Holland, Agnieszka 1948-Overview
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Europa, Europa
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34 editions published between 1986 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,407 libraries worldwide This film dramatizes the bizarre but true story of Saloman 'Solly' Perel, a Jew who avoided the concentration camps and certain death by hiding in plain sight. After Kristallnacht, his family flees to Poland, but soon after Solly has lost his brother and is alone, living by luck and wits. Solly finds himself in a series of adventures: in a Russian orphanage, captured by a German unit, celebrated as a hero, and sent in triumph to a Hitler Youth School. Although born on the same day as the Führer, Solly is circumcised and so must avoid intimate encounters. He fends off both a homosexual Nazi and a beautiful, virulently anti-Semitic girlfriend who's dying to conceive an Aryan child for the Fatherland. Despite some narrow escapes, Solly thrives through the chaos, as it seems a higher power is keeping an eye on him.
The secret garden
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26 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,300 libraries worldwide A young orphan named Mary is sent to live at the dark and foreboding English estate of her widowed uncle. She discovers a secret garden which was abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of her crippled cousin Colin, and Dickon the country boy, her spirit is gradually reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
The secret garden
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4 editions published between 1996 and 2007 in English and Portuguese and held by 986 libraries worldwide After the sudden death of her parents in India, Mary Lennox is sent 'home' to England, and the Yorkshire estate of a distant relative. Sad and lonely, her only interest lies in a secret garden, abandoned after a tragic accident. With the help of local the country boy Dickon and Colin, her guardian's invalid son, Mary's spirit is reawakened as they bring the garden back to life.
Copying Beethoven
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15 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 631 libraries worldwide When young Anna Holz, a Viennese music student is asked to transcribe scoring notes for the great Ludwig van Beethoven, she eagerly accepts. She does so despite the warnings about Beethoven's volatile behavior. Beethoven is part maestro, part mentor and part madman. He reluctantly relies on Anna to help him realize the culmination of his art.
Danton
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3 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in French and held by 556 libraries worldwide Georges Danton, the popular revolutionary leader, returns to Paris at a time when the new Republic is in disarray. Robespierre and his allies have set up a monstrous dictatorship, beginning the infamous "Reign of Terror." Danton pleads with the people for an end to the bloodshed which violates the spirit of their revolution.
The third miracle
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8 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in English and German and held by 437 libraries worldwide A priest is appointed to investigate miracles attributed to a woman in New York. The probe leads Father Frank Shore to the woman's daughter, abandoned when the mother entered a convent, and the two have an affair.
Washington Square
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in English and held by 419 libraries worldwide Catherine, a lonely young woman, is swept off her feet by the handsome Morris Townsend. Suspicious of the young man's true intentions, her father threatens to disown her if she follows her heart and marries against his wishes.
Washington Square
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17 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 392 libraries worldwide Catherine is a lonely young woman in search of happiness when she is swept off her feet by the handsome Morris Townsend. Suspicious of the young man's true intentions, however, her controlling father threatens to disown Catherine if she follows her heart and marries against his wishes!
A little princess The secret garden
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2 editions published between 2005 and 2006 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide Little princess: Sara Crewe, the pampered daughter of an Army officer, is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken.
Total eclipse
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9 editions published between 1995 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 307 libraries worldwide Paul Verlaine, a writer, is torn between his growing infaturation with the genius poet Arthur Rimbaud and the domestic demands of his patient wife.
Korczak
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12 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 218 libraries worldwide Tells the true story of Janusz Korczak, a renowned physician and author who ran a home for Jewish orphans in 1930's Warsaw.
Olivier Olivier
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15 editions published between 1991 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 209 libraries worldwide Only Olivier Duval's older sister doubts whether the young Paris street hustler her parents have embraced as their son is really her brother, who mysteriously disappeared six years before.
Shot in the heart
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 177 libraries worldwide Its January 1977 and Gary Gilmore is about to become the first convicted murderer to be executed in a decade. Gary's youngest brother, Mikal, can help prevent the execution, but first he has to get to know the brother he barely remembers. Born of a brutal father, raised in a family haunted by death, religion and superstition, the brothers discover their shared past.
Bittere Ernte Angry harvest
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5 editions published between 2006 and 2008 in German and held by 165 libraries worldwide A story of love and desire during World War II. A lonely farmer rescues a Jewish refugee as she is fleeing from the Nazis. While he nurses her back to health, their relationship begins to grow more intimate.
Trois couleurs. Bleu
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1 edition published in 1993 in French and held by 156 libraries worldwide "A young woman [is] left devastated by the unexpected death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world around her, but is soon reluctantly drawn into an ever-widening web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel"--Container.
The healer
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4 editions published between 2004 and 2007 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 145 libraries worldwide An unforgettable and inspiring journey that takes a family from the center of crisis to the edge of salvation when a mother's faith and the hands of a healer are a young boy's only hope.
Bittere Ernte Angry harvest
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4 editions published between 1987 and 2006 in German and English and held by 139 libraries worldwide "It is a wartime story [1943] that is both a character study and a mesmerizing cat and mouse game between a Polish Catholic farmer and a Jewish woman who has escaped a train bound for the Nazi death camps. Set in Silesia during WWII, the drama unfolds with the concealment of the woman by the wealthy, sexually repressed farmer, and moves through various stages of power and powerlessness on both sides. The battle between the two is dispassionate yet haunting in its portrayal of this ill-fated relationship."--Blurb.
Olivier, Olivier
by Agnieszka Holland
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3 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 129 libraries worldwide
Interrogation Przesłuchanie
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2 editions published between 1991 and 2005 in English and held by 123 libraries worldwide Interrogation is a scathing condemnation of political systems that resort to any sort of torture to crush dissent. A cabaret singer in 1950's Warsaw is victimized by a Stalinist government.
Anna
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4 editions published between 1987 and 2004 in English and held by 119 libraries worldwide An aging Czech film star, exiled from her native country and struggling to establish her career in Manhattan, befriends a peasant girl who comes to America in search of stardom. more
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Arrangement (Music) Austria--Vienna Beethoven, Ludwig van,--1770-1827 Biographical films Burnett, Frances Hodgson,--1849-1924 Children Danton, Georges Jacques,--1759-1794 Drama England England--Yorkshire Fathers and daughters Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Film adaptations Film and video adaptations Films Films for the hearing impaired France Friendship Gardens German literature Germany Great Britain Historical films History Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Hungary Jews Juvenile works Man-woman relationships Motion pictures Motion pictures, German Motion pictures, Russian Musical films Musicians Music students Nazis New York (State)--New York--Washington Square Orphans People with disabilities Perel, Shlomo,--1925- Poland Reign of Terror (France : 1793-1794) Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War films World War (1939-1945) Young women
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Alternative Names
Holland, Agnieszka Irena.
Holland, Agnieszka Irena, 1948-
Languages
English
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German (105) Polish (85) French (43) Undetermined (23) Spanish (17) Multiple languages (15) No Linguistic content (12) Portuguese (2) Czech (2) Russian (1) Galician (1) Miscellaneous languages (1) Turkish (1) Covers
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