In a dark futuristic world, literature, reading, and independent thought have been outlawed. The government has gone so far as to employ a special league of firemen to burn all books on sight. But when one otherwise obedient fireman (Oskar ...

Oskar Werner videos DVDs purchase. A very realistic WWII action film, DECISION BEFORE DAWN was shot in 1951 on location in a war-ravaged Germany, using actual former POWs in many of the roles. In the final days of the war, the German Army is suffering ...

Oskar Werner DVD movie. A boatload of Jewish refugees embark on a freedom journey from Nazi oppression. They are forced to return when they can't get permission to land anywhere. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best (Adapted) Screenplay, Best Original Score. This 1976 film is ...

Oskar Werner movies buy. The world's first duly elected Russian Pope tries to prevent not only an atomic war, but starvation in Red China as well. Based on Morris l. West's best-selling novel. Academy Award Nominations: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Original Score. All eyes ...

Oskar Werner videos DVDs purchase. JULES AND JIM is François Truffaut's intense, beautiful, enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers--French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner)--and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). With artful black-and-white ...

Oskar Werner movies buy. Martin Ritt's adaptation of the John Le Carre bestseller THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD stars Richard Burton as Alec Leamas, a burnt-out spy soon to retire from British Intelligence. For his final assignment, Alec must pose as ...

Oskar Werner DVD movie. LOLA MONTES, the last film by Max Ophüls, is one of the most celebrated examples of both wide screen CinemaScope and lush Technicolor in film history. Added to this is Ophüls' usual use of sweeping crane shots and angled tracking ...

Oskar Werner videos DVDs purchase. A microcosm of the world and the human experience is revealed aboard a German ocean liner in the 1930s. Based on a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter. Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Picture, Best Actor--Oskar Werner, Best Actress--Simone Signoret, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best (Black-and-White) Cinematography. An ocean liner sets sail to Germany during the Nazi occupation full ...

Oskar Werner movies buy. Focusing on the latter part of Mozart's life, this kiss-and-tell biopic revolves around the composer's great work "The Magic Flute." This 1955 feature film studies the composition and premiers of Die Zauberflote and the Requiem with the Vienna Mozart Ensemble conducted by Hans Swarowsky. Oskar Werner, Anton Dermota, Hilde Guden, Gottlob Frick, and Erich Kunz star.