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• István Szabó: Mephisto / Colonel Redl / Hanussen (3-disc Blu-ray Box Set) | Blu Ray | (08/12/2025) from £46.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  István Szabó is perhaps the best-known of all Hungarian filmmakers, having made hugely successful, Oscar-winning films in Hungary, Europe and in Hollywood. This Box Set uncovers the most creative and exuberant period of Szabó's Hungarian cinema, with a trio of exceptional films made in collaboration with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer, writer Péter Dobai and cinematographer Lajos Koltai. These films unravel the conflicts of history, society, and the individual in a rich and dazzlingly audacious, yet personal manner.These important and powerfully relevant films are presented from stunning 4K restorations, and released for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK.The set includes:Mephisto (1981)István Szabó's Oscar-winning adaptation of Klaus Mann's novel paints a portrait of Hendrik Höfgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer), a passionate but struggling actor who, despite his political ambivalence, remains in Germany as the Nazis come to power. When he accepts a Nazi official's offer to make him a star, Höfgen finally receives the success and adulation he has long sought but at what price?Colonel Redl (1985)Set in the years leading up to WW1, and inspired by John Osbourne's controversial 1965 play A Patriot for Me, Szabó's film charts the rise of the brilliant but unscrupulous Alfréd Redl in the Austro-Hungarian military. Compromised by his secret homosexuality, Redl is manipulated into a series of treasonous betrayals, becoming a prisoner of his own deceptions.Hanussen (1988)Wounded during WW1, an Austrian soldier claims he has gained the power to foresee the future. Adopting the name Erik Jan Hanussen, he sets himself up as a hypnotist, astrologer and clairvoyant in a Berlin theatre, ingratiating himself with those in power. Szabó's film vividly recreates the period as the film parallels the rise of Hanussen with Hitler and the Nazi regime.Limited Edition 3-disc Blu-ray Box Set.All three features presented from 4K restorations by the National Film Institute Hungary - Film Archive.Four of István Szabó's acclaimed but rarely seen short film works: Variations on a Theme (1961), You (1963), Concert (1963), and City Map (1977).István Szabó - The Director Answers: An interview with the award-winning filmmaker.Remembrance of József Romvári: Filmmaker Sophy Romvári's tribute to her grandfather, production designer József Romvári with narration by Szabó.Szabó's Central Europe: A look at Szabó's Hungarian films.Individual booklets each with new writing by Hungarian cinema experts John Cunningham, Peter Hames and Catherine Portuges.Trailers.New English subtitle translations.UK premieres on Blu-ray.Region Free (A/B/C) Blu-rays.

• The Investigation | DVD | (01/03/2021) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• A Man Called Ove | DVD | (17/04/2019) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Meet ove (rolf lassgård), an isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse - the quintessential angry old man next door. having entirely given up on life, his days are spent in a constant monotony of enforcing housing association rules and visiting his beloved wife sonja's grave. ove's somewhat contend existence is disrupted, however, with the arrival of a boisterous young family who move in next door. heavily pregnant parvaneh (bahar pars) and her lively children are the complete antithesis of what ill-tempered ove thinks he needs. yet, from this unhappy beginning an unlikely friendship blooms and ove's past happiness and heartbreaks come to light. based on the international bestselling novel by fredrik backman, the award-winning a man called ove is a wistful, heartwarming tale of unreliable first impressions and a wonderful reminder that life is sweeter when it's shared.

