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A Samurai's Sorrow
A Samurai's Sorrow
A rare grouping of the three Tamura brothers, Masakazu, Takahiro, and Ryu highlight this exciting tale of a series of attempts on the life of Shogun Yoshimune. The Owari have longed for the post of shogun, and are willing to do anything, including murder, in order to achieve their goal. Directed by master filmmaker Inoue Akira, this action packed movie, based on a manga by Koike Kazuo who created the Baby Cart (Lone Wolf) series, is loaded with splendid swordplay and an intelligent story line. It all starts when poison is discovered in the shogun’s food. Can the brilliant swordsman Mondo (Tamura Masakazu) manage to save Japan’s leader from certain death?!
A Samurai's Sorrow 1993
I Beheld His Glory
I Beheld His Glory
Cornelius is a Roman Centurion who, upon orders from the Apostle Thomas, is sent to proclaim the glories of Christ. Cornelius recounts Jesus' Entry in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Crucifixion, and His appearance before Mary Magdalene.
I Beheld His Glory 1953
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains
The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again...
Tenguri, Boy of the Plains 1977
The Fifth Musketeer
The Fifth Musketeer
King Louis XIV has without his knowledge a twin brother, Philippe, but when he is told, he immediately locks up his brother in the Bastille. The king wants to increase his popularity and stages an assassination against himself where Philippe is dressed as king Louis. But Philippe manages to escape the assassination and everybody believes him to be the real king...
The Fifth Musketeer 1979
Sasaki Kojiro
Sasaki Kojiro
Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Otani Tomoemon gives a brilliant performance as Sasaki Kojiro, who rises from humble beginnings to national fame, and a young Toshiro Mifune appears as the legendary master swordsman Miyamoto Musashi for the first time and essentially sets the standard for future portrayals.This masterpiece is based on the original story as written by noted author Murakami Genzo and is far superior to any other versions. Following Kojiro from his earliest days through his fateful meeting with Musashi, this movie is filled with exciting and dramatic moments culminating in the best version of the final duel ever seen on film.
Sasaki Kojiro 1950
Bagage
Bagage
Bagage 2016
In the Dusk
In the Dusk
Lithuania, 1948. War is over, but the country is left in ruins. 19-year-old Untė is a member of the Partisan movement resisting Soviet occupation. They do not fight on equal terms, but this desperate struggle will determine the future of the whole population. At the age of discovery of life, Untė discovers violence and treachery. The lines are blurred between the burning passion of his youth and the cause for which he is fighting. He will invest himself wholeheartedly, even if it means losing his innocence…
In the Dusk 2019
Die BILD-Geschichte - Die geheimen Archive von Ex-Chef Kai Diekmann
Die BILD-Geschichte - Die geheimen Archive von Ex-Chef Kai Diekmann
Die BILD-Geschichte - Die geheimen Archive von Ex-Chef Kai Diekmann 2023
Kochuu
Kochuu
A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future, traditions, nature, concrete, gardens and high-tech, KOCHUU tells us how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. Interviews with, and works by, Japanese architects Tadad Ando, Kisho Kurokawa, Toyo Ito and Kazuo Shinohara and Scandinavian architects Sverre Fehn, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa.
Kochuu 2003
Disaster at Chernobyl
Disaster at Chernobyl
The explosion at Chernobyl was ten times worse than the Hiroshima bomb and was due to a combination of human error and imperfect technology. An account of the sixty critical minutes prior to the explosion of the nuclear power plant on the night of April 26, 1986.
Disaster at Chernobyl 2004
Guilty of Treason
Guilty of Treason
The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II and the Communist regime that replaced it after the war.
Guilty of Treason 1950
Phoenix
Phoenix
Hi no Tori is a collection of stories that all have something in common. The Phoenix, whose blood is believed to give an eternal life to one who drinks it. Therefore many seek to kill it, but as the Phoenix of the tale, it's reborn from the ashes. Stories take place in future and the past, where humans fight with each other as always, and everyone is afraid to die. But still, every story teaches a lesson: Life is beginning of an eternity, an never-ending cycle.
Phoenix 2004
The Glass Rabbit
The Glass Rabbit
The period of late World War II, Toshiko was living in downtown Tokyo with her family. Japan was more towards losing the War at the time and people were suffering with lack of materials. On March 10th 1945, she lost her mother and two younger sisters by the bombing in Tokyo. She picked up "Glass Rabbit", which shape was changed by the fire, out of the wreck one day and she experienced the terror of the War. Moreover when she had to evacuate to the suburbs, her father was killed by US army on the way at the station. Now that she became all alone, she felt so lonely and despaired that she almost found no meaning to be alive. But despite of her loneliness and sorrow, she aroused herself, thinking about all her family who were gone. "I must survive for my family.... Otherwise, who will be visiting their grave." This is the story of one girl, which should not be forgotten.
The Glass Rabbit 2005
Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa
Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa
Exploits of Heisuke Isokawa 1942
The Price of Fame
The Price of Fame
Ted DiBiase Jr. takes a journey through pro-wrestlings past to tell the faith-based story of his father's rise, fall and redemption.
The Price of Fame 2017
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
An immersion into the life and writings of the extraordinary American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-82), whose outstanding work predicted like no other the dystopian debacle toward which the chaotic world of the 21st century is inevitably heading.
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick 2016
Théo et Marie
Théo et Marie
After the arrest of his mother, who is accused of collaboration, 14-year-old Theo decides to go join his grandfather in Paris. On the road he meets Marie, an 11 year old orphan.
