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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2018

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2018

European Classics

Programme

6 films · 5 reviews

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8½

(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1963; Director: Federico Fellini; Writer: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi; Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Madeleine Lebeau, Caterina Boratto, Eddra Gale, Guido Alberti, Mario Conocchia, Bruno Agostini, Cesarino Miceli Picardi, Jean Rougeul, Mario Pisu)

La Belle Et La Bête (Beauty And The Beast)

Timeless classic that lives up to the label.

(Country: France; Year: 1946; Director: Jean Cocteau; Writer: Jean Cocteau, based on the story by Mme Leprince de Beaumont; Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel Andre, Mila Parely, Nane Germon, Michel Auclair, Raoul Marco)

M

Review preview for M

A taut chiller, skillfully shifting audience sympathies.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
A group of vigilantes sets out to bring a child murderer to justice.

(Country: Germany; Year: 1931; Director: Fritz Lang; Writer: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang; Stars: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens, Friedrich Gnaß)

Man Of Iron (Czlowiek z zelaza)

Review preview for Man Of Iron

A crucial historical document, but also a great film.

Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
At the height of the Solidarity movement, a Polish TV journalist is assigned by the government to undermine an independent trade union leader.

(Country: Poland; Year: 1981; Director: Andrzej Wajda; Writer: Aleksander Scibor-Rylski; Stars: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania)

Solaris (Solyaris)

Review preview for Solaris

It's an ending that has haunted me for 30 years...

Tony Sullivan · 5 out of 5
A psychologist is sent to a space station to find out what has become of the occupants.

(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1972; Director: Andrei Tarkovsky; Writer: Stanislaw Lem, Fridrikh Gorenshtein, Andrei Tarkovsky; Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetsky, Nikolai Grinko, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Sos Sargsyan, Olga Barnet, Tamara Ogorodnikova, Georgi Tejkh)

The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde Inseglet)

Review preview for The Seventh Seal

Playing a game for your life is a beautiful metaphor. Of course, it wouldn't have been the same in a squash court.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
Bergman classic about a knight who plays chess with death. Out on re-release.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 1957; Director: Ingmar Bergman; Writer: Ingmar Bergman; Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekorot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson)