CYRANO DE BERGERAC

Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau

A dashing officer of the guard and romantic poet, Cyrano de Bergerac falls in love with his cousin Roxane without her knowing. His one fault in his life, he feels, is his large nose and although it may have been a forming influence in his rapier-sharp wit, he believes that Roxane will reject him. He resorts to writing letters to her on behalf of one of his cadets, Christian, who is also in love with Roxane but just doesn't know how to tell her. She falls for the poetic charm of the letters but believes that they were written by Christian.

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DAME AUX CAMELIAS

Director: Jean-Claude Brialy

Film na podstawie powieści Aleksandra Dumasa.
Piękna paryska kurtyzana Marguerite Gautier zwana "damą kameliową",
ze względu na upodobanie do tych kwiatów, ma wielu wielbicieli wśród paryskich arystokratów. Naprawdę kocha jednego - młodego Armanda Duvala. Pod wpływem próśb ojca ukochanego, a wbrew sobie, oświadcza Armandowi, że już go nie kocha.

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Doctor Zhivago

Director: Aleksandr Proszkin

In Doctor Zhivago, the life of a young doctor is intertwined with the fate of Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. Yuri Zhivago is orphaned at a young age, and his uncle brings him to Moscow, where he studies medicine while living with his uncle's family. At a New Year's ball, he witnesses an assassination attempt on a high society lawyer named Komarovksy. What shocks Yuri is the identity of the shooter: Lara Gishar. By coincidence, he had been present earlier when Lara and Komarovsky first met at the Montenegro hotel. At the time, their magnetism and their unusual relationship, both extremely open and particularly secretive, revealed to the young doctor a world of emotions he had yet to experience. Yuri is told that Komarovsky played a role in his father's suicide, but this news has less effect on him than the chance meeting with Lara. At the beginning of WWI, Doctor Zhivago goes to the front, leaving his wife and children in Moscow. He is unaware that many years later Lara will touch his life again, changing it for ever; Yuri Zhivago's personal drama plays out against a backdrop of social and historical upheaval, with his generation's hopes and desires wiped out by war and revolution. Yuri's work and family suffer from his sense of having lost his bearings. Hoping to get back on his feet, he makes the fateful decision to leave Moscow and return to his family's house beyond the Urals. Yuri observes from the window of his train as a new Russia is born, and unexpected encounters during his travels come to symbolize for him the spirit of a new era. The people he meets in the train have been forged in this new world, and Yuri desperately tries to find his place among them, learning to live in the provinces and forgetting the dreams of his youth. As he lies on his bunk in the train, Yuri has no idea that Lara has also left Moscow, taking up residence not far from his family home.

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LILI MARLEEN

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

In Switzerland German singer 'Willie' falls in love with Jewish composer 'Robert' who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. But his family thinks that 'Willie' is also a Nazi and may be a risk for them. One day 'Willie' helps 'Robert' but has to stay in Germany. As Willie starts to sing the song 'Lili Marleen' she becomes very famous and every soldier hears that song via radio at 8 pm. Although even Hitler wants to meet her she still does not forget 'Robert' and helps to smuggle photos of concentration camps to the free Switzerland. When 'Robert' wants to visit her he is captured he can finally get free again but he will never see Willie again until war is over.

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Railway Station for Two

Director: Eldar Riazanow

A train station forms the setting for this chaotic tale of romance and coincidence. On his way to visit his father in the faraway town of Griboedov, pianist Platon decides to take a break for... A train station forms the setting for this chaotic tale of romance and coincidence. On his way to visit his father in the faraway town of Griboedov, pianist Platon decides to take a break for lunch. But when the food at a Zastupinsk railway station café fails to satisfy him, he refuses to pay, leaving a waitress named Vera in the lurch. Little does Platon know, his actions will come back to haunt him, getting him detained at the station and later accused of a crime he didn't even commit. Platon could also never predict that the waitress he stuck the check with would come back into his life in a series of humorous, unfortunate, and ultimately romantic ways.

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TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES

Director: Ian Sharp

Young country girl Tess Durbyfield goes to work for her aristocratic relatives, the D'Urbervilles, in an attempt at helping her family to raise some money. Her cousin Alec falls in love with her and seduces/rapes her.

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