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The Emigrants (1971) on 24 september 1972
, 2h15Directed by Jan Troell
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Films about immigration, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Allan Edwall
Rating79%
The film begins in 1844 in the Swedish province of Smaland, where in Ljuder Parish lives the Nilsson family. They live on a small farm in the woods at Korpamoen, which consists of a small plot of infertile land riddled with stones. They have three children; Their oldest son, Karl Oskar, is in line to inherit the farm from his father Nils, who has been crippled from an injury sustained after a failed attempt to dig a large boulder out of the earth in one of their fields. A daughter, Lydia, works as a maid in the nearby town of Akerby, while their youngest son Robert works as a farmhand at another farm at Nybacken. While Karl Oskar is in the process of inheriting the farm, Nils informs him that he needs a wife to be a successful farmer. Afterwards, Karl Oskar meets a young girl named Kristina Johansdotter, who soon becomes his bride. She moves to Korpamoen to live with him and his parents. In the following years, Karl Oskar and Kristina start a family, starting with a daughter, Anna, followed by a son, Johan, then another daughter, Marta, and finally another son, Harald. Times are difficult: there is bad weather, the harvests are poor, and hunger prevails. Karl Oskar's rebellious younger brother Robert first comes across the idea of emigrating to America, tired of being treated poorly as a farmhand. He first asks his friend Arvid, another farmhand at Nybacken to come along with him, who eagerly agrees to do so, but the pair's hopes are dashed when they realize they haven't the money needed for their passage. Robert confronts Karl Oskar about selling his share of the farm in order to afford the passage, only to find out that Karl Oskar himself had been considering the idea of moving his family to the United States. Despite the offerings of a better life, Kristina adamantly rejects the notion, not wanting to leave her homeland as well as being fearful of risking the lives of their four young children on the ocean. However, one night, hunger compels the couple's eldest daughter Anna to secretly eat food that was not ready to be eaten. She eats so much that it causes her stomach to burst, and she dies the following morning.
Cancel My Reservation (1972) on 21 september 1972
, 1h39Directed by Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Forrest Tucker, Anne Archer, Keenan Wynn
Rating49%
Television personality Dan Bartlett, having difficulties with his wife and TV co-star Sheila, retreats to his Arizona ranch. When the body of Mary Little Cloud is found in his car trunk, Dan is placed under arrest.
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972) on 20 september 1972
, 1h15Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asnere, Anne Francis, Tony Bill, Donna Mills
Rating63%
A group of rich tourists and businesspeople fly to a mysterious tropical resort, the Portals of Eden, hosted by Seacrist (Moses Gunn). There, they spend their time relaxing and being pampered in paradise. Following a storm after their first night, the guests suddenly find themselves all alone, with dwindling supplies, without communication with the outside world, and abandoned by the resort staff. The guests discover they have each recently experienced a brush with death, and they trhy to determine what it means.
The Woman Hunter (1972) on 18 september 1972
, 1h10Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Barbara Eden, Robert Vaughn, Stuart Whitman, Sydney Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Larry Storch
Rating47%
Dina Hunter (Barbara Eden), wealthy and unstable, takes a Mexican holiday with her husband Jerry (Robert Vaughn) in order for her to recover from a traffic accident. An artist named Paul Carter (Stuart Whitman) becomes intrigued in Dina and wants to paint her portrait. Dina's interest in him leads her to uncover clues that he is more than just an artist — she discovers that he may possibly be a jewel thief and murderer. She tries to convince her husband and the local authorities but no one will believe her story.
Necromancy (1972) on 22 september 1972
, 1h23Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean, Harvey Jason, Susan Bernard
Rating46%
A strange and sinister man, Mr. Cato (Orson Welles), wields extraordinary power in the small town of Lilith. The townsfolk indulge in weird rituals in their pursuit of necromancy, bring the dead back to life. Against this disturbing background a beautiful young girl, Lori (Pamela Franklin), becomes the human catalyst. She is married to one of Cato's workers and holds the key between life and death: what Cato and his followers have in mind is using Lori to bring back Cato's dead son.
The Scopone Game (1972) on 24 september 1972
, 1h56Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Vieillesse
Actors Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, Mario Carotenuto, Franca Scagnetti
Rating75%
An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. The annual scenario remains unchanged: she donates the initial stakes so they can play, then ultimately wins the game, shattering the couple's dream of scoring a victory and improving their lot in life. Eventually their daughter Cleopatra seeks revenge on her parents' behalf.
Eolomea (1972) on 21 september 1972
, 1h19Directed by Herrmann Zschoche
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Peter Slabakov, Vsevolod Sanaïev, Carmen-Maja Antoni
Rating57%
Huit cargos disparaissent sans laisser de trace en seulement trois jours et la station spatiale " Margot" est tombée silencieuse. Le Conseil Espace est confronté à un mystère et le responsable scientifique, Marie Scholl, ne voit pas d'autre solution que d'envoyer un vol de reconnaissance pour savoir ce qui se passe.
Sounder (1972) on 24 september 1972
, 1h45Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, James Best, Janet MacLachlan
Rating74%
The Morgans (Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks), a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933 right in the middle of the Great Depression, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays for a while with a dedicated black schoolteacher.
Another Nice Mess (1972) on 22 september 1972
, 1h6Directed by Bob Einstein
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Rich Little, Herb Voland, Stanley Adams, Steve Martin, Billy Sands, Bob Einstein
Rating58%