IFFR 2001

Alexander Sokurov

Masterful mixture of fiction, essay and documentary. About life as captain of a Russian submarine.

on the waterfront classic films

Confession

Alain Tanner

Bruno Ganz as a roaming sailor in a special view of Lisbon. Modern classic.

Dans le ville blanche

Josef von Sternberg

Virtuoso silent melodrama about a sailor who first deceives a woman but later takes her in his arms for good. By the great Von Sternberg. Without Marlene Dietrich.

The Docks of New York

Jean Epstein

Impression of the coast of Brittany and its fishermen by one of the founders of modern cinema.

Finis Terrae

Ingemo Engström

Gerhard Theuring

Unsurpassed essay film about the hope and despair of refugees from the Nazis. Much hope evaporated within sight of the port of Marseilles.

Fluchtweg nach Marseille

John Frankenheimer

Misplaced New-York cop (Gene Hackman) embarks on a one-man battle against the whole of criminal Marseilles.

French Connection II

Ingmar Bergman

Something worth discovering: a very early and unknown film by Ingmar Bergman. Even way back then about hard times in love.

Hamnstad

John McTiernan

Submarine classic. Russian captain wants to defect with a brand-new prototype, but that's easier said than done. Sean Connery as the captain of a Russian submarine who wants to save the world, but isn't believed. High-class Hollywood.

The Hunt for Red October

Arcady Boytler

Raphael J. Sevilla

Classic Mexican melodrama about a woman who lost her father, her fiancé and her honour and sells her body to sailors. Until one day...

La mujer del puerto

Elia Kazan

Marlon Brando as docker takes on the corrupt unions on his own. Classic among the classics.