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Subash Chandra Bose
Subash Chandra Bose
Subash Chandra Bose is a Patriotic action darma based movie in which Ashok (Venkatesh) working in a TV channel with his girl friend Anita (Genelia), covers the meeting of a politician (Prakash Raj). By seeing Prakash Raj there, Ashok gets images from the bygone era. In a flash back, it is revealed that in the year 1946, a man named Subash Chandra Bose alias Chandram (Venkatesh) fights against local British officer (Gulshan Grover). Subash Chandra Bose worships the real freedom fighter Subash Chandra Bose. When the state governor (Tom Alter) comes to Chintapalli along with his daughter Diana for a brief vacation, Subash Chandra Bose welcomes him by blowing up the water tank in his palace.
Subash Chandra Bose 2005
Cefalonia
Cefalonia
Cefalonia tells the real story about what happened in September 1943 on the Greek island of Kefalonia (Cefalonia in Italian), when the 12,000 men in the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division, following Italy's surrender to the Allied, refused to put themselves under German command and also refused to surrender their weapons. The local German force, supported by Stuka dive-bombers and additional troops, attacked the Italians and after several days of combat the Italians surrendered, having lost 1,300 men. As punishment, the German High Command ordered that all surviving Italians should be executed. Some 5,000 were executed during a week of killings. A handful were rescued by locals and the Greek guerrilla, while the rest were shipped off as prisoners, whereof 3,000 drowned when their ships hit mines. The film "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is based on a novel about the Italian occupation of Cefalonia, but the massacre was much toned down in the Hollywood version.
Cefalonia 2005
Underwater Warrior
Underwater Warrior
Based upon the life of Commander Francic D. Fane (USNR), UnderWater Warrior follows the evolution of the US Navy's Underwater Demolition Unit from its inception near the end of World War II through its acceptance and finally successful utilization in Korea. Landmark underwater camera work makes Underwater Warrior a milestone in cinematic history.
Underwater Warrior 1958
Daana Veera Soora Karna
Daana Veera Soora Karna
A retelling of Mahabharata through the perspectives of KARNA and DURYODHANA. The film uses dialogue and poetry written in Classical Telugu/ Grandhika Basha.
Daana Veera Soora Karna 1977
The Mover
The Mover
Hardly anyone would have predicted that Žanis Lipke would miraculously become a hero. He was a completely ordinary Latvian blue-collar worker. In order to be able to support his family under wartime conditions, he worked at the German military aviation warehouses and supplemented his income by smuggling at night. This film attempts to answer the question whether Žanis’ courage stems from his adventurous and daring spirit, stubbornness, or a sense of responsibility towards people in need.
The Mover 2018
Race d'Ep!
Race d'Ep!
"Race d’Ep!" (which literally translates to "Breed of Faggots") was made by the “father of queer theory,” Guy Hocquenghem, in collaboration with radical queer filmmaker and provocateur Lionel Soukaz. The film traces the history of modern homosexuality through the twentieth century, from early sexology and the nudes of Baron von Gloeden to gay liberation and cruising on the streets of Paris. Influenced by the groundbreaking work of Michel Foucault on the history of sexuality and reflecting the revolutionary queer activism of its day, "Race d’Ep!" is a shockingly frank, sex-filled experimental documentary about gay culture emerging from the shadows.
Race d'Ep! 1979
Akbar Saleem Anarkali
Akbar Saleem Anarkali
The story of Anarkali and Saleem retold.
Akbar Saleem Anarkali 1978
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité
Les Derniers Secrets de l'humanité 2023
My Favorite War
My Favorite War
Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War.
My Favorite War 2020
The Silver Mask
The Silver Mask
Margelatu has to clear his name.
The Silver Mask 1985
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
1901, Balangiga. Eight-year-old Kulas flees town with his grandfather and their carabao to escape General Smith's Kill & Burn order. He finds a toddler amid a sea of corpses and together, the two boys struggle to survive the American occupation.
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness 2017
Doctors of the Dark Side
Prime Video
Doctors of the Dark Side
Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The stories of four detainees and the doctors involved in their abuse demonstrate how US Army and CIA doctors implemented the Enhanced Interrogation Techniques and covered up signs of torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Interviews with medical, legal and intelligence experts and evidence from declassified government memos document what has been called the greatest scandal in American medical ethics. Based on four years of research by Producer/Director Martha Davis, written by Oscar winning Mark Jonathan Harris, and filmed in HD by Emmy winning DP Lisa Rinzler, the film shows how the torture of detainees could not continue without the assistance of the doctors.
Doctors of the Dark Side 2011
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Follows the final days of the shogunate and Shinsengumi's Vice-Comander Hijikata Toshizo along with his fellow anti-imperialist group.
