on the waterfront classic films
Overview of films
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On the Waterfront
Marlon Brando as docker takes on the corrupt unions on his own. Classic among the classics.
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Querelle
The sailor as the figure of great passions. Murder, drugs and sex in the imagination of Jean Genet/Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Also with Jeanne Morea
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The Hunt for Red October
Submarine classic. Russian captain wants to defect with a brand-new prototype, but that’s easier said than done. Sean Connery as the captain
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Fluchtweg nach Marseille
Unsurpassed essay film about the hope and despair of refugees from the Nazis. Much hope evaporated within sight of the port of Marseilles.
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La mujer del puerto
Classic Mexican melodrama about a woman who lost her father, her fiancé and her honour and sells her body to sailors. Until one day…
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French Connection II
Misplaced New-York cop (Gene Hackman) embarks on a one-man battle against the whole of criminal Marseilles.
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Touki Bouki
From the Senegalese port of Dakar, two boys try to get to the promised land of France. That is easier said than done. Maybe the classic African fil
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Finis Terrae
Impression of the coast of Brittany and its fishermen by one of the founders of modern cinema.
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Hamnstad
Something worth discovering: a very early and unknown film by Ingmar Bergman. Even way back then about hard times in love.
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Razzia in St. Pauli
Long before neo-realism, Hochbaum made an impressive neo-realist film in the harbour and prostitution district of Hamburg. About the sailor Karl an
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Confession
Masterful mixture of fiction, essay and documentary. About life as captain of a Russian submarine.
