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FANTASY

Il cappotto DVD (1952)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Alberto Lattuada

Cast: Renato Rascel, Yvonne Sanson, Giulio Stival, Ettore Mattia, Giulio Calì, Olinto Cristina, Anna Carena, Sandro Somarè, Luigi Moneta, Silvio Bagolini, Dina Perbellini, Loris Gizzi, Mario Crippa, Alfredo Ragusa, Nino Marchetti

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot Outline: Based on Nikolai Gogol's story with the location changed from Russia to Italy and the time changed to the present (1952), the story is about a poor city-hall clerk (Renato Rascel) whose only desire is for a new overcoat. The town Mayor (Giulio Stival) is planning a reception for some visiting VIP's in honor of a new, wasteful piece of construction. The clerk bungles his assignment and is fired. But he stumbles onto some bribery concerning the architects and, to keep him quiet, he's given his job back plus a bonus. He buys his long-cherished overcoat, and it makes him so presentable he wins newly-found respect from everybody. But his coat is stolen and the bitter weather causes him to contact a fever and he dies. His funeral upsets the Mayor's reception when he returns as a ghost.

Cappuccetto rosso DVD (1960)
Also known as: La caperucita roja DVD (original title)

Country: Mexico

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director: Roberto Rodríguez

Cast: María Gracia, Manuel 'Loco' Valdés, Santanón, Prudencia Grifell, Beatriz Aguirre, Irma Torres, Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi, Enrique Edwards, Dario Vivian, Luis Manuel Pelayo, Alonso Castaño, Gilberto Villanueva, Armando Gutiérrez, Arturo Soto Urena, Carlos Robles Gil

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cappuccetto rosso DVD (1962)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director(s): Corrado Farina

Cast: Michaela Palieri, Mario Porta, Gerardo Barbasetti

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cari amici miei DVD (1974)
Also known as: Les gaspards DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Pierre Tchernia

Cast: Michel Serrault, Philippe Noiret, Michel Galabru, Charles Denner, Prudence Harrington, Gérard Depardieu, Chantal Goya, Roger Carel, Daniel Ivernel, Pierre Destailles, Hubert Deschamps, Jean Carmet, Annie Cordy, Françoise Cingal, Paul Demange

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il carnevale della vita DVD (1943)
Also known as: Flesh and Fantasy DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director: Julien Duvivier

Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Anna Lee, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Edgar Barrier, David Hoffman

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales: 1) Plain, bitter Henrietta secretly loves law student Michael. Then on Mardi Gras night, a mysterious stranger gives her a mask of beauty that she must return at midnight. 2) At a party, palmist Podgers makes uncannily accurate predictions, later telling skeptic Marshal Tyler that he will murder someone. The notion obsesses Tyler, with ironic consequences. 3) High wire artist Gaspar dreams of falling, then loses his nerve. He recognizes Joan from his dreams, and falls for her. Will any of his dreams, involving Joan and disaster, come true?

Carnevalesca DVD (1917)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director: Amleto Palermi

Cast: Lyda Borelli, Mimi, Livio Pavanelli, Renato Visca

Medium: DVD R/RW

Carousel DVD (1956)
Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Musical

Director: Henry King

Cast: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick, Claramae Turner, Robert Rounseville, Gene Lockhart, Audrey Christie, Susan Luckey, William LeMassena, John Dehner, Jacques d'Amboise

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Billy Bigelow asks for permission to be sent down "from above" for one day to try and make amends for mistakes he made in life. Billy worked at the carnival as a carousel barker, which is where he met Julie. The carousel owner, Mrs. Mullin, fired him because of jealousy, and he and Julie got married. Billy got into bad habits when he couldn't find a job and they were forced to live with Julie's cousin Nettie after Julie was fired from her factory job for staying out late with Billy. When Julie told him she was pregnant, he felt compelled to somehow find a way to support his family, but the only option seemed to be falling back into crime with his old pal Jigger.