Théo et Marie 1998
Shogun
Shogun
An English navigator becomes both pawn and player in the deadly political games in feudal Japan.
Shogun 1980
The Principal Enemy
The Principal Enemy
A guerrilla group arrives in an indigenous community of the Peruvian sierra with the intention of recruiting volunteers.
The Principal Enemy 1974
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Ten years before her death, Joan hears voices. Six years later, from the village of Domremy, she begins her mission to unite France under King Charles. First she leads a defense of Vaucouleurs against the Burgundians, then obtains safe passage to Charles, the Dauphin. He uses her, as the embodiment of the mythical "Maid of Lorraine," to raise an army, and he sends her to the rescue of Orléans. After Charles is crowned, Joan leads a disastrous campaign in Paris, where her brother dies. Then she's the victim of Charles's manipulations: she's captured in Burgundy, sold to the English, examined by Bishop Cauchon, found a heretic by the Inquisition, and burned at the stake.
Joan of Arc 1999
Ben Hur
Ben Hur
About the struggle between the Roman Empire and its rebellious conquest Judaea, and two best friends caught in a terrible moment in history.
Ben Hur 2010
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre
Peplum: la folle histoire du mariage de Cléopâtre 2019
One Step to Hell
One Step to Hell
A British colonial policeman in Africa, circa 1900, pursues a band of escaped killers across territory so wild, it lies just "one step to hell."
One Step to Hell 1969
Masada
Masada
After the destruction of the Second Temple, 900 Jewish zealots hold out against a 5000 man Roman legion on the mountaintop fortress of Masada.
Masada 1981
Ben Hur
Ben Hur
The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Ben Hur 1907
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Join critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss as they discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics.
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss 2012
The Lost Arcade
The Lost Arcade
Chinatown Fair opened as a penny arcade on Mott Street in 1944. Over the decades, the dimly lit gathering place, known for its tic-tac-toe playing chicken, became an institution, surviving turf wars between rival gangs, changing tastes and the explosive growth of home gaming systems like Xbox and Playstation that shuttered most other arcades in the city. But as the neighborhood gentrified, this haven for a diverse, unlikely community faced its strongest challenge, inspiring its biggest devotees to next-level greatness.
The Lost Arcade 2015
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger
Based on the historical figure of Nobutora, the father of the famous Warring States period general Takeda Shingen. Takeda Shingen has proven himself in battle but there’s an even more capable person in his family, his father Nobutora (lit. Samurai Tiger). The son exiles the father and so the old patriarch goes to Suruga to serve the Ashikaga shogun in Kyoto. Decades later, Nobutora, now 80 years old, learns that Shingen is in trouble and the old man returns home to keep the Takeda family alive as a new leader seeks to usurp leadership of the Takeda’s and starts a fight with the great warlord, Oda Nobunaga.
Nobutora - Samurai Tiger 2021
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Brooklyn-born Ruth Gruber became the youngest PhD in the world before going on to become an international foreign correspondent and photojournalist at age 24. She defied tradition in an extraordinary career that spanned several decades. The first journalist to enter the Soviet Arctic in 1935, Ruth also traveled to Alaska as a member of the Roosevelt administration in 1942, escorted Holocaust refugees to America in 1944, covered the Nuremberg trials in 1946, and documented the Haganah ship 'Exodus' in 1947. Her relationships with world leaders gave her unique access and insight. This documentary interweaves verite scenes with archival footage.
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber 2010
Carmen
Carmen
Feyder's scenario very closely follows Don José's own account of his story and his fatal relation with the gypsy Carmen in the third chapter of Mérimée's short novel.
Carmen 1926
True Women
True Women
True Women is a sweeping saga of love, war and adventure. Spanning five decades from the Texas Revolution through the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, True Women is the story of the love, friendship, survival and triumphs
True Women 1997
Il cardinale Lambertini
Il cardinale Lambertini
Papal aspirant "Cardinal Lamberti" has to tread a fine line between the powerful Duke of Montimar and doing the right thing by a young couple in love in late 1730s Bologna.
Il cardinale Lambertini 1954
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.
Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1966
North and South, Book I
North and South, Book I
Two friends, one northern and one southern, struggle to maintain their friendship as events build towards the American Civil War.
North and South, Book I 1985
Lenin in Paris
Lenin in Paris
Lenin in Paris 1981
Cryptoqueen: The OneCoin Scam
Cryptoqueen: The OneCoin Scam
When, in 2014, the charismatic German-Bulgarian Ruja Ignatova introduced OneCoin, a new cryptocurrency, she claimed that it was destined to become the world's most important digital currency and would change the course of history.
Cryptoqueen: The OneCoin Scam 2022
Ein weites Herz
Ein weites Herz
Ein weites Herz 2013
Mont Saint-Michel: The Enigmatic Labyrinth
Mont Saint-Michel: The Enigmatic Labyrinth
Over the centuries, Mont Saint-Michel, an extraordinary island located in the delta of the Couesnon River, in Normandy, France, a place floating between the sea and the sky, has been a sanctuary, an abbey, a fortress and a prison. But how was this architectural wonder built?
Mont Saint-Michel: The Enigmatic Labyrinth 2017
Atçalı Kel Mehmet
Atçalı Kel Mehmet
Atçalı Kel Mehmet 2017
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
The Real American: Joe McCarthy
An unflinching look at the rise and fall of one of the most infamous political figures in US history.
The Real American: Joe McCarthy 2012