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Josè Anjeta, Brasilian
Josè Anjeta, Brasilian
Life and death of the jesuit who fought for the peaceful relationship between colonists and the indigenous peoples of Brazil.
Josè Anjeta, Brasilian 1977
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss
300 miles off the coast of North America, in the dark waters of the Atlantic Ocean, a group of ships have come together at the site of the Titanic. Experts from the United States, Great Britain, Canada and France have convened with one goal, to conduct the first full-scale investigation of the Titanic Disaster.
Titanic: Answers From The Abyss 1999
Persépolis, les secrets de l'empire perdu
Persépolis, les secrets de l'empire perdu
Persépolis, les secrets de l'empire perdu 2021
Hry lásky šálivé
Hry lásky šálivé
Hry lásky šálivé 1971
Thyagayya
Thyagayya
Thyagaraja was a famous composer in South India. This is his story.
Thyagayya 1981
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman
Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where almost everything was forbidden?
Where the Devil Can't Go, He Sends a Woman 2022
Ugryum-River
Ugryum-River
Story is set in deep Russia, on a wild river in woods called "Ugrum-reka" - the Moody river. Son of a dishonest trader, Prohor Gromov wants to become his own man. He takes his fathers order and goes trough the woods to deliver the furs to the byer in the nearest town. He tries to take the shorter way and get`s lost. At the highest point of this, his fathers servant, Abdulla, who is sent with him to guard him almost shoots him driven by hunger, but comes to the senses and saves his life by continuing to go on.
Ugryum-River 1969
Bonivur's Heart
Bonivur's Heart
A young Komsomol member Vitaly Bonivur is fighting for Soviet power in the Far East and Primorye. Red underground workers are not the first day want to arrange an escape of their fellow prisoners. And the brave Bonivur takes part in the organization of the getaway, but for counterintelligence he remains elusive. Vitaly Bonivur's aspiration for justice, heroism and determination — courage and bravery of a young man who fights for a bright future.
Bonivur's Heart 1969
Nostradamus: 2012
Nostradamus: 2012
Documentary about Nostradamus's quatrains.
Nostradamus: 2012 2009
Hearts Divided
Hearts Divided
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
Hearts Divided 1936
The Affairs of Cellini
The Affairs of Cellini
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
The Affairs of Cellini 1934
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War
Crucible of Empire demonstrates how and why the Spanish-American War constitutes such an important milestone in U.S. history. This program examines the events and attitudes that led to war, followed by an exploration of the conflict and its outcome. Early film footage and stills of battle scenes, plus rich visuals, a compelling story, and intriguing analogies to current foreign policy make Crucible of Empire a riveting documentary.
Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War 1999
Punainen viiva
Punainen viiva
The story of the first elections in Finland
Punainen viiva 1959
The Fig Tree
The Fig Tree
Extremadura (Spain), 19th century. Four shepherd agree to let a game of cards decide which one of them will kill the village landowner.
The Fig Tree 2020
St. Michael Had a Rooster
St. Michael Had a Rooster
Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Giulio Manieri holds on to his political ideals while struggling against madness in the loneliness of his prison cell.
St. Michael Had a Rooster 1972
Death Scream
Death Scream
Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.
Death Scream 1975
Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail
Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail
Historical samurai OVA about the deputy leader of the Shinsengumi, who fought on the side of the Shogun prior to the Meiji Restoration.
Hijikata Toshizo: The White Trail 2004
Trapped: Cash Bail In America
Trapped: Cash Bail In America
Every year, millions of Americans are incarcerated before even being convicted of a crime - all because they can't afford to post bail. How did we get here? “Trapped: Cash Bail in America” shines a light on our deeply flawed criminal justice system and the activists working to reform it. This new documentary explores the growing movement to end the inherent economic and racial inequalities of cash bail while highlighting victims impacted by an unjust system, the tireless campaigners fighting for criminal justice reform, and a bail industry lobbying to maintain the status quo.
