When young Alex is banished by his eccentric father, he climbs up onto
the roof of his house and swears never to set foot on the ground
again. And so he lives a short and tragic life in exile, looking
down from his kingdom onto a decaying world and a family that he
loves...
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.