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Kino International (company)

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Foundation date 1 january 1977

Kino International is a film and video distributor, founded by Bill Pence in 1977. Donald Krim bought Kino just months after its founding and served as president of the company until his death from cancer in 2011. Kino, based in New York City, specializes in art house films, such as low-budget current films, classic films from earlier periods in the history of cinema, and world cinema. Similar in many respects to The Criterion Collection, the home video releases by Kino are usually restored versions with substantial supplementary material.

Kino's theatrical arm handles theatrical distribution of much of the Janus Collection, and has a focus on recent art house and foreign films. Their non-theatrical arm has more of a focus on classic cinema, providing silent film classics which are otherwise difficult to find. They are the largest video distributor of silent films, including a great many from the early days of cinema (before 1914). These include important early landmark films by Thomas Edison, Georges Méliès, the Lumière brothers and D.W. Griffith. Many of those were restored by David Shepard's Film Preservation Associates.

In 2009, Kino International merged with Lorber HT Digital to form Kino Lorber. Kino International remains that company's imprint for world cinema titles, as well as American independents, documentaries, international classics, and silent cinema. The other Kino Lorber imprints are Lorber Films, Alive Mind, and Knitting Factory Entertainment.

Films released by Kino International include:



Winnebago Man (2010)
Dogtooth (2009)
Ajami (2009)
Harvard Beats Yale (2008)
Ballast (2008)
Love Comes Lately (2007)
Lady Chatterley (2006)
Slippin': Ten Years with the Bloods (2005)
Kippur (2000)
Funny Games (1997)
Happy Together (1997)
The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl (1993)
Putney Swope (1969)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Les Bonnes Femmes (1960)
Munchhausen (1943)
M (1931)
The Threepenny Opera (1931)
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
Metropolis (1927)
The General (1926)
Faust (1926)
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
Our Hospitality (1923)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Haunted Castle (1921)
Intolerance (1915)

Best films

The Well Digger's Daughter
The Well Digger's Daughter
(2011) Topkapi
Topkapi
(1964) Five Broken Cameras
Five Broken Cameras
(2011) Amen.
Amen.
(2002) Himalaya
Himalaya
(1999) Beaufort
Beaufort
(2007)
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Filmography of Kino International (company) (67 films)

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Blind Chance
Blind Chance (1987)
, 1h54
Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama
Actors Bogusław Linda, Jerzy Stuhr, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Adam Ferency, Zygmunt Hübner

Witek (Bogusław Linda), sitting on an airplane, for some reason screams "No!" A bleeding person is dragged across a hospital floor. As a child, Witek learns how to write. As an adolescent, Witek dates Czuszka. As an adult, Witek goes to medical school but 'loses' his calling after the death of his father. Witek decides to catch a train to Warsaw. There he crashes into a fellow drinking beer. Three different outcomes are shown, each depending on how Witek deals with the obstacles on his way to catching the train and whether or not he catches the train.
Gorky Park
Gorky Park (1983)
, 2h10
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy, Joanna Pacuła, Ian Bannen, Richard Griffiths

Three young people are seen ice skating in Gorky Park. Three days later, Soviet militsiya officer Arkady Renko (William Hurt) investigates the discovery of their bodies a short distance from the skating rink. All have been shot in the chest and mouth; their faces and fingerprints have been completely removed. Renko is left anxious and paranoid when the KGB refuse to take over the investigation. Renko enlists the help of Professor Andreev (Ian McDiarmid) to reconstruct their faces.
Circle of Deceit
Circle of Deceit (1981)
, 1h48
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, Régis Wargnier
Origin German
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Bruno Ganz, Hanna Schygulla, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jean Carmet

Dans Beyrouth écartelée par une guerre fratricide, un reporter allemand, Georg Laschen, enquête sur les causes du conflit. Il y retrouve Ariane, une ancienne maîtresse, venue au Liban avec son mari. Il découvre l'horreur de la guerre et, désespéré d'avoir eu à tuer un Arabe, il rentre en Allemagne et refuse d'y vendre les informations qu'il détient.
True Confessions
True Confessions (1981)
, 1h44
Directed by Ulu Grosbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan, Ed Flanders, Cyril Cusack

In the post-war 1940s, Desmond Spellacy is a young and ambitious Roman Catholic monsignor in the Los Angeles archdiocese. His older brother Tom is a hard-working homicide detective with the L.A. police department. They are fond of each other, but spend little time together.
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin (1981)
, 2h23
Directed by Elem Klimov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Alissa Freindlich, Anatoli Romashin, Velta Līne, Mikhail Svetin, Lev Lemke, Alexeï Petrenko

The storyline of the film follows the final months of 1916 up to the murder of Rasputin; some events have been telescoped into this time though they actually happened earlier, during the war. Rasputin's effect on people around him is shown as almost hypnotic, and the film avoids taking a moral stance towards him—breaking not only with Soviet history but also with how he was regarded by people near the court at the time, some of whom regarded him as a debilitating figure who disgraced the monarchy and hampered the war effort.
Adoption
Adoption (1975)
, 1h23
Directed by Márta Mészáros
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Katalin Berek, László Szabó

La rencontre d'une adolescente, Anna, issue d'un foyer pour délinquantes, et de Kata, une ouvrière en menuiserie, qui éprouve le besoin éperdu d'avoir un enfant. Kata finit par s'attacher à la jeune femme et la prend en charge. Anna rencontre bientôt un garçon et pourra, grâce à Kata, l'épouser. De son côté, l'ouvrière réalise son vœu le plus cher : adopter un bébé...
Face to Face
Face to Face (1967)
, 1h48
Directed by Sergio Sollima
Origin Italie
Genres Western, Spaghetti Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Tomás Milián, William Berger, Carole André, Gianni Rizzo, Lydia Alfonsi

Professor Brad Fletcher (Volontè), a teacher from New England, leaves his job and travels to Texas due to his ill health. After arriving in the west, he ends up taken hostage by a wounded outlaw, Solomon "Beauregard" Bennet (Milian). Fletcher helps Bennet regain his health and manages to convince Bennet that he is more valuable to him alive than dead. Through their uneasy friendship, Fletcher takes an interest in the outlaw way of life. Instead of returning home, he decides to join the "Bennet's Raiders".
What's New Pussycat?
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
, 1h48
Directed by Clive Donner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen

Notorious womanizer Michael James (Peter O'Toole) wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole Werner (Romy Schneider), but every woman he meets seems to fall in love with him, including neurotic exotic dancer Liz Bien (Paula Prentiss) and parachutist Rita (Ursula Andress) who accidentally lands in his car (1936-37 Singer 9 Le Mans). His psychoanalyst, Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers), cannot help, since he's stalking patient Renée Lefebvre (Capucine) who in turn longs for Michael. Carole, meanwhile, decides to make Michael jealous by flirting with his nervous wreck of a friend, Victor Shakapopulis (Woody Allen).
Topkapi
Topkapi (1964)
, 2h
Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Melina Mercouri, Peter Ustinov, Maximilian Schell, Robert Morley, Jess Hahn, Akim Tamiroff

Elizabeth Lipp (Melina Mercouri) visits Istanbul, where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace. Next she cases the Topkapı, fascinated by the emerald-encrusted dagger of Sultan Mahmud I. Leaving Turkey, she recruits her ex-lover, Swiss master-criminal Walter Harper (Maximilian Schell), to plan a theft of the dagger. They engage Cedric Page (Robert Morley), master of all things mechanical; Giulio, "The Human Fly" (Gilles Ségal), a mute acrobat; and the burly Hans (Jess Hahn), who will provide the muscle needed for the job.
Ten Seconds to Hell
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
, 1h34
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical, Romance
Actors Jack Palance, Jeff Chandler, Martine Carol, Robert O. Cornthwaite, Richard Wattis, Wesley Addy

In post-war Berlin, British Major Haven (Richard Wattis) recruits members of a returning German bomb disposal unit, Hans Globke (James Goodwin), Peter Tillig (Dave Willock), Wolfgang Sulke (Wesley Addy), Franz Loeffler (Robert Cornthwaite), Karl Wirtz (Chandler) and Eric Koertner (Palance), to defuse unexploded Allied bombs scattered throughout the city.
The Hitch-Hiker
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
, 1h11
Directed by Ida Lupino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy, William Talman, José Torvay, Natividad Vácio, Collier Young

Two men (Edmond O'Brien and Frank Lovejoy) from El Centro, California are driving toward a planned fishing trip at the Mexican town of San Felipe on the Gulf of California. Just south of Mexicali, they pick up a hitchhiker named Emmett Myers (William Talman), whose stolen car has apparently run out of gas. Myers turns out to be a psychopath who has committed multiple murders while hitch-hiking between Illinois and Southern California, and has managed to slip into Mexico at Mexicali. In order to evade the pursuing authorities, Myers forces the two men at gunpoint to journey deep into the heart of the Baja California Peninsula, toward the town of Santa Rosalía, where he plans to take a ferry across the Gulf of California.
Raw Deal
Raw Deal (1948)
, 1h19
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Claire Trevor, Marsha Hunt, John Ireland, Raymond Burr, Whit Bissell

Prisoner Joe Sullivan (Dennis O'Keefe), who has "taken the fall" for an unspecified crime, breaks jail with the help of his girl, Pat (Claire Trevor). Neither Joe nor Pat is aware that the escape has been facilitated as a set-up by mobster Rick Coyle (Raymond Burr), a sadistic pyromaniac, who has arranged for Joe to be killed during the break-out in order to avoid confronting him and paying Joe his agree-upon share of $50,000 for the crime. When the break-out scheme succeeds, contrary to Rick's expectations, Rick decides that he must have Joe done in some other way, by somebody else.