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Sunday, September 17, 2023

The thief of Bagdad (1940) - classic fantasy movie directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell and Tim Whelan, starring John Justin, Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez and Rex Ingram

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 113 min
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom/USA
Directed by: Ludwig Berger/Michael Powell/Tim Whelan
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033152/

Cast

John Justin ... Ahmad
Conrad Veidt ... Jaffar
Sabu ... Abu
June Duprez ... Princess
Rex Ingram ... Djinn
Miles Malleson ... Sultan
Morton Selten ... The Old King

Description: In Bagdad, the young and naive Sultan Ahmad is curious about the behavior of his people. The Grand Vizier Jaffar convinces Ahmad to walk through the city disguised as a subject to know his people. Then he seizes the power telling to the inhabitants that Ahmad has died while he sends his army to arrest the Sultan that is thrown into the dungeons and sentenced to death. Ahmad befriends the young thief Abu that helps him to escape from the prison. They flee to Basra and plan to travel abroad with Sinbad. However Ahmad stumbles upon the beautiful princess and they fall in love with each other. But the evil Jaffar has also traveled to Basra to propose to marry the princess. When they see each other, Jaffar uses magic to blind Ahmad and turn Abu into a dog. Is their love doomed?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/9DZYuCnpJue


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.12 GB, 4196 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 784x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 97 MB, 121 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and German closed captions embedded, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Greek, Dutch, German, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Czech) posters and screenshots included

Friday, September 7, 2007

Casablanca (1943) - classic wartime romance directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Conrad Veidt

Rating 8.2/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: English/French/German
Country: USA
Directed by: Michael Curtiz
IMDb Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

Cast

Humphrey Bogart ... Rick Blaine
Ingrid Bergman ... Ilsa Lund
Paul Henreid ... Victor Laszlo
Claude Rains ... Captain Renault
Conrad Veidt ... Major Strasser
Sydney Greenstreet ... Signor Ferrari
Peter Lorre ... Ugarte

Description: In World War II Casablanca, Rick Blaine, exiled American and former freedom fighter, runs the most popular nightspot in town. The cynical lone wolf Blaine comes into the possession of two valuable letters of transit. When Nazi Major Strasser arrives in Casablanca, the sycophantic police Captain Renault does what he can to please him, including detaining Czech underground leader Victor Laszlo. Much to Rick's surprise, Laszlo arrives with Ilsa, Rick's one time love. Rick is very bitter towards Ilsa, who ran out on him in Paris, but when he learns she had good reason to, they plan to run off together again using the letters of transit. Well, that was their original plan.

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Download link (torrent file)

https://ufile.io/ox1mpkey


Also additional material included:

* "Jack L. Warner: the Last Mogul" - An insider's account of a founding father of the American film industry. Produced by Jack Warner's grandson, filmmaker Gregory Orr, this feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio - Warner Bros - created many of Hollywood's most classic films, including "Casablanca", "Now Voyager,"Treasure of the Sierra Madre", "Yankee Doodle Dandy, "My Fair Lady, "Bonnie & Clyde" and hundreds more. Includes extensive interviews with family members and friends, film clips, rare home movies and unique location footage.
* "Bacall on Bogart" - Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers.
* "Who holds tomorrow" - premiere episode from the 1955 Casablanca TV series
* "You must remember this: A tribute to Casablanca" - hosted by Lauren Bacall, the story behind the making of one of the most beloved movies of all time. Interviews with writers and others who were part of the original production, along with film critics and historians, relate the process by which this movie came about.
* "Carrotblanca" - Looney Tunes variation of the story
* "The children remember" - parental memories from Stephen Bogart and Ingrid Bergman's daughters Pia Lindstrom and Isabella Rosselini
* Theatrical trailer
* Introduction by Lauren Bacall
* Newly discovered deleted scenes and outtakes


Audio and video information:

Video : 3.50 GB, 4889 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790*576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 141/47/47 MB (main/commentary/commentary), 192/64/64 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/1/1 channel(s), 0x2000 = AC3/AC3/AC3. CBR/VBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazilian, French, Italian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Serbian, Romanian, Greek, Hebrew) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information


This movie contains three audio tracks, one is original English, and the others are commentaries with film critic Roger Ebert and film historian Rudy Behlmer. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, commentaries on Track 2 and Track 3)