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The Day of Retribution
The Day of Retribution
Lithuania in the 19th century: While the first railway-road is built from Warsaw to Moscow throughout the country people are still facing slavery and oppression from the elite. A fight between the Robin-Hood-like gang leader Laurynas and the greedy landowner Laurnyas emerges.
The Day of Retribution 1977
Simone Veil - Les combats d'une effrontée
Simone Veil - Les combats d'une effrontée
Simone Veil - Les combats d'une effrontée 2023
The Real King's Speech
The Real King's Speech
The true story of King George VI's struggle to overcome his stammer, and the parts played in his battle with his disability by his speech therapist, brother, father and wife.
The Real King's Speech 2011
Henry VIII
Henry VIII
Henry is a proud monarch who flies in the face of the church in seeking to divorce Queen Katherine and marry Anne Bullen. As cardinal Wolsey, the powerful Lord Chancellor of England, attempts to bend Rome to the King's wishes, the court reverbates with political intrigue and accusations of treachery.
Henry VIII 1979
Le Retour
Le Retour
In the early 1970s, Lakhdar, an Algerian peasant, is forced to leave his desert land and his family for France, but immigration weighs on him and he dreams of returning. This day arrives, he walks in Paris, events decide otherwise.
Le Retour 1979
Заре навстречу
Заре навстречу
Soviet film.
Заре навстречу 1960
Une aventure secrète de Marie-Antoinette
Une aventure secrète de Marie-Antoinette
In 1793, a police officer tries to save the ex-Queen from the guillotine.
Une aventure secrète de Marie-Antoinette 1910
Air Girl
Air Girl
Komari Sano's parents ran a small Tokyo factory that manufactured aircraft parts. With her parents' influence, Komari Sano dreamed of becoming a pilot. During World War II, her older brother died as a kamikaze pilot and her parents died during the bombing of Tokyo. Komari Sano became an orphan and lived with her aunt. Her aunt ran a ryotei (high end traditional restaurant). After the war, all aerial activities were initially banned in Japan. After long negotiations with the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, Sizuo Matsuki, who is the security chief of Civil Aviation Bureau, finally launched Japan's civil aviation. Komari Sano applies for the position of a cabin attendant.
Air Girl 2021
Projectionist
Projectionist
The story of this film is a loose adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Ruhollah Rashidi and narrates the attachments of a building painter who loves cinema, who has succeeded in producing several short films and dreams of making his first feature film.
Projectionist 2024
Diagnosis: Dissent
Diagnosis: Dissent
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about dissidents tortured in such psychiatric hospitals. The script was based on the memoirs of Soviet dissidents who faced the brutality of a totalitarian system that used so-called "punitive psychiatry" as a weapon against free thought.
Diagnosis: Dissent 2024
Öğretmen Kemal
Öğretmen Kemal
Kemal a simple teacher arrives in a remote village to start a new school and teach the young ones, when he gets there he faces a strong opposition to his idea by the village master. Kemal with the help of few villagers tries to fight back the ignorance and oppression to give a hope for the poor people of the village.
Öğretmen Kemal 1981
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore
In 1948, a cross-fire erupts at an isolated stretch of Indo-Pak border, leaving only two soldiers alive. One is an Indian soldier of Pakistani origin while the other happens to be a Pakistani soldier of Indian origin. An ironic story of pride and survival begins when - in an attempt to evade danger, they bump into each other. And amidst continuous exchange of bullets, altercations and murkier situations, it evolves into a journey of human connection with an unforeseeable end.
Kya Dilli Kya Lahore 2014
Boys Will Be Boys, Boys Will Be Men
Boys Will Be Boys, Boys Will Be Men
In May of 1941, a group of young army volunteers is recruited in Chumpon south of Bangkok. Many high-school students apply to join the group. When the Japanese army lands at Chumpon in December, they bravely fight against the army. The film is based on the true story of how young army volunteers fought to defend their country from the Japanese Army. A misunderstanding between the two nations caused the unnecessary war to break out.
Boys Will Be Boys, Boys Will Be Men 2000
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
Dance Crazy in Hollywood
American dancer and choreographer Hermes Pan recalls his life and work as he relives the glorious history of the Hollywood musical.
Dance Crazy in Hollywood 1990
Leily is with Me
Leily is with Me
During the Iran-Iraq war, a television cinematographer, having financial problems, needs to get a loan from the TV to complete his half-built flat so one of his colleagues suggests him going to the war zone under the pretext of making a documentary about the Iraqi captives for the sake of accompanying another man who is so influential in TV's treasury, so that he can take his loan more easily. However he doesn't want to get to the line of fire, his sanctimonious demeanor leads him to something more precious than what he started his journey for.
