Foreign Films

This is a list of foreign film titles that feature librarians, arranged alphabetically by title. I have collected these titles from various sources (books, web sites, articles). As I have narrowed my focus right now to English-language films, I cannot state for certain that every film on this list actually includes a librarian.


ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP – Q – RST – U – VW – X – Y – Z


A

L’ange (1983) — France

Agent Trouble (1987) — France

Angel in the Wardrobe (aka Aniol w szafie, 1987) — Poland

L’appartement (aka The Apartment, 1996) — France / Spain / Italy

Apprenticeship of the Inventor Polz (aka Ucna leta izumitelja Polza, 1982) — Yugoslavia

Asfalttilampaat (1968) — Finland

Augustitango (1993) — Sweden

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B

Barbara Wood: Lockruf der Vergangenheit (TV, 2004) — Germany

Barjo (aka Confessions d’un Barjo, 1992) — France

The Beyond (aka L’aldilà; E tu vivrai nel terrore, 1981) — Italy

Black Mask (aka Hak hap, 1996) — Hong Kong

The Blue Kite (aka Lan feng zheng, 1993) — China/Hong Kong

Bread and Poetry (aka Nan o she’r, 1994) — Iran

A Brighter Summer Day (aka Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian, 1991) — Taiwan

Les Bûchers qu’on ignore (short film, 2000) — France

Buongiorno, Notte (2003) — Italy

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C

Celine and Julie Go Boating (aka Céline et Julie vont en bateau; Phantom Ladies Over Paris, 1974) — France

The Church (aka La Chiesa, 1989) — Italy

Come Have Coffee with Us (aka Venga a prendere il caffè da noi, 1970) — Italy

Les compagnons de la marguerite (aka Order of the Daisy, 1967) — France/Italy

The Convent (aka O Convento, 1995) — Portugal/France

The Cousins (aka Les Cousins, 1959) — France

The Crimson Rivers (aka Les Rivières pourpres, 2000) — France

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D

Deep Red (aka Profondo rosso, 1975) — Italy

Disciples of Hippocrates (aka Hipokuratesu-tachi, 1980) — Japan

Dlugi weekend (TV, 2004) — Poland

Doppelsterne (2003) — Austria

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E

Each Heart Has Its Own Story (aka Vart hjärta har sin saga, 1948) — Sweden

Écrans de sable (aka Sand Screens, 1991) — France / Tunisia / Italy

The Element of Crime (aka Forbrydelsens element, 1984) — Denmark

The Enchantment (aka Yuwakusha, 1989) — Japan

Erica Minor (1974) — Switzerland

Espion, lève-toi (1982) — France / Switzerland

L’étudiante (aka , 1988) — France

Even Kids Started Small (short film, 2006) — Israel

Everyone’s in Love (aka Tutti innamorati, 1959) — Italy

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F

The Face of Jizo (aka Chichi to Kuraseba, 2004) — Japan

Facklorna (TV, 1991) — Sweden/Denmark

Fellini’s Casanova (aka Il Casanova di Federico Fellini; Casanova, 1976) — Italy

Figaro Stories (aka Historias de Figaro, 1991) — Argentina / The Netherlands

En Flicka for mej (1943) — Sweden

Footnote (aka Hearat Shulayim, 2011) — Israel

French Lovers (Short, 1985) — France

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G

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (aka Il giardino dei Finzi Contini, 1970) — Italy

La Gioconda está triste (short film, 1977) — Spain

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H

The Hand of Power (aka The Zombie Walks; Im Banne des Unheimlichen, 1968) — West Germany

Hard Boiled (aka Lat sau san taam, 1992) — Hong Kong

Haru (1996) — Japan

Himitsu no hanazono (aka My Secret Cache; My Secret Place, 1997) — Japan

Hojdhoppar’n (1981) — Sweden

L’homme aux yeux d’argent (1985) — France

L’homme de nulle part (aka Feu Mathias Pascal, 1937) — France

Honning måne (aka Honeymoon; In My Life, 1978) — Denmark

The House by the Cemetery (aka Quella villa accanto al cimitero, 1981) — Italy

The House of the Laughing Windows (aka The House with Laughing Windows; La Casa dalle finestre che ridono, 1976) — Italy

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (aka Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause, 2003) — Canada (French)

The Human Vapor (aka Gasu ningen dai ichigo; The First Gas Human, 1960) — Japan

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I

The Ideal Schoolmaster (aka Kantor ideál, 1932) — Czechoslovakia

Inferno (aka Dario Argento’s Inferno, 1980) — Italy

Intentions of Murder (aka Akai satsui, 1964) — Japan

Intimate Strangers (aka Confidences trop intimes, 2004) — France

Irezumi (aka Irezumi: Spirit of Tattoo, 1982) — Japan

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J

The Jackpot! (aka La Totale!, 1991) France

Jenatsch (1987) — France/Switzerland

Jesus of Montreal (aka Jésus de Montréal, 1989) — Canada / French

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K

Khiladi (1992) India

Kimi wa boku o sukininaru (1989) — Japan

King Size (aka Kingsajz, 1988) — Poland

Kris Pusaka (aka De Kris Pusaka, 1977) — Indonesia / Netherlands

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L

Last Life in the Universe (aka Ruang rak noi nid mahasan, 2003) — Thailand/Japan

The Last Schoolbell (aka Ostatni dzwonek, 1989) — Poland

The Last Seal (aka Das Letzte Siegel, 1993) — Germany

The Last Village (aka Akhareen abadeh, 1993) — Iran

A Legend Told (aka Kammaren, 2007) — Sweden

Letters of Love (aka Love Letter; When I Close My Eyes, 1995) — Japan

Life Goes On (aka Livet gar vidare, 1941) — Sweden

Life Together (aka Leben zu zweit, 1968) — East Germany

A Little Girl from the Hotel Excelsior (aka Dziewczynka z hotelu Excelsior, 1988) — Poland

