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In Moscow in 1902, legendary actor and theater director Konstantin Stanislavski (Konstantin Kryukov) is struggling to understand the life of slum dwellers for his latest production of Gorky's \"The Lower Depths\" -- so he turns to journalist Gilyarovsky (Mikhail Porechenkov) who takes him on a guided tour of the Khitrovka district, pretty much Moscow's version of Whitechapel circa Jack the Ripper. There, they stumble across the bizarre murder of a chess playing friend of Gilyarovsky's called The Rajah and cross paths with a stunningly beautiful fallen aristocrat named The Countess (Anfisa Chernykh) and a savage Englishman and his blow-dart shooting killer companion. For fans of the Jeremy Brett-starring Sherlock Holmes series and the recent Kenneth Branagh-directed Hercule Poirot mysteries, this is an irresistible treat. Shakhnazarov clearly has great affection for the classic period in Russian theater (Anton Chekhov makes a cameo appearance at one point) and for the Holmes stories this pays loving tribute to. 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A loving tribute to the bygone days of old-world Prague, the film is literally filled with surreal, poetic moments and machinery – a balloon chase on a flying bicycle, a solar rifle, flowering vines serving tea – with the best by far being the Audrey-like man-eating plant designed and animated by the legendary Jan Švankmajer (who also contributed to MYSTERIOUS CASTLE IN THE CARPATHIANS several years later). Look for famed Czech actress Olga Schoberová (LEMONADE JOE, WHO KILLED JESSIE?, Hammer’s THE VENGEANCE OF SHE) in a brief but memorable role as cabaret dancer Irma the Cat. Beautifully restored by the Národní filmový archiv, Prague, for release by Deaf Crocodile and Comeback Company. 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Dir. Helmut Herbst. On a shortlist with Eiichi Yamamoto’s BELLADONNA OF SADNESS and René Laloux’s FANTASTIC PLANET as one of the most surreal, psychedelic and truly cosmic animated features ever made, German director Helmut Herbst’s utterly insane THE CATHEDRAL OF NEW EMOTIONS follows a commune of Berlin stoners and intellectuals who get set adrift in space in 1972 in a packing container clutched in a giant flying hand. Various space flotsam smashes into the windshield – enormous insects, Mighty Mouse, a Bird Man from “Flash Gordon” – while hypnotic Krautrock drones in the background moaning “Where am I??”, and a naked man bounces up and down off a massive red pepper. 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most popular genres from the 1950s to 1970s.  We’re thrilled to collaborate again with the DEFA Film Library at the Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst on this first-ever Blu-ray release of five of their best fairy tale gems:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSNOW WHITE\u003c\/strong\u003e (SCHNEEWITTCHEN)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – 1961, 63 min., dir. 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Götz Friedrich.  Red Riding Hood (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlanche Kommerell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) faces off against some of the mangiest and most terrifying forest creatures ever conceived, including The Big Bad Wolf (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWerner Dissel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) -- basically an American Werewolf in East Germany.  Sure to give your 6-year old self nightmares for life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMOTHER HULDA\u003c\/strong\u003e (FRAU HOLLE)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – 1963, 57 min., dir. Gottfried Kolditz.  Lazy daughter Pechmarie (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKatharina Lind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and hardworking stepdaughter Goldmarie (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarin Ugowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e vie for the approval of magical Frau Holle, who lives in an insanely artificial Pee Wee’s Playhouse-meets-Lidsville underground world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE DEVIL’S THREE GOLDEN HAIRS\u003c\/strong\u003e (WER REIßT DENN GLEICH VOR'M TEUFEL AUS)  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– 1977, 92 min., dir. 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