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Eine Dame meldet sich nicht mehr. Pater Brown reist auf Bitten seiner Nachbarin nach Cornwall, wo die Vermisste in einem Sanatorium gearbeitet hat. Mit Hilfe der jungen Lucy Paxton startet er seine Recherchen und macht kurz darauf eine grausige Entdeckung. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt scheint niemand in dem Sanatorium hoch über Manderley Cove mehr sicher zu sein. Die Legende der schwarzen Nonne ist plötzlich wieder in aller Munde, und tatsächlich wird die...
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Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a "skin man," Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, "The Wind through the Keyhole."
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Teil 9: Der schwedische Millionär und Kunstsammler Peer Johannesson geht bei einem Kanuausflug auf dem Skatelövfjorden über Bord. Wahrscheinlich ein Herzinfarkt. Aber die Leiche wird nicht gefunden. Johannessons Anwalt handelt ungewöhnlich schnell und lädt noch am Tag des Unfalls - ohne Wissen der Witwe - vier Männer nach Växjö zur Testamentseröffnung ein. Als drei dieser "Erben" tags darauf eintreffen, ist der Anwalt tot. Und das Testament...
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2025
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5 videodiscs (ca. 812 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Matlock stars Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline 'Matty' Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia, a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia's ex-husband, Julian, the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued...
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[2007]
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1 videodisc (286 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Jamaica Inn: Mary is an Irish orphan girl sent to stay with her aunt and uncle, proprietors of the notorious Jamaica Inn. Mary soon discovers that the inn has a terrible secret, and the strange abode is about to claim its next victim.
Young and innocent: Robert is the estranged husband of a beautiful actress with a bad reputation. When he discovers her lifeless body on the beach, he is mistaken for the murderer and soon finds himself on the run,...
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2026
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1 videodisc (ca. 123 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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As World War II rages, a teenage boy in Germany is forced to confront a terrible truth loyalty to his country now means loyalty to a lie. When his trusted bishop urges obedience to the Nazi regime, he begins to question everything. And after his Jewish friend is taken away, he secretly listens to banned radio broadcasts and launches a resistance, exposing the truth. But in a nation ruled by fear, defiance comes at a cost and as the regime closes in,...
9) Irresistible
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2006
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1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Sophie Hartley is convinced that she is being stalked. She becomes increasingly certain that her husband's beautiful co-worker, Mara, wants her children, her husband, and her life.
10) The Willows
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Set on the snaking, sinuous Danube River, Algernon Blackwood's tale The Willows represents a high point in the development of the horror genre. Indeed, acknowledged master H.P. Lovecraft regarded it as the best supernatural tale ever written. More awe-inspiring and thought-provoking than gory or terrifying, The Willows is a must-read for fans of classic ghost stories.
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Der Friedhof von Gutts Hill soll verlegt werden. Die Arbeiten kommen gut voran, doch dann ereignet sich ein grauenvolles Verbrechen. Im offenen Grab eines hochrangigen Armeeoffiziers werden am Tag der Umbettung zwei Leichen entdeckt. Welche Bedeutung haben die am Tatort hinterlassenen Bestandteile einer Hochzeit? Warum wurden die sterblichen Überreste des Toten aus seiner letzten Ruhestätte gestohlen? Fragen, die einer dringenden Aufklärung bedürfen,...
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Der Daumen des Ingenieurs (The Engineer's Thumb) erschien erstmals im März 1892 im Strand Magazine und wurde im Oktober desselben Jahres mit 11 anderen Fällen in Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: Sommer 1889: In Dr. Watsons Praxis erscheint sehr früh am Morgen der knapp 25jährige Hydraulik-Ingenieur Victor Hatherley, der in der Nacht einen Daumen verloren hat. Da er von einem Mordanschlag spricht, schaltet...
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2026
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3 videodiscs (ca. 513 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Weeks after taking a bullet to the chest from his own son, Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness, they soon find themselves deeper than ever...
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Criterion collection volume 3
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c2007
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2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 p. ; 19 cm.)
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Travelers on a trans-European train are put up in a hotel for the night due to bad weather. Shortly after the journey begins in the morning, people begin to disappear. Bonus features include commentary; documentary; essays; and more.
17) Endgame
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2009
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An experimental weapon must be deployed to save a US ally from terrorists in the New York Times–bestselling author's military techno-thriller. India is the latest target of radical Islamic jihadists. The world watches as tensions escalate between the uneasy giant and its longtime nemesis Pakistan—with China waiting in the wings, eager to flex its military might. The only hope of avoiding a nuclear showdown is found inside a top-secret military...
18) The contract
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©2007
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1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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While on a hiking trip to reconnect with his son after the death of his wife, Ray Keene stumbles into a nightmare scenario of paid assassins and ex-military guns-for-hire lead by the mysterious Frank Cardin.
20) Blood and wine
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[2006]
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1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A wealthy wine dealer has distanced himself from his wife with his philandering and from his son with his negligence. After he steals a diamond necklace with the help of a safecracker partner, things start coming apart.
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