Il carro fantasma DVD (1939)
Also known as: La charrette fantôme DVD (original title)

Country:France, 93 minutes

Spoken languages:French

Genres:Drama, Fantasy

Director(s):Julien Duvivier

Storyline:
A nun suffering from TB is desperately trying to save an alcoholic tramp and to bring him back to his wife and kids.He has a friend who died last year and became the coachman of the "Ghost Wagon" .

Cast:
Pierre Fresnay (as David Holm), Marie Bell (as Soeur Maria), Micheline Francey (as Soeur Édith), Louis Jouvet (as Georges), Jean Mercanton (as Pierre Holm), Ariane Borg (as Suzanne), Alexandre Rignault (as Le géant), Robert Le Vigan (as Le père Martin (as Le Vigan)), Palau (as Monsieur Benoît), René Génin (as Le père Éternel (as Genin)), Marie-Hélène Dasté (as La prostituée), Philippe Richard (as Le patron du cabaret), Georges Mauloy (as Le pasteur (as Mauloy)), Joffre (as Le gardien de la prison), Marcel Pérès (as Un consommateur (as Peres)), Jean Claudio (as Un enfant (as Claudio)), Andrée Méry (as La vieille repentie), Mila Parély (as Anna (as Mila Parely)), Henri Nassiet (as Gustave), Valentine Tessier (as La capitaine Anderson), Jean Buquet (as Un enfant (uncredited)), Marcel Chabrier (as (uncredited)), Marguerite de Morlaye (as La riche bourgeoise (uncredited)), Georges Douking (as Un ivrogne (uncredited)), Édouard Francomme (as L'homme au cabaret (uncredited)), Michel François (as Le fils de David Holm (uncredited)), Lucy Kieffer (as (uncredited)), Mme Lherbay (as La vieille dame qui meurt (uncredited)), Suzanne Morlot (as Une salutiste (uncredited)), Frédéric O'Brady (as (uncredited)), Jean Parédès (as Un salutiste (uncredited)), Sylvain (as Un salutiste (uncredited)), Génia Vaury (as Une salutiste (uncredited)), Eugène Yvernès (as Un salutiste (uncredited))

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: English

La casa dei fantasmi DVD (1942)
Also known as: Das Gespensterhaus DVD (original title)

Country: Switzerland

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director: Franz Schnyder

Cast: Emil Hegetschweiler, Jakob Sulzer, Blanche Aubry, Therese Giehse, Alfred Rasser, Joseph Aebi, Hermann Gallinger, Gertrud Jauch, Walter Lapp, Otto Lehmann, Gertrud Maria Müller, Max Röthlisberger, Gerhard Schneider, Gertrud Schori, Dr. E.A. Stettler

Medium: DVD R/RW

La casa sulla scogliera DVD (1944)
Also known as: The Uninvited DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Horror, Fantasy, Romance, Mystery

Director: Lewis Allen

Cast: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Dorothy Stickney, Barbara Everest, Alan Napier, Gail Russell

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A brother and sister move into an old seaside house they find abandoned for many years on the English coast. Their original enchantment with the house diminishes as they hear stories of the previous owners and meet their daughter (now a young woman) who now lives as a neighbor with her grandfather...

Il castello incantato DVD (1972)  
Also known as: Ruslan i Lyudmila DVD (original title)

Country: Soviet Union

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Fantasy, Mystery

Director: Aleksandr Ptushko

Cast: Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Andrei Abrikosov, Vladimir Fyodorov, Mariya Kapnist, Natalya Khrennikova, Igor Yasulovich, Viktor Shulgin, Oleg Mokshantsev, Ruslan Akhmetov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Sergei Martinson, Nikolai Kutuzov, Eve Kivi, Valeri Nosik

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il cavaliere inesistente DVD (1969)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Pino Zac

Cast: Stefano Oppedisano, Hana Ruzickova, Evelina Vermigli-Gori, Pilar Castel, Adriana Facchetti, Marina Fiorentini, Rita Oriolo, Dina Perbellini, Rita Perego, Nunù Sanchioni, Rosa Bianca Scerrino

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cendrillon DVD (1966)
Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director(s): Jean Bacqué

Cast: Laurence Badie (as Lucie), Jean Berger (voice of Le récitant), Claude Brécourt (as Le jeune homme), Jacques Charon (as L'illusioniste), Christine Delaroche (as Cendrillon / Isabelle), Arlette Didier (as Berthe), Michel Duchaussoy (as Bertrand), Claude François (as Billy Work), Guy Marly (as Le coiffeur), Jacques Morino (as Un maquilleur), Maria Pacôme (as La marâtre), Monique Stiot (as La couturière)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cenerentola DVD (1949)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Music, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Fernando Cerchio

Cast: Gino Del Signore, Afro Poli, Enrico Formichi, Vito De Taranto, Lori Landi, Fiorella Carmen Forti, Franca Tamantini, Fedora Barbieri, Fernanda Cadoni Azzolin

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot Outline: When Alidoro, the Magician, discovers (through his 'hidden secrets' book) the location of the destined bride of the Prince, Don Ramiro, he sends this information in a message to the palace by carrier pigeon - with a recommendation that the Prince change places with his valet, Dandini. Following this advice, the Prince meets Cenerentola - and there is an instant attraction between them. Later, Alidoro magically creates beautiful clothes and jewels for Cenerentola, and takes her to the Prince's palace...

Cenerentola DVD (1973)
Also known as: Tri orísky pro Popelku DVD (original title)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Drama, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Romance

Director: Václav Vorlícek

Cast: Libuse Safránková, Pavel Trávnícek, Carola Braunbock, Rolf Hoppe, Karin Lesch, Dana Hlavácová, Jan Libícek, Vítezslav Jandák, Jaroslav Drbohlav, Vladimír Mensík, Míla Myslíková, Helena Ruzicková, Jan Sus, Milos Vavruska, Jirí Ruzicka

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: The film stars Libuse Safránková as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsisters. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.

Cenerentola e il signor Bonaventura DVD (1941)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Sergio Tofano

Cast: Paolo Stoppa, Silvana Jachino, Roberto Villa, Sergio Tofano, Rosetta Tofano, Guglielmo Barnabò, Mercedes Brignone, Mario Pisu, Piero Carnabuci, Mario Gallina, Camillo Pilotto, Amelia Chellini, Nais Lago, Virgilio Botti, Cellio Bucchi

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il Cenerentolo DVD (1960)
Also known as: Cinderfella DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Musical

Director: Frank Tashlin

Cast: Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn, Judith Anderson, Henry Silva, Robert Hutton, Count Basie, Joe Williams, Anna Maria Alberghetti

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot Outline: This was Jerry Lewis' answer to the classic Cinderella story. When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons, Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for his nasty step-family, Maximilian and Rupert attempt to find a treasure Fella's father has supposedly hidden on the estate...

Charley e l'angelo DVD (1973)
Also known as: Charley and the Angel DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Family

Director: Vincent McEveety

Cast: Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell, Kathleen Cody, Vincent Van Patten, Scott C. Kolden, George Lindsey, Edward Andrews, Richard Bakalyan, Barbara Nichols, Kelly Thordsen, Liam Dunn, Larry D. Mann, George O'Hanlon

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.

Chi dice donna dice danno DVD (1923)
Also known as: The Untameable DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director: Herbert Blaché

Cast: Gladys Walton, Malcolm McGregor, John St. Polis, Etta Lee

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Dr. Copin hypnotizes Joy Fielding, and she develops a split personality. She changes from an innocent, beautiful young lady into a cruel vamp, to the distress of her boyfriend.

Chu Chin Chow DVD (1934)
Also known as: Chu Chin Chow DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Musical

Director: Walter Forde

Cast: George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle, Malcolm 'Mr. Jetsam' McEachern, Dennis Hoey, Sydney Fairbrother, Laurence Hanray, Frank Cochrane, Thelma Tuson, Francis L. Sullivan, Gibb McLaughlin, Kiyoshi Takase

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Ali Baba discovers the treasure cave of robber-baron Abu Hasan, and tells his greedy brother, Kasim Baba, who is posing as a Chinese merchant and entertaining Hasan, where the cache is hidden. Zahrat, acting as a spy for Hasan, is blamed when the robber is almost caught, and Kasim is killed. Zahrat then decides to join Ali and his son, Nor-al-din, who is in love with the slave-girl, Marjanal. During a party, she kills the disguised Hasan, and his men are boiled in oil.

Ciao Charlie DVD (1964)
Also known as: Goodbye Charlie DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Vincente Minnelli

Cast: Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Joanna Barnes, Ellen Burstyn, Laura Devon, Martin Gabel, Roger C. Carmel, Harry Madden, Myrna Hansen, Michael Romanoff, Michael Jackson, Anthony Eustrel, Donna Michelle, Walter Matthau

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Shot by a jealous husband, Charley falls out a porthole and is lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blond woman. His best friend is staying at his house as he puts Charlie's affairs in order and after being convinced, finds himself an unwilling helper in Charlie's new plan to marry into money.

Ciao ciao Birdie DVD (1963)
Also known as: Bye Bye Birdie DVD (original title)

Country: USA,

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Musical, Fantasy

Director: George Sidney

Cast: Janet Leigh (as Rosie DeLeon), Dick Van Dyke (as Albert F. Peterson), Ann-Margret (as Kim McAfee), Maureen Stapleton (as Mama Mae Peterson), Bobby Rydell (as Hugo Peabody), Jesse Pearson (as Conrad Birdie), Paul Lynde (as Harry McAfee), Mary LaRoche (as Doris McAfee), Michael Evans (as Claude Paisley), Robert Paige (as Bob Precht), Gregory Morton (as Maestro Borov), Bryan Russell (as Randolph McAfee), Milton Frome (as Mr. Maude), Ed Sullivan (as Ed Sullivan), Ben Astar (as Ballet Manager), Trudi Ames (as Ursula), Frank Albertson (as Sam - The Mayor), Beverly Yates (as Mayor's Wife), Frank Sully (as Maude's bartender), Bo Peep Karlin (as Ursula's Mother), Melinda Marx (as Teenager), Mell Turner (as Shriner), Gil Lamb (as Lanky Shriner), Lee Aaker (as Student leader), Karel Shimoff (as Prima Ballerina), Donald Lawton (as Russian Consul), Yvonne White (as Telephone Operator), Lesley-Marie Colburn (as Featured Dancer , uncredited), John Daly (as John Daly , uncredited), Kim Darby (as Teenager , uncredited), Ric de Azevedo (as Teenager , uncredited), Sheila Dehner (as Sheila , uncredited), Cyril Delevanti (as Mr. Nebbitt , uncredited), Lynn Fields (as Teenager , uncredited), Stephanie Gorman (as Teenager , uncredited), Joe Gray (as TV Director , uncredited), Ralph Hart (as Teenager , uncredited), Linda Henning (as Teenager , uncredited), Bruce Hoy (as Featured Dancer , uncredited), Elaine Joyce (as Teenager , uncredited), Jack Konzal (as Featured Dancer , uncredited), Bert May (as Dancing Shriner , uncredited), Pete Menefee (as Harvey Johnson , uncredited), Harold Miller (as Laughing Backstage Extra , uncredited), Melody Patterson (as Teenager , uncredited), Justin Peters (as Sycophant Boy , uncredited), The Ray Bloch Orchestra (as Orchestra , uncredited), Evelyn Rudie (as Teenager , uncredited), Hazel Shermet (as Marge - Birdie's Secretary , uncredited), Michael Smith (as Teenager , uncredited), George Spicer (as Tommy , uncredited), Arthur Tovey (as Man at Ed Sullivan Show , uncredited), Martin E. Wade (as Teenager , uncredited), Dick Winslow (as Leader of Fireman's Band , uncredited), Lorene Yarnell Jansson (as Hugo's Dance Partner at Soda Shop , uncredited)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot Outline: Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted. Aspiring chemist and song writer Albert is convinced he can make his fortune and marry his girlfriend Rosie if he gets Conrad on the Ed Sullivan show to kiss a high school girl goodbye. Albert's mother will do anything to break him up with Rosie. Kim and Hugo, the high school steadies, live in Sweet Apple, Ohio where most of the action takes place.

Ciao maschio DVD (1978)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Marco Ferreri

Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Abigail Clayton, Stefania Casini, Francesca De Sapio, Mimsy Farmer, Avon Long, Nathalie Bernart, Sandra Monteleoni, Enrico Blasi, Anselma Dell'Ollo, Luciano Pallocchia, Achille Antonaglia

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Immigrants Luigi and Lafayette work for Andreas Waxman at his wax museum in Lower Manhattan. Luigi, an asthmatic middle-aged romantic, works as an artist/sculptor while the Lafayette functions as a jack-of-all trades for Flaxman, who is obsessed with Ancient Rome, a preoccupation that most of his exhibits reflect. Lafayette lives in a rat-infested basement some blocks away and carries a whistle with to scare the rodents,

Ciao nì! DVD (1979)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Musical, Fantasy

Director: Paolo Poeti

Cast: Renato Zero, Renzo Rinaldi, Nerina Montagnani, Carlo Monni, Franco Garofalo, Guerrino Crivello, Elio Bertolotti, Rita Di Lernia, Marco Girondino, Mauro Vestri, Victoria Zinny

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il cielo può attendere DVD (1943)
Also known as: Heaven Can Wait DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Ernst Lubitsch

Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Helene Reynolds, Aubrey Mather, Tod Andrews

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Henry Van Cleve presents himself at the gates of Hell only to find he is closely vetted on his qualifications for entry. Surprised there is any question on his suitability, he recounts his lively life and the women he has known from his mother onwards, but mainly concentrating on his happy but sometimes difficult twenty-five years of marriage to Martha.

Cili Ciala il mago: il cavallo parlante DVD (1969)
Also known as: A varázsló DVD (original title)

Country: Hungary

Spoken Languages: Hungarian

Genre(s): Fantasy, Family

Director(s): György Palásthy

Cast: Antal Páger (as Csilicsala bácsi), Krisztián Kovács (as Öcsi), Gábor Agárdi (as Balogh Apuka), Judit Tóth (as Anya), Hilda Gobbi (as Nagymama), István Egri (as Stiglinc bácsi), János Körmendi (as Felügyelõ), Ferenc Laluja (as Gyuszi), Károly Nagy (as Jóska), János Pagonyi (as Felügyelõ), József Szendrõ (as Iskolaigazgató), Gyula Bodrogi (voice of Ráró - a ló , uncredited), Endre Harkányi (voice of Hóember , uncredited)

Medium: DVD R/RW

I Cinesi a Parigi DVD (1974)
Also known as: Les chinois à Paris DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Jean Yanne

Cast: Jean Yanne, Nicole Calfan, Macha Méril, Michel Serrault, Kyozo Nagatsuka, Georges Wilson, Jacques François, Fernand Ledoux, Paul Préboist, Daniel Prévost, Bernard Blier, Régis Ander, Yves Barsacq, Daniel Basset, Fernand Berset

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Overnight, Paris is invaded - although peacefully - but the Chinese Army, and millions of Chinese people... It's the Nazi occupation all over again, with modern - funny - twists.

