Please note Series and Call numbers for retrieval.
Call No. |
Format |
Original Title & Description |
F-13 |
VHS |
To See Angkor Again …… and Die! – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1993
Original Title: Revoir Angkor …et Mourir!
Original Title – short English translation: To See Angkor Again…and Die!
Subject: This video format film, is a romantic and sad story of fiction having as background the beautiful temples of Angkor. It is the story of a famous Cambodian writer (Phurissa) affected by an illness for which there is no cure, married to a wealthy woman (Maly), who is having an extra-marital affair with an ambitious politician.
Date:1993
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Good
Editorial note: This video format film was the second film made by Norodom Sihanouk after his return to Cambodia and just before he became King again. In notes prepared for the release of the film, he said that he was inspired to make the film at Angkor by a beautifully illustrated book by Marc Riboud, a French writer-photographer and used quotes from texts written by the famous French writer, Jean Lacouture, as part of the words spoken by Phurissa, the leading role of the film. |
F-14 |
VHS |
I Shall never see you Oh my beloved Kampuchea – a film by Norodom Sihanouk - 1991
Original Title: Je ne te reverrai plus o mon bien-aime Kampuchea!
Original Title – short English translation: I shall never see you again Oh my beloved Kampuchea!
Subject: This film tells the story of a Princess (Bopha), daughter of the King of Kampuchea (Cambodia), who marries the Crown Prince of Annam Le Duc. They have a young son Nguyen Chantrea. The Empress, who does not like Bopha, forces him to take up a second Annamese wife, Thi Bin, who also produces a son Pham Dong.
Date: 1991
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Korean with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Good |
F-15 |
VHS |
The Last Days of Colonel Savath – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1996
Original Title – short English translation: The Last Days of Colonel Savath
Subject: In this drama about the fall of Phnom Penh in 1975, Norodom Sihanouk, depicts the last days of the “Khmer Republic” with its military abdicating its authority and the hardline elements taking over, through the eyes of Colonel Savath who recognized the folly of his commanding officer, General Nop, but is powerless to stop him.
Date: 1995-1996
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (3 VHS)
Quality: Very good
Editorial note: This film incorporates old newsreel footage of the Khmer Rouge advance and final takeover of Phnom Penh. |
F-16 |
VHS |
An Ambition Reduced to Ashes – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1996
Original Title: An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
Subject: This film is a tale set in contemporary Cambodia. A young prince is told by his astrologer guru that he alone can save his country from the tragedies of the past twenty years. When the prince meets a beautiful young girl, the astrologer warns him that marriage is impossible as having sexual relations would break the spell preserving the prince’s youth, revealing his true age and causing his immediate death.
Date: 1995
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (2 VHS) US made copy
Quality: Excellent – Best available copy
Editorial note: In this film, made in Cambodia in 1995 Norodom Sihanouk conveys the message that love is stronger that political calculation and that uncontrolled ambition can led to disaster. |
F-17 |
VHS |
Peasants in Distress – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1994
Original Title: Peasants in Distress
Subject: This film tells the story of a brother and a sister whose parents were killed in the city forcing them to move to the country side where they live as simple peasants cultivating the land. One day their life is interrupted by the arrival of a group of members of the National Liberation Front who ask them for food and lodging.
Date: 1994
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (2 VHS) US made copy
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: In this film made in Cambodia in 1994, during a time of political intrigue and drama, is again a fiction film but based on actual events, Norodom Sihanouk intertwine political developments in his homeland with a romance to create a motion picture that gives much food for thought. It tells how ultranationalism can led only to distress. |
F-18 |
VHS |
Heir of a Vanquished Secessionist – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1996
Original Title: Heritier d’un Secessioniste Vaincu
Subject: In this film, Norodom Sihanouk tells the story of Prince Chanritiphong II, an ambitious prince, badly advised by his wife (Bophasneh) who reminds him that the King is responsible for the death of his late father, Chanritiphong I, who tried to secede from the Kingdom but was unsuccessful and, therefore, took his own life. Chanritiphong II challenges King Soryayutethor to a duel, during which he is killed.
