Friday, April 19

1937 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner and Nominees

1937 National Board of Review – Best Foreign Language Films Winner

Baltic Deputy

Baltic Deputy

A film based on the life of the Russian scientist, Klement Timiriazev, who taught at Cambridge and Oxford and was awarded the Newton Mantle for his work. Timiriazev, one of the few …

Behold the Man

Behold the Man

Die ewige Maske

Die ewige Maske

Die ewige Maske

Die ewige Maske

Elephant Boy

Elephant Boy

This black and white movie is based on Rudyard Kipling’s “Toomai, of the Elephants”, in which a small native lad claims he knows the congregating place of the elephant hordes.

Jánosik

Jánosik

The story of the Slovak highwayman and folk hero Juraj Janosik.

Mayerling

Mayerling

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, is fettered on all sides. He’s bored; his father, the emperor, is domineering; his politics are more liberal than his father’s, but he knows his views carry…

The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief’s slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family.

The Spanish Earth

The Spanish Earth

A documentary showing the struggle of the Spanish Republican government against a rebellion by ultra-right-wing forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco and backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

The Wedding of Palo

The Wedding of Palo

The story tells of two Greenlandic men who are competing for the love of one woman.