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Dante’s Inferno: The Private Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Poet and Painter is a feature-length 35mm film directed by Ken Russell and first screened on the BBC on 22 December 1967 as part of Omnibus. It quickly became a staple in cinemas in retrospectives of Russell’s work

Brilliant historical drama centering on Russian painter who gets involved with a peasant uprising. Second part in COLOR. English subtitles. Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky.

Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped psycho-killer invades Girard’s home, killing Danny’s father before being gunned down himself. With the maniac dying and Danny deeply unsettled by his father’s death, Dr. Girard decides to take the final step and transplant the killer’s head onto Danny’s body. Of course, things go horribly wrong and the two-headed creature escapes to terrorize the countryside.

When a woman has been found by the police she tells of being kidnapped, drugged and tortured by Arminda, a brothel madame. For many years they have been trying to shut down her sex palace called The Pagoda, but can’t get close enough as she has friends in high places. But now the woman will help put Arminda away for years.