Quelques mois avant son entrée à l’Académie française ( 1972 ), Claude Lévi-Strauss revient sur son itinéraire et sa pensée dans un entretien exceptionnel accordé à Jean-José Marchand. A partir de ces archives uniques, Pierre Beuchot réalise en 2004 un portrait qui reste la meilleure des introductions à l’œuvre de Claude Lévi-Strauss.

Cast 　　Leonie Rysanek .... Elektra 　　Astrid Varnay .... Clitamestra 　　Catarina Ligendza .... Crisotemis 　　Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau .... Orestes 　　Hans Beirer .... Egisto 　　Josef Greindl .... Criado 　　Kurt Böhme .... Ein alter Diener 　　Christopher Doig .... Ein junger Diener 　　Olga Varia .... Die Schleppenträgerin 　　Carmen Reppel .... Die Vertraute 　　Colette Lorand .... Die Aufseherin 　　Rolf Boysen .... Agamenon 　　Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor 　　Wiener Philharmoniker 　　Karl Böhm .... conductor

Johann Strauss Jr. is the darling of waltzing Vienna, but he is haunted by constant pressure to outdo himself with each new composition. When Strauss meets Nicholas, a humble young stableboy, they realize they have much in common. The composer and the boy share the healing bond of trust and embark on a collaboration that will be music to the world's ears. 　　Video offers English, French and Spanish language selection as well as Descriptive Text.

From a restless youth in Picardy who stole his mother's jewelry to get himself to Paris, Louis Antoine Saint-Just became a statesman and one of the most politically persuasive figures of the French Revolution. "The Power of Things" explores his rôle during the Revolution's rockiest ride, his connection to Maximilien Robespierre, and the power of Saint-Just's position on the formidable Committee of Public Safety.

两个罪犯在从医院到监狱的押运途中逃跑了，由于虚弱他们决定躲到一个令人神往的砂岩筑成的房子里，这里住着慈祥的劳斯一家，劳斯夫妇准备在这天晚上庆祝他们的瓷婚，但被这两个不速之客打乱了计划，而变成了人质。很快劳斯夫妇发现这两个匪徒并不可怕，而两个逃亡者也发现这个家庭也并不象乍看上去那么温馨和谐，其实这两个逃犯只是两个对他人无害的幻想家，他们自己反倒变成了人质........

以民谣和神话的风格来重现马克·夏加尔之谜。影片并不是为了创造一个夏加尔的形象，而是试图通过传说和故事来通过银屏来呈现他变化莫测的创造力。