Date: 1996
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Good |
F-19 |
VHS |
An Apostle of Non-Violence – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1996
Original Title: Un Apotre de la Non-Violence
Subject: This film tells the story of a Buddhist monk who tries to redress injustices through peaceful, non-violent means. In so doing, he upsets powerful figures of the country’s elite and he is murdered while trying to stop a violent confrontation.
Date: 1996
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer (no-subtitles)
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Good
Editorial note: In this film, Norodom Sihanouk, pays homage to Buddhist monks that have played a leading role in guiding Cambodian society through difficult times and who continue, at present, to defend the rights of the less privileged of Cambodian society. |
F-20 |
VHS |
The Great Assassination – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1998
Original Title: Le Grand Assassinat
Subject: This video-film examines the events that led to the coup of 18 March 1970 and its consequences culminating with the takeover of Cambodia by the fanatic ultranationalist Khmer Rouge.
Date: 1997-1998
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with French subtitles and English quotes
Copy or original: Copy (4 VHS)
Quality: Excellent - Best available copy |
F-21 |
VHS |
Husband and Wife in a former Life – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1998
Original Title: Mari et Femme dans une Vie Anterieure
Subject: This film tells the story of a peasant girl that believes she is married to Prince Soryavong, a long deceased Khmer prince, causing her village to believe that she is crazy. One day she finally meets Prince Suryavong who tells her that after their time together she must join a Buddhist monastery as a Nun.
Date: 1998
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with French subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Good |
F-22 |
VHS |
I Shall Wait – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 1998
Original Title: J’attendrai!
Original Title – short English translation: I Shall Wait!
Subject: A love story about two childhood friends, soul mates who are separated by life’s circumstances and who cannot but wait to see if they can ever be together.
Date: 1998
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with French subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 VHS)
Quality: Very good |
F-23 |
VHS/DVD |
The Ghost of my Beloved Wife – a film by Norodom Sihanouk -1993
Original Title: Le Fantome de ma Femme Bien-Aime
Subject: This film tells the story of Prince Chanreasmey whose wife, Tep-Apsara, died of cancer a year before but who has the extraordinary power of occasionally visiting him in the form of a living woman, visible only to him.
Date: 1993
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer - no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (2 VHS, 1 DVD)
Quality: Very good |
F-24 |
DVD |
The Royal Couple in excerpts of their films in the 1960s
Original Title: Le Couple Royal dans des extraits de leurs films
Subject: This DVD contains excerpts from four films by Norodom Sihanouk in which the then prince and his wife, Princess Monique (today Queen Mother Norodom Monineath) played leading roles. The films were: The Enchanted Forest (1967), Shadow over Angkor (1968), Twilight (1969) and Rose of Bokor (1969).
Date: 1967-1969
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with English/French subtitles
Copy or original: Original (1 DVD)
Quality: Very good |
F-25 |
DVD |
I Shall Wait – a film by Norodom Sihanouk -1998
Original Title: J’attendrai!
Original Title – short English translation: I Shall Wait!
Subject: A love story about two childhood friends, soul mates who are separated by life’s circumstances and who cannot but wait to see if they can ever be together.
Date: 1998
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer with French subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Very good |
F-26 |
DVD |
Aurore – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 2005
Original Title: Aurore
Original Title – short English translation: Aurore
Subject: This film is a love and intrigue story inspired by the renowned novel of Pierre Benoit “Koenigsmark”
Date: October 2005
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: A booklet in French and English comes with the DVD. |
F-27 |
DVD |
The Khmer “Cid” – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 2005
Original Title: Le Cid Khmer
Subject: This film is an adaptation in Khmer of the well-known Spanish epic “El Cid” and tells the story of Seiha, a young General in the Army, who is forced to kill his father-in-law to be at a duel.
