TCM Classic Foreign Film-Mostly Late Night listings

7:00 Pather Panchali (1955) Dir: Satyajit Ray Cast: Kanu Banerji , Karuna Banerji , Subir Banerji .

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A mother struggles to raise her family in an impoverished village in India.

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9:15 Central Story of Film: An Odyssey, The: 1953-1957 - The Swollen Story:World Cinema Bursting at the Seams (2011)

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The sixth episode in this 15-part history of cinema touches on sex and melodrama in the movies of the 1950s. This is the story of sex and melodrama in the movies of the 1950s.

While James Dean, On the Waterfront and the glossy weepies of the time kept American audiences enraptured, Egypt, India, China, Mexico, Britain and Japan were making their own movies full of rage and passion. This episode features interviews with many people who worked with Satyajit Ray; legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, who starred in films by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu; and the first great African director, Youssef Chahine.

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10:30 Cairo Station (1958) Dir: Youssef Chahine Cast: Youssef Chahine , Hind Rostom , Farid Chawki

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A physically impaired newspaper peddler becomes increasingly obsessed with a woman in love with another man.

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12:00 Throne of Blood (1957) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune , Isuzu Yamada , Takashi Shimura

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Spurred by his wife and a witch's prediction, a samurai murders his lord to steal the throne.

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2:00 Seven Samurai (1954) Dir: Akira Kurosawa Cast: Toshiro Mifune , Takashi Shimura , Kuninori Kodo

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Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack.

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