• THE BLUE ANGEL | Blu Ray | (28/01/2013) from £13.35   |  Saving you £6.64 (49.74%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Blue Angel is one of the first German language sound films (filmed simultaneously in an English-language version), and the picture that represents the initial collaboration between Josef von Sternberg and his immortal muse, Marlene Dietrich. Following up his role in Sternberg's great silent The Last Command, Emil Jannings portrays a schoolteacher named Immanuel Rath, whose fateful expedition to catch his students frequenting the cabaret known as The Blue Angel leads to his own rapture with the establishment's main attraction Lola (Dietrich) - and, as a result, triggers the downward spiral of his life and fortune. Directed by Sternberg while on loan from America to the pioneering German producer Erich Pommer, The Blue Angel is at once captivating, devastating, and powerfully erotic, laced-through with Sternberg's masterful cinematography. From here, the director and Dietrich would go on to make six more films together in the span of five years, and leave a legacy of some of the most indelible iconography in the cinema of glamour and obsession. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present The Blue Angel in a new Dual Format presentation that incorporates both versions of the film in 1080p HD for the first time in the UK. Special Features: 1080p HD Presentation of both the German-language and English-language versions of the film, with progressive encodes on the DVD Newly translated optional subtitles on the German-language version, and SDH on the English-language version New and exclusive video essay on the films by critic and scholar Tag Gallagher New and exclusive feature-length audio commentary by critic and scholar Tony Rayns on the German-langauage version Original screen test with Marlene Dietrich Archival interview clips with Marlene Dietrich Substantial booklet containing writing on the film, vintage excerpts, and rare archival imagery

• Tales from Europe: The Singing Ringing Tree and The Tinderbox | DVD | (12/12/2011) from £11.98   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Singing Ringing Tree: To win the love of beautiful but conceited princess, a prince sets out to search for the Singing Ringing Tree which she deeply craves. He finds it in an enchanted garden which is ruled by an evil dwarf. The dwarf gives him the tree, subject to one condition - the prince must win the princess' love before nightfall. If he should fail, he will be transformed into a bear... and this comes to pass.The Tinderbox: Based on the fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, The Tinderbox tells the story of a poor soldier who meets a witch on his return from battle. The witch promises him gold if he recovers an old tinderbox from a hollow tree. After a quarrel he makes off with the gold without handing over the tinderbox and sets himself up in a neighbouring town. His generosity enables the town to flourish but when his fortune dwindles he is left only with the friendship of the poor and the tinderbox...

• Downsizing | DVD | (28/05/2018) from £7.05   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

• You the Living | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £8.95   |  Saving you £11.04 (123.35%)   |  RRP £19.99

  One of the funniest and most original films of the year this absurd and surreal comedy from acclaimed director Roy Andersson takes an amusing left-of-centre look at a delightfully eccentric assortment of characters. Through a series of brilliantly entertaining sketches Andersson observes with empathy and wry humour the highs lows and tragicomic happenings that affect their everyday lives. Shot with highly distinctive visual flair this unique and universally resonant snapshot of modern life is both touching and laugh-outloud hilarious.

• Teletubbies - OOOH! | DVD | (29/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  The Noo-noo is eating the tubby toast... chase him Teletubbies! Naughty Noo-noo! Uh-oh! The tubby custard machine is blowing bubbles pop pop! Tidy up Noo-noo! Dipsy watches Laa-Laa doing a lovely dance Po singing a special song and Tinky Winky doing a clever march!

• Adelphi Collection Vol 4: Fun at St. Fannys & You Lucky People (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/08/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Wallander: Collected Films 27 - 31 | DVD | (11/06/2012) from £49.99   |  Saving you £-25.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Based on the books by best-selling author Henning Mankell, detective Kurt Wallander is an intense and headstrong maverick who is prone to eating poorly, sleeping irregularly and drinking too much. In some of the very first Wallander episodes ever to be produced, this collection joins Rolf Lassgard as Inspector Wallander as he sets out to solve 4 mysterious cases (across 6 episodes) starting with a violent and deadly showdown in Pyramid.

• Teletubbies - Teletubbies And The Snow | DVD | (10/11/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Teletubbies discover the joys of playing with the strange white 'snow' stuff.. Also includes a bonus 'Teletubbies Everywhere' episode.

