Jane Sloan Media Librarian jsloan@rci.rutgers.edu December 2003

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Media Collections:
Europe East and Central

This guide is a browsing aid to selected titles in the video/DVD collections at Rutgers Libraries. The most up-to-date, accurate, and complete information regarding the libraries' holdings is available only through IRIS, our online catalog.

Adolf Loos 1975

The Czech architect, journalist and art theorist Adolf Loos worked in Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. This program analyses his design of the Goldman and Salatsch and Knize's Gentleman's Outfitters shops, and the Scheu and Moller houses.

MEDIA 2-3069

Aegean sponge divers 1974

Shows the way of life of Greek sponge fishermen from Kalymnos Island in the Dodecanese group. Shows how a rigid code of masculinity forces them into ignoring basic safety procedures in their hazardous work.

MEDIA 2-2451

After the revolution 1988-1989 2000

In this experimental, tongue-in-cheek feature made in the wake of the cataclysmic political changes of Hungary, the "hero" is a writer, who has shut himself off from the rest of the world. He is struggling to write a great novel. Every morning he sits down to write after feeding his cat and letting it out into the streets. The point-of-view of the film is that of the cat as perceived through the its eyes, ears and brain. As the writer reviews the material "shot" by the cat it becomes the basis of his novel.

DANA 1581

America's relations with Eastern Europe 1990

An impressionistic overview of America's historical relationship with Eastern Europe: from a Hungarian film depicting the life of early immigrants to the U.S., to a "Cold War" documentary, to a satirical animation from Hungary on the Gorbachev-Reagan Summit.

MEDIA 2-2791

André's lives 1998

"Dubbed 'the Jewish Schindler,' Bauhaus trained architect Andre Steiner saved thousands of Slovak Jews. The last surviving member of the secret and illegal Jewish 'Working Group' in Slovakia, Andre helped save over 7000 from deportation (almost six times as many as Schindler). His complex rescue effort involved bribing Nazi and Slovak officials in order to build labor camps to keep Jews employed and safe from deportation"--Container.

MEDIA 2-5115

An Animated journey 1990

Animated self-portraits -- Safebreakers -- Passages -- Rondino -- Gravity -- Gorbachev Reagan summit -- The end -- Concrete -- Pictures from memory -- FingerwaveProvides insight into the politics, culture and personality of the East Europeans. Features a unique mixture of animation styles and techniques from Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, and Czechoslovakia.

MEDIA 2-2802

Anne Frank the missing chapter 1998

A film about the life and diary of Anne Frank. Includes archival photographs and film footage, and interviews with friends of Anne Frank and her family.

DANA 1507

The art of conducting legendary conductors of a golden era 1997

Rehearsal and performance footage presenting the work of six conductors: Sergiu Celibidache, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Erich Kleiber, Willem Mengelberg, Evgeny Mravinsky, and Charles Munch. Archival footage is complemented by first-hand recollections of these conductors by people who knew them. Also includes rare film clips of Herbert von Karajan, Hermann Scherchen, André Cluytens, and Václav Talich.

MUSIC XX(1787721.1)

At the crossroads 1990

An American filmmaker searches for his cultural legacy in Hungary, Poland and Germany. Following the 1989 revolution, he finds that many East Europeans are rediscovering their history and traditions.

MEDIA 2-2797

The Athenian trireme 1993

Documents the construction of a full-size replica of an Athenian trireme of the 5th century B.C. Shows how the ancient Greeks used their naval supremacy to protect their home bases while colonizing the furthest reaches of the Mediterranean and maintaining intimate contact with Athens itself.

MEDIA 2-2245

Back to Gombin 2001

Children of survivors of genocide are interviewed as they journey to Poland to recreate a lost lineage and find their own lives in the midst of history.

MEDIA 2-6123

The barbarian West 1992

Traces the origins of Western culture through Greece and Rome and how it dominated, not only through its own genius, but by borrowing from the legacies of the original five old world civilizations.

MEDIA 2-5862

Benya Krik 1996

Set in Odessa's Jewish community before and during the revolution, the film follows the criminal activities of Benya Krik and his associates.

MEDIA 2-3172

Best practices an urban handbook 1996?

By the year 2000, experts predict that the majority of the world's population will live in towns and cities. Within another 30 years, the world's urban population could be 5 billion people. Many will seldom see the trees, fields, and grass of the countryside. While it's possible to live comfortably in a city, most city dwellers don't, and suffer poverty, overcrowding, crime, and violence. The UN believes that it's possible to create sustainable cities that nuture their citizens. Cities worldwide are working on best practices encouraged by the Habitat II Conference. Winners of the Best Practices Award are: Chattanooga, Tennesse, United States; Lublin, Poland; Fortaleza, Brazil; Ahmedabad, India; and Alexandra, South Africa.

