Mahmud

Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)

Actors: Götz George (producer), Harald Kloser (composer), Jockel Tschiersch (actor), Doris Schade (actress), Stephan Schwartz (actor), Edward R. Pressman (producer), Kai Wiesinger (actor), Hans Peter Hallwachs (actor), Detlef Bothe (actor), Elsa Grube-Deister (actress), Luc Feit (actor), Wolfgang Dehler (actor), Götz George (actor), Peter Rühring (actor), Karoline Eichhorn (actress),

Plot: The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.

Shvil Hahalav (1997)

Actors: Mohammad Bakri (actor), Mohammad Bakri (producer), Tova Asher (editor), Era Lapid (editor), Makram Khoury (actor), Salim Dau (actor), Nachum Heiman (composer), Yussuf Abu-Warda (actor), Mahmud Abu-Jazi (actor), Ali Nasser (producer), Ali Nasser (director), Ali Nasser (writer), Suhel Haddad (actor), Ahmad Abu Sal'oum (actor), Lotuf Neusser (actor),

Plot: 1964, a village in Galilee. The Mukhtar collaborates with Israeli military rule. Someone is forging work permits, and the Mukhtar's son and a steady metalsmith, Mahmud, want to marry the same woman. These story lines cross when the village teacher is arrested and jailed for the forgeries, with the Mukhtar's approval. Mahmoud discovers who the real forger is and goes to the Mukhtar, whose son assumes Mahmud has come to denounce him. He sets off to burn down Mahmoud's house; tragedy follows. At Mahmud's side through his troubles is Mabruq, the village fool who, like others, particularly a young woman named Jamilah, still suffers from witnessing horrors in the 1948 war.

Ha-Chayim Al-Pi Agfa (1992)

Actors: Assi Dayan (writer), Assi Dayan (director), Gila Almagor (actress), Sharon Alexander (actor), Naftali Alter (composer), Shmil Ben Ari (actor), Zohar M. Sela (editor), Assaf Amir (producer), Uri Klauzner (actor), Shlomo Tarshish (actor), Uri Sabag (producer), Ezra Kafri (actor), Smadar Kilchinsky (actress), Reuven Dayan (actor), Rivka Neuman (actress),

Plot: The film takes place in Tel Aviv, much of it in a fictitious local pub called Barbie, a satirical nickname for a famous Israeli mental health institution. The pub's name hints at the characters and the events which occur in the pub and which befall its owner (Daliah), the employees and customers. The plot unfolds with a streak of violence which takes a surprising turn.

Stefan cel Mare (1974)

Actors: Gheorghe Dinica (actor), Sebastian Papaiani (actor), Colea Rautu (actor), Florin Piersic (actor), Emanoil Petrut (actor), Iurie Darie (actor), Ernest Maftei (actor), Draga Olteanu Matei (actress), Violeta Andrei (actress), Marcel Anghelescu (actor), Gheorghe Cozorici (actor), Gheorghe Cozorici (actor), Stefan Velniciuc (actor), Lucia Anton (editor), Mircea Dragan (director),

Plot: In 1475 Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is preparing to face an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men.The fate of Moldavia, of Eastern Europe and of East European Christianity largely depends on the outcome of this epic historical battle.

Einer spielt falsch (1966)

Actors: Menahem Golan (director), Audie Murphy (actor), Hans von Borsody (actor), George Sanders (actor), Menahem Golan (producer), Marianne Koch (actress), Gila Almagor (actress), Dov Seltzer (composer), Danny Shick (editor), Shlomo Vishinsky (actor), Yossi Yadin (actor), Michael J. Kagan (producer), Alexander Ramati (writer), Bomba Tzur (actor), Marc Behm (writer),

Plot: American Mike Merrick, posing as German Ludwig Baum, infiltrates the atomic laboratory of Professor Schlieben, who is attempting to create atomic missiles for the Egyptian army. Merrick falls in love with Schlieben's daughter Helga, who helps him defeat her father's efforts.

Amak va qizil gül (1963)

Actors: Nikolai Barmin (actor), Olga Zhiznyeva (actress), Leila Abashidze (actress), Tofik Tagi-zade (director), Tofik Tagi-zade (writer), Talat Rahmanov (actor), Ramiz Azizbeili (actor), Alakbar Huseynzade (actor), Mustafa Mardanov (actor), Rafiq Azimov (actor), Afrasiyab Mamedov (actor), Ismail Efendiyev (actor), Süsan Macidova (actress), Konstantin Bartashevich (actor), Gyunduz Abbasov (actor),

Il pirata del diavolo (1963)

Actors: Roberto Mauri (director), Luigi Batzella (actor), Demeter Bitenc (actor), Richard Harrison (actor), Roberto Mauri (writer), Walter Brandi (actor), Anita Todesco (actress), Aldo Piga (composer), Gino Turini (actor), Mariano Arditi (editor), Lorenzo Artale (actor), Mario Colucci (writer), Liana Dori (actress), Annamaria Ubaldi (actress), Maretta Procaccini (actress),

Amak va qizil gül (1963)

Actors: Nikolai Barmin (actor), Olga Zhiznyeva (actress), Leila Abashidze (actress), Tofik Tagi-zade (director), Tofik Tagi-zade (writer), Talat Rahmanov (actor), Ramiz Azizbeili (actor), Alakbar Huseynzade (actor), Mustafa Mardanov (actor), Rafiq Azimov (actor), Afrasiyab Mamedov (actor), Ismail Efendiyev (actor), Süsan Macidova (actress), Konstantin Bartashevich (actor), Gyunduz Abbasov (actor),

Zarak (1956)

Actors: Eric Pohlmann (actor), Patrick McGoohan (actor), Anita Ekberg (actress), Bernard Miles (actor), Finlay Currie (actor), André Morell (actor), Michael Wilding (actor), Victor Mature (actor), Harold Goodwin (actor), Peter Illing (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Tutte Lemkow (actor), Eddie Byrne (actor), Albert R. Broccoli (producer), Irving Allen (producer),

Plot: On the mountainous frontier between British India and Afghanistan, circa 1860s, Zarak Khan kisses Salma, the youngest wife of his father, Haji Khan. Outraged, his father orders Zarak to be flogged to death but spares his life at the urging of an elderly Mullah. Zarak now leaves his village and becomes a notorious outlaw, prompting the British to assign a Major Ingram to capture him. Zarak and Ingram have several encounters, developing a grudging respect for each other. When Ingram is captured by Ahmad, one of Zarak's rivals, Zarak risks his life to save the British officer.

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Son of Sinbad (1955)

Actors: John Merton (actor), Frank Mills (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Larry J. Blake (actor), George Barrows (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Leon Askin (actor), John George (actor), Raymond Greenleaf (actor), James Griffith (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Charles Horvath (actor), Ian MacDonald (actor), Michael Mark (actor), Tom Monroe (actor),

Plot: Sinbad was pursuing a secret weapon: Greek Fire. Attributed to the ancient Greeks, it was composed of pitch or bitumen, sulfur, and other ingredients. It was used in naval warfare and the Romans also made use of it but with the fall of the ancient Western world, it was temporarily forgotten, but it was rediscovered by the Arabs from whom European Crusaders also learned the method of making it.

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