Rising in the World

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

Runtime

1h 13m

Director

Aki Kaurismäki

Cast

Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää

Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and i...

Runtime

2h 23m

Director

Terry Gilliam

Cast

Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

In Cold War-era West Berlin, American Coca-Cola executive C.R. 'Mac' MacNamara is tasked with playing babysitter to his boss' spoiled 17-year-old daughter Scarlett, who proves more difficult than anticipated when she reveals that she is pregnant by a Communist.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Billy Wilder

Cast

James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Kay Pollak

Cast

Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm