Hans Roeckle und der Teufel 1974

Hans Roeckle und der Teufel 1974

Hans Roeckle und der Teufel 1974
Hans Röckle und der Teufel (original title)
1h 15min | Family, Fantasy | 5 July 1974 (East Germany)

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This movie is based on a contemporary children’s book, not the usual Grimm Brothers stock. Hans Röckle is a puppeteer, inventor, blacksmith and more. He is challenged by the Devil (in almost a dozen fancy costumes) who offers him even more inventiveness, against his soul should he ever make money with an invention, build something twice, or cease inventing for 7*7 hours.

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Devil’s Knot 2013

Devil's Knot 2013

Devil’s Knot 2013
1h 54min | Biography, Crime, Drama | 12 March 2014 (Philippines)

Storyline:

Based on the actual events of the West Memphis Three, where three young boys were savagely murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Spurred on by the demand from a grieving town, the local police act quickly to bring three “devil-worshipping” teenagers to trial. With their lives hanging in the balance, investigator Ron Lax is trying to find the truth between the town’s need for justice and the guilt of the accused.

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Growing Up – Boys

Growing Up - Boys

Growing Up – Boys

Growing Up – Boys
49min | Documentary | 2002

Plot:

This series offers a highly visual insight into the minds and bodies of teenagers and uses their own experiences to track their progress from child to adulthood. The focus is on the boys Jesse, Andy, Mark and Dominic and the girls Sharmaine, Claudia, and the twins Rebecca and Jessica. This series concludes that to become a settled adult, a teenager must grow to be comfortable with his/her body, new identity, and the responsibilities that come with adulthood.

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Erik of Het Klein Insectenboek 2004

Erik of Het Klein Insectenboek 2004

Erik of Het Klein Insectenboek 2004
1h 37min | Adventure, Family, Mystery | 9 December 2004 (Netherlands)

Storyline:

In this movie -after the classical Godfried Bomans novel of the same Dutch title- with musical elements, Erik is a Dutch ten year-old schoolboy who is studying insects at school, and gets shown and explained a bit about them by his kind and knowledgeable nature-loving grandfather, whose country estate is a good place to do so and turns out to have a book on insects, which allows Erik to pass for one night, rather like Alice in Wonderland, as a miniature man among thus giant-looking, talking insects, who discuss their and other species and their lives with him, mainly winged ones, such as bee, fly and wasp.

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A Boy Called H 2013

A Boy Called H 2013

A Boy Called H 2013
Shônen H (original title)
2h 1min | Drama | 10 August 2013 (Japan)

Storyline:

Narrated and viewed from the perspective of a child in the family, Shoonen H portrays the daily trials and societal difficulties of a Christian family from just prior to the commencement of World War II to its aftermath. Distrusted as Christians, yet steadfast, the parents become sources of reassurance and discipline for the children in a society in turmoil.

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L’albero di Guernica 1975

L'albero di Guernica 1975

L’albero di Guernica 1975
1h 50min | Drama, War | 19 November 1975 (France)

Storyline:

The Spanish Civil War, as experienced by the town of Villa Ramiro. The local count and his Fascist nephews ally with the rebels; the count’s son, indifferent to politics at the outset, later makes a choice; the town’s teacher, Antonio Garcia, a pacifist, tries not to take sides but to inspire the children with ideas; a beautiful eccentric woman, Vandale, brings leadership and strength to the town; dwarfs long for equality. The fictive story of Villa Ramiro is inter-cut with archival footage of the war itself. The town is near Guernica, and the local Republicans draw inspiration from its freedom tree.

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Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001

Weiser 2001
1h 35min | Drama, Mystery | 18 January 2001 (Poland)

Storyline:

Poland. Summer 1967: 12-year-old kids, Pawel, Piotr, Szymek, and Elka, meet a fascinating, mysterious Jewish boy. David Weiser opens for them a new world of miracles and mystique. He is scheming something unusual.

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