The Lives of Others (aka Das Leben der Anderen, 2006) — Germany

Lola (aka Donna di vita, 1961) Italy/France

Lola (1981) — West Germany

Long Live Ghosts! (aka At zijí duchové, 1977) — Czechoslovakia

Love in Another Language (2009) — Turkey

Love Life (aka Liebesleben, 2007) — Israel/Germany

Love Me If You Dare (aka Jeux d’enfants, 2003) — France/Belgium

Love on the Run (aka L’Amour en fuite, 1979) — France

Love Stories (aka Historie milosne, 1997) — Poland

Lovers and Leavers (aka Kuutamolla, 2002) — Finland

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M

The Man Without a Map (aka Moetsukita chizu, 1968) — Japan

Manuela’s Loves (aka Le jupon rouge, 1987) — France

The Martin Administration (aka Regjeringen Martin, short film, 2002) — Norway

Master of Disaster (Lung fu siu yeh, 1982) — Hong Kong

Matilda (1991) — Italy

Medium (1985) — Poland

A Mere Mortal (aka Simple mortel, 1991) — France

La mort d’un bûcheron (aka The Death of a Lumberjack, 1973) — Canada (French)

Mortal Transfer (aka Mortel transfert, 2001) — France/Germany

My Name Is Yu Ming (aka Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom, short film, 2003) — Ireland/China

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N

Na svoji vesni (2002) Slovenia

The Nasty Girl (aka Das Schreckliche Mädchen, 1990) — Italy

Néa (aka Nea: New Woman, 1976) — France

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O

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu (1971) — Japan

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (aka La Vieille qui marchait dans la mer, 1991) — France

Out of the Blur (aka Fai wa siu suet, short film, 1996) — Hong Kong

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P

A Pendragon Legenda (1974) — Hungary

Penguin’s Memory – Shiawase monogatari (aka Penguin’s Memory: A Tale of Happiness, 1985) — France

Pieta (1997) — Japan

Poison Friends (aka Les amitiés maléfiques, 2006) — France

Polish Death (aka Polska smierc, 1995) — Poland

Polowanie na muchy (aka Hunting Flies, 1969) – Poland

Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny (1957) — Poland

P.R.O.F.S. (1985) — France

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R

Raining in the Mountain (aka Kong shan ling yu, 1979) — Taiwan / Hong Kong

Rape! (aka Okasu!, 1976) — Rape

Read or Die (aka R.O.D., 2001) — Japan

Rehearsals for War (aka Teatro di guerra, 1998) — Italy

Rio das Mortes (TV, 1971) — West Germany

Rouge et noir (aka Le rouge et le noir, 1954) — France

Rouge-gorge (1985) — France / Belgium

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S

Sandra (aka Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa, 1965) — Italy

Satan’s Brew (aka Satansbraten, 1976) — West Germany

Das Schreckliche Mädchen (1990) — West Germany

Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (aka Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes, 1962) — France/Italy/ Germany

Simla, Ha- (1970) — Israel

Skuggan (1953) — Sweden

Solaris (aka Solyaris, 1972) — Soviet Union

Solitude (2001) — Canada (French)

The Soul Keeper (aka Prendimi l’anima, 2002) — Italy/France

Spoiled Children (aka Des enfants gâtés, 1977) — France

Swan Song (aka Labedzi spiew, 1988) — Poland

Szerafina (short film, 2007) — Hungary

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T

Their Last Night (aka Leur dernière nuit, 1953) — France

Three Places for the 26th (aka Trois places pour le 26, 1988) — France

Tora-san’s Lovesick (aka Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro koiyatsure; Tora-san’s 13, 1974) — Japan

Toute la mémoire du monde (documentary short, 1956) — France

The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque (aka L’arbre, le maire et la médiathèque, 1993) — France

The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal (aka Le Due Vite Di Mattia Pascal, 1985) — Italy

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U

Up, Down, Fragile (aka Haut bas fragile, 1995) — France / Switzerland

Une place parmi les vivants (2003) — France

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V

Vera (1987) — Brazil

Verification (aka Weryfikacja, 1987) — Poland

La Vita agra (1964) — Italy

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W

The Wedding Cow (aka Die Hochzeitskuh, 1999) — Germany/ Switzerland

Welcome Home (2004) — Austria

What’s It All About (aka El Perquè de tot plegat, 1995) — Spain

Who Knows? (aka Va savoir, 2001) — France/Italy

Why Not Me? (aka Pourquoi pas moi?, 1999) — France/Italy

Widower with 5 Daughters (aka Witmer mit 5 Töchtern, 1957) — West Germany

Wings of Desire (aka Der Himmel über Berlin, 1987) — West Germany/ France

A Winter’s Tale (aka Conte d’hiver; A Tale of Winter, 1992) — France

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Z

Zajecia dydaktyczne (TV, 1980) — Poland

Zelená vlna (1981) — Czechoslovakia

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