TCM Schedule for Monday February 17, 2025 - 31 Days of Oscar - Oscar Worthy Politicians

Daytime features Foreign Film winners/nominees.

(all times Eastern)

7:00 AM Loves of a Blonde (1966)
1h 28m | Comedy | TV-14
A young woman from a small Czech town falls for a piano-playing soldier at a local dance and travels with him to Prague, where his parents disapprove of the coupling.
Director: Milos Foreman. Cast: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík

8:30 AM The Virgin Spring (1960)
1h 27m | Drama | TV-14
A medieval knight seeks revenge when his daughter is murdered.
Director: Ingmar Bergman. Cast: Max Von Sydow, Birgitta Pettersson, Birgitta Valberg

10:00 AM Kapo (1959)
1h 56m | Drama | TV-14
A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo. Cast: Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva

12:00 PM The Burmese Harp (1956)
1h 56m | War | TV-PG
A Japanese musician keeps up the spirits of his fellow soldiers as they flee Burma during World War II.
Director: Kon Ichikawa. Cast: Rentaro Mikuni, Tanie Kitabayashi, Shoji Yasui

2:00 PM Babette's Feast (1987)
1h 45m | Comedy | TV-PG
A French refugee in Denmark transforms the lives of the elderly women for whom she works.
Director: Gabriel Axel. Cast: Sttphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel

4:00 PM Mon Oncle (1958)
2h | Comedy | TV-14
A bumbler who prefers the simple life takes on the newfangled gadgets in his nephew's home.
Director: Jacques Tati. Cast: Jacques Tati, Jean-pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie

6:00 PM La Strada (1954)
1h 55m | Drama | TV-PG
A traveling strongman buys a peasant girl to be his wife and co-star.
Director: Federico Fellini. Cast: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart

8:00 PM All the King's Men (1949)
1h 49m | Drama | TV-PG
A backwoods politician rises to the top only to become corrupted.
Director: Robert Rossen. Cast: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Joanne Dru

10:00 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
2h 10m | Drama | TV-G
An idealistic Senate replacement takes on political corruption.
Director: Frank Capra. Cast: Jean Arthur, James Stewart, Claude Rains

12:15 AM The Best Man (1964)
1h 42m | Drama | TV-PG
Two presidential hopefuls get caught up in the dirty side of politics.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner. Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams

2:15 AM Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
1h 50m | Drama | TV-G
An exploration into the domestic and political life of former president, Abraham Lincoln.
Director: John Cromwell. Cast: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon

4:15 AM Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
2h 23m | Drama | TV-G
After a bout with polio, future president Franklin Roosevelt fights to save his political career.
Director: Vincent J. Donehue. Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn