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Publisher
Zeitgeist Films
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (162 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
The Grande Chartreuse, considered one of the world's most ascetic monasteries is based in the French Alps. In 1984, German filmmaker Philip Gröning wrote to the Carthusian order for permission to make a documentary about them. They said they would get back with him. Sixteen years later, they were ready. Gröning, sans crew or artificial lighting, lived in the monks' quarters for six months -- filming their daily prayers, tasks, rituals, and rare...
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Somewhere in Northern Russia, in a small Russian Orthodox monastery, lives a very unusual man. His fellow monks are confused by his bizarre conduct. Those who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth. A parable about faith and salvation, The Island combines the realities of everyday Russian life with monastic...
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Pixote: The life of a boy in the streets of Sao Paulo, involved with crimes, prostitution and drugs.
Dos monjes: In a Gothic-styled monastery, a monk named Javier sees the face of another monk, Juan, and suddenly attempts to bludgeon him to death with a heavy crucifix. Both men then relate their own versions of a story of romantic rivalry between them. Javier, a consumptive musician, fell in love with and was betrothed to Anita. When his old friend...
Series
Cadfael chronicles volume 8
Publisher
Atlas Video/Acorn Media
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young man turns up at Shrewsbury Abbey wanting to join as a novice, Cadfael suspects his motives may not be entirely selfless.
Series
Cadfael chronicles volume 4
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c1995
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A visiting merchant is murdered at the Shrewsbury fair, and many of the locals may have had a motive. The search for the murderer intensifies after a second merchant is killed.
Series
Cadfael collection volume disc 6
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ellis Peters' story of the twelfth century monk who turns to his knowledge of medicine and nature to clear the name of a much-loved novice and discover the truth behind the death of a young woman found frozen at the bottom of a brook.
Series
Cadfael chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Acorn Media Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Suspected of robbing the town goldsmith, a young juggler seeks refuge at the abbey where Brother Cadfael is given the job of keeping an eye on him while the authorities investigate. But things become more complicated when the goldsmith's neighbor is found floating dead in the river.
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