Trapped: Cash Bail In America 2020
Conscience Penpoint of King Ali Haji
Conscience Penpoint of King Ali Haji
King Haji Fisabililah dies in a battle against the Dutch in the Gulf of Ketapang. The regalia of the Malay Kingdom is held by the daughter of King Haji, Engku Putri Hamidah, but later seized by the Dutch. This hurts Engku Putri, especially after seeing the suffering of the people. King Haji’s grandson, King Ali Haji, continues the resistance against the Dutch. But his opposition is peaceful by means of his writings. One of his most famous works is Gurindam Dua Belas.
Conscience Penpoint of King Ali Haji 2009
She-Shogun
She-Shogun
The rise to power of the famed Lady Kasuga no Tsubone, who established the 'Ooku' (the women's quarters at Edo castle) and acted as nursemaid to Tokugawa Iemitsu, the future 3rd Shogun is chronicled in this historical drama. Intrigue and suspicion abound as the two brothers Iemitsu and Tadanaga vie for the post of Shogun, while behind the scenes the remnants of the defeated Toyotomi faction, lead by Lord Ishida Mitsunari attempt to discredit the Tokugawa Shogunate and regain their former position as rulers of the nation. The hidden battles between Shogun Hidetada's wife and mistresses of the 'Ooku' come to light as they force the two brothers into a life or death struggle.
She-Shogun 1990
Řád
Řád
Set in 1776, this historical film by Petr Hvizd concerns an army deserter who takes refuge within the walls of the Convent of St. Claire. The investigation to find him soon becomes a question of morality concerning the value of human life in the context of the diversity and hierarchy of social laws.
Řád 1994
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido
Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.
Jirocho' s Days of Youth: Whirlwind on the Tokaido 1962
National Geographic: Untold Stories of World War II
National Geographic: Untold Stories of World War II
Showcases 3 major events during World War 2 involving both the Europeans & Pacific conflicts. The Raids to destroy Nazi Germany's heavy water production based in Norway, plus the final desperate act to deny them what had already been stockpiled. The Japanese midget submarines role and participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. What they achieved plus what was their ultimate fate. The attacks on United States warships in the Pacific late in World War 2 by the Japanese Kamikaze and Okha Squadrons. The Kamikaze attacks were in whatever planes the Japanese forces were able to gather. The Okha attacks were made in specially built flying bombs that were towed by larger and usually slower aircraft that were not suitable for fighter work.
National Geographic: Untold Stories of World War II 1998
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage
National treasure and Poirot star David Suchet starred as the formidable Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s much loved masterpiece The Importance of Being Earnest. Directed by Adrian Noble, (Amadeus, The King’s Speech, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) Wilde’s superb satire on Victorian manners is one of the funniest plays in the English language. Two bachelor friends, the adorable dandy Algernon Moncrieff (Philip Cumbus – regular player at Shakespeare’s Globe) and the utterly reliable John Worthing J.P., (Downton Abbey’s Michael Benz) lead double lives to court the attentions of the exquisitely desirable Gwendolyn Fairfax (Emily Barber) and Cecily Cardew (Imogen Doel). The gallants must then grapple with the riotous consequences of their deceptions, and with the formidable Lady Bracknell.
The Importance of Being Earnest on Stage 2015
638 Ways to Kill Castro
638 Ways to Kill Castro
Dollan Cannell's documentary on the hundreds of alleged plots to assassinate Fidel Castro, and a look at the evolution of Cuban politics. If the title of this extraordinary film sounds ludicrous, don't be fooled. This film looks at the incredible story of the 638 alleged plots by the CIA and Cuban exiles to kill the Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
638 Ways to Kill Castro 2006
The Old Testament
The Old Testament
The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. They gather their forces, and return to drive out their oppressors.
The Old Testament 1963
The Snow Goose
The Snow Goose
Based upon Paul Gallico's delicate novel, Patrick Garland's Golden Globe winning The Snow Goose is a stark and hauntingly beautiful drama set amongst the striking scenery of the Essex salt marshes during the early years of WWII. A bearded Richard Harris leads the modest cast with his sensitive portrayal of tormented soul Philip Rhayader, a lonely misshapen man shunned by society but with a great love of life; Harris isnt overly bitter of his treatment and expresses his compassion through his paintings and love of the waterfowl that surround him. Harris is ably supported by the waiflike Jenny Agutter as Frith, who radiates the requisite amount of youthful innocence and naivety, and won a best supporting actress Emmy Award for her performance.