MEDIA 2-5159

Boris Godunov 1984

The subject brings to the stage one of the most curious episodes of the history of Russia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Boris Gudunov, the brother-in-law and chief minister of Tsar Feodor, son of Ivan, has caused to be assassinated the young Dimitri, half-brother of the Tsar and his heir. On the death of Feodor, Boris, who has committed his crime with the sole object of seizing power, has himself acclaimed by the people and ascends the throne. But at about the same time, a young monk named Grigory escapes from his monastery, discards his habit, and goes to Poland where he passes himself as the dead Tsarevich Dimitri. Soon the pretended Dimitri puts himself at the head of a Polish Army and marches with it against Russia. Just at this moment, they hear of the death of Boris, and the false Dimitri, taking advantage of the circumstances, in turn usurps power.

MUSIC 134

Brave new world, 1945 1998

Just over fifty years ago, Soviet and American troops met at the River Elbe and rejoiced at the defeat of Nazi Germany but their optimism was short lived. This film tracks the building tensions between these two superpowers, from the post-war world of the late 1940s through the early 1960s, as the hope for peace swiftly disintegrated into a "cold" war. Here eyewitnesses recall the meeting on the Elbe, the impact of Stalin, Churchill and Khrushchev, propaganda wars between the two nations, the Berlin blockade, the Hungarian uprising and the installation of the Berlin Wall.

MEDIA. 2-3849 2-4282

Brenda Senders a partisan's story 1991

Following an introduction about the stages and causes of the Holocaust, Brenda Senders describes the course of the Holocaust in her little town in the Ukraine to a B nai B rith youth group.

MEDIA 2-1817

Calling the ghosts 1996

Women survivors of Omarska Detention Camp describe the camp and the situation in Bosnia and Herzagovnia. Their release and recovery process are also described.

MEDIA 2-3702

Ceausescu, Eastern Europe's last dictator? 1990

The other Europe -- A lesson in dying -- Rondino -- A day in BucharestPortrait of the last Stalinist leader in Eastern Europe, the events leading to his violent overthrow by the Romanian people in December 1989. Includes documentaries on Romania and an animated short from Eastern Europe on man's capacity for cruelty to his fellow man.

MEDIA 2-2793

Chernobyl the taste of Wormwood 1987

A Japanese documentary about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster which includes on-site photography of the blast site and of people and areas affected. Also included are interviews with victims, bystanders, medical personnel who treated burn victims, physicists, and politicians.

MEDIA 2-539

Chrinko Heritage Collection A. Grandchildren chatter (6.35) -- B. A Hungarian memory (11.20) -- C. St Ladislaus visit (2.10) -- Dancing on a rope (53.25) -- E. Reunion in Hungary (9.50)HUNGARIAN 5

The crucible of Europe 1984

Focuses on the migration of Jews from Moorish Spain to Lithuania and Poland during the 9th to the 15th centuries.

MEDIA 190

The Curtain rises 1990

Host Patrick Watson reports on the changing worlds of Russia, Romania, and Poland through personal interviews of government officials and the common people, and through his own observations.

MEDIA 2-1133

Democracy in Poland learning to be free 1992

Documentary about Poland's transition from communism to democracy. Discusses changes in political structure and economic policy, as well as religious and journalistic institutions.

MEDIA 2-3193

Der Lauf der Dinge 1997

A chain reaction of objects that applies the principles of cause and effect, gravity, chemistry, water, gas propulsion and vector propagation to produce the chain reaction in a kinetic art installation by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss.

DANA 1753

Der menschen forscher = The anthropologist 1992

This is a provocative and powerful film interweaving drama with documentary to profile famed Austrian anthropologist Rudolf Pöch. A major figure in the history of 20th-century European anthropology, Pöch did field work in New Guinea and the Kalahari, and during World War I, did research in POW camps studying the physical attributes of Russian prisoners. He used these studies to substantiate his theories on racial purity and superiority later used by the Nazis.

MEDIA 2-2720

Destination Lithuania 1994

"In Lithuania, Peace Corps Volunteers are working with the Ministry of Education to increase access to English language instruction by providing Volunteer English teachers who work with their secondary school colleagues to enhance English language teaching skills"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 617 2-3020

Destination Poland 1991

"The first group of Peace Corps Volunteers were invited to Poland to help the country meet its critical need for English teachers. The second group of Peace Corps Volunteers, sworn in on December 19, 1990, were invited to assist newly elected local ministries in setting up offices and programs"--Container.

DANA. MEDIA 620 2-3023

Diamonds in the dark 1999

Romanian women tell the story of their lives under the Communist regime and the changes that came after the fall of Ceausescu.

MEDIA 2-5239

Distant voices 1978

Host James Burke traces the connection between medieval advances in the science of warfare, the discovery of large silver deposits in Czechoslovakia, the discovery of natural laws, and the invention of modern telecommunications.

