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BARTALI - THE IRON MAN |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: ALBERTO NEGRIN |
| DURATION: 200mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: February 10 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: All-time bicycle star Gino Bartali nearly abandons the sport at a young age, when his brother Giulio dies in a race.
Fra' Leone, for whom Gino wil... more |
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CHECKMATE PROVENZANO |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: CLAUDIO MARIANO CIRINO & PAOLO SANTOLIN |
| DURATION: 90mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: November 7 2007 |
SYNOPSIS: This RAI created docu-drama focuses on the last few months of Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo 'The Tractor' Provenzano.
43 years as a fugitive from j... more |
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GIOVANNI FALCONE |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: ANDREA FRAZZI, ANTONIO FRAZZI |
| DURATION: 196mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: October 10 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Judge Giovanni Falcone is one of the true hereos of comtemporary Sicily. Along with his friend, Judge Paolo Borsellino, he pioneered an astonishingly ... more |
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INSPECTOR MONTALBANO - VOLUME 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Alberto Sironi |
| DURATION: 500mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: November 23 2005 |
| SYNOPSIS: Inspector Salvo Montalbano is the fictional creation of Sicilian writer, Andrea Camilleri. The 10 novels published to date are international best-sell... more |
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INSPECTOR MONTALBANO - VOLUME 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Alberto Sironi |
| DURATION: 515mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: November 23 2005 |
| SYNOPSIS: The gruffly handsome, yet curiously irritable Inspector Montalbano has been a hit among crime fiction fans. And after screenings of the feature films ... more |
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INSPECTOR MONTALBANO - VOLUME 3 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Alberto Sironi |
| DURATION: 400mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: January 24 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: The third, and final collection of tales from the pen of Sicilian author, Andrea Camilleri. A beguiling mixture of genre detective fiction and quintes... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Hajo Gies, Oliver Hirshbiegel, Detlef Rönfeldt, Bodo Fürneisen, & Wolfgang Dickmann |
| DURATION: 699mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: June 1 2005 |
| SYNOPSIS: “A Viennese TV production commissioned by German broadcaster SAT-1, Inspector Rex (or “Kommisar Rex” as it’s known in Europe) has developed a substant... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Pete Ariel, Wolfgang Dickmann & many more... |
| DURATION: 640mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: September 1 2005 |
| SYNOPSIS: The TV series, Inspector Rex (a.k.a Kommisar Rex) originated in Austria in 1994. A simple enough concept - a handsome young male detective, a female o... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 3 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Pete Ariel, Wolfgang Dickmann & many more... |
| DURATION: 611mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: January 1 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: The popularity of the SBS series continues unabated as we enter the third series, the final full series to feature Richie Moser. This series features ... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 4 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Peter Carpentier, Hans Werner, Bodo Furreisen and Michi Riebl. |
| DURATION: 853mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: March 29 2006 |
SYNOPSIS: The fame of the SBS programme continues as we now enter the fourth series.
Series Four introduces the athletic Alexander Brandtner as Richard Mose... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 5 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Peter Carpentier, Michi Riebl, Bodo Fürneisen, Olaf Kreinsen, Hans Werner |
| DURATION: 739mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: August 16 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: The phenomenon that is Inspector Rex continues unabated in Australian lounge rooms and DVD retailers! Sales have been continually strong for the vario... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 6 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Hans Werner, Bodo Fürneisen, Gerald Liegel, Pete Ariel, Helmut Christian Görlitz, Michi Riebl |
| DURATION: 689mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: November 8 2006 |
SYNOPSIS: Series 6 for Inspector Rex is the second full series featuring the steely-eyed Detective Alex Brandtner, played by Gedeon Burkhard.
Most important... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 7 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
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| DURATION: 692mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: February 7 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Rex is everybody\'s hero. With his unerring instinct and phenomenal intelligence, Rex has earned his reputation as television\'s \'top dog\'. Austria\... more |
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INSPECTOR REX - SERIES 8 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Andreas Prochaska, Hans Werner, Michi Riebl, Christian Gorlitz, Gerald Liegel |
| DURATION: 672mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: June 6 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Series 8 marks the final series of Inspector Rex productions to date. Austria's best-loved canine detective continues his jaunts with the two recent m... more |
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INSPECTOR REX BY REQUEST |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRIA |
| DIRECTOR: VARIOUS |
| DURATION: 342mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: October 10 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: This DVD set includes the 5 most popular espisodes of Inspector Rex ever screened in Australia - as voted by the viewers. It also includes a never-bef... more |
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INSPECTOR REX SERIES 9 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: GERMANY/ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: MARCO SERAFINI |
| DURATION: 360mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: November 15 2008 |
| SYNOPSIS: Investigating an unsolved murder case, Rome's Police Inspector Lorenzo Fabbri travels to Vienna, where he meets Rex, the renowned police dog. Though o... more |
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SHOPGIRLS - SERIES 1 (COMMESSE) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Giorgio Capitani |
| DURATION: 570mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: September 6 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: Marta, Roberta, Fiorenza, Paola, Lucia and Romeo - six very different people work together in an elegant fashion boutique in the centre of Rome. They ... more |
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SHOPGIRLS - SERIES 2 (COMMESSE) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: José María Sánchez |
| DURATION: 591mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: January 24 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Five friends' lives centre around the Jack Norton Boutique in Rome. The trials and tribulations of surviving their shaky business, and the daily chall... more |
