1981 Movies

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.

Ari can’t satisfy his wife Sara. He crashes his speedboat into a cliff and winds up in Switzerland for rehabilitation in what may or may not have been...

This documentary is about the life of a Venetian psychiatric hospital. The relationships between the doctors, the patients and their families are foll...

35-year old Erik Engman, aka Pinnen, is the local fool. He picks up garbage and eats at the old people's home. One day he is asked to try the high-jum...

Part 1 of "3 Miniatures after Melanie Klein" (for Laurence Rickels)

Through photos of the time and recording of the writer, this documentary tells the story of Juan Ramón Jiménez in the light of his work.

Andras (Zygmunt Malanowicz),an older man employed as a furniture designer, gets a life-jarring shock when he returns from a trip and finds that some...

At the turn of the twentieth century a young merchant is abducted by a group of brigands who are sheltered in a remote mountainous area of Greece aimi...

Alex Cutter is a boozy, belligerent and deeply cynical Vietnam veteran whose encounter with a landmine during the war has left him minus an eye, a leg...

Based on the play of the same name by G. Markov and E. Shim. About the difficult yet creative journey of the Siberian scientist Alexei Krayukhin.

The action takes place at the beginning of the 20th century in the provincial Bulgarian town, Turnovo. A rich young doctor suffers because of his love...

We see John swinging on a swing he built in his studio. He shot the film by himself with the camera placed many feet away, so that while swinging, he...

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the story of a group of housing estate residents who atte...

Diana Ross' 1981 TV special featuring live concert footage from The Forum in Inglewood, California mixed with studio performances.