MEDIA 2-2492

Dom za vesanje ljubavni film = Time of the gypsies : a screen romance 1990

A young gypsy with telekinetic powers is lured into a life of crime by a flamboyant gang leader.

MEDIA 2-5540

Dvorák in Prague a celebration 1993

Carnival overture, op. 92 (9:59) -- Romance in F minor, op. 11 (12:18) -- Klid (Silent woods), op. 68, no. 5 (7:54) -- Humoresque in G-flat major, op. 101, no. 7 (4:30) -- Symphony no. 9, op. 95 : Largo "From the New World" (12:39) -- Rusalka. Mesícku na nebi hlublokém = O moon high up in the deep sky (7:28) -- Psalm 149, op. 79 (Sing unto the Lord a new song) (9:39) -- Humoresque in E-flat minor, op. 101, no. 1 (2:58) -- Gypsy melodies, op. 55. Kdyz mne stará matka (no. 4) = Songs my mother taught me ; Struna naladena (no. 5) (Tune thy strings) (4:22) -- "Dumky" trio, op. 90. Allegro (Dumka no. 5) (4:44) -- Slavonic dance in E minor, op. 72, no. 2 (5:29) -- Slavonic dance in C major, op. 72, no. 7 (4:11)A concert in honor of Dvorak.

MUSIC 358

En minister krydser sit spor A minister retraces her steps 2002

This documentary follows former Danish Minister, Birte Weiss, as she travels to Bosnia to investigate a hideous war crime.

MEDIA 2-6045

Estonia, a story of survival 1990

Estonia's experiences during WWII are included in segments on "Hitler and Stalin 1939", archival footage impounded by the Soviets for over 40 years. Also includes "Cogito Ergo Sum", the reflections of an Estonian intellectual who refused to be co-opted by communism.

MEDIA 2-2795

Ethnic cleansing 200

"Follows step by step the persuasive media offensive waged by a powerful public relations firm for their client in the Balkan War in 1992"--Container.

MEDIA 2-6116

Far from Poland 1995?

Combines documentary footage and dramatic reenactments to portray the Polish Solidarity Movement and labor struggles.

MEDIA 2-6203

A Generation of artists 1990

Beginning with a personal chronicle of the immigration experience of two young Czech artists in Washington, D.C., an American filmmaker travels to Prague to see the 1989 Revolution through the eyes of his friends' parents. Portrays how creative life was stifled under communism. Includes footage of the 1989 student demonstrations.

MEDIA 2-2803

Genocide from Biblical times through the ages 2002

In this program, a variety of experts analyze Biblical accounts and some of the earliest documented examples of genocide, as in the Athenian siege of Melos in 416 BC, to explore the psychology that motivates such violence. This grim survey looks at the extermination of Tasmanians, Native Americans, Namibia's Herero tribe, and the Armenians.

MEDIA 2-5847

Genocide in the first half of the 20th century 2002

This program ... focuses on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, the 1923 Rosewood Massacre, Stalin's forced Ukrainian famine, the japanese Rape of Nanking, and the Holocaust.

MEDIA 2-5849

Girls from Chaka Street 1998

This film deals with the flourishing sex industry in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Underage girls - earning more in a night on the street than a trained doctor does in a month - face physical and psychological risks, and Mafia involvement is growing.

MEDIA 2-5834

Good evening Mr. Wallenberg 1994

Raoul Wallenberg moved from Sweden to Budapest in late 1944 to help protect Jews from Adolph Eichmann's Sonderkommando.

MEDIA 2-2446

The Gromada family 1980

The Polish American story is told through an overview of Poland's history, a survey of the development of Polish American communities in the United States through a century of change, and the experiences of several generations of the Gromada family.

DANA 106

The horror continues 2002

' This program presents a comprehensive survey of genocide by looking at the most recent examples in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey; Burundi and Rwanda; the former Yugoslavia; Indonesia and East Timor; and Chechnya. The role and efforts of the United Nations are discussed as well as what the future holds in trying to prevent genocide.

MEDIA 2-5897

An Invisible enemy 1991

The radioactive fallout from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl theatens the economic and cultural survival of the reindeer-breeding Sami of Scandinavia. Radiation has contaminated reindeer meat and made it unfit for sale.

MEDIA 2-5388

Journey of hope Reise der Hoffnung = Umud'a yolculuk 1991

Fact based story of a poor Kurdish family who leave Turkey and struggle to reach their promised land, Switzerland, and are forced to cross the border illegally on foot through the Alps, with tragic consequences.

MEDIA 2-5557

Justice pursued 1998

Rwanda, Argentina, East Germany and Bosnia have been the locus for the most heinous acts of the last 20 years. Details torture and murder of thousands of men and women and shows how people are looking for justice for victims.

