Jean Oser Movies

The picture tells of a mine disaster where German miners rescue French miners from an undergound fire and explosion. The story takes place in the...

A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a...

In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally...

Inflamed by his readings of chivalric novels, Don Quixote, a knight with a sad face, accompanied by Sancho Panza, a peasant steeped in common sense,...

Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, is kept absent from the royal court due to his dangerous political ideas. Sent on a tour of...

Antinea, the Queen of Atlantis, rules her secret kingdom hidden beneath the Sahara Desert. One day two lost explorers stumble into her kingdom, and...

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera....

Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

In late nineteenth century Alfred Dreyfus, a French army officer of Jewish heritage, is falsely accused of espionage. Found guilty of treason he is...

Based on true facts, a news item which was widely talked about in the nineteenth century, this is the story of a wife who might have poisoned her...

The eponymous garçonne or flapper is Monique Lerbier, an emancipated French woman who leaves home to escape a marriage of convenience to a man...

The intersecting lives of neighbors in a courtyard apartment building in Vienna,including a football player related to the concierge,a new blonde...

A famous violinist enlists in a music school in order to woo one of the students.

A small town postal official allows a military officer to sweep his lovely daughter away to St. Petersburg, assuming the man will do the right thing...

Joy of Living: The Art of Renoir is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Jean Oser. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action...

This film essay explores the strange case of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who was considered a giant of early cinema before his reputation went...

An account of Adolf Hitler's rise and fall, his relationship with Eva Braun and their days of leisure at the Berghof, their Bavarian residence.

Light in the Window is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Jean Oser. It is an innovative profile of the painter Johannes Vermeer. The film won...

Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century...