Der Mann im Salz

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is ...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast

Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming deter...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Ingmar Bergman

Cast

Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spe...

Runtime

3h 3m

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Cast

Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Mykola Hrynko

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert.

Runtime

2h 35m

Director

Kim Sung-soo

Cast

Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-mo

Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously...

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Marshall Herskovitz

Cast

Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt