mirrors &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:mirrors @settima@zirk.us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:40:45 +0200 Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-021p <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos, 1963)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" ER – 1994/div div class="img" Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)/div div class="caption" Pavel (Jan Kačer) recovering face-down in his hospital bed. DP: RudolfMilič./div div class="txt" An emergency room: ER) debuts on this date in 1994. &nbsp; A paralysed Czechoslovak partisan recovering from a shot in the back in an emergency ward, feverishly remembers the events that brought him to that moment. He particularly remembers Engelchen, the SS Sturmbannführer who killed his best friend and massacred the local villagers. /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #ER #JánKadár #ElmarKlos #LadislavMňačko #JanKačer #EvaPoláková #MartinRůžek #BlaženaHolišová #PavelBártl #ZdeněkLiška #RudolfMilič #mirrors #drama #war #WW2 #revenge #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1960s/div /section ]]>

Smrt si říká Engelchen [Death Is Called Engelchen] (Ján Kadár + Elmar Klos, 1963)

Sep

19

ER – 1994

Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)

Pavel (Jan Kačer) recovering face-down in his hospital bed. DP: RudolfMilič.

An emergency room: ER debuts on this date in 1994.

 

A paralysed Czechoslovak partisan recovering from a shot in the back in an emergency ward, feverishly remembers the events that brought him to that moment. He particularly remembers Engelchen, the SS Sturmbannführer who killed his best friend and massacred the local villagers.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #ER #JánKadár #ElmarKlos #LadislavMňačko #JanKačer #EvaPoláková #MartinRůžek #BlaženaHolišová #PavelBártl #ZdeněkLiška #RudolfMilič #mirrors #drama #war #WW2 #revenge #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1960s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-021p Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0200 The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-lady-from-shanghai-1947 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 9/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lady from Shanghai (1947)/div div class="caption" Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr../div div class="txt" "You need more than luck in Shanghai." ### – Elsa Bannister /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Aug

9

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

Elsa Bannister (Rita Hayworth) and husband Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) in the dizzying modernist finale. DP: Charles Lawton Jr..

“You need more than luck in Shanghai.”

– Elsa Bannister

#FilmDuJour #August #OrsonWelles #SherwoodKing #RitaHayworth #EverettSloane #TedDeCorsia #WilliamCastle #HeinzRoemheld #CharlesLawtonJr #RudolphMaté #JosephWalker #BookAdaptation #drama #romance #mirrors #FilmNoir #Chinatown #USA #1940s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-lady-from-shanghai-1947 Sat, 09 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0200 Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/touha-zvana-anada-1968-1971 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)/div div class="caption" Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)

May

20

Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)

Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

#FilmDuJour #May #ElmarKlos #JánKadár #LájosZilahy #RadeMarković #MilenaDravić #PaulaPritchett #VladimírNovotný #ZdeněkLiška #VladimírNovotný #drama #fantasy #mirrors #1960s #1970s #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/touha-zvana-anada-1968-1971 Tue, 20 May 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Angst vor der Angst [Fear of Fear] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/angst-vor-der-angst-1975 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Angst vor der Angst [Fear of Fear] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" freebie: Housewife Day/div div class="img" Angst vor der Angst (1975)/div div class="caption" Margot (Margit Carstensen) seeing herself reflected twice in a triple mirror. We see her from the back, which blocks out the third reflection. DP: Jürgen Jürges./div div class="txt" November 3 redux "I'm calm. I'm completely calm. You can leave me alone now" ### – Margot\ /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #HousewifeDay #RainerWernerFassbinder #MargitCarstensen #KurtRaab #IngridCaven #PeerRaben #JürgenJürges #mirrors #TVMovie #drama #WestGermany #1970s/div /section ]]>

Angst vor der Angst [Fear of Fear] (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1975)

Nov

29

freebie: Housewife Day

Angst vor der Angst (1975)

Margot (Margit Carstensen) seeing herself reflected twice in a triple mirror. We see her from the back, which blocks out the third reflection. DP: Jürgen Jürges.

November 3 redux

“I'm calm. I'm completely calm. You can leave me alone now”

– Margot

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #HousewifeDay #RainerWernerFassbinder #MargitCarstensen #KurtRaab #IngridCaven #PeerRaben #JürgenJürges #mirrors #TVMovie #drama #WestGermany #1970s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/angst-vor-der-angst-1975 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:30:21 +0100 The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-s3t6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" National Ghost Hunting Day/div div class="img" The Animal (1976)/div div class="caption" Jo (Jo Moore) in the couple's cabin. She's seen reflected in a mirror, together with what appears to be an older woman in an old photograph. DP: Walter Ungerer./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalGhostHuntingDay #WalterUngerer #PaulIckovic #JoMoore #SlowCinema #drama #romance #mystery #ghosts #mirrors #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Animal (Walter Ungerer, 1976)

Sep

30

National Ghost Hunting Day

The Animal (1976)

Jo (Jo Moore) in the couple's cabin. She's seen reflected in a mirror, together with what appears to be an older woman in an old photograph. DP: Walter Ungerer.

#Bales2023FilmChallenge #NationalGhostHuntingDay #WalterUngerer #PaulIckovic #JoMoore #SlowCinema #drama #romance #mystery #ghosts #mirrors #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-s3t6 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 16:12:36 +0200