MEDIA 2-5580

Katowice a programme about the UNCHS (Habitat) Project on sustainable cities in the industrial heartland of the Upper Silesia, Poland ; A tale of four cities : a documentary about the Sustainable Cities Programme 1993-1998

A tale of four cities: The Sustainable Dar-Es-Salaam Project -- The Sustainable Chennai Project -- The Sustainable Katowice Project -- The Sustainable Shenyang ProjectKatowice: Children born into industrial centers of the world are confronted by environmental hazards. With participatory planning, it's possible to improve the industrial environments of the world. Focuses on the Upper Silesia region in Poland. A tale of four cities: Explores the daily consequences of a deteriorating urban environment. Examines how environmental degradation obstructs a city's contribution to development. Focuses on four cities that are very diverse and different from each other.

MEDIA 2-5135

Kino-Pravda Enthusiasm 199-

Kino-Pravda (1922, 14 min., b&w) -- Enthusiasm (1931, 67 min., b&w)Kino-Pravda: Consists of a record of Soviet life edited into a unique genre of mixed documentary, animation and reviews and provides a record of the Revolution's social achievements. Enthusiasm: Celebrates the enthusiasm with which the peasants and miners of the Don River basin in Russia fulfilled their first five-year plan quotas following the October Revolution.

MEDIA D-452

Knife in the water Nóz w wodzie 1991

A married couple invites a young hitchiker along on a cruise. After a series of psychological clashes and interplays, an overt struggle develops between the two males over the silent but seductive presence of the wife.

MEDIA 2-5534

The Knowledge of healing 1996

"The knowledge of healing begins with a brief outline of the principles of Tibetan medicine and goes on to show physicians in Dharamsala and in Buryati (part of Siberian Russia) treating patients for a variety of ailments...the film moves westward to research centers in Israel and Switzerland where clinical studies are being conducted and several Tibetan medications industrially manufactured. The researchers have discovered that that the Tibetan remedies work...although the actual chemical processes by which they heal remains largely mysterious"--Container.

DANA 1506

Korczak 1993

Tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author who ran a home for Jewish orphans in 1930's Warsaw.

MEDIA 2-6122

Kovno ghetto a buried history 1997

Prior to World War II, 35,000 Jews lived in Kovno, Lithuania but few escaped the Holocaust. Despite great suffering and personal risk they recorded their fate in thousands of photographes and documents. This documentary pieces together the harrowing stories of survival and loss through survivor interviews, photographes, and artifacts.

DANA 1167

Krzysztof Kie slowski I'm so-so 1995

An interview with the Polish filmmaker shortly before his death in which he describes his early life and the political and social events that influenced his filmmaking.

DANA 1827

Kypseli--women and men apart a divided reality 1973

A film essay on the peasant society of Kipséli, a small isolated Greek village on the island of Thera. Depicts how the people of Kipséli divide time, space, material possessions, and activities according to an underlying pattern based on the separation of the sexes, and shows how this division determines the village social structure.

DANA 201

L'Orfeo 1988

A film of Monteverdi's vibrant setting of the Greek legend of the musician Orpheus and his ill-fated wife Eurydice. The action takes place in legendary Greece.

MUSIC 226

Lásky jedné plavovlásky Loves of a blond This delightful comedy reflects all the pathos and awkwardness of post-adolescent love and provides an amusing view of life in provincial Czechoslovakia. A factory girl who is bored with her existence falls in love with a jazz musician and follows him to Prague.

MEDIA 2-5529

The last days 1999

Traces the experiences of five Hungarian Holocaust survivors who fell victim to Hitler's brutal war against the Jews during the final days of World War II, and returned to their hometowns and ghettos and the concentration camps in which they were imprisoned.

DANA 1807

Latcho drom Bonne route 1991

Aspects of contemporary Gypsy life are depicted in sequences retracing the Gypsies' historical wanderings from Rajasthan, India, through Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain. Music and dance, performed by Gypsies of each locale, are a prominent feature of the film.

MUSIC 320

Leon Senders's war 199?

The film shows Leon Senders addressing an adult group at the Washington Hebrew Congregation. Born Lazar Sendarovich in Vilna Lithuania, then a part of Poland, he fled to the forests following the Nazi invasion. His family stayed behind and died in Polnar. He was trained in guerrilla warfare in Moscow and spent the war as a partisan radio operator, often miles behind enemy lines, including several months in Konigsberg.

MEDIA 2-1816

Life as an ethnic minority 1990

Let there be peace in this house -- Gravity -- Free us from evilPortrays the lives of ethnic Hungarians living in Romania. Includes two films on life in a small Romanian village shot before and immediately after the overthrow of dictatorship. Animated sequence examines the dangers inherent in breaking with the system.

MEDIA 2-2794

Los asesinos se encuentran entre nosotros The murderers are among us 1996

After the end of World War II, Susanne Wallner returns from a concentration camp to find that her Berlin apartment is occupied by Dr. Martens, whose memories of mass executions ordered by his captain in Poland have driven him to despair and drunkenness. They stay together, but when Martens learns his former captain is alive and prospering he determines to kill the war criminal.