• Dag: Season 3 | DVD | (26/09/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  The complete third series of the Norwegian comedy drama starring Atle Antonsen as misanthropic marriage counsellor Dag, who believes that humans are better off living alone. After breaking up with girlfriend Eva (Tuva Novotny), Dag relapses and returns to a life of drinking. Meanwhile, Eva is shocked when a friend from the past makes a surprise visit.

• False Trail | DVD | (18/02/2013) from £7.42   |  Saving you £8.57 (115.50%)   |  RRP £15.99

  It's been fifteen years since Erik was forced to leave the Norrland Police Department. Since then he has become the National Murder Commission's best interrogator. When Erik's boss orders him back to his home town to solve a brutal murder, he hesitantly returns as the thought of going back stirs up unpleasant memories. What at first appears to be a simple murder soon proves to be something much more complicated and disturbing.

• Witness | DVD | (02/10/2000) from £6.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (85.84%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy travelling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother become the temporary wards of John Book (Harrison Ford), a detective who's been assigned to solve the crime. After suspect line-ups and mug-shot books yield nothing, Samuel, in the most memorable scene of the film, recognizes the murderer as a narcotics agent whose picture he sees in the precinct. Once Book realizes that the police chief is in on it, too, he whisks Samuel and Rachel back home to Amish country, where he himself goes into hiding as a plain Amish man. Witness' juxtaposition of the life of the Amish and the violence of inner-city police corruption work surprisingly well for the story, and Kelly McGillis as the falling in love widow gives an almost perfect performance. Directed by Peter Weir, the film is extremely successful in drawing the viewer into its world and, accordingly, is immensely entertaining. The only thing that mars its polish is the one-dimensional, almost cartoonish handling of the upper-echelon police corruption--a subtler, more realistic treatment of this aspect of the story would have rendered the film near perfect. --James McGrath, Amazon.com

• The Fall Of Berlin - Anonyma | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £14.49   |  Saving you £1.50 (10.35%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Fall Of Berlin: Anonyma

• Three Wishes for Cinderella | Blu Ray | (16/12/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Island At The Top Of The World | DVD | (13/04/2004) from £4.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (200.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In 1907 Professor John Ivarsson and American archaeologist finds himself on a strange mission. He has been persuaded by Sir Anthony Ross a wealthy Englishman to undertake a search for his lost son Donald. The youth disappeared in the Arctic wilderness leaving two clues; a page from an old Hudson Bay Company journal mentioning a hidden island ""far beyond land's end where the whales go to die"" and a curious map of curved whalebone. The rescue party takes off in the Hyperion a g

• Downsizing | Blu Ray | (28/05/2018) from £5.90   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population, Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to abandon their stressed lives in order to get small and move to a new downsized community a choice that triggers life-changing adventures.

• Teletubbies - Meet The Teletubbies | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Share the unique Teletubbies experience with this wonderful selection of Teletubbies footage designed to be you and your child's first steps into Teletubbyland. Discover more about Tinky Winky Dipsy Laa Laa and Po and why millions of children continue to love around the world. Also enclosed is a special guide for parents and carers created to provide a wide range of information about the rich content of Teletubbies and why it generates such a positive reaction from very young children.

• Sebastian Bergman - Series 1 | DVD | (25/06/2012) from £15.55   |  Saving you £4.44 (28.55%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In two new Nordic Noir thrillers, Rolf Lassgard, one of Scandinavia's most popular actors (Wallander, False Trail), assumes a powerful new role as Police profiler Sebastian Bergman. Bergman is strong-minded, politically incorrect, abrasive - and grief-stricken, since he has yet to come to terms with the loss of both his wife and daughter in the 2004 Thailand tsunami. In the first of the two thrillers, from the creators of the original Wallander TV films, he helps police in his home town solve the murder of a 15-year-old boy who had an affair with one of his teachers. In the second, he attempts to catch a serial killer who seems to be modelling his attacks on those of a jailed killer whom Bergman brought behind bars himself...