Cinema releases by week

, 1h54
Directed by Vittorio De Sica
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March, Robert Wagner, Françoise Prévost, Gabriele Tinti
Rating67%
L'industriel Albrecht von Gerlach découvre qu'il est près de mourir et fait venir à lui son fils avocat Werner qu'il souhaite nommer comme son successeur. Sa femme Johanna, actrice engagée dans une œuvre de Brecht contre le nazisme découvre, les secrets de famille : le fils aîné Frantz, criminel nazi de la SS tenu pour mort, se cache en fait depuis seize ans dans le grenier. Il est servi par sa sœur qui lui décrit une Allemagne défaite et humiliée encore sous le joug des envahisseurs.

, 1h26
Directed by Michael Carreras
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Donald Houston, Nadia Gray, Liliane Brousse, George Pastell, Norman Bird
Rating59%
The story tells of vacationing American artist Jeff Farrell who becomes romantically involved with an older woman named Eve Beynat, in southern France, while harboring some attraction for her teenage stepdaughter Annette. Eve's husband/Annette's father Georges is in an asylum for, four years ago, using a blowtorch to kill a man who had raped Annette. Believing it will help make Eve his for life, Jeff agrees to assist her in springing Georges from the asylum. Of course, Eve has a completely different agenda in mind . . .

, 1h50
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, George Tobias, Marvin Kaplan
Rating57%
A womanizing American reporter assigned in Paris (Paul Newman) mistakes a cynical fashion copycat designer (Joanne Woodward) for a prostitute after she receives a makeover. He decides to interview her for a series of articles, then falls in love with her. The girl goes along with it, first out of revenge as he snubbed her during a past encounter, then out of feelings of her own.

, 1h23
Directed by Riccardo Freda
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Peplum
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Hélène Chanel, Andrea Bosic, Vira Silenti, Charles Fernley Fawcett, John Karlsen
Rating51%
In the mid 1500s a witch is burned in Scotland and places a curse on the inhabitants before she dies. One hundred years later the tree she was chained to and burned still stands with no one daring to destroy it. The curse remains by forcing women to commit suicide. The descendent of the witch, Martha Gunt is sentenced to be burned for witchcraft.

, 1h26
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding
Rating54%
Tom Penderel, un américain, installé en Angleterre où il est vendeur de voitures, livre une voiture à un vieux milliardaire excentrique, Jasper Femm, qui vit dans une étrange résidence avec de nombreux membres de sa famille. Or, quand il arrive, on lui annonce que Jasper Femm vient de mourir. Face à la tempête qui se lève, il se voit proposer de passer la nuit dans la résidence des Femm…

Directed by Doris Wishman
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Louis Prima
Rating53%

, 1h31
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Kenneth Williams, Bernard Cribbins, Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey, Donald Houston, Cecil Parker
Rating58%
Carry On Jack starts with the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson (Jimmy Thompson) whose last words are that Britain needs a bigger navy with more men, followed by his famous request for a kiss to Hardy (Anton Rodgers), upon which he meets his demise. In the main story, Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) has taken 8⁄2 years and still not qualified as midshipman, but is promoted by the First Sea Lord (Cecil Parker) as England needs officers. He is to join the frigate Venus at Plymouth. Arriving to find the crew all celebrating as they are sailing tomorrow, he takes a sedan chair with no bottom (so he has to run), carried by a young man and his father (Jim Dale and Ian Wilson, respectively) to Dirty Dick's Tavern.

, 1h34
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Leon Niemczyk, Zygmunt Malanowicz, Roman Polanski
Rating73%
Andrzej (Leon Niemczyk) and Krystyna (Jolanta Umecka) are driving to a lake to go sailing when they come upon a young man (Zygmunt Malanowicz) hitchhiking in the middle of the road. After nearly hitting him, Andrzej invites the young man along. When they arrive at the lake, instead of leaving the young man behind, Andrzej invites him to go sailing with them. The young man accepts the offer, and, not knowing much about sailing, must learn many hard lessons from Andrzej.