Time Warp

Time Warp 1981

4.40

After a long space journey, an astronaut returns home to his family only to discover that he has somehow gone through a "time warp" and is now one year into the future, rendering him invisible to all those around him.

1981

Dawn of the Mummy

Dawn of the Mummy 1981

4.00

A group of fashion models disturb the tomb of a mummy and revive an ancient curse. Along with the mummy rising, slaves who were buried in the desert thousands of years before, also rise, with a craving for human flesh.

1981

Strange Behavior

Strange Behavior 1981

5.50

When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.

1981

They All Laughed

They All Laughed 1981

5.80

New York's Odyssey Detective Agency is hired by two different clients to follow two women suspected of infidelity. Ladies' man John Russo trails Angela Niotes, the elegant wife of a wealthy Italian industrialist, while Charles Rutledge and Arthur Brodsky follow Dolores Martin, the beautiful young wife of a jealous husband. Their respective cases are complicated when John falls for Angela, and Charles falls for Dolores.

1981

This House Possessed

This House Possessed 1981

5.70

A sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock star Parker Stevenson, who has had a nervous collapse, that the house is alive and determined to keep her prisoner.

1981

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy

James Cagney: That Yankee Doodle Dandy 1981

10.00

During the filming of Ragtime, the 81-year old Cagney talks about his career. Cagney tells us about becoming a dancer and meeting his wife, his route from Broadway to Hollywood, the emergence of his tough-guy persona, and his post-war creations of insane characters.

1981

One Way Only

One Way Only 1981

4.50

Acclaimed actor Danny Lee, known for his role in john Woo’s The Killer, has his directing debut in One Way Only, a Hong Kong Easy Rider, where the road and motorbikes are symbols of freedom against government oppression, which Jack Kerouac’s sees as a way of discovering oneself. Li plays a motorbike workshop owner that although injured during an illegal motorcycle race, continues to race regardless of the physical consequences and the law, because the road rules all.

1981

Cornflakes for tea

Cornflakes for tea 1981

1

3 young children living in commission flats in Melbourne are left to try and fend for themselves, after their alcoholic Dad leaves them.

1981

Pityke

Pityke 1981

6.50

The cartoon series stars Sergeant Dandy, who solves crimes, catches crooks, burglars and thieves like a determined policeman. Dandelion's friends are Peekaboo, Blondie, Kati, and his dog, Marzipan, who also "acts as a siren". With our heroes, you can take part in the discovery of a cave, the capture of a bank robber, the chase of a dangerous conman who deceives people in various costumes and masks, but he can't catch Dandelion. If you watch the series, you'll find out how different manoeuvres can be used to keep children from jumping off the top of a crane. The series also has adventures for the summer, for beachgoers whose clothes have been stolen by a thief and which are of course recovered with the help of our protagonist. And in the episode "Dandy's Day Off", the series draws attention to the dangers of hiring hitchhikers.

1981

For a Cop's Hide

For a Cop's Hide 1981

5.80

Victim of manipulation, Cop Choucas is wanted for two murders and searched for by every cop in town.

1981

La Revanche

La Revanche 1981

5.40

Jeanne Jouvert, a crime writer, has won the Quai des Orfèvres prize. Her publisher devises a clever publicity ploy that results in her husband, Alfred, head of the anti-gang squad, being honored in her place. The policeman finds himself quite comfortable as a best-selling author and takes advantage of the situation. Tired of having been submissive for too long, Jeanne plans her revenge. She asks for help from her friend Anne Beaufort, herself disappointed by her husband, who pretends to help Third World countries by selling them weapons. The two of them will prove what they are capable of by organizing a hold-up of the central post office in Paris.

1981

The Battle for the Republic of China

The Battle for the Republic of China 1981

6.20

Patriotic extravanganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China), told in an ensemble format

1981

Bolero

Bolero 1981

6.90

The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.

1981

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue 1981

6.90

A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

1981

The Informer

The Informer 1981

1

Hong Kong crime/thriller movie directed by Yee-Hung Lam.

