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Liberata
Liberata
March 1943. In the middle of the Italian occupation of Corsica, two Communist resistance brothers strategically link up with two Italian trouffions in order to get the information necessary to organize the parachute drops on the Balagne. A real friendship is born between these men, the first steps of the reversal of the situation and of the alliance that followed the Allied landing in Ajaccio in September of the same year.
Liberata 2005
Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema
Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema
On February 26, 1920, Robert Wiene's world-famous film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin. To this day, it is considered a manifesto of German expressionism; a legend of cinema and a key work to understand the nature of the Weimar Republic and the constant political turmoil in which a divided society lived after the end of the First World War.
Caligari: When Horror Came to Cinema 2014
Я, Франциск Скорина...
Я, Франциск Скорина...
A film about the Belarusian publisher and educator Francis (Georgy) Skaryna, who lived in the first half of the 16th century, the founder of the first Belarusian printing house in Vilnius and the author of fundamental research in the field of linguistics.
Я, Франциск Скорина... 1970
Love Stories of the Pale Night
Love Stories of the Pale Night
A man living between dream and reality, making the woman he fell in love with as a statue and falling in love with her and then killing her in his dreams.
Love Stories of the Pale Night 1966
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour
Jeanne Poisson, the headstrong, ambitious, witty and erudite, catches the eye and heart of French King Louis XV at a costumed ball. She masters the art of seduction well enough to become accepted even by the Queen, corpulent mother of ten. As a sensibly chosen Royal 'favorite' mistress she is soon ennobled Marquise of Pompadour to facilitate her introduction at court. The immature dauphin (crown prince) proves a bitter and unrelenting enemy, joined by his imposed Saxon bride, and his sister at her deathbed. Although friends at court help Pompadour return, her health gives way.
Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour 2006
The Laws of War
The Laws of War
During WW2, in a Nazi-occupied country, a local partisan blows-up a German military train, prompting the Germans to take civilian hostages to be shot if the culprit doesn't surrender before a deadline.
The Laws of War 1961
A Wall in Jerusalem
A Wall in Jerusalem
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of struggle for religious freedom is vividly recorded using rare archive film footage and photographs of historic events in the development of 20th century Israel. Beginning with the Dreyfus Affair in 1894, the film covers Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism; the earliest immigration and settlements; the formation of kibbutzim; the Balfour Declaration; the rise of European anti-Semitism; the British occupation of Palestine; Arab confrontations; the United Nations resolution; the "Exodus" incident, and the Six Day War.
A Wall in Jerusalem 1972
Chess!
Chess!
An attempt to a reconstruct of a chess game between Alexander Bogdanov and Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin. Capri Italy. Tuesday April 28. 1908. The Villa of Russian Author Gorki.
Chess! 2010
Hacking at Leaves
Hacking at Leaves
Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in Durango, Colorado, that made significant contributions to worldwide COVID relief efforts. But things go awry when Uncle Sam interferes with the film's production.
Hacking at Leaves 2024
Radetzkymarsch
Radetzkymarsch
The story of the Trotta family during the rise and fall of the Austrian-Hungary empire. Based upon the novel by Joseph Roth.
Radetzkymarsch 1965
Sarı Zeybek
Sarı Zeybek
From the famous Turkish journalist, Can Dündar narrates the last 300 days of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The documentary features the stories and mails from the friends of Atatürk who is the founder of Turkish Republic and also led the Turkish army in the Turkish War of Independence
Sarı Zeybek 1993
The Warsaw Debut
The Warsaw Debut
Polish composer Stanisław Moniuszko fights for the right to stage his opera "Halka".
The Warsaw Debut 1951
Hella W
Hella W
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
Hella W 2011
Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant
Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant
In 1892, Jean Jaurès, a republican deputy from the bourgeoisie, supported the miners' strike in Carmaux, in the south of France.
Jean Jaurès, naissance d'un géant 2005
Antar the Black Prince
Antar the Black Prince
Based on the life and legend of Antarah ibn Shaddad, a 6th century poet and hero whose poetic works are considered among the greatest in the Arab language.
