Movies and TvShows featuring "office-clerk" theme.
I Was Born, But... tells the story of two young boys who, after moving to a new neighborhood, confront a neighborhood bully and deal with the challenges of growing up. The film explores themes of loss of innocence, social order, and the self-absorption of adults in a humorous and poignant way.
Taking Sides is a drama movie set in post-World War II Berlin. The story revolves around Major Steve Arnold, a U.S. Army officer assigned to investigate Wilhelm Furtwängler, a famous German conductor accused of collaborating with the Nazi regime. As Arnold delves deeper into the case, he becomes conflicted as he uncovers the complexities of Furtwängler's actions during the war and the impact it had on his career. The movie explores themes of morality, art, and personal convictions.
Sunshine Barry, an office clerk, dreams of being in a music band. When he forms a band with a group of other worms, they encounter various challenges on their journey to become disco music stars in the 1970s.
The Black Hole is a surreal comedy about a bored office worker who becomes obsessed with the idea of stealing a chocolate bar from the office vending machine. As he plans his heist, he navigates the monotony and absurdity of office life, leading to unexpected consequences.
A bail bondsman falls in love with one of his "customers" — a gypsy girl, who's been accused of attempted murder.
Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.
Once Upon a Time is a delightful comedy set in a small town during World War II. Follow the misadventures of a stage manager, a con man, a circus performer, and a group of eccentric characters as they come together to put on a show that will capture the hearts of the community. With hilarious antics, unexpected friendships, and a touch of romance, this film reminds us that sometimes the greatest stories unfold right in front of our eyes.
In McDull, the Alumni, our protagonist has grown up. He is no longer the little boy who banters with his mates at school. How he wishes he could just go on bantering all day long with his mates at the renowned Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten. But that is not to be. Like all grown-ups, he has to grapple with harsh reality. McDull and his mates are scattered all over the place. Each one of them has to find his or her own path. In each of their hearts, they know they have failed. Meanwhile, life goes on in the kindergarten. Someone strums a guitar and the pupils chime in to the song: Puff the magic dragon, lives by the sea… A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys. With hindsight, McDull believes this could well be the maxim of the Flower on the Spring Field Kindergarten alumni.
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
In a small town during a war, the lives of its residents are disrupted when a military operation enters the picture. A bunch of misfits including a secretary-general, patrolman, municipal clerk, and a grocer, get tangled up in a series of chaotic events. The film humorously depicts the political incompetence and absurdity of war.
A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end up together to plan a heist.
In 1930s Italy, a poverty-stricken office clerk named Akaky Akakievich becomes fixated on getting a new overcoat. After saving up for it, he finally buys one and it transforms his life. However, tragedy strikes when his cherished overcoat is stolen, leading to a series of unexpected events.
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, now a lawyer, are the talk of San Francisco. Linda Gray is a mouse-like secretary to the elder Barnes who has fallen in love with Jimmy, but he favors actress Constance "Connie" Marlowe. Mr. Barnes dies and leaves everything to Linda but he has urged his partner, Alexander Duncan, to plan things so that Jimmy and Linda will get married. Coached by Duncan, Linda accepts the inheritance and announces that she is departing for New York on a wild spending spree. He tells Jimmy that the will can be broken but only after many months and he suggests that Jimmy follow Linda and curb her spending or there won't be any money left. In New York, Linda hires Jimmy as her private secretary. Connie also arrives in New York, as does the ingenious Baron Rene de Montigny with the intention of marrying the wealthy Miss Gray.
Don Cándido is a modest old office clerk who makes his first pool coming off of a bad streak at work. He has thirteen hits and wins a considerable sum of money. This causes him to be blinded by ambition, changing his character, spreading his newfound hobby to his family, and gambling becoming the center of his life.
Two friends try to tear out their lives from the clutches of idle. An existential study of ordinary lives led by two alienated urban white collar workers, Accidental Life was the only feature film of Ante Peterlić, Croatian film theorist and film critic. The film received mediocre reviews and went largely unnoticed after its release, but has been reevaluated decades later as one of the best Croatian films ever made.