Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the Fre...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Andrzej Wajda

Cast

Gérard Depardieu, Wojciech Pszoniak, Patrice Chéreau

After an absence of five years, six times Mr Olympia winner Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a comeback and attempts to take the World Body Building Championship for the 7th time.

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Kit Laughlin

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Platz, Frank Zane

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.

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2h 15m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle

A Stalinist assassin tracks exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky to Mexico in 1940.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Joseph Losey

Cast

Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider

After leaving the asylum, Vincent van Gogh settles in the home of Doctor Gachet, where he keeps painting amidst the torments of his failing mental health. He begins an affair with his host’s daughter, however, she soon realizes that he doesn’t love her and that his heart beats only for art.

Runtime

2h 38m

Director

Maurice Pialat

Cast

Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq