Skyldig? Uskyldig? Det er ikke op til den dynamiske Chicago-advokat Martin Vail at afgøre. Hans opgave er forsvarerens - især hvis sagen bringer hans navn i overskrifterne og fremmer hans karriere. Da Vail hører at en fattig alterdreng anklages for mordet på den lokale ærkebiskop, snupper han sagen, ivrig efter at være i mediernes søgelys, men lidet vidende om at han dermed blotter en rotterede af korruption, sætter ham op mod en anklager som også er hans tidligere kæreste, samt sætter al hans dygtighed, dømmekraft - ja endog hans vilje til at vinde for enhver pris - på prøve.
Tilbage i middelalderen hersker en ond biskop over store områder et sted i Europa. Hans fangehuller er berygtede, og hidtil er ingen sluppet ud med livet i behold; indtil det lykkedes Philipe, en ung lommetyv, at undslippe efter umenneskelige anstrengelser. Under flugten møder han Navarre, den tidligere chef for biskoppens garde, der nu har viet sit liv til at hæve den trolddom, biskoppen har kastet over ham og hans elskede Isabeau. Det bliver en kamp med drabelige sværdslag og mystisk trolddom, før det lille trekløver igen kan leve som frie mennesker...
Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Kongen udnævner sin trofaste ven til Ærkebiskop af Canterbury og tror, at han via Beckets loyalitet vil få kontrol over kirken. Men Becket tager sine nye pligter meget alvorligt, og hans hengivenhed over for Gud bringer ham i direkte konflikt med staten og sin ven, kongen. Da Becket nu er blevet en torn i øjet på kongen, efterlyser denne nogen, der kan "befri ham for denne geskæftige præst".
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.
Den livsglade familien Ekdahl fejrer en forrygende jul med forældre, bedsteforældre, muntre onkler og tanter og ikke mindst familiens mindste, Fanny og Alexander. Men snart oplever familien en stor sorg, som samtidig får afgørende indflydelse på Fanny og Alexander's fremtid.
Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the Church exacts a terrible revenge.
The film consists of a series of tightly interlinked vignettes, the most sustained of which details the story of a man and a woman who are passionately in love. Their attempts to consummate their passion are constantly thwarted, by their families, by the Church and bourgeois society in general.
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.
A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
King's Dagobert I intestinal and sexual problems loom large as he survives an attack on his royal caravan then barely makes it to Rome to personally give thanks to the Pope. After he arrives at the Vatican, he becomes involved in the battle between two contenders for the papacy and has to face the machinations of a ruthless Byzantine princess.
Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.
When a witch transforms her brothers into swans, a young princess must find a way to change them back.
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to England. He also discovers that his boss is on the ship. To avoid discovery, he disguises himself as the gangster accomplice of a minister, who is actually a gangster on the run from the law.
Félix rebolledo is a pimp who owns a cabaret, two bingo halls and three dating houses. He now intends to open a party hall, and for this he has - as he always has - the support of the Bishop, whom he has bribed with frequent donations. Counting on the support of the Church, it will be much easier for him to have the approval of the City Council, although, on the other hand, he also has bribed, among others, the mayor and the president of the Council of the Deputation.
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the town's glory days. Looming large in Chuckawalla's reminiscences is the day that young and apparently mild-mannerd minister Philip Pharo rode into town. In his own gentle but forceful fashion, Pharo managed to bring the town's lawless element into line, mollify the local bluenoses, and win the heart of likeable dance-hall girl Mary Mallory.
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt. In her efforts to help him keep his boarding house, she becomes involved with a handsome young minister and his superior, an older bishop.