To be happy, a lover must catch a magic butterfly in his hat. Puppet cartoon about faith in yourself.

The trial of Yeshua Ha-Notsri is led by prosecutor Pontius Pilate who believes in the innocence of the accused but is forced to sentence him to death. This biblical story is set in present-day Germany.

Kei, a house servant, is kicked out after an altercation and is then adopted by a nearby family.

When all the parents in a town leave their misbehaving children to fend for themselves, chaos follows.

The grandfather planted a turnip, which grew so big that he could not pull it out. The grandmother's help did not change anything, so they called their granddaughter. Then the dog Zhuchka and the cat came to help, but the turnip still remained in the ground. And only the appearance of a mouse helped the heroes to pull out the root vegetable.

On the island all crocodiles hatch crocodiles and only one of them for unknown reasons has a chick, which immediately calls him ‘daddy’. At first he tries to get rid of the offspring, but then parental feelings triumph and the crocodile starts to protect the child from aggressive neighbours. Later it turns out that, despite their differences, they have a lot to learn from each other.

Alexander Petrovich Egorov returned to his native village from the front as an invalid. A year later he was widowed, and four young children were left in his care. For many years Egorov lived alone, and then brought a new wife into the house - a young neighbour Ksenia. The woman was the bride of Alexander Petrovich's younger brother, but never waited for the groom from the war. Ksenia became a mother to Egorov's children, and a few years later gave birth to his son Vasily. Thirty-eight years passed. The boys grew up and left their native nest. Ksenia and Alexander Egorovs decided to visit their children and set off on their way.

First-grader Petya had a secret that he couldn't tell his mother. The "Swedish series" of stamps was foolishly traded to a fifth-grader. His faithful classmates expose the deal and help to return the collection to its rightful owner.

The whole country - people of different ages, incomes and professions - watch television. All television programmes - news, talk shows, even soap operas - are devoted to the same thing: bathing in a winter ice-hole. The president catches a talking pike in the ice-hole, a fugitive oligarch hides his millions there, an aqualungist artist organises a performance, and a freelancer becomes Orpheus and Sadko at the same time.

Two unemployed friends have a fresh idea: they want to stage Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' in Grand Theft Auto. But even in a virtual world, reality intrudes in a wild and trippy film shot entirely inside the ultra-violent video game.

On Saturday morning, a mother and daughter were brutally murdered in their apartment. The murderer treated the latter cruelly - her face was disfigured beyond recognition. The missing thing - an old cross with black pearls - was found at one of the acquaintances of the murdered woman. He was hastily tried and sentenced to capital punishment.

An eccentric musical about what awaits a young honest man who does not want to enjoy the benefits of a "profitable place", despite the fact that he has a young wife, a very persistent mother-in-law and an influential uncle.

The tragedy of a woman who - after seven years of vain searches - gave up hope of finding her husband, a knight lost in battle in Marroc with Sebastião, king of Portugal. She marries, has a daughter by her second husband, and endures the silent reproach of an aid, Telmo Pais, the only who kept his hope that his master shall return, as well as the king... One day, a mysterious pilgrim arrives at the mansion.

In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

The Leopard tells the story of the rebellion of Al-Fahd, an ordinary peasant who refuses to pay the tax required by the Afghan occupants that would condemn his family to starve to death. Al-Fahd flees into the mountains and starts a lonely fight against the illegitimate authority.

Bulgaria. 13th century. The people, driven to utter despair, rise in arms. They elect Ivaylo - a poor peasant but gifted military commander - as their leader. Ivaylo's army overruns the Tatar invaders and the royal troops. In a decisive battle with the royal army, Ivaylo defeats and slays King Konstantin Asen. To prevent a betrayal on the feudal nobles, who intend to open the gates of the royal capital to Byzantine army, Ivaylo sacrifices his personal happiness, abandons his sweetheart and agrees to marry the widowed queen.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Based on the short story by Ryusuke Sato, Okamoto collaborated with the folk singer Kōhei Oikawa mixing song and spoken word with a guitar accompaniment.

An Englishman commits adultery with a Sicilian woman.

Olof Koskela, a family's only son, is driven from home when he wants to marry the wrong girl. He takes a job as a floater. His reputation as a womanizer goes far and wide. When he meets the proud Kyllikki, he enters into a bet to defeat the mighty rapids while standing on a log.

Schoolboys discover that if sitting in a certain rocky cliff area in the forest, they can memorize anything they read there for exams the following day. Turns out the rocky cliff has a cave in which they make an incredible discovery.

Franz Woyzeck, the protagonist of Georg Büchner's unfinished drama is incorporated in this adaption of a classic. The contemporary Franz Wodzeck lives in Germany's Ruhr industrial region. Wodzeck meanders back and forth between the monotony of working each day in a car factory and returning each evening to the cheerless desolation of the factory dormitory. Once his girlfriend, Maleen, snubs him for his boss, Wodzeck's personal and social frustrations escalate into a vista of emotions: he runs amok and bloodily stubs Maleen to death. After he has killed his one sole love Wodzeck resigns himself to his fate. A hollow shell of a man is admitted to a psychiatric asylum. He feels no more anxiety, no more desire. He simply exists. FBW Prädikat: "wertvoll".

Kanazawa in the Taisho era. A former junior high school student, Ichiro's family used to be a large landowner, but now they are living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

Audrey marries a medical officer, sails to Malaysia and meets a prince whose burden is too heavy for his shoulders.

Based on Boris Zakhoder's poem of the same name.

Based on a book by Juan Carlos Onetti, the film tells the story of Ossario, a hunted revolutionary leader who sees his comrades die one after another.

Nine-year-old Maxim Rybkin grows up to be a diligent boy, he is set an example for other boys. But they dislike Maxim and never accept him in their games. But one day Maksim finds a magic bolt in the street, which gives him courage and fearlessness...

A fairy tale story in which a stubborn old man and an old woman argued - whoever speaks first will go to close the door. It came to the point that they were robbed by thieves.

Thirty Thousand yen in the office was cheated, and a chief accountant in this company was blamed for the money. He forced into a corner, and even tried to kill himself. But there is a man who chases the truth of this incident.

Indian migrant worker Najeeb Muhammad goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money. However, in a twist of fate, he finds himself living a slave-like existence, herding goats in the middle of the desert.

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the widow Flood with the farm. Carlsson has big plans for the island, including having paying guests in the summer but Gusten, the son of the widow, is negative. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

The story of Liam, a neglected teenager who lives in a family where alcohol, violence and sex play the main role. He grows up to be a confused youngster which ends in a very aggressive act to break with his past.

When winter came, the bear cub wanted to eat everything around him so that all the beauty of the winter landscape would always be with him - in his belly. However, after eating snowflakes, he falls ill and raves all winter that he is a snowflake. His faithful friend, the hedgehog, comes to the rescue.

Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison".

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, a teacher tries to teach his students tolerance for others.

Painted pictures of castles, knights and flowers to a poem by Karl Vennberg.

An aeroplane makes an emergency landing on one of the Arctic islands. The crew and passengers of the aircraft, finding themselves in an extremely difficult situation, emerge victorious in the fight with the harsh elements...

Investigator Ryabinin is assigned to handle the petrol theft case. His predecessor, having arrested Toptunov, the operator of the petrol depot, and having failed to provide the management with evidence, was dismissed from the case. Ryabinin releases the operator and thus makes a big mistake: Toptunov is killed, and petrol continues to flow through a hidden outlet pipe...

Screen adaptation of the novel of the same name (1900) by Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler.

Late 17th century, Dagestan. The young man Khochbar accompanies Saadat, the daughter of the Nutsal of the Khanate of Hunzakh, who was married for political reasons to the son of the ruler of the Caspian lands. During the long journey, tender feelings arise between the young people, which leads to a tragic denouement.

The drama offers Arnošt Pánek, chairman of the National Committee, as the protagonist of the story. Pánek is disturbed by news of the arrest of his protégé Kvasil — chairman of a JZD agricultural cooperative in the nearby village of Spádová. He is responsible for the revival of a neglected village, but is now accused of theft, fraud, and — on top of that — the rape of an under-aged girl.

The first post-war years. Kolya Letechka lives in the orphanage - a victim of the "Kinderheim" concentration camp, where the Germans conducted their research on children. Terrible memories make themselves felt when Kolka finds himself on trial over traitors.

Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the priest, Ingvar Hagson, but they have to keep their love a secret.

Based on the story of the same name by Dmitry Grigorovich. After the death of his mother, Petya was left an orphan and was given to the circus strongman Becker, a cruel and unjust man. The clown Edwards pitied and loved the boy and secretly taught him the real circus art. But the boy, frightened by Becker's shouts, fell from a height during the performance.

Ryuichi Okagawa, a Japanese writer who worked as a reporter in China has been sick ever since his return home. While in China, Okagawa had met a devoutly religious girl named Jin-hua. Okagawa was born with a predisposition to agonizing recurrent migraines, but found happiness with Jin-hua and married her. Unfortunately, he already had a wife in Japan, and this revelation crushed Jin-hua. When Okagawa returned home, leaving Jin-hua behind, she was forced to work as a prostitute, catching both a severe case of the flu and a rather less socially acceptable condition. Meanwhile, Okagawa’s guilt has torn him apart enough for him to return to China in an attempt to bring Jin-hua home with him to get medical attention, but the girl is already too far gone for his help

A film about Socrates based on Maxwell Anderson's play Barefoot in Athens.

Ivan Pazukhin, an old merchant, dies. In anticipation of his death, a wild, beastly struggle between relatives and servants has broken out over the division of the inheritance. Ivan Pazukhin's son Prokofiy is ready to go to any humiliation in order to win the favour of the dying man. A thin thread of intrigue is woven by the arrogant and insolent official Furnachev, husband of Nastasya, Ivan's daughter. A screen adaptation of the play of the same name by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin.

Once upon a time, a poor woodcutter and his wife lived in a great forest. Cold, hunger, poverty and a war raging all around them meant their lives were very hard. One day, the woodcutter's wife rescues a baby. A baby girl thrown from one of the many trains that constantly pass through the forest. This baby, this "most precious of cargoes", will transform the lives of the poor woodcutter's wife and her husband, as well as those whose paths the child will cross - including the man who threw her from the train. And some will try to protect her, whatever the cost. Their story will reveal the worst and the best in the hearts of men.

A comedy starring Nina Shaternikova, The Skotinins is loosely based on the 18th century play The Minor by Denis Fonvizin. In it, the upper class is shown as both depraved and stupid, engaging a variety of absurd, over-the-top follies.

In a Munich circus, Pierre, who has come to attend the funeral of his father, a famous illusionist, finds love in the arms of the beautiful Hildegarde. But he discovers that Hildegarde has a twin sister, Greta.

Austrian flmed staged production of Euripedes' The Bacchae, portraying a conflict between the deity Dionysus, son of Zeus, and his cousin Pentheus, ruler of Thebes

Days of seriously wounded in the hospital in early May 1945.

Based on Lewis Carroll's letters to children and his own drawings.

Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.

As Hélène is conveying her husband's body across the Sahara, her convoy is attacked by looters. The young widow survives only to be taken to a remote desert village called Tirzit amidst a band of lonely, ailing men. She meets her husband's partner who tries to kill her. Hélène does not report him to the police but is curious to learn the reasons for his action. Before dying of a terrible fever, the man confesses that he murdered her husband.

An experimental film in which time breaks again and again at the moment of death, where the seconds become whole lives condemned.

“My children”, Gorcha intimates before taking his leave, “wait for my return for six days. After these six days, if I don't return, recite a prayer in my memory, as it will mean that I perished in battle... But if I should reappear - may God protect you! – after the six days, I enjoin you to bar the door and deny me entry, whatever I say or do. For by then, I will be none other than a Vourdalak, a damned one.”

2009. Michel Djerzinski, a genius researcher specialized in molecular biology, mysteriously disappears in Ireland. His latest discoveries would have opened the way to a major upheaval in the history of human genetics. This is the occasion for a dizzying plunge in time where we discover his half-brother Bruno, a tortured joker who will meet love in a post-sixties campsite, Janine, Bruno's and Michel's mother, a former hippie who has always refused to raise her children in a conventional way, and Annabelle, with whom Michel will fall in love as a child.

It is 1985 in the run-up to Christmas in a small town in County Wexford, Ireland. Bill Furlong toils as a coal merchant to support himself, his wife and his five daughters. Early one morning while out delivering coal at the local convent, he makes a discovery that forces him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a town controlled by the Catholic Church.

Though coming from a complicated past, Lily Bloom has always known the life she wants. While living in Boston, she meets neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid and believes she may very well have found her soul mate. Soon, however, questions arise about their relationship, and to complicate matters, her high school love interest, Atlas Corrigan, comes back into the picture, putting her relationship with Ryle in jeopardy.

After a long journey, Alain arrives at the Usher mansion to visit his old friend, Roderick Usher. Upon arriving, however, he discovers that Roderick and his sister, Madeline, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's senses have become painfully acute, while Madeline has become nearly catatonic.

Granny's Sexual Life is a short animated film, based on the anonymous testimonials gathered by Milena Miklavčič in the book 'Fire, Ass and Snakes Are Not Toys'. Four old women reflect on their memories of old times when they were young and how different the relationships between men and women were back then. Their voices merge into one single voice, that of the grandmother Vera, who tells her story in proper detail. A trip into the grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.

Based on the story of Chingiz Aitmatov "The White Steamer". In a forest cordon, lost high in the mountains, an old man and an old woman and his daughter live with their family - a husband and a seven-year-old son named Shambala, which means "boy-candle" or "boy who radiates light." Shambhala faithfully believes in the ancient myth of the Mother Deer, who saved the last baby of their kind, Bugu, from enemies and fed him with her milk. And although over time people exterminated the deer, the boy believes that someday the deer will still return to their land.

A young farmer's daughter is used and abused by the men in her life.

In the mid 19th century, a colony of German pioneers comes to remote southern Chile to work the land. Two brothers compete over a beautiful woman.

Miniseries version of the first half of Cervantes' famous novel.

When a wise man fails to deal with a flea, it starts a chain of events that leads to the destruction of his city.

Koji Wakamatsu adapted Kouhei Tsuka's play of the same name into a human comedy about the members of a traveling acting troupe.

Arrested without proof, Sadohachi’s life is spared by the Osaka magistrate who sends him to Kyoto to take care of two amateur thieves while Sadohachi seeks revenge against the ronin who framed him.

Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at the end of the 19th century, she is taken by her father and brother to the neurological clinic at La Pitié Salpêtrière with no possibility of escaping her fate. Her destiny becomes entwined with that of Geneviève, a nurse at the hospital.

A young journalist, the daughter of a famous scientist, is trying to unravel the mystery of the disappearance of a famous doctor, admired by her father - transplantologist Hematos. Based on a novel "Doctor Halvanescu's farm" by Yuriy Smolych.

Two friends have fallen in love with a beautiful girl, the daughter of the carriage maker Perrishon. The girl is also keen to have an affair, but she has not yet realised which of the two she likes best. She decided to test them in action: she went with them to the mountains to look for treasure. Let them woo the girl in the field. Then it will become clear which of the grooms is more enviable.....

Narrated by Sir Christopher Lee as Roderick Usher summons his boyhood friend to help him ease his decaying condition. The death of Madeline Usher, last in the line of the Usher family precipitates Roderick's descent into madness and death.

Segundo López, a mature and humble man who hardly knows anything about life, sets out on a journey from his homeland, Cáceres, to Madrid, where he meets Chirri, a street urchin with whom he has countless adventures.

Based on The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Mazzetti’s debut film dispenses with all artifices to portray the original allegory (a man who turns into an insect), instead focussing on the alienation produced by society’s rigid expectations, which are here internalised and invisible. On learning that the short film had been shot with material stolen from the Slade School of Fine Art (London), the rector of the department decided that its reception by an audience of teachers and students would determine whether or not Mazzetti should be expelled. Thankfully, the film received immediate praise from those present.

Based on Gertrude Stein’s eponymously named screenplay, written in 1929 as European fascism was building momentum. Beatrice Gibson’s adaptation, set almost a century later in contemporary Paris, deploys Stein’s script as a talismanic guide through a contemporary moment of comparable social and political unrest. An original soundtrack, written especially for the film by British composer Laurence Crane, responds to the repetition, duplication and duality at play in Stein’s script. Both a fictional thriller and an act of collective representation, Deux Soeurs proposes empathy and friendship as means to reckon with an increasingly turbulent present.

