Dante 01 is the notorious
space prison orbiting the hostile planet Dante. Its six
detainees, all dangerous criminals, serve as unwilling guinea-pigs in
some highly illegal experiments. One of them, the psychopath
César, is determined to escape and plans to lead a
rebellion. His schemes are upset by the arrival of a new
prisoner, Saint Georges, who was condemned for murdering his entire
crew on a space mission. In truth, Saint Georges's crew were
killed by a strange alien force that has taken control of him and which
will soon transform Dante 01
into a vision of Hell...
The cinema of Japan is noteworthy for its purity, subtlety and visual impact. The films of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa are sublime masterpieces of film poetry.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.