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European Films
Berlin to Barcelona, Milan to Malmö, Paris to Prague--compass points in our essential European features.
From the moody power of Germany's expressionists to the bracing innovations of France's original New Wave, European filmmakers have repeatedly introduced new visual and thematic accents into cinematic art. It's a legacy that stretches back to the earliest days of silent-film experimentation and extends to cinematic iconoclasts in recent decades, spanning drama, comedy, and epic adventure. Consider this starter kit of essential European features.

	The 400 Blows (1959) ~ VHS ~ Currently Not Available
	Jean-Pierre Leaud / Not Rated / French language edition / English subtitles / Widescreen NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information
Amazon.com essential video Francois Truffaut's first feature was this 1959 portrait of Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud), a boy who turns to petty crime in the face of neglect at home and hard times at a reform school. Somewhat autobiographical for its director, the film helped usher in the heady spirit of the French New Wave, and introduced the Doinel character, who became a fixture in Truffaut's movies over the years. Poignant, exhilarating, and fun (there's a parade of cameo appearances from some of the... Read More
	The Bicycle Thief (1948) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Enzo Staiola / Not Rated / English subtitles NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $16.99 You Save: $2.96 (15%)
Amazon.com Vittorio De Sica's remarkable 1947 drama of desperation and survival in Italy's devastating post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses the real-life environment of contemporary life to frame his moving drama of a desperate father whose new job delivering cinema posters is threatened when a street thief steals his bicycle. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in an impossible search for his bike.... Read More
	Cinema Paradiso (1989) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Antonella Attili / Rated PG / English subtitles NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $16.99 You Save: $2.99 (15%)
Amazon.com Giuseppe Tornatore's beautiful 1988 film about a little boy's love affair with the movies deservedly won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film and a Special Jury Prize at Cannes. Philippe Noiret plays a grizzled old projectionist who takes pride in his presentation of screen dreams for a town still recovering from World War II. When a child (Jacques Perrin) demonstrates fascination not only for movies but also for the process of showing them to an audience, a lifelong friendship is struck. This isn't... Read More
	Il Postino (1995) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Massimo Troisi / Rated PG / English subtitles NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $19.99 Our Price: $16.99 You Save: $3.00 (15%)
Amazon.com Italian star and filmmaker Massimo Troisi was dying of heart failure even before this film, his dream project, began production, and he prevailed upon British director Michael Radford (White Mischief) to see him and the film through to the end. (The 40-year-old Troisi, a beloved comic actor in Italy, died the day production wrapped.) Based on true events, Troisi plays a shy postman who strikes up an unlikely friendship with exiled Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (Philippe Noiret). Through Neruda's... Read More
	Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Jacques Tati / Not Rated NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $20.95 You Save: $4.00 (16%)
Amazon.com Forefather of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean, Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot--a recurring character in several of his movies--is a blithely clumsy troublemaker, an insouciant twit who leaves uproar in his wake without being aware of it. Trying to describe this 1953 comedy is next to impossible except to say it is a series of vignettes at a vacation resort, with the distracted Hulot providing a lot of laughs. Tati directs, and in a way what that really means is that he composes this movie with a... Read More
	Rules of the Game (1939) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Marcel Dalio / Not Rated / English subtitles NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $25.95 You Save: $4.00 (13%)
Amazon.com essential video Consistently cited by critics worldwide as one of the greatest films ever made, Jean Renoir's bittersweet drama of life, love, class, and the social code of manners and behavior ("the rules of the game") is a savage critique undertaken with sensitivity and compassion. Renoir's catch-phrase through the film, "Everyone has their reasons," develops a multilayered meaning by the conclusion. A young aviator (Roland Toutain) commits a serious social faux pas by alluding to an affair on national radio.... Read More
	Wild Strawberries (1957) ~ VHS ~ Usually ships in 24 hours
	Victor Sjostrom / Not Rated / English subtitles NTSC format (US and Canada only) Click here for more information	List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $25.95 You Save: $4.00 (13%)
Amazon.com essential video An elderly college professor sets out in his car to receive an honorary degree--and takes a trip instead through his own past and subconscious--in this bittersweet but ultimately tender and understanding 1957 film by Norwegian master Ingmar Bergman. Casting Swedish star Victor Sjöström in the lead, Bergman, then at the height of his powers as an international filmmaker, uses flashbacks and bright, lyrical storytelling to capture the full arc of one man's life: the successes that seem... Read More