Loosely based on a 1926 short story by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, the film opens as an artist and a young woman are in a dentist's waiting room. Though he is attracted to the woman, he says nothing to her. They are later in the same examining room. When he is given an anesthetic, he begins to imagine a series of scenes in which the woman undergoes various forms of sexual abuse, including rape and torture. When the artist recovers from the anesthetic, he finds clues showing that he may not have been hallucinating.

A translation to film of Raymond Williams’ 1973 book of the same title which traces images of ‘nature’ and ‘town’ through 200 years of English literature.

Based on the autobiographical prose by Vadim Shefner. The film is set in 1930s Leningrad. A young pioneer lives in a communal house on Vasilievsky Island. He is constantly unlucky, but he does not despair. And after a while it turns out that everything was for the best.

A man becomes convinced that he is being persecuted by a conspiracy of blind people.

Thaimí, a beautiful and talented fisherman's daughter, becomes a celebrated night club singer as she is torn by the love of two men who happen to be brothers.

An unknown Menichelli, a young and lively beauty, is desired by two stars of the Italian scene: Ruggero Ruggeri and Amleto Novelli. This breezy story based on an comedy unreleased in Italy at that time is built around Ruggeri, who plays the role of a playboy father who wants to turn into the family delights rejoining his son until then neglected. Novelli, a little uncomfortable in a role that would have required ten years less, is the good-hearted rustic son. Pina Menichelli, adorned with flowers, wanders about on her bicycle, between not only two men, but also two lifestyles. In this role, she shows off a naturalness that will surprise people who know her only for her decadent performances. Sometimes, though, a dark glimpse reveals the character of the actress, that will stand out in the imagination of the public.

In the near future emotions have become a threat. Gabrielle decides to purify her DNA in a machine that will immerse her in her past lives and rid her of any strong feelings. But then she meets Louis, and although he seems dangerous, she feels a powerful connection to him as if she has known him forever.

Vera Skobeleva is a capable ballerina and a talented choreographer. Her life, outwardly unsettled, is filled with deep meaning and love for everything that surrounds her...

The action of the movie takes place in 1919. White Guard troops are approaching Petrograd, and the commandant in Detskoye Selo is appointed a military sailor, Alexander Pushkin...

Screen adaptation of the novel of the same name by I. Grekova about the activities of the Department of Cybernetics and the lives of its staff.

Pechorin is deprived of the officer’s rank and gets transferred to one of the mountain villages of the Caucasus. He gets bored of the everyday life and starts looking for fun. He promises Azamat to help him steal Kazbich’s horse if the former allows Pechorin to marry his sister Bela. Soon Pechorin gets annoyed by Bela’s presence. Kazbich, insulted by the theft of his horse kills Bela. Coldblooded Pechorin is hardly moved by this news.

Two neighbour families both claim ownership of a huge mulberry tree growing in the middle of their two houses.

Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.

Under the threat of blackmail, a young woman visits an ex-lover, only to discover that he's been murdered and the blame rests upon her.

This adaptation of a classic poem by H. Tumanyan tells the story of the tragic love of Anush and Saro.

Two of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales in a blend of animation and live-action.

Film adaptation of W.G. Sebald’s novel, the film is described as "not so much a filmed book as it is a film about a book, breaking down the walls that divide documentary and fiction, just as Sebald blurred the lines between the two in his writing".

Portraying the rise, fall and execution of Fabiano Fabiani, a fictional favorite of Mary I of England.

First film adaptation of the chapter “Bela” from Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time. It tells the story of a romantic but cynical army officer, Pechorin (played by Gromov himself) who, while on duty in the Caucasus, falls for a beautiful Circassian maiden (Bela) and, through bribing her brother, is able to overcome her shyness and make her his mistress. He soon tires of her and neglects her. Meanwhile a horse stolen by Pechorin from a brigand - the main bribe to the brother in the book - leads to her being kidnapped by the vengeful outlaw. Pechorin and the brother go in pursuit.....