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Jiseul
Jiseul
The populace of a South Korean island rebels against police brutality. The protesters are labeled as communists, and the army is dispatched.
Jiseul 2013
Sharaku
Sharaku
A crippled kabuki player is taken into a strolling company of itinerant actors. An influential publisher notices his honest, bold drawings, and nurtures him despite persecution and betrayal. The film explores the eternal relationship between artist and producer, and describes the emanicipation of a man who refuses to let himself become the plaything of power and money.
Sharaku 1995
Anita & Garibaldi
Anita & Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi (Gabriel Braga Nunes), 32 years old, commander of the republican rebels that invade Laguna, Santa Catarina, during the Farrapos War (1835 - 1845), finds his soul mate in Anita (Ana Paula Arósio), 18 years old, wife of local shoemaker. Between passion and battles, they will define the course of their lives and influence the course of the revolution.
Anita & Garibaldi 2013
The White Darkness
The White Darkness
A documentary about voodoo in modern-day Haiti.
The White Darkness 2002
The Medicine King Coffin
The Medicine King Coffin
In the early years of the Republic He Changsheng followed his grandfather around the world and learned a lot about medicine. One day, while He and Hu are tending to the shop, a woman dressed as a Miao, Ah Man, comes to the door and asks He Changsheng to pay his father's debt to his son and fulfil his promise.
The Medicine King Coffin 2022
The Last Signal
The Last Signal
Two World War II Veterans reunite for the first time in 70 years after their inaugural voyage on Navy ship LST-218
The Last Signal 1
Saint John Baptist De La Salle: Patron Saint of Teachers
Saint John Baptist De La Salle: Patron Saint of Teachers
The inspiring story of a 17th century French priest who reluctantly became involved in educating poor children and in the process became the Founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, an order known today as the De La Salle Christian Brothers. Actor Mel Ferrer gives a heartfelt performance as St. John Baptist de La Salle, a priest from a wealthy upper-class family who gave up everything to serve the needs of educating poor children, facing tremendous opposition along the way.
Saint John Baptist De La Salle: Patron Saint of Teachers 2010
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices
Works, legend and murders of Carlo Gesualdo, a notorious Italian composer and murderer from 16th century.
Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices 1995
Beyond the Blue Border
Beyond the Blue Border
GDR, August 1989: Hanna and Andreas became a target of the secret police and had to give up their plans for their future studies and desired professions. Instead, they face arbitrariness, mistrust and reprisals. Their only chance for a self-determined life lies in fleeing across the Baltic Sea. Fifty kilometres of water separate them from freedom - and only a thin connecting rope around their wrists saves them from absolute loneliness.
Beyond the Blue Border 2024
Seven Minutes
Seven Minutes
A true story about Johann Georg Elser, a quiet carpenter who tried to assassinate Hitler with an explosive device in 1939.
Seven Minutes 1989
The Dream of the Red Chamber
The Dream of the Red Chamber
The Ching Dynasty novel The Dream of The Red Chamber is not only the most widely read, but also the most filmed book in Chinese history. The sprawling love story has proven a challenge to many filmmakers, but this version is acclaimed as the most successful. A sumptuous feature which took three years of planning and another for production, it was a hugely popular and critical hit which still stands out as a classic of both 18th century literature and 1960s moviemaking.
The Dream of the Red Chamber 1962
The Illinois Parables
The Illinois Parables
From dreamy aerial opening shots, we are sent on an expedition through the storied land of our fifth most populous state, Illinois, often called a miniature version of America. Deborah Stratman’s experimental documentary explores how physical landscapes and human politics can each re-interpret historical events. Eleven parables relay histories of settlement, removal, technological breakthrough, violence, messianism, and resistance. Who gets to write history—physical monuments, official news accounts, or personal spoken-word memories?
The Illinois Parables 2016
White Friar
White Friar
Vienna, at the close of World War II. An intriguing relationship between a priest and a wealthy Jewish woman. Both tender and violent, a story of faith, love and service. Based on the life of an Irish catholic priest who was a Chaplain in the RAF.
