"Actor: Hans May"

• Tess of the D'urbervilles | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.12   |  Saving you £18.87 (308.33%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A passionate sensual and very modern version of Thomas Hardy's infamous novel combining young upcoming acting talent with recognisable and much-loved faces. When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a portion of their family fortune meeting the manipulative Alec proves to be her downfall. A very different man Angel Clare seems to offer her love and salvation but Tess must choose whether to reveal her past or remain silent... Whilst unstintingly gorgeous and romantic this new adaptation is an intense moving and provocative depiction of the tragically beautiful story.

• The Phantom Tollbooth | DVD | (22/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Joseph Schmidt - a Star Fell from Heaven | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  This 1936 operatic German comedy stars renowned German Jewish tenor Joseph Schmidt. With a wacky plot concerning a tenor who damages his singing voice by mistakenly drinking cologne this musical is worthy of the Marx Brothers. Schmidt a man of great talent perished in a Nazi concentration camp. In this film the performer sings several songs including ""Una furtiva lagrima"" from the opera L'ELISIR D'AMORE.

• Tauber - Waltz Time | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A charming joyous expertly crafted bon-bon of old Vienna full of fluffy cuddly girls of a bygone era gypsies romance gallantry and of course waltzing. The old guard views and waltz as immoral but at the end of the film it is adopted as the official court dance. Tauber is a shepherd and sings 'Break of Day' twice (mostly on camera). The others sing operetta-style arias and duets. Caressing violins punctuate the deft script.

• Schmidt - My Song Goes Around the World | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £18.99

  Contains Joseph Schmidt's fourth film Ein Lied geht um die Welt (My Song Goes 'Round the World) was his most popular.