The Snow Goose 1971
Two Hearts As One
Two Hearts As One
A look inside the story of two newlyweds who are parted from each other and spend the next half-century of their lives trying to reunite.
Two Hearts As One 2014
Facundo, la sombra del tigre
Facundo, la sombra del tigre
The film focuses on the journey of General Juan Facundo Quiroga, with a very compromised health, to the north in order to resolve the conflict between the provinces of Salta and Tucuman.
Facundo, la sombra del tigre 1995
Mark of Cain
Mark of Cain
Mark of Cain 1989
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
An ailing Lorenz Hart attempts to save face while celebrating his former partner's great success on the opening night of his hit musical "Oklahoma!" in 1943, which paired Rodgers with a new writing partner, Oscar Hammerstein.
Blue Moon 1
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
Fall of the Shogun's Militia
The story about the rise and fall of the famed mercenaries, Shinsengumi, who are hired by a crumbling feudal government.
Fall of the Shogun's Militia 1954
Jesus
Jesus
A graphic self portrait of the self and the darkest parts of the human subconscious by looking at the last day of life of GG Allin.
Jesus 2019
Defenders of Riga
Defenders of Riga
The film dramatizes November 11, 1919- a crucial date in the battle for Latvian independence. A year after the end of the official hostilities of WWI, a renegade German general and troops remain outside the Latvian capital. Latvian riflemen, most of them inexperienced volunteers, somehow managed to defeat a larger, better-armed force of German and Russian mercenaries.
Defenders of Riga 2007
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand
During the time of the Peasants' Wars, the free knight Götz von Berlichingen gets into all kinds of private and political entanglements when he defends the Bishop of Bamberg. He is declared an enemy of the empire and ostracized as a robber. Insurgent peasants, of whom he becomes the leader, also betray him by attacking a town against the condition that no violence be used.
Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand 1979
Sunset and Sunrise
Sunset and Sunrise
In the wake of the Cairo Fire, Essam feels guilty for betraying his friend Samir by messing around with his wife Madiha. Essam decides to take revenge on Madiha's father who pressured him to marry her to avoid a scandal.
Sunset and Sunrise 1970
Aylanpa – World in a Vortex
Aylanpa – World in a Vortex
Just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, perestroika gave Chinghiz Aitmatov the opportunity to reflect on the goals and ideals of socialism and how it itself had denied them. In this essayistic film, starting with his personal life story (his father was shot as an enemy of the state, he himself was a highly respected student and artist in the Soviet Union) and the history of the Kyrgyz people (bearers of a vibrant and distinctive culture destroyed by socialism), he eventually arrives at big questions about the goal of human progress and the fate of humanity in the 21st century. "What will life be like for people in the 21st century?" he asks, not least in view of looming ecological catastrophes, and answers: That is the sole responsibility of humanity. Long difficult to find, the film has now been uploaded to YouTube in a restored 4K version by Kyrgyzfilm.
Aylanpa – World in a Vortex 1989
Brenda Lee and the Palace of Princesses
Brenda Lee and the Palace of Princesses
A musical that brings a bit of the history of Brenda Lee, called the "guardian angel of transvestites", activist who founded the first support house for people with HIV/AIDS in Brazil. She has a pension for transvestites who, for the most part, live off prostitution. Despite the reality of violence in which they live, inside the house, the transvestites are welcomed by Brenda, who teaches them to want more out of life.
Brenda Lee and the Palace of Princesses 2021
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II 2013
The Stone Cross
The Stone Cross
In 1890s Western Ukraine, Ivan Didukh, a proud and ripe Galician farmer, has decided to abandon his ancestral home to emigrate to Canada in search of a better life. His final hours are clouded by both internal and communal discord as his village convenes to ceremonially mark his departure. The celebrations that echo those of a funeral, forecast the imminent death of a man estranged from his motherland, and of an antiquated way of life on the cusp of obsoletion.
The Stone Cross 1968