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• Mozart: Die Entfuhrung Aus Dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) -- Stuttgart/Zagrosek | DVD | (02/04/2001) from £22.89   |  Saving you £2.10 (9.17%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mozart's first operatic hit Die Enfuhrung aus dem Serial ("The abduction from the seraglio") was a singspiel, a forerunner of the musical comedy with spoken dialogue between the musical numbers. In this beautifully sung, imaginatively staged production from the Stuttgart Opera House the director Hans Neuenfels splits each character by placing an actor at every singer's side who not only takes over his role for the spoken dialogue but also interacts with his singing double and other characters in the opera. Sometimes the pairing brings a sparring match between actor and singer, adding a further dimension to the drama, at other times the conductor of the orchestra becomes involved, as when Belmonte, the Spanish nobleman, directs him to cue the orchestra for his first aria. The production, in modern dress with each character clearly delineated by the costume designer, takes a few minutes to warm up while we address the director's concept. Osmin, the keeper of the harem is a tattooed thug with a sidekick to match. The aristocratic Konstanze, who has been abducted and imprisoned under him, and her intended Belmonte are in fashionable black, while their two servants are the object of much merriment. The spoken role of the Pasha adds a dramatic frisson to the plans for the abduction. His entry with his retinue walking toward the audience on a raised platform holding stakes topped out with severed heads is a riveting piece of theatre. So too is the final appearance of the ensemble. But as ever with Mozart there's a human dimension to this tale. The close up camerawork shows the Pasha's reactions and those of Konstanze to his advances as she reveals in a moving aria how she loves another man from whom she was cruelly parted. In Act Two the double duet of reconciliation between Konstanze and Belmonte, Blonde and Pedrillo as they question each others' constancy not only brings a sublime quartet but a heart stopping scene of filmed opera as the camera catches the couples' feet moving toward one another as they embrace in an intimate dance. The continuation here of the action into Act Three without a break (as with the earlier acts) brings a plus factor in dramatic continuity where there would be another interval in the opera house. Aside from one momentary lapse from Belmonte in his last aria, the singing throughout this production, like the orchestral playing under Lothar Zagrosek, matches any version on CD now on the market. On the DVD: We have the customary choice of subtitles, cues for the musical numbers and a short commentary accompanying a still of the principal characters in the opera.--Adrian Edwards

• Highway To Battle | DVD | (28/09/2009) from £9.85   |  Saving you £0.14 (1.42%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Drama intrigue and espionage are at the very heart of this classic piece of British cinema. Set in London just months before the out break of World War Two suspicion falls on a German ambassador when one of his envoys fails to return to Berlin. The arrival of two ruthless Gestapo agents sent from Germany and charged with finding the missing man causes the ambassador his wife and daughter to rethink their Nazi allegiance but is it too late to escape from Hitler's evil grasp?

• Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen -- Complete | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £95.99

• Circle of Iron | Blu Ray | (19/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Das Boot - The Reel Collection | DVD | (02/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Das Boot is a graphic and gripping tale that follows the daring patrol of U-96 one of the famed German U-Boats known as `The Grey Wolves'. Prowling the North Atlantic they challenged the British Navy at every turn. The crew abroad the U-96 is portrayed in a desperate life-and-death struggle coping with life beneath the waves quickly gives way to terror when confronting the enemy...