MEDIA 2-3442

Mayerling 1987

Dramatization of the scandalous romance between Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and eighteen-year-old Marie Vetsera which ended in a suicide pact at the country house of Mayerling on January 30, 1889.

MEDIA 2-1870

Medea 1991

A modern-language production of the classic tragedy of a proud woman betrayed by the man she loves.

DANA 1602

Memories of childhood and war 1990

Gaudiopolis -- The man who saved the lives of children -- When were you born?Portrays the tragedy of two world wars as recalled in the imagination and lives of East Europeans. Includes segments of Hungarian children orphaned in WWII.

MEDIA 2-2796

Messin' with the blues 1991

Chicago blues legends Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells perform some of their greatest hits live. Performance recorded June 28, 1974 at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland.

JAZZ 368

Metamorphose M.C. Escher, 1898-1972 1999

A look at M.C. Escher and his work; traces his career path and personal life, from the early years in Italy to his move to Switzerland. Includes an interview with the Dutch artist himself.

DANA 1496

Music in time 1982

Flutist James Galway discusses the work of Mozart and Schubert. Sir Peter Hall examines Mozart's operas. Several individual performers and musical groups present examples.

MUSIC 33

Mussolini ultimo atto 1993

April 1944 ... Cardinal Schuster intervenes and Mussolini meets with opponents to the Partisan Command. When negotiations break down, Mussolini and his mistress excape to Switzerland disguised as German SS soldiers. He is captures and brought back for punishment.

MEDIA 2-1616

My Prague spring 1993

"In its 'velvet revolution' of 1989, the people of Czechoslovakia toppled its communist dictatorship and embraced democracy and capitalism. During that first spring of remarkable change, what was life like for an average Czech family? A young Czech-American filmmaker travels to Prague to discover how his cousins are coping with a world turned upside-down."--Container.

DANA 910

N is a number a portrait of Paul Erd os 1993

Presents Erd os's mathematical quest in its personal and philosophical dimensions, and the tragic historical events that molded his life.

MEDIA 2-3351

The Nazi strike 1984

Documentary film record of Germany's preparations for war, the conquest of Austria and Czechoslovakia, and the attack upon Poland. Orientation film for U.S. Armed Forces.

MEDIA 2-298

Nesse Godin remembers 199?

Nesse Godin describes how World War II came to her home town of Shaulai, Lithuania, and her experiences in forced labor and concentration camps.

MEDIA 2-1818

No place to hide United Nations Peacekeeping : a personal view by Sir Brian Urquhart 1996

This program presents the history of the UN's successful and sometimes controversial peacekeeping efforts by analyzing the most recent operations in Bosnia and Somalia, and addressing the question of the future of such operations. The progam features rare archival footage and examines current operations and crises through the voices of the peacekeepers, diplomats, and journalists involved in them.

MEDIA 2-3427

Norman Granz presents "Improvisation" 1996

Opening title -- Mili's studio sequence, 1950: Ballade / (Charlie Parker) Charlie Park (alto sax), Coleman Hawkins (tenor sax), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) -- Celebrity / (Charlie Parker) Charlie Parker (alto sax), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) -- Pennies from Heaven / (Burk/Johnson) Lester Young (tenor sax), Bill Harris (trombone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) -- Blues for Greasy / (H. Edison) Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Harry "Sweets" Edison (trumpet), Lester Young (tenor sax), Flip Philips (tenor sax), Bill Harris (trombone), Hank Jones (piano), Ray Brown (bass), Buddy Rich (drums) -- Duke Ellington at the Cote d'Azur, 1966: Blues for Joan Miro / (Duke Ellington) Duke Ellington (piano), John Lamb (bass), Sam Woodyard (drums) -- Count Basie at Montreux Jazz Festival, 1977: Nob's blues / (Count Basie) -- Kidney stew / (Vinson/Blackman) -- These foolish things / (Strachey/Marvell) Count Basie (piano), Benny Carter (alto sax), Roy Eldridge (trumpet), Vic Dickinson (trombone), Al Grey (trombone), Zoot Sims (tenor sax), Ray Brown (bass), Jimmie Smith (drums) -- Joe Pass Solo, 1979: Ain't misbehavin' / (Brooks/Waller/Razaf) -- Prelude to a kiss / (Ellington/Gordon/Mills) Joe Pass (guitar) -- Ella Fitzgerald, 1979: Do nothing till you hear from me / (Ellington/Russell) -- I got it bad and that ain't good / (Ellington/Webster) Ella Fitzgerald (vocals), Paul Smith (piano), Keter Betts (bass), Mickey Rocker (drums) -- Oscar Peterson at Montreux Jazz Festival, 1977: Ali & Frazier / (Oscar Peterson) Oscar Peterson (piano), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), Clark Terry (trumpet), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (tenor sax), Niels=Henning Orsted Pedersen (bass), Bobby Durham (drums)The collaboration of Gjon Mili, the famous Life Magazine photographer, and jazz producer Norman Granz. In 1950, Granz decided to produce a jazz film and asked Mili to do the photography while Granz chose the musicians and recorded the sound track. After viewing the film shot at Mili's studio (thirteen minutes were filmed there), Granz felt he should augment that with other material of improvisation. The sequences show various jazz performers performing songs originally written and performed by famous composers and musicians.