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STOCKINGER VOLUME 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Austria |
| DIRECTOR: Bodo Fumeisen, Jorg Grunler |
| DURATION: 360mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: June 10 2008 |
| SYNOPSIS: Salzburg; home of all things Mozart, The Sound of Music, and District Inspector Stockinger, former colleague of everyone’s favourite canine police dog... more |
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STOCKINGER VOLUME 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: AUSTRIA |
| DIRECTOR: BODO FUMEISEN, JORG GRUNLER |
| DURATION: 282mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: September 13 2008 |
| SYNOPSIS: Salzburg : home of all things Mozart, The Sound of Music and District Inspector Stockinger, former colleague of everyones's favourite canine police do... more |
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THE OCTOPUS - SERIES 1 (LA PIOVRA) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Damiano Damiani |
| DURATION: 392mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: October 11 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: One of the most popular TV series ever in Italy, La Piovra has developed a cult popularity world-wide, and now, the whole series will be made availabl... more |
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THE OCTOPUS - SERIES 2 (LA PIOVRA) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Vancini Florestanotor |
| DURATION: 350mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: March 7 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: One of the most popular TV series ever in Italy, La Piovra has developed a cult popularity world-wide, and now, the whole series will be made availabl... more |
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THE OCTOPUS - SERIES 3 (LA PIOVRA) |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Luigi Perelli |
| DURATION: 430mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: June 6 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Corrado Cattani slowly recovers from the hell his life became after the events of Series One and Two. Spiritual nourishment first, then a hope of a ne... more |
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THE OCTOPUS - SERIES 4 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: Luigi Perelli |
| DURATION: 618mins |
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| RELEASE DATE: September 12 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: SYNOPSIS: Series 4 sees Corrado Cattani continue his personal war with the Mafia. As he investigates the killing of casino-owner Antonio Tindari by Sa... more |
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THE OCTOPUS SERIES 5 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: LUIGI PERELLI |
| DURATION: 523mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: January 23 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: After the death of Corrado Cattani, Judge Silvia Conti vows to bring his murderers to justice.
In a joint operation with the US police, she tr... more |
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THE OCTOPUS SERIES 6 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: Luigi Perelli |
| DURATION: 615mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: May 14 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: The Force of The Mafia
The Octopus - an everyday tale of power, corruption and the Mafia - remains one of Italian television's most enduringly ... more |
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THE OCTOPUS SERIES 7 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: LUIGI PERELLI |
| DURATION: 643mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: August 16 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: THE CATTANI MURDER CASE
A seemingly unimportant petty criminal's return to Sicily for imprisonment reopens magistrate Silvia Conti's investigat... more |
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THE OCTOPUS SERIES 8 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: GIACOMO BATTIATO |
| DURATION: 200mins |
| RATING: |
| RELEASE DATE: November 15 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: Episode 1
Set in Sicily in the 1950’s and we follow the arrival of a young couple, Francesco Altamura, his wife Barbara and their 9-year-old... more |
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TURBO VOLUME 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: ITALY |
| DIRECTOR: ANTONIO BONAFACIO |
| DURATION: 353mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: January 23 2008 |
SYNOPSIS:
Episode 1
REFLECTIONS OF MURDER
Silvia and Edwige, two girls who work as dancers in a popular Rimini discotheque, witness the murder ... more |
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TURBO VOLUME 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy |
| DIRECTOR: Antonio Bonifacio |
| DURATION: 343mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: June 10 2008 |
| SYNOPSIS: Turbo, is a handsome border collie who works for the Italian police and together with his owner/partner, Police Inspector Luca Sepe (Roberto Farnesi),... more |
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UNIT ONE - VOLUME 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark |
| DIRECTOR: Niels Arden Oplev |
| DURATION: 512mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: September 6 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: Forensic police series shot in Denmark, opening a whole new world of light & shade to viewers of the timeless fiction genre. A quiet achiever on SBS t... more |
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UNIT ONE - VOLUME 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark |
| DIRECTOR: Niels Arden Oplev |
| DURATION: 457mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: December 6 2006 |
| SYNOPSIS: Unit One (a.k.a. Rejseholdet) is Denmark’s highest rating crime show ever. It traces crime squad investigations by the cracking police squad the serie... more |
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UNIT ONE - VOLUME 3 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark |
| DIRECTOR: Niels Arden Oplev |
| DURATION: 455mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: March 7 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: The forensic police series shot in Denmark, is based on authentic criminal cases from recent years, and the result is a sequence of exciting stories e... more |
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UNIT ONE - VOLUME 4 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Denmark |
| DIRECTOR: Ole Christian Madsen, Jannik Johansen and Charlotte Sieling |
| DURATION: 439mins |
| RATING: MA |
| RELEASE DATE: July 18 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Volume 4 is the final volume in this thriller series telling the story of a group of tenacious crime experts. Unit One features Mads Mikkelsen (Casino... more |
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WALLANDER - VOLUME 1 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Sweden |
| DIRECTOR: Stephan Apelgren, Kjell-Åke Andersson, Jørn Faurschou |
| DURATION: 545mins |
| RATING: M |
| RELEASE DATE: May 2 2007 |
| SYNOPSIS: Based upon the fictional character created by Henning Mankell, the Wallander series is another quality adaptation created in Europe, and screened in A... more |
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WALLANDER VOLUME 2 |
| COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: SWEDEN |
| DIRECTOR: YELLOW BIRD PRODUCTIONS (VARIOUS) |
| DURATION: 614mins |
| RATING: PG |
| RELEASE DATE: April 9 2008 |
SYNOPSIS: Based on the fictional character from Swedish crime fiction author Henning Mankell’s
critically acclaimed Wallander Mysteries - an international pu... more |
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