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Even Dwarfs Started SmallEven Dwarfs Started Small (1970)
Dir. Werner Herzog
Feat. Helmut Doring, Gerd Gickel, Paul Glauer
A group of dwarfs run riot and take over their penal colony on a bleak volcanic island. Bizarre and unsettling parable will leave an indelible mark…
Fellini SatyriconFellini Satyricon (1970) Recommended
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born
Freely adapted from the Roman author Petronious, this follows the adventures of two bisexual youths through the decadent, fragmented age of Rome's…
Gods of the PlagueGods of the Plague (Götter der Pest) (1970)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla, Margarethe von Trotta, Harry Baer
The second in a loose trilogy of gangster films directed by prolific German iconoclast Rainer Werner Fassbinder early in his career. In this…
Heroic Ones, TheHeroic Ones, The (1970)
Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung
Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
Incident at Blood Pass, TheIncident at Blood Pass, The (Machibuse) (1970)
Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu
Pedigree shogun face off between genre icons Mifune and Katsu in a tautly conceived show down over hijacked gold between a remote mountain pass.…
La RuptureLa Rupture (The Breach) (1970)
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-Claude Drouot
Stéphane Audran plays a good mother with a chequered past who divorces her deadbeat husband and is targeted by her aggrieved in–laws. In a bit…
MedeaMedea (1970)
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Maria Callas
Pasolini's stylised, passionate rendering of Euripides play blessed with the formidable presence of Maria Callas, in a non–operatic role, as…
One Plus OneOne Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) (1970)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Controversial work from dir. Godard's 'Mao–ist' period intercuts a fascinating, disorganised recording session by the Rolling Stones…
Quiet Days in ClichyQuiet Days in Clichy (1970)
Dir. Jens Jørgen Thorsen
Feat. Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel
Fascinating Danish adaptation of Henry Miller's ribald novel set around the sexual adventures of a young writer and his roommate in 1930s Paris.…
Secret Of Dorian Gray, TheSecret Of Dorian Gray, The (Dorian Gray) (1970)
Dir. Massimo Dallamano
Feat. Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd
Fleshy retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic tale with Helmut Berger living it up as the decadent naif who fails to age. Certainly the raunchier of…

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