• Essential Truffaut Collection | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £89.99   |  Saving you £-40.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Jules Et Jim (1960): Francois Truffaut's beautiful and enigmatic film about the lifelong friendship between two writers - French novelist Jim (Henri Serre) and Austrian children's author Jules (Oskar Werner) - and their mutual love for the eccentric Catherine (Jeanne Moreau). The story begins in 1920s Paris when Jules and Jim first meet and become friends. As young single men they gallavant about Paris chasing women or studying ancient art. When they meet the equally energetic Catherine whose impulses range from dressing up as a man to taking midnight plunges into the Seine their circle is complete. But when World War II erupts with Jules and Jim fighting on opposite sides everything changes. Jules marries Catherine before going off to battle. After the war they settle into a quiet existence in the French countryside. But Catherine is restless and unfaithful. Jim reunites with his oldest and closest friend and Catherine makes room for him in their house asking him to move in and become her lover. Jim complies as he wants nothing more than to please his friend Jules who agrees to the plan... The Last Metro (1980): Winning an incredible ten French Academy Awards in 1981 The Last Metro is one of Truffaut's most highly acclaimed and popular films. Starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu in magnetic performances the story is set in Paris 1942 during the Nazi occupation of France. When Lucas Steiner (Heinz Bennett) the Jewish owner of the Montparnasse Theatre is forced into hiding his wife and lead actress Marion (Deneuve) takes over. Desperate to keep both the troupe and Lucas alive she stages a new play which must be a success to continue. She hires the womanising actor Bernard Granger (Depardieu) for the lead in their next production. Just as the actors begin their rehearsals an anti-semitic journalist ensconces himself in the theatre creating an atmosphere of fear and insecurity. Will he discover Lucas' hideaway and the political affiliations of the group's lead actor? Truffaut delivers a captivating study of artists (the actors) struggling against the odds (the Nazis) and a compelling insight into the atmosphere of wartime Paris and the theatre set against a backdrop of exquisite period detail. La Peau Douce (1964): Pierre is a successful happily married publisher who meets Nicole a lovely airplane stewardess and begins a lustful affair with her. As his passion deepens he realizes he must choose between his wife Franca and his mistress. However the movie takes a suprising twist leading to one of the most startling conclusions in film history... The 400 Blows (1959): Praised by film-makers and critics the world over Truffaut's 400 Blows launched the Nouvelle Vague and paved the way for some of cinema's most important and influential directors. Twelve-year-old Antoine Doinel has troubles at home and at school. Ignored and neglected by his parents his relationship with his mother is further strained when he discovers that she has taken a secret lover. Added to this his school teachers have written him off as a troublemaker and with luck seemingly never on his side it is Antoine who ends up getting the blame for bad behaviour. Finding refuge only in his love of cinema Antoine soon finds it necessary to break free and discover what the world can offer outside of the confines of his everyday life. This remarkable film features the extraordinary talent of Jean-Pierre Leaud as the rebellious Antoine a character based on Truffaut himself. Doinel was to make appearances in a number of Truffaut's films (including Stolen Kisses Bed and Board and Love on the Run) all of which chart his further adventures into adulthood.

• Wagner: Das Rheingold | DVD | (15/10/2001) from £3.54   |  Saving you £22.71 (996.05%)   |  RRP £24.99

• Mozart - Don Giovanni (Ustinov, Salzburg Marionette Theatre) | DVD | (03/11/2003) from £22.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

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• The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes | DVD | (29/10/2012) from £16.18   |  Saving you £-3.19 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Hans Albers and Heinz Rhmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travellers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson.

• Gotterdammerung - Wagner | DVD | (29/05/2006) from £34.49   |  Saving you £0.50 (1.45%)   |  RRP £34.99

  Wagner: Gotterdammerung (Haenchen Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Kruse)

• Handel: Alcina | DVD | (21/01/2002) from £14.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (66.82%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Produced with the cast of a year-2000 Stuttgart stage version, this performance of Handel's 1735 opera Alcina has been specially shot for home viewing without the audience present (though applause is heard during the closing credits). Director Janos Darvas enhances the usual low theatre illumination with stronger television-friendly lighting to provide more detail, and he also takes his cameras much closer to the artists than live performance permits, offering film-style close-ups that greatly enhance the drama. With just eight performers and an essentially static set--though some intriguing interesting things are done with a large "mirror"--this intimate approach proves an enormous advantage. Handel's complex tale of intense romantic entanglement on the island of the enchantress Alcina focuses as much on high-voltage acting as powerful music-making. The 20th-century costumes are initially disconcerting, but soon become part of a psychologically intense world where time seems out of joint and charged with otherwise-unimaginable emotional possibilities. As Alcina, Catherine Naglestad gives an extraordinary performance, both strikingly passionate and deeply sensual, her revealing costuming being just the most obvious sign of a production intent on the erotic. Though Naglestad dominates, each performer offers memorable characterisation and fine singing. On the DVD: Alcina comes to disc with an anamorphically enhanced 16:9 picture that is clear and detailed, while the PCM stereo audio is natural and is recorded with good presence. Other than various optional subtitles, including English, extras are entirely absent. Within the booklet is a brief biography of Handel, background notes on Alcina and a synopsis, but nothing on the artists or performance. --Gary S Dalkin

