Literary Adaptation Movies
- 1938
Paweł & Gaweł
Paweł & Gaweł7.41938HD
Two neighbours with similar names, Paweł and Gaweł, meet a violinist girl Violetta who pretends to be a child. When Paweł learns she's...
- 1959
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies01959HD
The three heroines, Wong Ang, Wu Nga, and Heung At expose a murder case involving three dead bodies found in an old temple. Unbeknown to the trio,...
- 1967
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell
Lady in Black Cracks the Gate of Hell01967HD
Ghost-faced To is murdered in a mortuary after paying a visit to Muk Lan-fa. A set of teeth is found missing from another dead body. Lan-fa’s...
- 2021
Affliction
Affliction102021HD
- 1959
Jons und Erdme
Jons und Erdme01959HD
Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the...
- 1922
Trilby
Trilby01922HD
First installment of the Tense Moments with Great Authors series. Presumed lost.
- 2010
Flooding with Love for The Kid
Flooding with Love for The Kid4.52010HD
A one-man adaptation of First Blood, filmed over the course of four months, entirely within a 220-sq. ft. apartment.
- 1964
The Extra Mortals
The Extra Mortals01964HD
In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people....
- 2011
Working Class
Working Class5.22011HD
Loosely based on Charles Dicken’s book “A Tale of Two Cities”, Working Class tells the tale of underground street artists Mike...
- 1953
Spring
Spring01953HD
Ko Suk-ying is saddened over her arranged marriage as manipulated by her father Hak-ming. Ko Kok-sun's Cousin Chow Wai's spends the Mid-Autumn...
- 1960
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine01960HD
The Diamond Gang commits a robbery. The leader Chiu Yee-kong wants to keep the booty and this arouses the suspicion of gang member Tai-wai. The...
- 1908
Trilby
Trilby01908HD
Danish adaptation of Trilby. Presumed lost, though a single still apparently depicting the novel's climax survives.
- 2014
Poor Sailor
Poor Sailor02014HD
Jonás and Raquel live in the field. Their life is happy and in harmony with the envoronment. One day, Néstor, Jonás's brother,...
- 1959
The Chair
The Chair01959HD
After inheriting his father's estate, Cheung Ka-bo leads a life of debauchery after getting know Blackie Yuen, who profits at others' expense, and...
- 1957
Oshidori kenkagasa
Oshidori kenkagasa01957HD
- 1959
Pilgrimage at Night
Pilgrimage at Night01959HD
Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya...
- 2024
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire02024HD
An actress, three months post-partum, reads through fragments of the archive of Suzanne Césaire as she prepares to perform excerpts of the...
- 1922
David Copperfield
David Copperfield01922HD
After ten happy childhood years, the life of David Copperfield takes an obscure turn. His mother passes away and a cruel stepfather crushes young...
- 1967
Stroller
Stroller01967HD
An old member of Namsadang (a wayfaring group of Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)) leaves his daughter Gye-yeon at a tavern of Hwagye Market, a traditional...
- 1895
Quartette
Quartette01895HD
Scene from a Trilby-themed stage play. Lost.