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 2006
Placido Rizzotto
Placido Rizzotto
As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny and with a desire to promote social justice. Upon his return home, he becomes increasingly aware that the Mafia has taken hold of his village, witnessing angry and frustrated as gangsters control local politics and take whatever they want from the people. Placido helps to form a trade union as a challenge to the Mafia's authority, and attempts to organize the villagers into a collective to grow crops in the fields taken by the Mafia.
Placido Rizzotto 2000
Humayun
Humayun
Humayan (Hindi: हुमायूँ) is a 1945 Indian Bollywood historical epic film directed by Mehboob Khan. It was the seventh highest grossing Indian film of 1945.
Humayun 1945
The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America
Elected in November 1932, as the economic crisis ravaged the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt immediately put all his campaign promises into action: it was time for the "New Deal". This bold plan, designed to turn around a nation on the brink of collapse, where unemployment was at an all-time high and the working poor were suffering from the precariousness of the job market, was intended to give hope to a country that had been battered before anything else. Once he came to power, the new president from the Democratic Party immediately passed some fifteen laws designed to revive the economy.
The New Deal: The Man Who Changed America 2021
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse
La Véritable Histoire du radeau de La Méduse 2015
Miles of Fire
Miles of Fire
Civil War. Southern steppes of Russia. Circumstances bring together various people: the Chekist, professor, actor, nurse and White Guard officer posing as a vet. On two tachanka's they make their way into the city.
Miles of Fire 1957
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2
The dramatic stories of Fritz Wiessner’s 1939 K2 expedition and Charlie Houston’s return in 1953. K2 is one of the hardest mountains in the world to climb. This film focuses on the expeditions of Fritz Wiessner and Charlie Houston in 1953. An award winner at the Banff, Telluride, Trento and Prague film festivals.
Mountain Men: The Ghosts of K2 2001
Paper Crane Palanquin
Paper Crane Palanquin
The death of a samurai in a palanquin leads girl detective Oshichi to take action to crush a plot to overthrow the Shogunate.
Paper Crane Palanquin 1960
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas
Film director and screenwriter Seijun Suzuki (1923-2017), who in the sixties was the great innovator of Japanese cinema; and his collaborator, art director and screenwriter Takeo Kimura (1918-2010), recall how they made their great masterpieces about the Yakuza underworld for the Nikkatsu film company.
Seijun Suzuki: kabuki & yakuzas 2002
The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic
Passions erupt between a German hussar (Jean-Marc Barr) serving with King George III's personal cavalry and the only daughter of an English solicitor (Emma Fielding) in this period tearjerker adapted from a short story by Thomas Hardy. Longing to escape their own personal imprisonments -- he, his service to the king, and she, her engagement to a man she doesn't love -- they find solace in each other's arms.
The Scarlet Tunic 1998
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World
The year 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of one on the most important events in Western civilization: the birth of an idea that continues to shape the life of every American today. In 1517, power was in the hands of the few, thought was controlled by the chosen, and common people lived lives without hope. On October 31 of that year, a penniless monk named Martin Luther sparked the revolution that would change everything. He had no army. In fact, he preached nonviolence so powerfully that — 400 years later — Michael King would change his name to Martin Luther King to show solidarity with the original movement. This movement, the Protestant Reformation, changed Western culture at its core, sparking the drive toward individualism, freedom of religion, women's rights, separation of church and state, and even free public education. Without the Reformation, there would have been no pilgrims, no Puritans, and no America in the way we know it.
Martin Luther: The Idea that Changed the World 2017
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective
Documentary film focuses on the Civil Rights leader's many groundbreaking accomplishments. Footage covers Dr. King's war on poverty and his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War. Also included is his stirring "I Have a Dream" speech.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective 1994
The Gospel of Luke
The Gospel of Luke
THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, more than any other, fits the category of ancient biography. Luke, as "narrator" of events, sees Jesus as the "Savior" of all people, always on the side of the needy and the deprived. Narrated in the NIV by British actor Richard E. Grant and in the KJV by Sir Derek Jacobi, this epic production featuring specially constructed sets and the authentic countryside of Morocco has been critically acclaimed by leading religious scholars as a unique and highly authentic telling of the Jesus story.
The Gospel of Luke 2015
Mrs. Fitzherbert
Mrs. Fitzherbert
The tangled affairs of George, Prince of Wales, leading to his illegal marriage to commoner Mrs. Fitzherbert. Also portrayed is the conflict between the future George IV and his father George III.
