Penn Library Video Catalog

Staff Selection

Les Enfants du Paradis
Children of Paradise

Story of theatrical society in 19th century Paris and the love between the mime Debureau and the beautiful courtesan Garance who is also loved by an aristocrat, a criminal, and an actor.

Collection Highlights

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Indian 'Gangster' Films

Agneepath : Path of fire / = Path of fire (1990)

DVD
1999
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.G3 A36 1999
Vijay Dinanath Chavan's father is implicated in a scandal and lynched by the villagers on the instigation of Kancha Cheena. Vijay, at a young age, takes on the responsibility of looking after his mother and sister and in the process, he becomes a gangster. He captures Kancha Cheena and hands him over to the police. Kancha escapes sentence with lack of evidence and Vijay and Kancha are pitted against each other in the battle of evil vs good.
Annarth (2002)

VHS
2002
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. VHS PN1997.2 .A66 2002
Jimmy's (Sunil Shetty) elder brother Raghav (Ashutosh Rana) secretly kills Bandya (Vinod Kambli, the cricket player), a member of their own gang. Jimmy gets enraged and bumps off a few members of the rival gang, thinking that they were the ones who killed Bandya. A gangwar erupts, and Jimmy and his pal, a bar-owner named Iqbal Danger (Sanjay Dutt) are caught in the middle of the action.
Baazi (1951)

DVD
2000
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .B193 2000
Story of an urban unemployed youth taking to crime because of circumstance.
Big boss (1995)

DVD
2000
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.G3 B535 2000
A young boy who was deprived by his inheritance by his own uncle, grows up to be the Big Boss and decides to fight for what is rightfully his. A local don, impressed with him, takes an interest in his affairs but is struck down by Big Boss' powerful uncle.
Khalnayak : Khala-na¯yaka / = Khala-na& (1994)

VHS
1994
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. VHS PN1997 .K43 1994
A courageous young policewoman goes undercover in an attempt to capture and reform a ruthless young escaped convict.
Nayagan = Naayagan (2001)

DVD
2001
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .N396 2001
Naayagan begins with a young Velu running away to Bombay after killing a police officer who betrayed him. He settles in the slums of Bombay, marries a young prostitute Neela (Saranya) and becomes the father of two children. But he loses his wife to the guns of a rival mafia gang. Wishing to protect his children from the life of crime he has been leading, he sends them away. Inspite of his best efforts, he is unable to keep his son away from his business and this leads to disastrous consequences. He alienates his daughter too and she marries a police officer to repent for the sins of her father. This police officer ultimately becomes responsible for bringing Velu Naicker to justice.
Parinda (1989)

1999
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .P3435 1999
The film tells of a mentally unbalanced villain, Anna, and his henchman Kishen who supports his innocent brother Karan. Karan is used as a bait to trap the cop and is eventually killed on his wedding night. Elder brother Kishen, until then divided between his responsibilities to his brother and to Anna, finally turns against his employer and sets him on fire.
Satya : Other side of truth / = Other side of truth (1998)

Laserdisc
1998
Withdrawn. Van Pelt Video Collection.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .S1785 1998
Satya comes to Bombay to make a living. A series of incidents puts him in jail where he meets and becomes close to a gangster, Beeku Mhatre. Once out of prison, Beeku initiates him into the gang and gives him a place to live.
Satya : Other side of truth / = Other side of truth (1998)

Laserdisc
1998
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .S1785 1998
Satya comes to Bombay to make a living. A series of incidents puts him in jail where he meets and becomes close to a gangster, Beeku Mhatre. Once out of prison, Beeku initiates him into the gang and gives him a place to live.
Vaastav : the reality (1999)

VHS
1999
Available. Shelved at Storage. Click here to request delivery.
Call No. VHS PN1997 .V222 1999
A young man, Raghu, rises through the ranks of India's underworld. He becomes an operative for Babanrao Kadam, the corrupt Home Minister. Once Babanrao's involvement in crime becomes public, he plots to destroy Raghu in a staged police encounter.
Yudh (1998)

DVD
1998
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .Y84 1998
The film is about the eternal yudh (war) which exists in every society between the upholder of the law and the law breaker.
Zanjeer (1973)

DVD
1998
Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1997 .Z365 1998
As a child, Vijay witnesses the murder of his parents by a faceless killer wearing a chain around his wrist. Haunted by the image of the chain, the adult Vijay becomes a cop and singlemindedly roots out evildoers and finally identifies his parents' killer.

Selected Recent Acquisition:

Bamboozled (2000)

DVD
2001

Available. For this item write docdel@asc.upenn.edu or call 898-7027.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.N4 B35 2001
"In a searing parody of American television, Bamboozled takes a humorous look at how race, ratings and the pursuit of power lead to a network executive's stunning rise and tragic downfall."--Container.
Added: 10-JUL-08

Imágenes contra el olvido : lo que nunca se contó del franquismo (2006)

DVD
2006

Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD/PAL DP233 .I4 Disc 3 2006
"Death in the Valley" is an investigation that the director undertook in her own family, related to the death of her grandfather. The search took her to the Valley where she faces the one of the assassins of her ancestor. "Heroes never died" reflects all the controversy that arose around the famous photography that Robert Capa did of a soldier who was reached by an enemy bullet. The film also touches one of the fundamental question in journalism - the mechanisms of the construction of truth. In "Spain, last hope..." six protagonists described their experience in the Spanish Civil War. Their destiny took them to the concentration camps in France with the final extradition to the Nazi Germany. "An immense prison" is a tribute to the victims of the Francoism, an attempt to investigate the shady foundations from which our present society has compiled, almost without temporary transition from a Fascist dictatorship.
Added: 24-JUN-08

The smiling lieutenant (1931)

DVD
2007

Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1995.9.M86 S65 2007
A Viennese lieutenant is enamored of a freethinking all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. But complications ensue when the sexually repressed princess of Flausenthurm sets her sights on him.
Added: 13-JUN-08

Bi-la¯ hudu¯d. al-Muqa¯wamah al-Ira¯qi¯yah wa-tathi¯ruha¯ alá al-khitat al-Amri¯ki¯yah = Muqa& (2003)

VHS
2003

Available. Shelved at Storage. Click here to request delivery.
Call No. VHS/PAL DS79.76 .B556 2003
A discussion program that focuses on current affairs of interest to viewers from all sectors. Guests include politicians, party leaders, intellectuals, academics, experts and Islamic scholars who share their knowledge with the public and provide answers to audience queries. In this episode, writer Sala¯h al-Di¯n Sa¯lim discusses the current situation in Iraq and the United States' intentions.
Added: 27-MAY-08

Don Giovanni, oder, Der bestrafte Wüstling : Tragikomödie in zwei Akten, KV 527 / = Bestrafte Wüstling (2008)

DVD
2008

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 953

Added: 08-JUL-08

The untouchables. Season 1, volume 1 (1959)

DVD
2007

Available. Van Pelt Video Collection; ask at Circulation Desk.
Call No. DVD PN1992.77.U58 U58 Season 1 Vol. 1 2007 'discs 1-4'
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Added: 06-JUL-08

Frederic Rzewski, composer & pianist : the people united will never be defeated! : 36 variations on El pueblo unido jamás será vencido! / = People united will never be defeated! (2007)

DVD
2008

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 946

Added: 08-JUL-08

Die Fledermaus : The bat (1971)

DVD
2007

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 943

Added: 08-JUL-08

Don Pasquale : opéra bouffe en 3 actes (2007)

DVD
2008

Available. Van Pelt Library Ormandy Music and Media Center.
Call No. Music DVD 981

Added: 24-JUL-08

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