Antar the Black Prince 1961
Banquet at Hongmen
Banquet at Hongmen
A retelling of the fateful Feast at Swan Goose Gate, a historical event that involved two rebel leaders opposing the Qin dynasty.
Banquet at Hongmen 2005
Liao Zhai Fox Spirit: Spoony Woman
Liao Zhai Fox Spirit: Spoony Woman
The scholar Wang Zifu fell in love with the girl Ying Ning at first sight. By coincidence, he found Ying Ning's residence and the two became husband and wife. The scholar's mother was afraid of Ying Ning. After learning that he was a fox demon, she separated the two of them
Liao Zhai Fox Spirit: Spoony Woman 2023
Tongan Ark
Tongan Ark
Ancient philosophy, opera and Tongan culture come together in this intimate portrait of a teacher, his school and his people as they navigate a sea of repression and doubt in a small but troubled Pacific island kingdom.
Tongan Ark 2012
Primo Levi's Journey
Primo Levi's Journey
In February, 1945, Primo Levi (1919-1987) and other Auschwitz survivors set off for home. The journey took more then eight months. Sixty years later, a film crew retraces Levi's steps. Levi's words, mainly from "The Truce" (1963), tell us what he experienced. In turn, we see Poland's hollow post-war factories, nationalism in the Ukraine, Soviet-style Communism in Belarus, the abandoned town of Prypiat (Chernobyl), poverty and emigration from Moldavia, Italian factories in Romania, and on across Hungary and Slovakia to Munich where Levi's rage found no listeners. Then home to Turin. An aged Mario Rigoni Stern remembers his friend. What has changed? Some issues of the war remain unsettled.
Primo Levi's Journey 2006
Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter
Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter
An account of the life of the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653), the first female artist to get international acclaim, recognized as a modern icon, due to her personality and her unyielding defense of her professional integrity.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Warrior Painter 2020
The Emma Bovary Trial
The Emma Bovary Trial
On January 31, 1857, the French writer Gustave Flaubert (1821-80) took his place in the dock for contempt of public morality and religion. The accused, the real one, is, through him, Emma Bovary, heroine with a thousand faces and a thousand desires, guilty without doubt of an unforgivable desire to live.
The Emma Bovary Trial 2021
Operation Anthropoid - Eliminate the SS Heydrich
Operation Anthropoid - Eliminate the SS Heydrich
A documentary looking at Operation Anthropoid during World War II.
Operation Anthropoid - Eliminate the SS Heydrich 2014
Talking the Pictures
Talking the Pictures
Set at a movie theater in a small village around 100 years ago. Silent films are play at the movie theater. A young man aspires to become a benshi, a performer that provides live narration to silent films.
Talking the Pictures 2019
Dede Korkut Hikayeleri: Bamsı Beyrek
Dede Korkut Hikayeleri: Bamsı Beyrek
Dede Korkut Hikayeleri: Bamsı Beyrek 2017
Magistrate of the Floating World
Magistrate of the Floating World
Kodaira Mochizuki has come from Edo to keep Horisoto secure.
Magistrate of the Floating World 1981
Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan
The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Japanese leaders; and how and why officials in Washington prevented Emperor Hirohito to be seen sat on the bench.
Tokyo Trial: Judging Japan 2016
Caucasian Prisoner
Caucasian Prisoner
Officer Zhilin, a Caucasus officer, receives a letter from his mother and returns home. He and another Russian officer are attacked by mountaineers, and Zhilin is captured without ransom money.
Caucasian Prisoner 1975
Flood in the Desert
Flood in the Desert
Explore the 1928 collapse of the St. Francis Dam, the second deadliest disaster in California history. A colossal engineering and human failure, the dam was built by William Mulholland, a self-taught engineer who ensured the growth of Los Angeles by bringing the city water via aqueduct. The catastrophe killed more than 400 people and destroyed millions of dollars of property.