Circuito chiuso DVD (1978)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages:

Genre(s): Thriller, Fantasy, Crime

Director: Giuliano Montaldo

Cast: Flavio Bucci, Tony Kendall, Aurore Clément, William Berger, Giuliano Gemma, Luciano Catenacci, Giovanni Di Benedetto, Umberto Gradi, Elisabetta Virgili, Mattia Sbragia, Giorgio Cerioni, Franco Balducci, Guerrino Crivello, Alfredo Pea, Gabriele Tozzi

Medium: DVD R/RW

La città del sole DVD (1973)
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director(s): Gianni Amelio

Cast: Giulio Brogi (as Tommaso Campanella), Daniel Sherrill, Umberto Spadaro (as Il padre), Riccardo Mangano, Giancarlo Palermo, Ernesto Colli (as Inquisitore), Bedy Moratti (as La donna), Luigi Valentino

Medium: DVD R/RW

Citty citty bang bang DVD (1968)
Also known as: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Musical

Director: Ken Hughes

Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Gert Fröbe, Anna Quayle, Benny Hill, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann, Heather Ripley, Adrian Hall, Barbara Windsor, Davy Kaye, Alexander Doré, Bernard Spear, Stanley Unwin

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery, but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it, and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.

La clessidra DVD (1973)
Also known as: Sanatorium pod klepsydra DVD (original title)

Country: Poland

Spoken Languages: Polish

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director: Wojciech Has

Cast: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska, Halina Kowalska, Gustaw Holoubek, Mieczyslaw Voit, Bozena Adamek, Ludwik Benoit, Henryk Boukolowski, Seweryn Dalecki, Julian Jabczynski, Jerzy Przybylski, Wiktor Sadecki, Janina Sokolowska, Wojciech Standello

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: Italian

Plot: Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, and his parents. It is an interior adventure, with unusual atmospheric flair and extraordinary sets.

La colomba bianca DVD (1960)
Also known as: Holubice DVD (original title)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages: Czech

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director: Frantisek Vlácil

Cast: Katerina Irmanovová, Anna Pitasová, Karel Smyczek, Vjaceslav Irmanov, Hans-Peter Reinicke, Gustav Püttjer

Medium: DVD R/RW

Subtitles: English

Il colosso di Bagdad DVD (1957)
Also known as: Sabu and the Magic Ring DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy

Director: George Blair

Cast: Sabu, Daria Massey, William Marshall, Peter Mamakos, John Doucette, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robin Morse, George Khoury, Bernard Rich, Robert Shafto, John Lomma, Ken Terrell

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Sabu, the caliph's elephant boy, finds a ring which he need only rub to summon a hugh genie ready to answer his every wish. Strange adventures and many perils confront Sabu and Zumeela as they lose the magic spell when a goose swallows the ring.

Colpo di stato DVD (1969)  
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Luciano Salce

Cast: Steffen Zacharias, Dimitri Tamarov, Anna Casalino, Bébert Marboutie, Orchidea de Santis, Amedeo Merli, Raffaele Triggia, Maria Capparelli, James Mishler, Silvano Spadaccino, Gianni Rommi, Alberto Plebani, Leo Talamonti, Giuseppe Ravenna, Luciano Trasatti

Medium: DVD R/RW

Come annegare il Dr. Mracek DVD (1974)  
Also known as: Jak utopit doktora Mrácka aneb Konec vodniku v Cechách DVD (original title)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages: Czech

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Václav Vorlícek

Cast: Jaromír Hanzlík, Libuse Safránková, Frantisek Filipovský, Milos Kopecký, Vladimír Mensík, Zdenek Rehor, Stella Zázvorková, Eva Trejtnarová, Cestmír Randa, Míla Myslíková, Vlastimil Hasek, Jirí Hrzán, Miroslav Masopust, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Milena Steinmasslová

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaked for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...