White Friar 2022
Adventures of Casanova
Adventures of Casanova
Casanova, a young patriot in 18th-century Sicily, upon learning that his father and sister have been murdered, returns to Palermo and engages in guerilla tactics against the forces of the Governor. Lady Bianca, the Governor's daughter, is in love with one of the patriots, Lorenzo, and desires to escape from the palace. Her lady-in-waiting, Zanetta, enlists the aid of Casanova and he rescues them and takes them to the partisan's camp. The rebels are victorious. Lady Bianca makes plans to marry Lorenzo, and Casanova and Zanetta have similar plans.
Adventures of Casanova 1948
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1937
Fate of Saboteur
Fate of Saboteur
The picture is dedicated to the exploits of the Soviet underground fighters and partisans who heroically fought against the German invaders during the Great Patriotic War. The image of the main character of the railway worker Ales Arlovich is collective, but it is based on the fate of the Soviet underground fighter Fyodor Krylovich, who committed the largest land sabotage of the Second World War at the Osipovichi railway station.
Fate of Saboteur 2021
The Woman God Forgot
The Woman God Forgot
Cortez sends Alvarado to Montezuma who throws him into a dungeon from which he is rescued by Tecza who loves him. He is recaptured when her lover Guatemoco finds Alvarado hiding in her chambers. Tecza next leads Cortez into the city, thus causing the destruction of her nation and securing the love of Alvarado.
The Woman God Forgot 1917
Brothers at War
Brothers at War
BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time.  Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake’s exploits as he risks everything—including his life—to tell his brothers’ story.
Brothers at War 2009
Pimeänpirtin hävitys
Pimeänpirtin hävitys
Set in 19th century country side and a small town. Leni and later her daughter Hanni living in Pimeänpirtti croft are seduced by Otto von Holten, the Patron of Kankaanpää Estate.
Pimeänpirtin hävitys 1947
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
The invention and use of a jeep are described, from the viewpoint of one of the vehicles.
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' 1943
Henry VI Part 3
Henry VI Part 3
The life of King Henry the Sixth, in three parts.
Henry VI Part 3 1983
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi
Wager is Count Mauritz Armborg, the young master of the estate. Linnanheimo plays Katariina (Catherine) the nanny to Mauritz's nieces and nephews. The two fall in love and decide to escape to Italy via Denmark where they have planned to get married. There are always complications because Mauritz's grandmother doesn't want him to marry below him - she has decided that Mauritz is to marry the Swedish beauty, Ingeborg Liliecrona.
Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi 1943
Charles XII
Charles XII
The film depicts the life of Charles XII of Sweden who oversaw the expansion of the Swedish Empire until its defeat at the Battle of Poltava. It was the most expensive production in Swedish history when it was made, and inspired a string of large budget Swedish historical films
Charles XII 1925
Mao by Mao
Mao by Mao
A film-détournement biography of Mao Tse-tung in which the life of the recently deceased Great Helmsman is told in his own words, using quotes culled from various Red Guard publications. The rise to power of the film's namesake appears as the inevitable outcome of a dialectical logical. Or so the voice-over might lead one to believe. If the usual practice of détourned films is for the soundtrack to undermine the image, here the reverse occasionally takes place. The images critique Mao's words. They show that which, even in the official visual record of the times, the narrative elides. The film is dedicated to Li Yhi Zhe, the nominal author of a famous Democracy Wall critique of the Maoist state.
Mao by Mao 1977
Prince Igor
Prince Igor
Based on opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin.
Prince Igor 1969
Day of Triumph
Day of Triumph
A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
Day of Triumph 1954
Tale of The Great Oak
Tale of The Great Oak
The great oak tree of Scandiano, in the Reggio Emilia hills, is the silent witness of a long history, that of a territory shaped by nature and human activity. From the late Renaissance to the present, revolutions and traditions have alternated, leaving an uninterrupted flow of images imprinted in the memory of the centuries-old tree. Shot using a drone in a 15-minute sequence plan, The Great Oak is the result of a courageous technical challenge, but above all a conceptual one: to overturn the anthropocentric point of view of film narration and offer a more articulate perspective on reality, on the invisible links between living beings and on our role in the world.
