Katie Tippel DVD Family 'Great Freedom' Director: Sebastian Meise

'Great Freedom' Director: Sebastian Meise (2021) German/English subtitles Includes Q&A with director and lead actor Franz Rogowski

Elegiac western containing some unforgettable scenes

'Malena' Director: Giuseppe Tornatore (2000) Italian w/ English subtitles

drugs and family

All three were beautifully shot by Sven Nykvist

Katie Tippel DVD Family 'Great Freedom' Director: Sebastian Meise'Katie Tippel' Director: Paul Verhoeven (1975) Dutch w English subtitles The struggles resulting from being from the 'wrong' class and gender in the 19th Century. Katie and her family move from a small town to Amsterdam hoping to escape poverty. Their illusions are soon shattered as they are surrounded by squalor and degradation. A bold, frank and typically explicit early work from the director.