Arianne Ulmer

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt tries to show the background and developments and speaks, among others, with directors such as Richard Fleischer and Robert Wise as well as with "femme fatale" actresses. Filmmakers of the following generations explain how the style and themes of noir continue to shape cinema today.

En 1960, un pilote d'essais militaires est pris dans une faille spatio-temporelle qui le propulse en 2024. Il se rend alors compte qu'une épidémie a stérilisé le monde.

A young American painter and his French wife move with their small daughter to the US when the husband's father dies. His mother takes an instant dislike to the wife, and when she finds out that her daughter-in-law is a nudist who once posed naked for an artist, she declares her son's wife to be an unfit mother and sets out to break up the marriage--which may not be difficult to do, as the son is a weak-willed "mama's boy" who's terrified to stand up against his domineering mother.

Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life to his last film.

A comprehensive story of Hollywood's horror and science fiction films of the 1950s, told by the people who made them.

Naples, à la fin du XVIIème siècle, Von Holstein dirige les affaires de la reine Carolina d’une main de fer tandis que la révolution gronde dans le peuple. Le capitaine Sirocco, un justicier masqué, s’en prend à la couronne et s’empare de ses richesses. Face à la répression cruelle de Von Holstein, Sirocco va devoir lever une armée révolutionnaire.

Nat Silver has been engaged 7 times already. This time, his 8th, he's really going to get married. But a visitor shows up, Shirley's old boyfriend. With a gun ! He'll kill himself unless he can have Shirley back, and Nat graciously gives in. According to Nat's mother, his Uncle Shya was unlucky at love but lucky as a matchmaker, and Nat is just like Shya. Nat tells his family he's going to Italy. But he remains in New York and sets himself up with a new name and new business, Nat Gold, Advisor in Human Relations...

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to settle their differences by each choosing a single soldier as champion and having the two men fight to the death on an isolated island.

Documentary on the life and work of B-movie filmmaker Edgar G. Ulmer, spanning from his early life to his last film.