All Films

Gallagher: Stuck in the 60's

1983 • 50 min • United States of America

A live performance by "Sledge-O-Matic" stand-up comedian Gallagher.

The Garden

1983 • 31 min • Soviet Union

Soviet film based on Borges' "Garden of Forking Paths." The film tells about the events that occurred on the eve of the British offensive in Saint-Montauban on July 24, 1916. A screen version of the short story of the famous Argentine classic Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). Course work by Alexander Kaidanovsky, as a director, at the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors at VGIK. "Pavilion" for filming was chosen a room in a communal apartment on Vorovskogo street, where Alexander Kaidanovsky lived.

Backstage at Disney

1983 • 48 min

The various trials and errors in creating films at Disney, including aspects of "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

The Hospital of Leningrad

1983 • 58 min • France

A story of political imprisonment set in a mental hospital where the Stalin state police placed whoever their opponents were.

Siouxsie and the Banshees: Nocture

1983 • 59 min • United Kingdom

This was the first concert film to capture the excitement of Siouxsie and the Banshees live. Director Don Coutts filmed two sell-out concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and then worked with The Banshees to select the best tracks for this film.

Investigation Held by Kolobki. The First Investigation

1983 • 19 min • Soviet Union

Detectives Kolobok and Bulochkin work at an emergency good deeds center and help a grandmother find her grandson.

The Spice of Wickedness

1983 • 25 min • United Kingdom

Oxford, 18th C. Nobleman's wife lures husband away from his mistress.

The Language of Trees

1983 • 29 min • Mexico

An exploration on Paz's poetry by Paz himself, his childhood, his ideas about love and the nature of art

Seaton’s Aunt

1983 • 51 min

A young boy forced to live with his aunt after his parents die is convinced that she is old hag in league with the devil.

The Sea in Their Blood

1983 • 27 min • United Kingdom

A film made for the Central Office of Information concerning Britain's coastline, with music by Michael Nyman.

Flamenco at 5:15

1983 • 29 min • Canada

In this Oscar Winning documentary short film, students in their final year at the National Ballet School of Canada are seen learning the flamenco from Susana and Antonio Robledo, who come to the school every winter to conduct classes which are held after the day's regular schedule has ended.

Frankenstein 83

1983 • 32 min • Germany

Dr. Stein experiments at the school of his confidence with corpse parts together with assistant Hans, until he is driven sooner or later to create a new man from it. The mischief takes its course, so that all timpanists in the periphery threaten to blow up! Or does the whole cinnabar even evoke admiration?

A Visitor from Outer Space

1983 • 30 min • United Kingdom

A group of boys serving Community Service orders are working on the conversion of an old railway station, when a local magistrate comes to visit them.

Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

1983 • 43 min

A babysitter realizes that one of the children she looks after is being physically abused by his mother.

Jasenovac: The Cruelest Death Camp of All Times

1983 • 49 min • Yugoslavia

This film tells the story about the concentration camp run by Ustashas and was made on the 40th anniversary of the inmates' escape from the camp.

Battle of the Video Games

1983 • 56 min • United States of America

Anson Williams and Jayne Kennedy play host to celebrities who compete against one another at video games to win money for charity.

Wow! A Talking Fish!

1983 • 8 min • Soviet Union

A fisherman catches a talking fish and spares its life. After that, he meets a grotesque, evil monster in a state of constant change.

Chile: By Reason or By Force

1983 • 60 min • Chile, United States of America

Vinicius de Moraes, Um Rapaz de Família

1983 • 30 min • Argentina, Brazil

A documentary on Brazilian poet and composer Vinicius de Moraes, made by his daughter a few months before his death.

Ian Dury X.

1983 • 52 min

Ian Dury, singer/songwriter of Kilburn and the High Roads and the Blockheads, talks about how becoming disabled has affected his life and music.

The CBS/FOX Guide to Home Videography

1983 • 46 min • United States of America

Filled with useful tips and valuable instruction on how to get the best results out of your home video cam-era, this comprehensive guide leads you through the basic skills that are necessary for excellence in videography. In five easy to follow segments, this important learning tool explores the adventures of an ordinary man named Arthur, who has just purchased a video camera.

Die Wahrheit über Extrabreit

1983 • 57 min • Germany

Investigation Held by Kolobki. Theft of the Century

1983 • 10 min • Soviet Union

How detectives Kolobok and Bulochkin found the missing ice cream cart.

The Girl From Moonooloo

1983 • 58 min • Australia

Set in the 1940s, the story of a post office clerk and part-time pianist (Jacki Weaver) who inadvertently becomes the star of a national radio serial. Featuring 12 Australian songs from that period.