JAZZ 322

Oedipus rex the age of Sophocles 199?

This classic program begins by contrasting the ideals and philosophies of the "new" Greece in the age of Sophocles with the beliefs of the "old" Greece in order to set Oedipus Rex in the context of the time in which it was written. Bernard Knox of Yale University explains the function of drama within Greek society and describes how it was presented in Sophocles' time. The program concludes with a review of the story of Oedipus.

MEDIA 2-1772

Olympia 1983

After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics, Riefenstahl made a film that celebrates the human body by combining the poetry of bodies in motion with close-ups of athletes in the heat of competition. Part I. "The Festival of the People," includes the carrying of the flame from Greece, the lighting of the torch and the track-and-field events where American runner, Jessie Owens, won an unprecendented four gold medals.

MEDIA MEDIA 2-139 2-140

The One man twins 1996

Improvisation (1:58) -- Balm in Gilead (excerpt) (4:29) -- Seasons (6:31) -- Misty/I want to talk about you (6:40) -- Blue rol no. 2 (9:47) -- Volunteered slavery (10:18) -- Serenade to a cuckoo (3:18) -- Never can say goodbye (excerpt) (2:14)Performance concert video of Rahsaan Roland Kirk at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1972.

JAZZ 301

Oratorio for Prague 1992

A film begun as a documentary about the liberalization of Czechoslovakia becomes a record of the entry of Soviet tanks into Prague in 1968.

DANA. MEDIA 327 2-5528

Örökbefogadás Adoption 1987

Approaching 43, Kati wants a child, but her married lover won't agree. So it falls to young Anna, her newfound friend, to help Kati make the decision to adopt a child and learn to love and survive.

MEDIA 2-2663

Ostatni etap 1998

Daily life (and death) of the women prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, based on actual events experienced by Wanda Jakubowska, the film's director.

MEDIA 2-5215

Other campaigns ; A change in war 1994

Other campaigns : The agony of Caporetto -- The promised lands -- A change in war : Daredevils and dogfights -- The tide turnsTwo episodes of the eleven-part documentary series World War I. Other campaigns traces Italy's war with Austria in the Alps, the tide of nationalism which sweeps the Balkans, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and British attacks upon the outposts of the crumbling Ottoman Empire in Arabia under T. E. Lawrence--Lawrence of Arabia--which culminated in the conquest of Jerusalem. A change in war traces the new prominence of airplanes as military weapons and examines the turning tide toward the Allied cause.

MEDIA 2-2431

Pandora's box [videorecording] : the roles of women in ancient Greece

MEDIA XX(1357514.1)

Partisans of Vilna 1986

Feature-length documentary film that explores Jewish resistance during World War II. Recounts the untold tale of the moral dilemmas facing the Jewish youth who organized an underground resistance in the Vilna ghetto, and fought as partisans in the woods against the Nazis.

MEDIA 2-846

A Peace Corps mosaic 1996

Cassette 1. Destination: Sri Lanka -- Destination: Honduras -- Destination: Poland -- Destination: Lethos -- Destination: Kyrgyzstan -- cassette 2. Destination: Cameroon - Destination: Lithuania -- Destination: Nepal -- Destination: Paraguay -- Destination: SenegalA visit to each destination includes interviews with Peace Corps volunteers and local people. Promotes the study of geography and demonstrates the value of volunteer service to diverse cultures.

DANA. MEDIA. 612 cassette 1 612 cassette 2 2-3013 cassette 1 2-3014 cassette 2

People power, 1991 1999

In 1991, the Communist Party lost control of the Soviet Union, the culmination of a process that started in 1980 in the Polish shipyards. Eyewitnesses tell the story of how the communist system that dominated post-war Eastern Europe collapsed as they remember the extraordinary weeks that preceded and followed the fall of the Berlin Wall, Poland's fight for solidarity, the struggle for power in the Soviet Union, and more.

MEDIA. 2-4204a 2-5638

The phony war 199?

Hitler shocked the world by invading Poland, after absorbing Austria and threatening the rest of eastern Europe. Americans wavered between a desire to help and a commitment to maintain neutrality. Many claimed the events in Europe were a hoax.

MEDIA 2-4138

Poland democracy and change 1991

Examines how three Polish families have been affecte by the move away from communist rule and economic order. Through interviews with members of each family, three aspects of this transition are explored: how rapidly chage has been experienced, how individual autonomy has been enhanced, and what democracy means to each of the families.