• Kung Phooey | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  'Kung Phooey' is a family film with crossover adult appeal. Modelled very much on films like 'Airplane' Kung Phooey is a brilliant spoof on just about every Kung Fu movie ever made from the 'Kalsshopper' wisdom of the original TV series to the tree walking of 'Crouching Tiger'. Art's wild adventures and mishaps begin when he arrives in America on his quest for the magical Ancient Peach he encounters a crazy host of characters; the evil Helen Hu her bodyguards One Ton Lo Fat an

• The Serpent's Egg | DVD | (08/10/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Abel Rosenberg (Carradine) is a circus acrobat out of work and living in a defeated Germany after the First World War. He takes a job at the Veregus Clinic and there he finds the truth behind the work of the Professor Veregus (Bennett) work that led to his own brother committing suicide...

• Mozart - Le Nozze Di Figaro | DVD | (04/02/2008) from £23.51   |  Saving you £-0.52 (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

• Jacques Offenbach; Walter Felsenstein: Hoffmanns Erzählungen | Blu Ray | (01/03/2021) from £40.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Siegfried | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £23.99   |  Saving you £7.26 (31.94%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Stuttgart Ring / Siegfried

• Wenn Der Vater Mit Dem Sohne (If the Father & the Son | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £8.98   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Teddy Lemke and six year old Ulli are lodgers at Miss Biermann's house. Ulli believes Teddy is his real father and Teddy takes care of him as such. One day Ulli discovers a child's clown outfit in the attic and Teddy reluctantly tells the boy his story. Teddy was once a famous clown and along with his son as Teddy and Teddy he entertained the masses. But when his young son died Teddy forever went into retirement. Ulli convinces Teddy to come out of retirement. The two join up as a clown team in the spirit of the original Teddy and Teddy. They are an instant success and everything seems to be idyllic but then Teddy gets word that Ulli's mother now married wants her boy to go and join her in America. Features Heinz Ruhmann Germany's best loved actor at the pinnacle of his career.

• Sonata | DVD | (16/01/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  We are never alone... This edge-of-your-seat supernatural horror takes you into a disturbing world and explores the fine line between sanity and madness. Locked up in a remote house and kept away from the real world by her overprotective mother Megan has created a secret world of her own. When a mysterious stranger begins sending Megan cryptic love letters mother is furious and assumes that she has been sneaking out of the house behind her back. But mother is soon to fin

• Various Artists - London Rock and Roll Show | DVD | (21/03/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  1. Be Bop A Lula - Heinz 2. Peggy Sue - Heinz 3. Road Runner - Bo Didley 4. Mona - Bo Didley 5. Boppin' At The High School Hop - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. You Can Have Her - Jerry Lee Lewis 7. Whole Lotta Shakin' - Jerry Lee Lewis 8. Medley - Jerry Lee Lewis 9. Sweet Little Sixteen - Jerry Lee Lewis 10. See You Later Alligator - Billy Haley & The Comets 11. Rock Around The Clock - Billy Haley & The Comets 12. Lucille - Little Richard 13. Rip It Up - Little Richard 14. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 15. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard 16. Jeannie Jeannie - Little Richard 17. Hail Hail Rock And Roll - Chuck Berry 18. Memmphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry 19. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 20. Mean Ole Frisco - Chuck Berry 21. Wee Wee Hours - Chuck Berry 22. Oh Carol - Chuck Berry 23. Little Queenie - Chuck Berry 24. Reelin' And Rockin' - Chuck Berry

• The World According to Kapoor ( Le monde selon Anish Kapoor ) | DVD | (23/01/2012) from £22.83   |  Saving you £7.16 (23.90%)   |  RRP £29.99

  France released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A multicultural magician, an aesthetic perfectionist, and an engineer of the impossible, sculptor Anish Kapoor thrives on new artistic and technical challenges, such as his enormous inflatable structure with wich he took over the Grand Palais in Paris at the Monumenta 2011 Exhibition. Kapoor, who was born in India but has lived in England since the 1970s, is an enchanting artist- his enormous mirros capture the clouds, his pigment miniatures are sculptures of monochrome colour, and his wall hangings pull us into a sublime void. This documentary recounts the world according to Kapoor, via a journey, from his London studios to the permanent installations of Chicago and Naples, to exhibitions in Bilbao, Mumbai and Dehli. The artist is given the opportunity to talk personally about his perpetual quest for new forms, which are always deeply moving. ...The World According to Kapoor ( Le monde selon Anish Kapoor )