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THE GREAT COMMUNIST BANK ROBBERY

2.3.2005 TV2

(Suuri kommunistinen pankkiryöstö)

In 1959, there was robbery at the Romanian National Bank in Bucharest. The criminals were arrested and forced to re-enact their robbery in a film. After the filmed trial they were shot.

Director: Alexandru Solomon
Production: France TV Distribution, France, 2004


02.03.2005 THE MAKING OF THE MISFITS

2.3.2005 TV2

(Näin tehtiin Sopeutumattomat)

Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable are the stars of the 60's classic, The Misfits. Levin's documentary goes back in time, captures the different phases of the film making and introduces its stars and film makers who were all misfits in their own ways. The film includes memories, stories and rare, before unseen footage.

Production: Littlebird, UK, 2001

Photo: TV2 Tiedotus

THE MOSCOW SKYSCRAPER

9.3.2005 TV2

(Elämää pilvenpiirtäjässä)

A tragicomical documentary about life and people in one of the Stalin commissioned skyscrapers in todays' Moscow.

Director: Pavel Lungin
Production: Roche Productions, France, 2004

Photo: TV2 Tiedotus

CASTANETS OF NOTRE DAME

9.3.2005 TV2

(Notre Damen kastanjetit)

Jario Tobo's path took him from the Andes Mountains to the French Notre Dame. This musical documentary tells us the unexceptional life story of the verger of the Paris' best known church.

Director: Diego Garcia-Moreno
Production: Pathé Télévision, France, 1999

Photo: TV2 Tiedotus

BEST BEFORE: SEE USE-BY DATE

23.3.2005 TV2

(Parasta ennen: katso viimeinen käyttöpäivä)

A kind of adventure and survival game in Eastern Helsinki. Every Thursday. For ten years running.

Director: Antti Kaskia.
Production: Filkas Oy, Finland, 2004

Photo: Filkas Oy / Antti Kaskia

WHEEL OF TIME

23.3.2005 TV2

(Ajan pyörä)

Werner Herzog's film about Buddhism and its invisible essence. The documentary introduces the world's biggest Buddhist ritual, Kalachakra, in India and Austria. Herzog was also allowed to follow the secret rituals promoting tolerance and world peace.

Director: Werner Herzog
Production: Werner Herzog Film GmbH, Germany, 2003

Photo: Werner Herzog Film Gmb

THE ORDER - FOLLOW THE MONEY

30.3.2005 TV2

(Rahan jäljillä)

Where does your money end up if you put it into an international investment company? Timo Harakka made a new version of a documentary in which he tries to find out all about this mystery.

Production: Production House Oy, Finland, 2004

Photo: TV2 Tiedotus

RAIDERS OF THE LOST KUNG FU

30.3.2005 klo 23.20 TV2

Two Finnish men, John Hakalax and Jan Wellman, left for China to look for the real Kung Fu champions. Instead of finding meditation and philosophy, they met a much more wretched reality.

Directors: John Hakalax and Kim Finn
Production: Hakalax Productions, Finland, 2003

Photo: John Hakalax