Judgment at Nuremberg - BLU-RAY

Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (THE SUN) broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russian Ark. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). Russian Ark is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses Peter the Great (Maksim Sergeyev) abusing one of his generals; Catherine the Great (Maria Kuznetsova) desperately searching for a bathroom; and, in the grand finale, the sumptuous Great Royal Ball of 1913. The narrator is eventually joined by a sarcastic and eccentric 19th century French Marquis (Sergey Dreiden), who travels with him throughout the huge grounds, encountering various historical figures and viewing the legendary artworks on display. While the narrator only interacts with the Marquis (he seems to be invisible to all the other inhabitants), the Marquis occasionally interacts with visitors and former residents of the museum. The film was obviously shot in one day, but the cast and crew rehearsed for months to time their movements precisely with the flow of the camera while capturing the complex narrative, with elaborate costumes from different periods, and several trips out to the exterior of the museum. Tilman Bnttner, the director of photography, was responsible for capturing it all in one single Steadicam shot.

Once nearly forgotten, now dearly rediscovered, Dorothy Mackaill's work is in the midst of a well deserved renaissance, and we are pleased to present a pair of films that will only add luster to her legend. Unforgettable film director Michael Curtiz puts Dorothy through her paces in Bright Lights (aka Adventures in Africa), the tale of a hoofer who hulas her way from sleazy dives to the Great White Way, only to end up facing murder char

During the late 1950s, repatriated German-Jewish state prosecutor Fritz Bauer (Burghart Klaubner) labored ceaselessly to bring Nazi collaborators to justice... in the face of indifference and hostility from a government and culture seeking simply to move on. When he opted to covertly aid Israeli intelligence in the location and capture of Adolf Eichmann, he would place reputation and career-and freedom-on the line. Intriguing procedural co-stars Rüdiger Klink, Ronald Zehrfeld, Andrej Kaminsky, Jörg Schüttauf. 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack German; Subtitles English. In German with English subtitles.