Movies
In 1896 it is announced that the Olympic Games will be revived in Athens. A young shepherd, Spiridon Loues, decides to enter the 26-mile marathon. Once in Athens, he meets Christina Gratsos, a young woman from his hometown who is now the personal maid of Eleni Costa, Greece's most glamorous actress. Though he has arrived after the qualification date, Spiridon's athletic prowess so impresses Coach Graham of the American team that he is permitted to enter the contest. Eleni informs the press that she will marry the victor, confident it will be her lover, Lieutenant Vinardos.
Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Trax Colton, Nico Minardos, Bob Mathias, Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Ivan Triesault, Roger Browne, Titos Vandis, Jean Murat, Paul Muller, Gustavo De Nardo, Andrew Marton, László Vadnay, Manos Hatzidakis
After a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival. Stars: Candace Hilligoss Frances Feist Sydney Berger Art Ellison Stan Levitt Bill de Jarnette Herk Harvey John Clifford
Barabbas, the criminal that the Jewish leaders induced the populace to vote to set free, so that Christ could be crucified, is haunted by the image of Jesus for the rest of his life.
Stars: Anthony Quinn, Silvana Mangano, Arthur Kennedy, Katy Jurado, Harry Andrews, Jack Palance, Richard Fleischer, Pär Lagerkvist
A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
An elusive billionaire hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a cold-war European landscape. Stars: Orson Welles Peter van Eyck Patricia Medina Robert Tamiroff Gregoire Aslan
Female prisoners are shipped to Devil's Island penal colony. They are indoctrinated into the prison life from abusive guards and then a new prison governor arrives with planned reforms.
A surly convicted murderer held in permanent isolation redeems himself when he becomes a renowned bird expert.
Stars: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly Savalas, Edmond O'Brien, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, John Frankenheimer, Guy Trosper, Thomas E. Gaddis
Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes. Stars: Marisa Solinas Germano Gilioli Anita Ekberg Peppino De Filippo Tomas Milian Sophia Loren Vittorio De Sica Suso Cecchi D'Amico
An English professor falls for a minor , and has to face the consequences of his actions.
Stars: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Lois Maxwell, Sue Lyon, Peter Sellers, Jerry Stovin, Stanley Kubrick, Nelson Riddle
After an unsuccessful assassination, a terrorist and his wife hide on a remote island in the house of a friend who doesn't suspect anything.
Stars: Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Henri Serre, Robert Bousquet, Diane Lepvrier, Maurice Garrel, Alain Cavalier, Serge Nigg
An expedition to Infant Island discovers a native population and tiny twin fairy priestesses of the island's mythical deity. Named Mothra, she sets out to rescue her fairies after they are kidnapped by an exploitative businessman.
It's 1790 and British Naval Commander Redway is driven by greed for money and will stop at nothing to get it. His second in command, David Robinson, questions his allegiance when Redway kills his father and takes his brother prisoner. In order to save his brother and avenge his father's death David must join forces with a band of pirates, led by Captain Bernard, hunt down and kill Redway. Along the way we are treated to sea battles, blood-thirsty cannibals, and wall-to-wall action.
Stars: Michèle Mercier, Richard Harrison, Roldano Lupi, Paul Muller, Walter Barnes, Domenico Paolella, Ugo Guerra, Luciano Martino, Ernesto Gastaldi
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior.
People living in a seaside town are frightened by reports about an unknown creature in the ocean. Nobody knows what it is, but it's really the son of Doctor Salvator. The doctor performed surgery on his son and now young Ichtiandr can live underwater. This gives him certain advantages, but creates a lot of problems.
Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars. Stars: Ivan Pereverzev Aleksandr Shovorin Linda Barrett Konstantin Bartashevich Larysa Borysenko Viktor Dobrovolsky Francis Ford Coppola Aleksey Sazonov