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Datta
Datta
Based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic 'Datta', Banamali proposes his daughter Bijoya's hand to his childhood friend's son, Narendra. But, Bijoya is attracted to Bilas and has always been skeptical about Narendra. However, when Bijoya meets Narendra, her feelings take a turn towards the unexpected.
Datta 2023
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party
The true story of the seven weeks that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy demonstrations were violently and bloodily repressed. Thousands of people died, but the basis for China's future was definitely planted.
Tiananmen: The People Versus the Party 2019
The Fir Trees Remain
The Fir Trees Remain
The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved in this scheme, and the aim is to destroy the Date family. Tsunamune's brother Munekatsu Date who is willing to take over the family doesn't know the real purpose of Utanokami and helps him. Munesuku Harada gets to know the whole picture of the incident and takes action alone for the sake of protecting the Date family, leaving his own family. His lonely fight continues for 10 years and he got in danger in Utanokamike's house, and...
The Fir Trees Remain 1983
Je suis né à 17 ans
Je suis né à 17 ans
Thierry is a former battered child, who has managed to build himself up despite the violence he has suffered. But the childhood traumas are still present, generating anguish and a perpetual lack of self-confidence. The announcement of the imminent death of the guilty father of the brutalities, and with whom Thierry broke all relation, sounds the hour of the accounts. The moment has come for him to put his memory and his feelings in order.
Je suis né à 17 ans 2023
The Warrior's Brother
The Warrior's Brother
13th century France. To live, to survive, requires weapons. Which do you choose? Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill? Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal? Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle. Alongside, and coming between them, a woman... Thomas, the mercenary, his body marked by scars of varying degrees of valor, left the family farm many years ago. When he returns, his mother, the local healer, is dead. She passed on her skills to her younger son, Arnaud. But he has lost his memory after a beating from a gang of ruthless outlaws. And so, Arnaud's young and defiantly resourceful wife, Guillemette, must persuade Thomas to help her in the quest for lost knowledge.
The Warrior's Brother 2002
The Shadow of the Strongman
The Shadow of the Strongman
Post-revolucionary Mexico. War secretary Hilario Jiménez is chosen as the candidate for presidency, but he isn't so sure about it, because he knows that his boss and current president, El Caudillo, has chosen a second one.
The Shadow of the Strongman 1960
Dharmputra
Dharmputra
The story of two families — one Muslim and one Hindu — living together in India under British rule.
Dharmputra 1961
Das Grab der Schamanin - Ein Geheimnis aus der Steinzeit
Das Grab der Schamanin - Ein Geheimnis aus der Steinzeit
Das Grab der Schamanin - Ein Geheimnis aus der Steinzeit 2024
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
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Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band
A confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band 2020
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus
This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.
Further Prophecies of Nostradamus 1942
Bonjour Tristesse, Hello Scandal: The Raunchy Book That Shocked France
Bonjour Tristesse, Hello Scandal: The Raunchy Book That Shocked France
Summer 1953. Françoise Sagan, a young French girl, begins writing Bonjour Tristesse. A few months later she becomes a published author, while France is scandalized by her frank description of female youthful sexuality.
Bonjour Tristesse, Hello Scandal: The Raunchy Book That Shocked France 2022
Zatoichi Live
Zatoichi Live
Takashi Miike directs a stage version of Zatoichi, the tale of the blind swordsman.
Zatoichi Live 2008
Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America
Takamine is a biopic about Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the late biochemist known for successfully crystallizing and isolating adrenaline, which is also called epinephrine. Dubbed the father of modern biotechnology, Takamine also produced Takadiastase, a digestive enzyme still used as an ingredient in medicines. He was also enthusiastic about establishing friendly relations between Japan and the United States. He was responsible for a gift of 3,000 cherry trees in the U.S. capital, Washington D.C.
Takamine - The Man By Which Cherry Blossoms Bloomed in America 2011
Challenge of the Gladiator
Challenge of the Gladiator
Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.
Challenge of the Gladiator 1965
実録 新選組
実録 新選組
実録 新選組 2014
The Lancaster at War
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The Lancaster at War
The incredible story of the Avro Lancaster, one of the finest bombers of the Second World War, which played a crucial role in the long and savage campaign to defeat Hitler's Third Reich. This documentary features interviews with surviving veterans of Bomber Command, who share frank personal accounts of their part in an aerial battle of attrition which claimed the lives of 55'000 aircrew.
The Lancaster at War 2009
Le Jour Où J'ai Grandi
Le Jour Où J'ai Grandi
Le Jour Où J'ai Grandi 2024
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda
A dynamic story depicting the rise to power of Oda Nobunaga. The story of a young man on the battlefields of the Sengoku era, who possessed character and courage, and who became a great commander and ruler, while some called him a great dictator. A film adaptation of the novel by Sohachi Yamaoka.
Young Ruddy Warrior: Nobunaga Oda 1955
Ermak
Ermak
The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.
