1560, Peru. In a beautiful poetic opening scene the conquistadors cross an Andes pass, situated between the peaks and the valleys, between conquered land and unexplored forests, between 'heaven' and 'earth', shrouded in mists, they make their way down a narrow path. Aguirre's meglomania grows as around him his comrades mutiny and die in his search for the lost city of El Dorado. Herzog's best film, an unforgetable tour de force. Made before the director himself gave in to meglomania on a later t
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TALES FROM EUROPE : THE SINGING RINGING TREE (1957)
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A classic European fairytale comes to vivid Technicolor life in this story of a prince a spoilt princess, a singing ringing tree, an evil dwarf and a bear; oh, and true love. A gloriously gaudy tale... and the bear... did I mention the bear?
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TALES FROM EUROPE : THE TINDERBOX (1957)
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A classic Hans Christian Anderson tale about a young soldier, a witch and a magical tinderbox from which he summons three mighty hounds. A dream like adaptation of a children's fairytale from late 50s German cinema.
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