Tale of The Great Oak 2022
Hearts in Bondage
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Hearts in Bondage
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to Raymond's sister. But the eruption of the Civil War divides them, as Raymond stands by his native Virginia while Kenneth remains on duty as a Northern officer. Kenneth's uncle, John Ericsson, designs a new kind of ship, an ironclad he calls the Monitor. Eventually the war pits Kenneth, on board the Monitor, against his friend Raymond, serving aboard the South's own ironclad, the Merrimac (as it is called here). A naval battle ensues, one that will go down in history.
Hearts in Bondage 1936
Bless You, Prison
Bless You, Prison
Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of exhausting interrogation and isolation. Alone in a cell, she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics.
Bless You, Prison 2002
The Man Card
The Man Card
For years, right-wing politicians and pundits have repeatedly criticized the left for playing “the race card” and “the woman card.” This new film turns the tables and takes dead aim at the right’s own longstanding – but rarely discussed – deployment of white-male identity politics in American presidential elections. Ranging from Richard Nixon’s tough-talking, law-and-order campaign in 1968 to Donald Trump’s hyper-macho revival of the same fear-based appeals in 2020, "The Man Card" shows how the right has mobilized dominant ideas about manhood and enacted a deliberate strategy to frame Democrats and liberals as soft, brand the Republican Party as the party of “real men,” and position conservatives as defenders of white male power and authority in the face of transformative demographic change and ongoing struggles for racial, gender, and sexual equality.
The Man Card 2020
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines
On December 8, 1941, the Disney Studio was taken over by the military as part of the war effort. Making the most of the talent that hadn't shipped out yet, Walt Disney spent the next four years creating and producing training, propaganda and educational films for the Armed Forces.
Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines 2004
Underwater Papanikolis
Underwater Papanikolis
Underwater Papanikolis 1971
Nabakalebara
Nabakalebara
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Nabakalebara 1
Nostradamus Says So!
Nostradamus Says So!
The life of the French seer and some of his selected quatrains are reviewed.
Nostradamus Says So! 1953
Gli angeli di Borsellino (Scorta QS21)
Gli angeli di Borsellino (Scorta QS21)
The last 57 days of magistrate Paolo Borsellino, killed by the Sicilian Mafia in 1992, as seen by the six brave officers of his security detail who will die with him.
Gli angeli di Borsellino (Scorta QS21) 2003
Ehon Taikōki - Amagasaki Kankyo
Ehon Taikōki - Amagasaki Kankyo
The play "Ehon Taikōki" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in 1799 in Ōsaka at the Toyotakeza. It was adapted for Kabuki the next year by Nagawa Tokusuke I. The play consisted originally of thirteen acts, one act for each day that passed between Akechi Mitsuhide's murder of Oda Nobunaga and his death at the hand of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The tenth act is the only one which has survived. This act tells of an incident during the battle in which Mitsuhide was finally defeated.
Ehon Taikōki - Amagasaki Kankyo 1
Le banquet d'Auteuil
Le banquet d'Auteuil
Tired of his wife's infidelities, Moliere rented a house in Auteuil, with his young protege, Michel Baron and his lifelong friend, Chapelle who invited a turbulent troop to dinner, that will mock/envy the jealous passion of the author.
Le banquet d'Auteuil 2016
Zoot Suit Riots
Zoot Suit Riots
On August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: Zoot Suits. The tragic murder and the injustice of the trial that followed, coupled with sensational news coverage of both, fanned the flames of the racial hostility that was already running rife in the city. Within months of the verdict, Los Angeles was in the grip of some of the worst violence in its history.
Zoot Suit Riots 2002
Žalčio Karūna
Žalčio Karūna
Žalčio Karūna 1986
Boy on the Bridge
Boy on the Bridge
In a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates finds himself in the centre of a murder investigation that exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
Boy on the Bridge 2016