Ermak 1997
Shivrayancha Chhava
Shivrayancha Chhava
Aurangzeb wished to turn Burhanpur into the capital city and appointed Bahadur Khan as the Subhedar who made the lives of its residents miserable. Unable to tolerate this, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj raids the city and saves the people from the unjust rule.
Shivrayancha Chhava 2024
The Russian Woodpecker
Prime Video
The Russian Woodpecker
As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.
The Russian Woodpecker 2015
Washington's Armor: The Journey
Washington's Armor: The Journey
Follows the trajectory of George Washington as a boy and a young man as he develops his relationships and ideals.
Washington's Armor: The Journey 2022
Who Will Write Our History?
Who Will Write Our History?
Documentary about a group of Jews, who collected and hid a lot of stories and documents about everyday jewish life in the Warsaw Getto.
Who Will Write Our History? 2018
Martha Liebermann
Martha Liebermann
Berlin, 1943, during World War II. Martha Liebermann, an elderly upper-class Jewish woman, faces the decision of her life: should the widow of the world-famous and revered painter Max Liebermann continue to try to obtain an exit permit from the Nazis or, with the help of a resistance group, should she flee to Switzerland?
Martha Liebermann 2022
Children of Glory
Children of Glory
Children of Glory will commemorate Hungary's heroic Revolution of 1956, and takes place in Budapest and at the Melbourne Olympic Games in October and November of that year. While Soviet tanks were destroying Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team was winning over the Soviets in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, in what has been described as the bloodiest water polo match in history.
Children of Glory 2006
Sultan Agung
Sultan Agung
The story of Sultan Agung Hanyakrakusuma, the king of Mataram when he was still a teenager until he becomes a king.
Sultan Agung 2018
Paul Rusch: His Life and Dream
Paul Rusch: His Life and Dream
An animated film about Paul Rusch, an American missionary who helped build churches, schools, hospitals in Japan and overall helped improve life in rural areas of Japan along with soothing post-WW2 relations between the two countries.
Paul Rusch: His Life and Dream 2002
Squadron of Flying Hussars
Squadron of Flying Hussars
A story about a colonel Denis Davydov - hero of the 1812 war.
Squadron of Flying Hussars 1981
Trials and Tribulations (Prüfungen und Trübsal)
Trials and Tribulations (Prüfungen und Trübsal)
Trials and Tribulations is a film project that aims to captivate the audience with a knight's tale centred around an impossible mission. From the very beginning, my intention was to create a visually stunning experience by incorporating large-scale slow cinematic shots. The concept was simple yet powerful, as I wanted to explore the art of cinematography and utilise a deliberate slow tempo to enhance the atmosphere and drive the storytelling.
Trials and Tribulations (Prüfungen und Trübsal) 2023
The Lark
The Lark
Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.
The Lark 1957
Die Braut
Die Braut
The relationship between Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, and Christiane Vulpius, a village girl, is one of the instantaneous and fiery passion. They lived together for 28 years, 18 of these living in sin, 10 a married couple. Christiane's rival, Charlotte von Stein, a former favorite of Goethe, begins plotting and scheming against her. Christiane puts up with countless insults and humiliations like having to 'disappear' with their son into the servants' quarters and to stay at home on official occasions. Goethe marries her when she saves his life during an attack by plundering Napoleonic soldiers. Her new social position as Goethe's wife is resented and envied by all. When she is openly attacked by the snooty, jealous people, Goethe is only half-hearted in coming to her defence. But she stays with him for he is her great love, even when she turns to the charms of many youthful admirers...
Die Braut 1999
Combat America
Combat America
Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.
Combat America 1943
The King and His Vassal
The King and His Vassal
This is a story of "Takechiyo," the previous name of Iemitsu Tokunaga, the third Shogun (General). Takechiyo got sick of daily run-of-the-mill tasks, and it put him off being the Shogun, saying "there is no truth". Then, Hikozaemon Ookubo took him to Tasuke Isshin to bring him up into a full-fledged and admirable man.
The King and His Vassal 1981
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War
This one-hour documentary takes viewers through an evolution of African American involvement over the course of the Civil War through the stories of some of the most crucial and significant figures of the day including Harriet Tubman, Robert Smalls, Frederick Douglass, the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and the most celebrated regiment of black soldiers during the Civil War, the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War 2022
Peacock
Peacock
A twisted gay romance set in the 19th Century picturesque Bohemia telling a tabooed true story of birth of one of the nation's most influential writers, starring Julius Feldmeier. Suspense, laughter, violence, hope, heart, nudity, sex and a happy ending—mostly a happy ending.
Peacock 2024
21 rue la Boétie
21 rue la Boétie
21 rue la Boétie 2017
Drums in the Deep South
Prime Video
Drums in the Deep South
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
Drums in the Deep South 1951
Byron
Byron
Life and adventures of lord George Gordon Byron. BBC dramatization of the poet's final thirteen years
Byron 2003
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.
Stanley and Livingstone 1939
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom
In pre-Spanish era Philippines, a young native princess with goddess-like beauty falls in love with a dashing Spanish soldier. Against all odds, and pulled apart by their loyalties to their own people, they fight for their clandestine romance.
1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom 2023