George Moorse

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George Moorse

Born May 1, 1936 · Bellmore, New York, USA

Died July 30, 1999 · aged 63

George Moorse was an American film director and screenwriter who made significant contributions to German cinema. Educated at Hofstra College and Washington Square College in New York, he began his career in Germany as a screenwriter, collaborating with directors like Peter Lilienthal. Moorse was a prominent figure in the New German Cinema movement, directing films such as Kuckucksjahre (1967) an…

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The FoundlingThe Foundling · 1967
The Foundling
9.01967
MovieDramaTV Movie
The story centers on the Roman merchant Piacchi, who raises the foundling Nicolo after the death of his son and bequeaths all his possessions to the young man. However, the adopted son turns against Piacchi and his wife.
The Cuckoo YearsThe Cuckoo Years · 1967
The Cuckoo Years
10.01967
MovieComedy
Experimental fiction film about young people taking on different creative tasks.
H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of TimeH.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time · 1975
H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time
4.01975
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Based on H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time, this is the story of a professor who suffers a seizure which results in total amnesia. As he recuperates he is so different his family deserts him. He gathers knowledge of things outside his specialty for five years, then has another seizure. When he reawakens he is himself again, but now he has no memory of the five years between the attacks. He begins having bizarre dreams, and tries to find out what he was doing during the five years he can't remember. What he discovers, combined with the growing reality of his dreams, convinces him that something much darker than a mere personality shift was going on.
VampiraVampira · 1971
Vampira
5.01971
MovieHorrorTV Movie
Two surveyors come under the spell of the beautiful Vampira. Vampira then celebrates occult magic rites with her new companions in her castle with the Alder Queen Belladonna, a sorceress, a hunchback, and a werewolf.
Scrounged MealsScrounged Meals · 1977
Scrounged Meals
7.01977
MovieComedy
Homeless Alfred would like to spend his life on Mallorca. A destination far away. But one day he meets the policeman Erwin.
Mozart Last 8 Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim)Mozart Last 8 Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim) · 1989
Mozart Last 8 Piano Concertos (Daniel Barenboim)
1989
MovieMusic
The Grammy award-winning pianist Daniel Barenboim, long known for his Mozart interpretations, turns his attention to Mozart's last 8 piano concertos. The music of Mozart has quite literally been an essential driving force of Daniel Barenboim’s entire life. It remains central to his performing career both as a pianist and as a conductor. These illuminating performances of Mozart’s last eight great piano concertos admirably demonstrate Barenboim’s dictum that even when a true musician has already performed a familiar work hundreds of times, he or she ‘never accepts that the next note will be played the same way as it was played before.
Desperado CityDesperado City · 1982
Desperado City
3.71982
MovieDrama
Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go, Skoda meets a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder. The two young people are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room together. At that moment, the older woman that Skoda had been involved with opens the door and discovers his infidelity. Skoda is living in her house and driving the taxi she gave him -- her commitment was abundantly clear from the beginning. Pushed over the edge, the older woman commits suicide -- and Skoda is blamed for her death by her ex-husband. He swears to avenge her, and the hunt for Skoda begins.
Love and So ForthLove and So Forth · 1968
Love and So Forth
10.01968
MovieDrama
Munich, 1968: a period of liberation, student revolts, state repression. Amidst the restlessness, chemistry student Robbie meets the Irish cello player Nancy. They feel compelled to pursue a passion in spite of their careers. But does romantic love have a place in such convoluted, contesting times?

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Desperado CityDesperado City · 1982
Desperado City
3.71982
MovieDrama
Skoda is the son of a wealthy, overbearing banker and rather than put up with his father to keep a privileged lifestyle, he has chosen to ditch the relationship and drive a taxi for a living. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go, Skoda meets a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder. The two young people are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room together. At that moment, the older woman that Skoda had been involved with opens the door and discovers his infidelity. Skoda is living in her house and driving the taxi she gave him -- her commitment was abundantly clear from the beginning. Pushed over the edge, the older woman commits suicide -- and Skoda is blamed for her death by her ex-husband. He swears to avenge her, and the hunt for Skoda begins.

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