Come si distrugge la reputazione del più grande agente segreto del mondo DVD (1973)
Also known as: Le magnifique DVD (original title)

Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Director: Philippe de Broca

Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset, Vittorio Caprioli, Hans Meyer, Monique Tarbès, Mario David, Bruno Garcin, Raymond Gérôme, Jean Lefebvre, Fabrizio Moresco, André Weber, Hubert Deschamps, Bernard Musson, Thalie Frugès, René Barrera

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Francois Merlin is an espionnage-book writer. He likes to mix every-day character he can met in his book. In his book, he is Bob Saint Clar, his neighbour Christine appears as Tatiana and his editor Georges Charon as Colonel Karpoff.

Come si svegliano le principesse DVD (1978)  
Also known as: Jak se budí princezny DVD (original title)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Director: Václav Vorlícek

Cast: Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Milena Dvorská, Frantisek Filipovský, Marie Horáková, Jan Kraus, Oldrich Velen, Jan Hrusínský, Stella Zázvorková, Libuse Svormová, Václav Postránecký, Marie Brozová, Vlastimil Hasek, Evelyna Steimarová, Milos Vavruska

Medium: DVD R/RW

Con l'aiuto della Luna DVD (1937)
Also known as: When's Your Birthday? DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Fantasy

Director: Harry Beaumont

Cast: Joe E. Brown, Marian Marsh, Fred Keating, Edgar Kennedy, Maude Eburne, Suzanne Kaaren, Margaret Hamilton, Minor Watson, Frank Jenks, Don Rowan, Granville Bates, Charles Judels, Corky

Medium: DVD R/RW

Il conquistatore dei Mongoli DVD (1958)  
Also known as: Ilya Muromets DVD (original title)

Country: Soviet Union

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director: Aleksandr Ptushko

Cast: Boris Andreyev, Shukur Burkhanov, Andrei Abrikosov, Natalya Medvedeva, Yelena Myshkova, Sergei Martinson, Georgi Dyomin, Aleksandr Shvorin, Nikolai Glazkov, Vladimir Solovyov, Mikhail Pugovkin, Sergei Stolyarov, Shamshi Tyumenbayev, Sadykbek Dzhamanov, V. Tyagushev

Medium: DVD R/RW


Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German

Plot: Ilya is a cripple without the use of his legs. When he aids some weary travellers, they surprise him by giving him a potion that restores his legs. He immediately becomes powerful and sets off to prove himself to his King. Doing so, he fights the evil Tugars, a wind demon that looks like a cross between a goblin and The Noid, a zeppelin-like ambassador, and the evil Tugars. Ilya gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, then is freed, then finally dispatches the Tugars and their dragon.

Il conquistatore di Atlantide DVD (1965)  
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Alfonso Brescia

Cast: Kirk Morris, Luciana Gilli, Piero Lulli, Hélène Chanel, Andrea Scotti, Mahmoud El-Sabbaa, Fortunato Arena, Livia Rossetti, Mohammed Tawfik, Caterina Trentini

Medium: DVD R/RW

La corona di ferro DVD (1941)  
Country: Italy

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Alessandro Blasetti

Cast: Elisa Cegani, Luisa Ferida, Rina Morelli, Gino Cervi, Massimo Girotti, Osvaldo Valenti, Paolo Stoppa, Primo Carnera

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice.

La Corte di re Artù DVD (1949)
Also known as: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Comedy, Fantasy, Family, Musical

Director: Tay Garnett

Cast: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix, Murvyn Vye, Virginia Field, Joseph Vitale, Henry Wilcoxon, Richard Webb, Alan Napier, Julia Faye, Mary Field, Ann Carter

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.