1981

Inmates: A Love Story

Inmates: A Love Story 1981

1

Accountant Roy is sentenced to prison because he cooked up balances. He hopes that his companions, who profited from his cheat, will help him to a revision of his judgment. Meanwhile he has to adapt to a life in jail - which works out quite well, especially when he meets the self-conscious convicted thief Jane and falls in love. He starts to woo her. But then, while working in the prison's accounting department, he discovers that the prisoners' accounts are not properly kept. The director tries to keep him in her prison as long as possible.

1981

Har du set Alice?

Har du set Alice? 1981

7.00

Alice does not live at home but with friends in an abandoned factory. She sells drugs to enable them to fulfill their dream of a tavern. When the police are after her, she seeks Hour switch. Here she meets Berit and helps Berit mother south on vacation. But simultaneously pursues Alice of a drug kingpin but cheating him.

1981

Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel 1981

1

Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

1981

Laawaris

Laawaris 1981

6.20

Left in the care of an alcoholic Gangu Ganpat, young Heera, who named himself after a stray dog, wrestles with life in his young age. Years later, now a young man , he works for Mahendar Singh and is in love with Mohini, who will not have anything to do with him due to his lack of ancestry. Heera is now determined to find out who his parents are, and the only one who can help him is the elusive, alcohol-induced and incoherent Gangu Ganpat.

1981

Pityke

Pityke 1981

8.00

Pityke is a Hungarian animation about Hungarian police and funny crime stories for children and the young.

1981

Black Galaxies

Black Galaxies 1981

1

The French police is puzzled by strange deaths caused by a plant growing out of the stomach of the victims which finally appeared to be aliens.

1981

Le Mythomane

Le Mythomane 1981

5.00

Written by Alphonse Boudard, Le Mythomane had its origins in an episode of the 1979 series Histoires de voyous directed by Michel Wyn. The TV series tells the story of the daily lives of common petty thieves. This nice little gang consisted of Aunt Victoire, a “baroness” of the underhanded (Suzy Delair), Fernand, a gutsy rascal from the slums (Jacques Balutin) and Norbert Beaufumé (Francis Perrin), a petulant con artist whose pathological lying has driven him to maintaining two separate families. TV mini series

1981

1000 Meisterwerke

1000 Meisterwerke 1981

1

1000 Meisterwerke was a German art series. It was the German version of the British 100 Great Paintings. From 1980 through 1994, the German broadcaster WDR produced the series, which was broadcast by ARD, ORF and BR. In each of the 10-minute broadcasts, a single painting was presented and analyzed by an art historian. The Sunday evening broadcasts had five million viewers.

1981

Tod eines Schülers

Tod eines Schülers 1981

8.00

"Tod eines Schülers" is a German television series directed by Claus Peter Witt, based on a script by Robert Stromberger. The six part TV mini series is about the fictional suicide by train of student Claus Wagner. Each episode begins with Wagner's death, looking into the subject from different points of view.

1981

Enterprise

Enterprise 1981

1

Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."

1981

Battlestars

Battlestars 1981

1

Battlestars is an American game show that aired for two separate runs on NBC during the early 1980s. The show's first run aired from October 26, 1981 to April 23, 1982. An updated version–titled The New Battlestars–ran for 13 weeks, from April 4 to July 1, 1983. Battlestars was produced by Merrill Heatter Productions, Heatter's first show produced without Bob Quigley. The host was Alex Trebek and the announcers were Rod Roddy and Charlie Tuna.

1981

Albert & Herbert på Lisebergsteatern

Albert & Herbert på Lisebergsteatern 1981

1

This 1981 folk comedy play from Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg returns to Skolgatan in Haga, where Herbert still hasn’t managed to move out despite countless attempts. When Albert stumbles upon his son’s diary and begins reading the embarrassing entries aloud, tensions rise—only to grow worse when a tax inspector arrives. For thirty years Albert has failed to report Herbert’s mother’s death, and the family has continued to receive a spousal deduction. Now father and son must resort to desperate and comical tricks to avoid being found out.

1981