Mrs. Fitzherbert 1950
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
The small town agog Hussars entry. Love between cornet and the young actress suddenly faces intrigue made by a St. Petersburg bureaucrat. The actress father dies after being involved in this game and perspectives look dark... But evil will eventually be defeated by the nobility, loyalty and love.
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar 1980
WWE Rivals: Steve Austin vs. The Rock
WWE Rivals: Steve Austin vs. The Rock
In 1998, Stone Cold Steve Austin took the sports entertainment world by storm, while Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was a rising star in WWE. While the megastars pushed the industry to new heights, their rivalry developed both on screen and behind the scenes to create two of the most memorable Superstars in the world. Former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leads a roundtable of legends that includes Kevin Nash, Kofi Kingston, Tamina and John Bradshaw Layfield, dissecting two of WWE's biggest rivals.
WWE Rivals: Steve Austin vs. The Rock 2022
Nazi Fugitives
Nazi Fugitives
The Nazi regime lasted from 1933 to 1945 and was undoubtedly one of the most horrific periods of history. The Nazi Party and its immoral leader instilled one of the most corrupt regimes on the people of Germany and its invisible enemies. However...Adolf Hitler was not working alone. He had a circle of some of the most barbaric and evil men alongside him, who helped make the atrocities possible. These are...the Nazi Fugitives.
Nazi Fugitives 2023
Anomaly
Prime Video
Anomaly
Set in the late 60's, broken relationships and an astronomical event intertwine the various narrative threads - an abstract interpretation of the historical Christmas narrative.
Anomaly 2014
Underwater Dreams
Underwater Dreams
Underwater Dreams, narrated by Michael Peña, is an epic story of how the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants learned how to build underwater robots. And go up against MIT in the process.
Underwater Dreams 2014
His Wife's Diary
His Wife's Diary
A tragic story of love and loneliness - this is the unknown life of the great Russian writer Ivan Bunin. The confused love story that involved Bunin, his wife Vera, the young poet Galina Plotnikova, opera singer Marga Kovtun and literary man Leonid Gurov. A work of great honesty and piercing psychology.
His Wife's Diary 2000
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
The Life and Loves of Beethoven 1937
What Was Virginia Woolf Really Afraid of?
What Was Virginia Woolf Really Afraid of?
A look back at the troubled life of genius British writer Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).
What Was Virginia Woolf Really Afraid of? 2020
Patrick
Patrick
A fascinating story of the truth behind the legend and history of St Patrick. This special will feature the world reknown voices of two of Ireland's incredible top actors: with narration by Liam Neeson and also Gabriel Byrne supplying the voice of Patrick. The story of the real St. Patrick is a fabulous mix of part adventure tale and part spiritual awakening. His radical ideas were suspect and he attracted the censure of the Church establishment in Roman Britain. Patrick refused to compromise this commitment and soon won the respect and love of the Irish and even the finally the reluctant support of his detractors. He started out as a slave an eventually became a liberator, who learned to forgive and ultimately love his enemies.
Patrick 2004
Le cardinal d'Espagne
Le cardinal d'Espagne
This play by Henry de Montherland, takes place in 1517 and depicts the Cardinal de Cisneros, an authoritarian man approaching his end, regent of the throne of Spain oscillating between his desire for power and his tendency to inaction. Thinking himself invulnerable, he awaits the arrival of young Charles on the throne, but his beliefs will be shaken.
Le cardinal d'Espagne 1964
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home
Inhospitable at the best of times, the snow-covered mountainscapes of Eastern Anatolia constituted a fatal frontier for many war exiles after the battle of Sarikamish in 1915, and provides a canvas laced with beauty and threat for this bone-chilling survival yarn, the superb debut feature of Alphan Eşeli. Starting out with three characters – a refugee mother and daughter and their grizzled guide – the film traces their daunting trek across this barren terrain to safety, with the Russians encroaching and other stragglers, including a pair of wounded, frostbitten Ottoman soldiers, all orbiting the same burnt-out village they find in their path. Puncturing its aura of ghostly impasse with some shocking narrative reversals, and constantly prickling with the mutual dread of strangers in gruelling extremes, the movie stakes out hugely credible ground next to established Eastern Front war classics (In the Fog, Come and See) while remaining thoroughly its own beast. (Source: LFF programme)
The Long Way Home 2013
Christine Cristina
Christine Cristina
Christine Cristina 2010
Koch
Koch
A documentary on the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch.
Koch 2013
Lost Tombs of the Pyramids
Lost Tombs of the Pyramids
In the shadow of the pyramids, an elite team of archaeologists embark on an extraordinary excavation. Could this secret site reveal startling new evidence about the great pharaohs who built these majestic monuments?
Lost Tombs of the Pyramids 2020