Date: January 2005
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (3 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: In this Khmer adaptation of “El Cid”, Norodom Sihanouk has transported the traditions and intrigues of the Court of Castile (Spain) to a Cambodian Court of the past, while the Moors invaders have been replaced by the invaders of the former Kampuchea Krom (Southern Vietnam). A booklet in French and English comes with the DVD. |
F-28 |
DVD |
“Mekha et Akha” “You have a Niece, I have a Nephew!” –
Two comedy films by Norodom Sihanouk – January 2005
Original Title: I. Mekha et Akha II. Tu as une niece. J’ai un neveau.
Title – short English translation: I. Mekha and Akha II. You have a niece. I have a nephew.
Subject: These are two separate film-comedies. In the first one Norodom Sihanouk tells the story of a senior Minister of his maternal grandfather, King Sisowath Monivong, who spent a great deal of time with his concubines (Mekhas). In the second comedy, Norodom Sihanouk tells the story of a middle aged “Okhna”, who dances non-stop, at the restaurant where he is having dinner with his wife, with a much younger female from Hong Kong.
Date: January 2005
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (2 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: These two comedy films by Norodom Sihanouk were made at a time when there were many incidents in Cambodia related to the mistresses of senior officials of the government. |
F-29 |
DVD |
The Lake of Happiness – A film by Norodom Sihanouk - 2005
Original Title: Le Lac du Bonheur
Original Title – short English translation: The lake of Happiness
Subject: This film tells the story of a Prince that was left a beautiful castle by his parents but no money. A rich family wishes to marry their daughter to him in order that she can become a Princess but the Prince has decided to marry the daughter of the long-time servants of his parents
Date: 2005
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: This film was made in Cambodia and at the “Royal Residences” in Peking (China) and Pyongyang (North Korea). A booklet in French and English comes with the DVD. |
F-30 |
DVD |
Royal Cortege – a documentary by Norodom Sihanouk – 1967
Original Title: Cortege Royal
Subject: In this film, dedicated to French leader General Charles De Gaulle, Norodom Sihanouk shows the different stages of a Royal Cortege, as per the ancient traditions of the Cambodian Court.
Date: 1966
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Narrated in French
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Excellent. |
F-31 |
DVD |
The Chatelaine of Baraneath – a film by Norodom Sihanouk -2005
Original Title: La Chatelaine de Banareath
Title – short English translation: The Chatelaine of Banareath
Subject: This film was inspired by another novel of Pierre Benoit “The Chatelaine du Liban” and tells the story of a Countess who spies for her country’s intelligence services and how she uses “love” to get the secrets she wants.
Date: 2005
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no sub-titles
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial Note: A booklet in French and English comes with the DVD. |
F-32 |
DVD |
Arsina – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 2006
Original Title: Arsina
Original Title – short English translation: Arsina
Subject: This film made in North Korea and Cambodia in 2006 was inspired by the novel “Le Casino de Barbazan” by the well-known French writer Pierre Benoit. It tells the story of a Minister in a fictional Principality (i.e.; today’s Cambodia), who falls in love with a newly arrived singer from France.
Date: 2006
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Poor – After a few minutes it gets jammed.
Editorial note: A booklet in French and English comes with the DVD. |
F-33 |
DVD |
Khmer Ruy Blas – a film by Norodom Sihanouk – 2006
Original Title: Ruy Blas Khmer
Original Title – short English translation: The Khmer Ruy Blas
Subject: In this film made in Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk inspired himself in the romantic melodrama “Ruy Blas” by the great Victor Hugo. It tells the story of a mischievous Prime Minister, who secretly loves the Queen whom refuses to have anything to do with him.
Date: August 2006
Director: Norodom Sihanouk
Language of film: Khmer – no subtitles
Copy or original: Copy (1 DVD)
Quality: Excellent
Editorial note: In this film, Norodom Sihanouk draws attention to another problem affecting today’s Cambodia, that of uncontrolled logging. |