Linguist vs polyglot

Explore our selection of movies and TV shows linguist vs polyglot

poster French Cops Learning English
French Cops Learning English
7mn - Comedy
The seven-minute film takes place inside a classroom where some cops are learning English.
poster Felix All Puzzled
Felix All Puzzled
(3.1/5)
4mn - Animation
Felix is hungry, but his owner won't feed him until he's finished his crossword puzzle! Only one word left -- a 7-letter "chiefly found in Russia." Felix goes all the way to Russia to find the answer, but…
poster The Dwarf and the Giant
The Dwarf and the Giant
1mn - Fantasy, Comedy
A magician explores two halves of his self: The Dwarf and the Giant.
poster Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(4/5)
84mn - Documentary
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is t…
poster Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves
(3.3/5)
110mn - Drama, Thriller
During the Cold War, the World Chess Championship clashed complete opposites - personal and political.
poster The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
The Double Incarnation of William Sheep
(2.8/5)
15mn - Drama, Horror, Fantasy
A young gambler plays a game of chess against his creditor in order to clear his debts. Whilst playing he falls into a dream where he encounters a mysterious man who has the power to take his identity. Th…
poster Glass Half
Glass Half
(3.5/5)
3mn -
Two amateur art critics meet in a gallery and argue passionately about the pieces they see, until finally they find a piece on which they can agree...
poster His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
His Name Was Pot, but They Called Him Allegria
88mn - Western
Brothers Pot and Ray pull off a daring bank robbery, but when their new partner Steve double-crosses them and Ray is murdered for the gold, Pot finds himself caught in a deadly game of betrayal and reveng…
poster Lost for Words
Lost for Words
107mn - Drama, Romance
A wounded ex-Marine seeking a fresh start in Hong Kong falls for a talented Chinese ballerina from Beijing, but as their cross-cultural romance deepens through language lessons and shared dreams, mounting…
poster Good Glue Sticks
Good Glue Sticks
5mn - Comedy
A peddler of "the best glue" sets up his outdoor stall. A crowd gathers for a demonstration. As he gives his pitch, two observant cops decide drive off his customers and close him down, much to his fury. …
poster Black Mass of the Brain
Black Mass of the Brain
78mn - Horror
Two identical yet different personas become trapped in an ancient house where language fails and reality fractures, descending into a surreal ritualistic nightmare that consumes the mind.
poster Going! Going! Gone!
Going! Going! Gone!
11mn - Comedy
Lloyd and Pollard help a young girl out of the water but they are then chased by a shrew. On a bicycle built for two, Lloyd lazes about on the back while Pollard sweats from all of his effort. Thieves esc…
poster Parlez Vous Woo
Parlez Vous Woo
(3.2/5)
6mn - Animation
Olive is so captived by "The International", a radio personality with a French accent, that she'd rather stay home than go out on a date with Popeye. Bluto, overhearing this, comes to the door as the char…
poster Preservation of the Sign Language
Preservation of the Sign Language
14mn - Documentary
George Veditz, one-time president of the National Association of the Deaf of the United States, outlines the right of deaf people to sign instead of speak. The film is presented in American Sign Language …
poster Clancy in Wall Street
Clancy in Wall Street
0mn - Comedy
Clancy and MacIntosh are a pair of stock comedy Irish and Scottish plumbers who have been partners for twenty years; but when Clancy accidentally buys some shares on margin, MacIntosh's Scotch thrift rebe…
poster Crainquebille
Crainquebille
(3.6/5)
90mn - Drama
Jérôme Crainquebille, is an ageing vegetable seller who has sold groceries from his cart in in Paris for over 40 years. One day, he is harassed by a policeman who insists that he moves on. When he protest…
poster Penn of Pennsylvania
Penn of Pennsylvania
(2.8/5)
78mn - History, Drama
A young English aristocrat abandons privilege and defies his father to join the persecuted Quakers, ultimately founding Pennsylvania as a revolutionary colony based on religious tolerance and peaceful coe…
poster The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grasshopper and the Ant
(3.4/5)
5mn - Animation, Fantasy
An ant works to prepare for winter while a drunken grasshopper plays his violin and dances away his time. When the snow arrives, the grasshopper pleads with the ant for shelter and is turned away to die.
poster The Pest
The Pest
20mn - Comedy
Stan is Jimmy Smith, a salesman who is trying hard to pitch his Napoleon book to an uninterested customer as they stand in front of some iron gates. When an elderly gentleman approaches the two men he us…
poster The Making of an American
The Making of an American
14mn -
Docudrama encouraging immigrants to master English and become successful, assimilated Americans.
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