Law of Desire
Law of Desire or La ley del deseo( in original Spanish) is a 1987 film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio.
It was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company" El Deseo".
The story focuses on a complex love triangle between two men and a trans woman.
Pablo, a successful gay film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transsexual sister, Tina.
Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.
The relationship between Pablo and Antonio is at the core of the film, however, the story and own drama of Pablo's sister, Tina, plays a strong role in the plot.
Shot in the later part of 1986," Law of Desire" was Almodóvar's first work centered in homosexual relationships.
He considers" Law of Desire" the key film in his life and career.
It follows the more serious tone set by Almodóvar's previous film," Matador", exploring the unrestrained force of desire.
It s themes are: love, loss, gender, family, sexuality and the close link between life and art.
" Law of Desire" was met with general positive reactions from film critics, and it was a hit with audiences becoming Almodóvar's most successful film up to that point.
It toured many international film festival, winning the Teddy Award in Berlin and it made Almodóvar known internationally.
Elements from" Law of Desire" grew into the basis for two later films: Carmen Maura appears in a stage production of Cocteau's" The Human Voice", which inspired Almodóvar's next film," Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown"; and Tina's confrontation scene with an abusive priest formed a partial genesis for" Bad Education".
Burton L. King
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One of his best- known productions was" The Lost Battalion"( 1919).
Alasdair Caimbeul (writer)
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Ruth Eisemann-Schier
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Playthings of Desire
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Parts of or all of the film is preserved at Library of Congress.
Playthings of Passion
Playthings of Passion is a lost 1919 drama film directed by Wallace Worsley and starring Kitty Gordon.
It was produced and released by an independent film company.
Murder in the Library
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It was made by the Poverty Row company Pinnacle Productions.
John H. Auer
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Hit Parade of 1941
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It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Song at the 13th Academy Awards with the song" Who Am I?", with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Walter Bullock.
Also nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score in the same ceremony for composer Cy Feuer.
Varvara Yakovleva (politician)
Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva( 1884 – 1941 or 1944) was a prominent Bolshevik party member and Soviet government official who later supported Leon Trotsky's attempt to democratize the party.
She was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1938 for membership in a" diversionary terrorist organization."
She was shot in the Oryol Central Prison on either September 11, 1941 or December 21, 1944.

Question: Which film has the director who died first, Hit Parade Of 1941 or Playthings Of Desire?