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  1. 1
    Published 1934
    “…Banned for more than 30 years, this propaganda masterpiece generated perhaps the greatest moral and legal controversy in motion-picture history. …”
  2. 2
    Published 2004
    “…Dominated by an extraordinary poerty of image and acting, this short film stands out from all points of view, indicating a strong lineage with the Bunuel masterpieces. The film is semi-documentary, telling the story of a couple consumed by an overwhealming trauma.…”
  3. 3
    Published 1914
    “…Released just months before the outbreak of World War I, Machin’s pacifist masterpiece is often celebrated for its prescient and realistic depiction of aerial combat, with dogfights so startling that the film was perceived, during its original release, as belonging to the fantasy genre. …”
  4. 4
    Published 1964
    “…The Hungarian’s attempts to continue his journey homeward provide the framework for this powerful film, considered Miklós Jancsó’s first masterpiece.…”
  5. 5
    Published 2005
    “…A photograph is taken and sent by courier to a huge man, who adds it to his macabre collection. This masterpiece tells us how some individuals can decide about life and death, and what the army really is. …”
  6. 6
    Published 1930
    “…Kenneth Macpherson's masterpiece was made only a year after Dziga Vertov's "Man with a Movie Camera" (1929) and it features iconic star Paul Robeson and his wife Eslanda, as well as other members from the editional board of the film journal "Close Up", such as the post H.D. …”
  7. 7
    Published 1989
    “…This is the actual GDR television broadcast of the event -- news coverage which the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung called a masterpiece of disinformation.…”
  8. 8
    Published 1984
    “…Duration: 01:22:00 Almost 15 years after shooting his greatest masterpiece "Colors of pomegranates", after suffering accusations, spending years in prisons and concentrations camps, Parajanov finally returns with "The Legend of Suram Fortress". …”
  9. 9
    Published 1937
    “…The strong photography, mainly by John Ferno, combined with the powerful editing by Helen van Dongen and the commentary of Ernest Hemingway make the film a masterpiece of documentary film making. In a first version the commentary was spoken by Orson Welles, but his voice was considered 'too beautiful' to be combined with the film, so it was decided that Hemingway did himself the commentary.…”
  10. 10
    Published 1928
    “…Today's restoration of "Pandora's Box" reveals a masterpiece of the silent era, a momentous meeting of director and star. …”
  11. 11
    Published 1998
    “…In this episode, viewers meet Musorgsky, the genius of this group, who dramatized in his operatic masterpiece, Boris Godunov, the conflict between Russia’s rulers and its people, its reverence for tradition and its passion for revolution. …”
  12. 12
    Published 1968
    “…Regardless of his despair, the master completes the ikonostasis: a masterpiece, which the locals perceive as a heresy. …”
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