Bayern, 1965. Kaum ein Jahrzehnt hat Deutschland gesellschaftlich so revolutioniert wie die sechziger Jahre. Der Kalte Krieg beherrschte das politische Klima, der Minirock eroberte die Mode, und die Beatles machten dem heimischen Schlager Konkurrenz.
Von all dem unberührt scheint das bayerische Dorf Lehrbach - bis zu dem Tag, als Julia Welling (Henriette Richter-Röhl) auftaucht, um im Auftrag der katholischen Kirche ein Kinderheim aufzubauen. Ihre modernen pädagogischen Erziehungsmethoden und ihre emanzipierte Art passen so gar nicht zum traditionellen Familienbild, das auf dem Land noch immer herrscht. Dort hat der Mann das Sagen, gehört die Frau an den Herd und gelten Kinder vor allem als billige Arbeitskräfte in der Landwirtschaft.
Kein Wunder, dass nicht nur die Bauern, sondern auch Pfarrer Weber (Andreas Lust) und Bürgermeister Huber (Stephan Zinner) nicht gut auf die zugereiste Städterin zu sprechen sind. Schließlich setzt sich Julia über ihre Pläne hinweg und kauft statt der alten Gerberei eine leerstehende Kaserne der amerikanischen Truppen, um darin das Kinderheim einzurichten.
Unerwartete Unterstützung erhält Julia von David Carter (David Rott). Der US-Major wickelt die Auflösung des Militärstandortes in Lehrbach ab und ist von Julias Selbstbewusstsein fasziniert. Doch die Sympathie, die beide für einander empfinden, wird schon bald von Julias Zweifel überschattet, ob ihre Liebe eine Chance haben kann. Denn als Soldat verkörpert David alles, was Julia ablehnt
In a confused welter of artistic licence, this is the classical music biopic which makes 'Song to Remember'look like a masterpiece. Bogarde succeeds in diminishing the reputation of the musical colossus who spanned European music for most of the 19th Century. The absurdities of the plot, the sequoia-like quality of the acting and the prevalence of historical,musical and linguistic anachronisms combine to elevate this offering to the status of an A1 turkey.How a pianist of the stature of Bolet came to be mixed up in this fiasco can only be guessed at. The characterisation of Liszt fails to convey even a minute impression of his magnetic personality and the overwhelming effect that he had on not only his audiences, but also his pianistic rivals.Clara Schumann herself said that 'we toil over that which Liszt reads at sight!' Whilst the emphasis seems to focus on his romantic prowess,rather than his status as the greatest pianist of the century or,arguably, of all time, one feels,nevertheless, that this was an opportunity lost.
Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels to the region where it happened and searches a child that looks similar to the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her mother, not telling them that he is waiting for the killer to start his bloody work one more time ...
Bill Saunders, disturbed ex-soldier, kills a man in a postwar London pub brawl. Fleeing, he hides out in the apartment of lonely nurse Jane Wharton. Later, despite misgivings about his violent nature, Jane becomes involved with Bill, who resolves to reform. She gets him a job driving a medical supplies truck. But racketeer Harry Carter, who witnessed the killing, wants to use Bill's talents for crime.
A sassy parrot and a free-spirited librarian upend the well-ordered life of a solitary man. Lyman (Jackson Hurst) is a loner, working the graveyard shift for the Courtesy Patrol. When a green parrot flies in to his trailer he becomes obsessed with finding its owner, which leads him to Fiona(Rachel Nichols). She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. Along with her basset hound, they set out on a quest to find the bird’s previous owners and Fiona begins to unravel the mysteries of Lyman's past. But when Fiona joins Lyman on his nightly rounds, she witnesses a reality more intense than the romantic version she had envisioned.
When a young boy's mother and father are savagely murdered, he ages out of an orphanage intent on revenge, but the love of a girl and psychological trauma lead him down a mystifying path.
In Tokyo a ruthless gang start holding up U.S. ammunition trains, prepared to kill any of their own members wounded during a robbery. Down-at-heal ex-serviceman Eddie Spannier arrives from the States apparently at the invitation of one such unfortunate. But Eddie isn't quite what he seems as he manages to make contact with Sandy Dawson who is obviously running some sort of big ...