Les Creatures DVD (1966)
Country: France

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director: Agnès Varda

Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Eva Dahlbeck, Marie-France Mignal, Britta Pettersson, Ursula Kubler, Jeanne Allard, Joëlle Gozzi, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucien Bodard, Pierre Danny, Louis Falavigna, Roger Dax, Nino Castelnuovo, Nicole Courcel

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cronaca di un folle DVD (1964)
Also known as: Bláznova kronika DVD (original title)

Country: Czechoslovakia

Spoken Languages: Czech

Genre(s): Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Karel Zeman

Cast: Petr Kostka, Emília Vásáryová, Miroslav Holub, Karel Effa, Valentina Thielová, Josef Haukvic, Jirí Holý, Eduard Kohout, Frantisek Kovárík, Vladimír Mensík, Cestmír Randa, Eva Senková

Medium: DVD R/RW

Cronache di un convento DVD (1962)
Also known as: The Reluctant Saint DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Fantasy

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Cast: Maximilian Schell, Ricardo Montalban, Lea Padovani, Akim Tamiroff, Harold Goldblatt, Arnoldo Foà, Mark Damon, Luciana Paluzzi, Carlo Croccolo, Giulio Bosetti, Elisa Cegani, Tonio Selwart

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Joseph of Cupertino, a simple young man thought by many in his village to be an idiot, is pressured to enter a monastery. He does so, and surprises everyone by passing the entrance exam to study for the priesthood. But this is only the first of many surprises from the man who would become Saint Joseph Cupertino.

La Dama di picche DVD (1910)
Also known as: Pikovaya dama DVD (original title)

Country: Russia

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Short

Director(s): Pyotr Chardynin

Cast: Pavel Biryukov (as Germann), Aleksandra Goncharova (as Liza), Antonina Pozharskaya (as Countess), Andrej Gromov (as Tomskiy)

Medium: DVD R/RW,

Subtitles: Italian

Plot: Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, German always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. German is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.

La dame de pique DVD (1958)
Country: France

Spoken Languages: French

Genre(s): Fantasy

Director(s): Stellio Lorenzi

Cast: Gabrielle Dorziat (as La comtesse), Arlette Thomas (as Lise), Betty Schneider (as Dounia), Roger Crouzet (as Hermann), Jean Rochefort (as Tomsky), Daniel Ceccaldi (as Le premier buveur), Roger Carel (as Le second buveur)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Dannazione DVD (1934)
Also known as: Liebe Tod und Teufel DVD (original title)

Country: Germany

Spoken Languages: German

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy

Director: Heinz Hilpert

Cast: Käthe von Nagy, Albin Skoda, Brigitte Horney, Karl Hellmer, Aribert Wäscher, Erich Ponto, Paul Dahlke, Rudolf Platte, Josef Dahmen, Hans Kettler, Karl Hannemann, Oskar Sima, Albert Florath, Charly Berger, Gertrud Boll

Medium: DVD R/RW

Darby O'Gill e il re dei folletti DVD (1959)
Also known as: Darby O'Gill and the Little People DVD (original title)

Country: USA

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Director: Robert Stevenson

Cast: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O'Dea, Kieron Moore, Estelle Winwood, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea, J.G. Devlin, Jack MacGowran, Farrell Pelly, Nora O'Mahoney

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: Darby O'Gill seems to be as full of blarney as any old codger in Ireland, but the stories of leprechauns he tells at the pub are true. In fact, he and the tiny King Brian, ruler of the little people, are friendly adversaries, continually out-foxing each other. Darby needs a bit of magical help from the wily king when Lord Fitzpatrick replaces him as caretaker with the handsome...

La Dea della città perduta DVD (1965)
Also known as: She DVD (original title)

Country: UK

Spoken Languages: Italian

Genre(s): Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Robert Day

Cast: Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, John Richardson, Rosenda Monteros, Christopher Lee, André Morell, Princess Soraya, Julie Mendez, Lisa Peake, George Pastell (voice)

Medium: DVD R/RW

Plot: After doing military service in the Middle East, British archaeologist Holly, his valet and his handsome young friend Leo are spotted in Palestine and approached by a mysterious oriental who identified Leo by his uncanny likeness to the portrait on an ancient coin...

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