Arc

Born to a peasant family, young Joan hears the voices of saints telling her to unite her beseiged nation. At seventeen, she leads one of the greatest campaigns for freedom the world has ever witnessed.

DVD 1561

Judgment at Nuremberg

American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.

DVD 5210

Little Odessa

Torn between the sinister yet seductive world of crime and the bonds of family loyalty, two brothers must risk their lives to make a stand in their brutal struggle for survival in the streets of New York.

DVD 1360

Odessa file

In 1963, in Hamburg, Germany, a diary falls into the hands of freelance newspaperman Peter Miller. The diary documents the unspeakable crimes perpetrated by SS Captain Eduard Roschmann, commandant of the notorious wartime deathcamp at Riga, Latvia. Miller's personal manhunt to track down Roschmann leads him into the very heart of ODESSA, a powerful secret organization formed by the SS to protect and re-establish its fugitive members throughout the world.

DVD 934

Telling lies in America

Rated PG-13 A young Hungarian immigrant, living in the United States in the 1960's, gets into trouble when he begins to emulate the lying ways of a local disc jockey.

DVD 1963

Topkapi

Sophisticated thieves attempt to steal a jewel-encrusted dagger from a museum with an impregnable security system.

DVD 6813

Young Lions

DVD 1677