1977 Movies

The two-part film by Hartmut Bitomsky is an "essay film with a plot." It revolves around the transportation of books that are meant to go from Munich...

Joan Bakewell visits Haworth in Yorkshire, home of the Brontës, to see the setting in which the novelists worked.

Herman Umgar, a German hermit, has an ability to communicate with worms. One day the mayor of the town runs him off his property, so in revenge he pla...

After rehab, Manfred Burger seems to have got his alcohol addiction under control and is trying to reorganize his life. Although he is now sober, he s...

An aeronautical engineer in his forties, passionate about his job, nevertheless opts for a well-compensated year of unemployment as a sabbatical. What...

An experimental short film by Derek Jarman cuts together disparate footage.

This documentary directed by Chang Chao-Tang (張照堂) captures a pivotal cultural moment in 1977 Taiwan. As traditional performing arts faced the pres...

The film tells the story of how, before Taiwan’s liberation, anti-Japanese patriot Qin Bingzhong led five brave national soldiers to Taiwan and conspi...

A female voice identifies a lone man in a room. The shots cut closer, revealing he is holding a cassette recorder, playing Beethoven's "Ghost" Piano T...

The story of an old gentleman who had spent his life restoring antiques. As an art connoisseur, he planned to surround himself with old paintings, whi...

Short fiction film about the overwhelming experience of a helpless old woman who has been torn from her familiar social environment and can no longer...

The eight-man rowing team is preparing for the next competition.

Kurt Kren short

A tale of two unwed sisters whose lives have been imprisoned by their father.