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Orson Welles: David and Goliath

The story of the film is adapted from the Old Testament: The Philistines declare war on the Israelites and wrench the Arch of the Allience from them. Saul, the king of Israel, listens meanwhile to the words of the prophets who tell him that the new king will be a young shepard called David. But still David has to fight the enemy in form of their mighty giant Goliath

Orson Welles: The Stranger

In postwar Germany a meeting of the War Crimes Commission is being held. Those present decide that a heinous Nazi war criminal (Konstantin Shayne) should be released from prison in the hopes that he will lead the commission to his superior, the infamous Franz Kindler (Orson Welles), one of the architects of the genocide against the Jews. A federal agent (Edward G. Robinson) is assigned to follow Shayne, and the chase begins. This exciting thriller from Orson Welles moves to the town of Harper, Connecticut where the Nazi Kindler is living under an assumed name...