Charles Regnier

Steppenwolf -- Max von Sydow (The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, Pelle the Conqueror) and Dominique Sanda (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The Conformist) star in this ambitious adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning Herman Hesse's classic novel about the dual nature (the spiritual vs. the physical) of man and his eternal internal struggle to find peace within himself. This exciting version employs animation, special effects, camera trickery, color synthesizers, superimpositions, and fast and slow motion to convey the complex inner life of the aging tortured writer (von Sydow) who encounters the beautiful muse and alter-ego (Sanda) on his journey of self.

Shortly before the advent of Nazism in Germany, Jewish trapeze artist Abel (David Carradine) and cabaret performer and prostitute Manuela (Liv Ullmann) seek work at a medical clinic run by Dr. Vergerus (Heinz Bennent). But their financial woes take a backseat when they make a horrific discovery. It appears that Dr. Vergerus is secretly conducting cannibalistic human experiments that foreshadow the horrors of concentration camps.

Max von Sydow (The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, Pelle the Conqueror) and Dominique Sanda (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The Conformist) star in this ambitious adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning Herman Hesse's classic novel about the dual nature (the spiritual vs. the physical) of man and his eternal internal struggle to find peace within himself. This exciting version employs animation, special effects, camera trickery, color synthesizers, superimpositions, and fast and slow motion to convey the complex inner life of the aging tortured writer (von Sydow) who encounters the beautiful muse and alter-ego (Sanda) on his journey of self.

Max von Sydow (The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, Pelle the Conqueror) and Dominique Sanda (The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, The Conformist) star in this ambitious adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning Herman Hesse's classic novel about the dual nature (the spiritual vs. the physical) of man and his eternal internal struggle to find peace within himself. This exciting version employs animation, special effects, camera trickery, color synthesizers, superimpositions, and fast and slow motion to convey the complex inner life of the aging tortured writer (von Sydow) who encounters the beautiful muse and alter-ego (Sanda) on his journey of self.

Featuring lavish sets and lush period costumes, this 1955 biopic chronicles the life and turbulent times of controversial German composer Richard Wagner (Alan Badel), with Yvonne De Carlo, Rita Gam and Valentina Cortese portraying the women in his orbit. Although the film takes some dramatic license and ignores some of Wagner's whopping character flaws, the orchestrations of his best-known works save the picture.