In the mid-19th century, the wealthy Caroline Sayn finds herself
married against her will to the Russian general Wittgenstein. One
day, she meets the composer Franz Liszt. Having fallen in love
with the composer, Caroline applies to the Pope to have her marriage
annulled. But the request is turned down and Franz increasingly
shows less interest in her. Caroline can only watch from a
distance as the composer finds fame and fortune in his profession...
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
In his letters to his friends and family, Franz Kafka gives us a rich self-portrait that is surprisingly upbeat, nor the angst-ridden soul we might expect.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.