Eastern European Cinema
Again this category lumps a lot of countries together where the Alice collection is not large enough to warrant separate shelf-space for each country represented. Eastern European films are often categorised by a healthy black humour, an ability to look hardship in the eye and laugh - if somewhat bitterly at times. Included here are films from Poland, Austria, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. To look for films from a specific country refer to the 'By Country' link on the left.
An Unforgettable Summer (1994)
7.5/10
Director: Lucian Pintilie
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudiu Bleont
In 1925 Romania, young Marie-Therese Von Debretsy (Kristin Scott Thomas) refuses the flirtatious advances of her husband's commanding officer. As a re... Read more
Satantango (1994)
8.5/10
Director: Bela Tarr
Starring: Peter Berling, Janos Derzsi
Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Bela Tarr's epic rendering of Laszlo Karsnahorkai's novel about the decline of Communism in Eastern Europe, is a u... Read more
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
7.3/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Udo Samel, Anne Bennent, Branko Samarovski, Otto Grunmandl, Gabriel Cosmin Urdes
Inspired by a shocking true life shooting spree in Vienna in 1993, Michael Haneke's challenging film weaves together fragments of the story in an atte... Read more
Three Colours: Red (1994)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Irene Jacob
Fashion model Irene Jacob meets an embittered retired judge (Jean-Louis Trintignant) by accident, then develops a relationship with him and enters his... Read more
Three Colours Trilogy ( Blue, White, Red ) (1993)
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Jul...
This boldly cinematic trio of stories about love and loss, from Krzysztof Kieslowski was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 1990s. The film... Read more
Three Colours: Blue (1993)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Florence Pernel, Benoit Regent
After losing her family in a tragic accident Juliette Binoche decides to radically change her life; she leaves behind any memories of her husband, a r... Read more
Three Colours: White (1993)
8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos
This story concerns a hapless Pole whose beautiful French wife (Julie Delpy) is divorcing him for no longer being able to perform in bed. Full of iron... Read more
Three Colours: Blue (Blu-Ray) (1993)
7.6/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Florence Pernel, Benoit Regent
After losing her family in a tragic accident Juliette Binoche decides to radically change her life; she leaves behind any memories of her husband, a r... Read more
The Oak (1992)
8.2/10
Director: Lucian Pintilie
Starring: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu
A darkly humourous parable set in Romania 1988, just before the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Young schoolteacher Nela (Maia Morgenstern) is abo... Read more
Benny's Video (1992)
7.2/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Angela Winkler, Ulrich Muhe, Arno Frisch, Ingrid Stassner
Benny is a disaffected teen whose life has begun to revolve around the violent films he watches, but his obsession soon crosses the line between voyeu... Read more