Flood in the Desert 2022
Olimpia
Olimpia
The film tells the story of Raquel, Rodolfo and Hernán, members of a brigade at the UNAM during the student movement in Mexico in 1968. Through their photographs, films and writings, we will know the history of the day that the army took the university and how their students united, shouted and never forgot.
Olimpia 2018
Bodo
Bodo
The story of Eugeniusz Bodo, a famous Polish actor and singer, who was at the peak of his career in 1930s.
Bodo 2017
Yakuza Princess of Edo
Yakuza Princess of Edo
Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called Kongomaru, which was planned to be presented to the shogun Iemitsu, but he died due to a yakuza attack. In addition, the sword was stolen, and Ochiyo 's sister was also kidnapped... A humorous historical drama directed by Eiichi Kudo, starring Hibari Misora and Kotaro Satomi. Hibari Misora plays a male princess and shows off her charming appearance with stylish songs and dances.
Yakuza Princess of Edo 1961
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo
In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumored, drove the previous champion (Kazuma’s father) to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is also very much a coward, holing himself up in an inn run by the kindly Okinu (Kinuyo Tanaka) and generally avoiding confrontation of any sort. Despite his clandestine manner, enough of the locals know of Kazuma’s purpose and an attempt is made on his life. He is saved by Karatsu Kanbei (Kazuo Hasegawa), a samurai who offers to help Kazuma hone his archery skills, though it soon becomes clear that this apparently selfless stranger has several potentially shady ulterior motives.
A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo 1945
Countdown to War
Countdown to War
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between UK, France, Poland, Nazi-Germany and USSR from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
Countdown to War 1989
Bloodstained Memoirs
Bloodstained Memoirs
Bloodstained Memoirs is a professional wrestling documentary released in 2009. It is compiled by interviews featuring wrestlers synonymous with different eras in wrestling ('70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s) and different wrestling regions (USA, Canada, Japan, and Mexico). Production was filmed in the UK, USA, France, Japan, and Italy.
Bloodstained Memoirs 2009
REDAKT
REDAKT
A soldier is informed that enemies are headed towards his post, only moments before they arrive.
REDAKT 2023
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
The story of Col. Paul Tibbets and his crew who flew the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, bringing World War II to a close.
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb 1980
The Real Haunted Mansion 2
The Real Haunted Mansion 2
The Real Haunted Mansion 2 explores the rich history and investigates the ghostly activity for the first time at an historic Gothic Iowa Mansion with a team of Historians and Paranormal Investigators.
The Real Haunted Mansion 2 2023
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the middle of which unfolds the fate of the city executioner Jiří, who longs to break free from his destiny and become a proper burgher. He is not heard, but he manages to expose the iniquities and their culprits, reunites a hard-pressed couple in love and his undeniable merits for the city and eventually bring him luck.
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice 1944
Ballad of Khevsureti
Ballad of Khevsureti
When Imeda’s father is killed in a blood revenge accident, the family moves him to the city where he is sheltered at his father’s friend. After fifteen year he gets back to Khevsureti. A talented painter, he spends most of his time doing sketches of nature and people. There he meets a local beauty, Mzekala and fells in love with her but finds out that Torghva is also in love with her. Enraged by Imeda’s impudence Torghva calls him for a sword fight and is killed by Imeda. To avoid another round of blood revenge, the villagers let Imeda and Mzekala out of the village but someone who wants Imeda’s blood finds it out and follows them.
Ballad of Khevsureti 1966
31st October
31st October
On 31st October 1984, Prime Minister of India gets assassinated by her Sikh Security Guards. Politicians use this incident to spark public hatred towards the Sikhs labeling them as traitors. Devender Singh and his family are stuck in their house as their city plummets. In 24 hours of uncertain oscillations, helplessness and with their relatives dying and neighbors turning hostile, Devender's family seek help from their Hindu friends who live across town. As Pal, Tilak, and Yogesh travel to save Devender's family, they come face-to-face with the destruction of humanity. They witness the carnage and the moral corruption that makes men turn into savages. In their attempt at ferrying Devender's family to safety, Pal, Tilak, and Yogesh must face their own demons first.
31st October 2016