MEDIA 2-2487

Poland, the morning after 1990?

As Communism crumbles in Poland, "Frontline" considers the hope and promise of the new Solidarity government and examines the deep economic troubles that threaten Poland's young democracy.

MEDIA 2-1559

The Polish experience 1990

The Other Europe -- Be aware -- Life of monuments -- Concrete -- All that's aliveIncludes documentaries on Polish history, The Solidarity Movement, and the impact of Soviet domination for over four decades.

MEDIA 2-2800

Popiól i diament Ashes and diamonds 199?

Portrait of a young Polish nationalist assassin who, when World War II ends, finds himself living uncertainly, moving from echoing bars to seedy hotel rooms, finding comfort in a girl and crazy jokes.

DANA 920

Racism 1996

One of a 26-part series that offers a comprehensive look at the many facets of the twentieth century, including rare archival footage and interviews with participants in major events. This segment looks at race relations during the century. The 1900s witnessed a remarkable period in race relations: on one hand, great strides were made in bringing equal rights to people around the globe; conversely, the century also witnessed the most barbaric crimes ever committed against humanity.

MEDIA 2-3426

Rural tourism 1997?

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Schindler's list 1994

The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust.

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Searching for Wallenberg 2002

Documentary about the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who in 1944 saved tens of thousands of Jews from the Holocaust, working from his diplomatic position in Budapest. The film also investigates the mystery surrounding his fate after his arrest and imprisonment by the Soviet Union in 1945.

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Shadows of forgotten ancestors Tini zabutykh predkiv 1994

The heartbreaking story of Ivan and Marichka, whose love blooms, only to brutally die, in the remote Carpathian Mountains of medieval Russia.

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The Shop on Main Street Obchod na korze 1965

In 1942, Tono and his wife are struggling because of his antipathy towards the fascist regime. His brother-in-law, the local fuehrer, chooses Tono to oversee a button shop owned by a sweet, harmless Jewish widow, Mrs. Lautman. When the Jews are ordered deported, the well-meaning Tono decides to shield her from the Nazis.

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Sigmund Freud analysis of a mind 1995

"Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential thinkers of modern times."--Container. His revolutionary ideas transformed our concept of the mind, yet the father of psychoanalysis was plagued by neurotic fears and troubling obsessions. This program explores the details of Freud's life.

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The Spanakos family 1981

The Greek American story is told through an overview of Greece's history, a survey of the development of Greek American communities in the United States through a century of change, and the experiences of several generations of the Spanakos family.

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Spark among the ashes a bar mitzvah in Poland 1986

Tells the story of Eric Strom, a thirteen-year-old Connecticut boy, who journeyed to Kraków, Poland, with his family to take part in the first bar mitzvah held in Kraków in forty years.

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Szabad lélegzet Riddance 1987

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, first to him and then to his parents, and tries to live a lie. Finally she rebels against Andras, his demands and the social conventions that forced her to live a lie.

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Szerelem Love 1991

The relationship between two momen, an aged aristocrat nearing 100 years and her daughter-in-law who cares for her while her husband is imprisoned on political charges.

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Szindbád 1987

An aging man who has made a life of being a lover to women, and then leaving them, revisits his ex-lovers, complaining they are all old or dead. While the women were desolated at his leaving earlier in their lives, they have a variety of reactions to his return.

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A tanú The witness 1993

An irreverant political satire, tracing the rise and fall of a hopelessly inept civil servant.

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Tempest 1983

John Cassavetes is Phillip Dimitrious, the consummate dissatisfied man, in this extraordinary comedy. No longer able to tolerate the compromises he has made, Phillip flees from his stormy marriage to Antonia. He wants to wander and dream ; so with his teenage daughter Miranda, he heads for Greece. There he meets Aretha, the spirited woman who becomes his mistress.

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Tennessee Williams and the American South 1999

Discusses the life of the playwright, his family, the social and economic situation of the South and the effect these had on his writing.

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Le Théâtre de Tadeusz Kantor 1991

Documentary on the life and works of a true genius of the 20th century Polish theater. Traces his roots as a visual artist in Poland and explores his ingenious methods of designing the props. Includes rare scenes of Kantor at work with the dedicated actors in his troup Téatre Cricot 2.

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Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War, and, Plato, Alcibiades I 1993

A film anatomy and analysis of the 27-year Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.

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The trial 1985

A symbolistic study of the tyranny of modern social systems. Portrays the experiences of a young man who is mysteriously arrested by agents of the police for an unspecified crime and is prepared for questioning and trial. Filmed primarily in Yugoslavia.

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Tusztörténet Stand off 1990

Based on a true story, two brothers hold a group of high school girls hostage while demanding ransom and passage to the West.

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Tuzolto utca 25 almok a hazbol = 25 Firemans Street 1987

Elderly residents of an old Hungarian house, about to lose their home, reminisce one night about their lives, dreams, and nightmares from the period before, during, and after World War II. Set on a single hot night somewhere in contemporary Hungary.

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The Unbearable lightness of being 1988

Set in Czechoslovakia in the 1960's, the story revolves around a young doctor who has a way with women and an aversion to politics. He suddenly finds himself caught up in his country's political turmoil and in a crisis of commitment with the women in his life.

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Underground 1998

A tragicomedy about love, friendship, betrayal, manipulation and lies. Deals with the conflicts of the Yugoslav history of the past fifty years. Crooked arms dealer in World War II conspires to keep his equally crooked partner in underground refugee quarters indefinitely.

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Unsichtbare Gegner Invisible adversaries 1987

Anna, a Viennese photographer, discovers that extra-terrestrial beings are colonizing the minds of her fellow citizens by raising the human aggression level. The outer world immediately becomes disjointed, but the inner world, too, as Anna and her lover try to hang on to their deteriorating relationship.

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Vaclav Havel leadership in Eastern Europe 1990

Who is Vaclav Havel? -- Havel's audience with history -- The other Europe -- "Havel" animation -- BalanceHavel's life-long struggle against totalitarianism and his rise to national leadership in Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, and the world is depicted in this film. Includes excerpts from one of Havel's plays and an animated short exploring the balance of power and the nature of greed.

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Videograms of a revolution Videogramme einer Revolution 1992

An analysis of the 1989 revolution in Romania using previously unknown amateur video and Romanian television footage of events as they were unfolding. The film covers the five days from December 21, when Ceaucescu made his last speech, to December 26, the day the dictator was executed.

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Vienna 1900 1986

Shot on location in and around Vienna, includes rare archival footage and expands on the themes of the exhibition, situating the works of art on view within the broader social and political context of fin-de-siecle Vienna.

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Village life and music in Hungary 1992

Gypsy musicians in a Hungarian city are contrasted with Hungarian village musicians who are seen performing folk songs, instrumental music and dances.

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Voices of the children 1996

Interviews with three survivors of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, Helga Hoskova, Michael Kraus and Helga Kinsky, who kept diaries of their experiences. These diaries were either hidden or taken from them after the three were deported to Auschwitz. After the liberation, the diaries were recovered or rewritten from memory.

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Warsaw 1991

This program shows the mosaic that celebrates Warsaw's past ; the kings and heroes and Chopin ; the battles that destroyed the city and led to its rebuilding in another style ; the Warsaw Ghetto ; and the recruits of the Soviet "liberation.".

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Warsaw ghetto 1996

History of the Warsaw ghetto, originally produced as a BBC documentary. Shows Jews entering the Warsaw ghetto in November 1940 and reveals the horrors of disease and hunger, deportation to the death camps, and the dying in the streets.

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Welcome to Sarajevo 1998?

"Living on the edge amid the constant threat of attack, an offbeat band of TV journalists, lead by hotshot Jimmy Flynn, report from a devastated war-torn country. The action intensifies when one of the journalists crosses the line and risks his life in a bold attempt to smuggle an orphaned girl to safety."--Container.

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When Mother comes home for Christmas-- 1995

Josephine is a migrant worker from Sri Lanka appointed to take full time care of little Isadora in Greece. Josephine's own children are left to a less fortunate fate in the home country. After an absence of 8 years, Josephine travels to Sri Lanka to visit her children for a month and the camera captures the complicated feelings of loss and longing that are the inevitable companions to this transitory union.

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Wien retour Return to Vienna 1999?

"In 1924, fourteen year old Franz Weintraub and his parents moved from Magdeburg, Germany to Vienna, Austria. Joining some 60,000 other Jews who had migrated from eastern areas of the defeated Hapsburg Empire, Weintraub's family settled in the Viennese Jewish community of Leopoldstadt, the so-called 'Matzo Island.' In this illuminating documentary, Weintraub recalls his experiences as a young Jew in inter-war Austria from 1924 to 1934. A journalist and gifted storyteller, Weintraub reconstructs everyday life in Jewish Leopoldstadt and in a Social Democratic milieu. Recalling in vivid detail his encounters with anti-semitism, his involvement with the Labor movement and his membership in the Communist Party, Weintraub's oral history provides keen insight into a community and era soon transformed by World War II"--Distributor's website.

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Yugoslavia the avoidable war 2001

pt. 1. Lighting the fuse -- pt. 2. The proxy war -- pt. 3. Intervention : the road to KosovoDocumentary analysis of the war in Yugoslavia, investigating how serious errors and misjudgments made by Western powers, particularly Germany and the U.S., helped spark the violent breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Features interviews with the heads of NATO, United Nations and scholars. Questions the role the U.N. and NATO played in the events leading up to the conflict.

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Z 1980

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1969. Political thriller about events preceding the military coup in Greece in the 1960s.

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