Movies: Praesens Film

  • 1948
    The Search

    The Search (1948)

    The Search

    6.91948HD

    In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is befriended by an American GI while the boy's mother desperately searches for him....

    The Search
  • 2020
    Terrible Jungle

    Terrible Jungle (2020)

    Terrible Jungle

    5.22020HD

    French Guyana, not so long ago. Eliott, a young and naive anthropology researcher, goes on an expedition to study the Otopis, a mysterious tribe from the Amazon rainforest. It is also an opportunity for him to get away from the grip of his possessive...

    Terrible Jungle
  • 1958
    It Happened in Broad Daylight

    It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

    It Happened in Broad Daylight

    7.31958HD

    The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession....

    It Happened in Broad Daylight
  • 1952
    Heidi

    Heidi (1952)

    Heidi

    7.01952HD

    Heidi, a young orphan girl living with her aunt in Frankfurt, is forced to move to the Swiss Alps to live with her ornery grandfather. At first, he resents her presence, but, after a short while, Heidi manages to pierce his gruff exterior, and the tw...

    Heidi
  • 1945
    The Last Chance

    The Last Chance (1945)

    The Last Chance

    5.91945HD

    Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground....

    The Last Chance
  • 1932
    Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

    Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)

    Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?

    71932HD

    Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the...

    Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
  • 1990
    Twilight

    Twilight (1990)

    Twilight

    71990HD

    In the dense and murky woodlands of provincial Hungary, the search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession enshrouded by irresolution and despair, even long after he has been taken off the case. What emer...

    Twilight
  • 1955
    Heidi und Peter

    Heidi und Peter (1955)

    Heidi und Peter

    6.81955HD

    Heidi lives with Alp-Öhi n the Swiss Alps in the summer, where she helps Peter tend the goats. In winter, she stays in the village and attends school. One day, a letter arrives from Heidi's German friend, Klara Sesemann, announcing her visit. Klara i...

    Heidi und Peter
  • 1990
    Naked Tango

    Naked Tango (1990)

    Naked Tango

    6.31990HD

    When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for....

    Naked Tango
  • 1989
    Pestalozzi's Mountain

    Pestalozzi's Mountain (1989)

    Pestalozzi's Mountain

    6.31989HD

    In the 1770s, Swiss farmer Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi established a school for poor orphaned children in the Aargau. Up to total exhaustion he sacrificed himself for his pedagogical theories. Five years later, the project of the idealistic educator f...

    Pestalozzi's Mountain
  • 1961
    The Shadows Grow Longer

    The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

    The Shadows Grow Longer

    51961HD

    The Shadows Grow Longer (German: Die Schatten werden länger) is a 1961 Swiss drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 34th Academy Awards, but was not nominated....

    The Shadows Grow Longer
  • 1953
    The Village

    The Village (1953)

    The Village

    71953HD

    The Village (German: Sie fanden eine Heimat) is a 1953 Swiss drama film directed by Leopold Lindtberg....

    The Village
  • 1940
    Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe

    Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe (1940)

    Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe

    6.81940HD

    While on a longer business trip, a wannabe poet urges his beautiful but more simple wife to answer his overly swollen love letters. With no idea how to respond she forwards the letters to a new young school teacher to use his answers instead......

    Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe
  • 1933
    Wie d'Warret würkt

    Wie d'Warret würkt (1933)

    Wie d'Warret würkt

    01933HD

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    Wie d'Warret würkt
  • 1954
    Uli der Knecht

    Uli der Knecht (1954)

    Uli der Knecht

    5.31954HD

    The film traces Uli's progress from his humble peasant surroundings to the homes of the wealthy and prominent. The characterizations are convincing, and the comic interludes surprisingly subtle and believable for a Swiss film. The no-star cast doomed...

    Uli der Knecht
  • 1978
    Die kleine Niederdorfoper

    Die kleine Niederdorfoper (1978)

    Die kleine Niederdorfoper

    4.21978HD

    Farmer Heiri has sold his calf and celebrates his temporary wealth in the big city. But in doing so he is confronted with many temptations and dangers: pickpockets, second-rate artists and prostitutes who all try to grab the money of this naive man f...

    Die kleine Niederdorfoper
  • 1951
    Four in a Jeep

    Four in a Jeep (1951)

    Four in a Jeep

    5.41951HD

    Soviet, British, French and American allies patrol post-war Vienna....

    Four in a Jeep
  • 1962
    A Roof Over Your Head

    A Roof Over Your Head (1962)

    A Roof Over Your Head

    71962HD

    A poor family with 6 kids that live in a ramshackle hut are suddenly offered a nice flat for cheap - with the landlord hoping they'll drive away their new neighbors whom he wants out of his building....

    A Roof Over Your Head
  • 1963
    The Molesters

    The Molesters (1963)

    The Molesters

    21963HD

    In exploring sex offenses, particularly against children, this film reveals the inner workings of the Zurich police and INTERPOL as they pursue persons accused of voyeurism, rape, fetishism, sadism, and masochism. After the criminals are arrested and...

    The Molesters
  • 1962
    Snow White and the Seven Jugglers

    Snow White and the Seven Jugglers (1962)

    Snow White and the Seven Jugglers

    51962HD

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    Snow White and the Seven Jugglers