Leily is with Me 1996
The Answer
The Answer
In the quest for finding a deeper meaning to life, this is a true story of an American seeker who forsakes the worldly life to enter upon an amazing spiritual journey of self realisation.
The Answer 2018
Köroğlu
Köroğlu
The epic tells about the life and heroic deeds of Koroghlu (literally "son of the blind man") as a hero of the people who struggled against unjust rulers, defending his clan or tribe.
Köroğlu 1968
Caserta Palace Dream
Caserta Palace Dream
The greatest dream of a unique woman, Maria, future Queen of Spain and wife of Charles King of Naples and Sicily and of a special man, the greatest architect of his time, Luigi Vanvitelli. Their Love goes beyond their own human existence and becomes real in the immeasurable beauty of the Royal Caserta Palace.
Caserta Palace Dream 2014
The Great Turan
The Great Turan
The film is based on historical events that took place in the 6th century at the junction of three great powers: The Turkish Khagan, The Byzantine Empire and The Sasanian Empire.
The Great Turan 1995
Endphase
Endphase
Endphase tells the story of one the last WWII massacres which was not spoken about for 75 years. In the night of 2 May 1945, 228 Jewish women, children and old men were murdered in Hofamt Priel, a small village in Austria. The perpetrators were never found. The film is a journey into the past of the neighbouring communities Persenbeug and Hofamt Priel, where the brothers Hans and Tobias Hochstöger grew up. In search of an explanation they speak with the last local eyewitnesses and find Yakov Schwarz, the last survivor, and his family in Israel.
Endphase 2021
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
The story of Josephine Baker takes us on a fascinating tour of 20th-century race relations on both sides of the Atlantic, yet it leads to no conclusion, and black girls in search of a role-model tend to look elsewhere. Part of her appeal is her startlingly unique appearance. Simply nobody has ever looked or acted like her. She fits no black stereotype. Nor does she look like any recognizable strain of Afro-American. I'd always heard she was half-white, but it seems that her paternity is unknown, and her contradictory claims on the subject don't do much to enlighten us. (We are tempted to imagine quite an exotic mix.) Her origins in sharply-segregated St. Louis, where she is said to have witnessed a lynching, do not seem to have left her embittered. Perhaps she had too much to give. There is a special innocence about that smile, and when she performs her cross-eyed gag, we are lifted into a strange pixie-world, all its own.
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker 1987
The Death of Priam
The Death of Priam
A look into Jules Josephs Lefebvre's famous painting "La mort de Priam" or "The Death of Priam" without a dialogue.
The Death of Priam 2021
Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony
Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony
Part road trip, part adventure story, FOLLOWING THE NINTH is an inspirational film about Beethoven's Choral Symphony, its majestic power to liberate us, to shield us against suffering, to provide hope and resilience during dark times. Filmed on five continents and in 12 countries, FOLLOWING THE NINTH is the story of four lives that have been transformed and repaired by the music, expressed most vividly in the prophecy of the Ode to Joy: “Alle Menschen werden Brüder”(All Men Will Be Brothers).
Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven's Final Symphony 2012
Mikha'El
Mikha'El
First feature-length documentary about the Archangel Michael in the annals of cinema, with large ensemble cast and multiple story lines in five languages. Filmed on location in eight countries.
Mikha'El 2021
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III
It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.
National Theatre Live: The Madness of George III 2018
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
Prime Video
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys is a 2003 British comedy television film directed by Oliver Parker and starring Steve Coogan, Lou Doillon and Nathaniel Parker. It portrayed the historical diarist Samuel Pepys. It was aired on BBC2 on 16 December 2003, drawing an audience of 2.9 million viewers.
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys 2003
Damaso
Damaso
A musical film protraying Padre Damaso, Jose Rizal's famous villain in his book 'Noli Me Tangere.
Damaso 2019
Unlikely Heroes
Prime Video
Unlikely Heroes
For most, the idea of Jewish resistance or defiance during the Holocaust is limited to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and a few isolated acts throughout WWII. "Unlikely Heroes", narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, highlights 7 previously unknown stories of extraordinary men and women who exemplified the highest levels of courage and human dignity during the most desperate days of the Holocaust.
Unlikely Heroes 2003
Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
The Pink Panthers have stolen over £270m in diamonds in more than 241 robberies in cities from Paris to Tokyo. The film explores the rise of the group during the 1990s Balkan conflict when economic sanctions imposed on Serbia fueled illegal activities. The criminals reveal an underworld driven by fast wealth and paranoia, while the detectives and inspectors, who are working with Interpol, are on a mission to stop their crime spree with growing success.
Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers 2013
The Complete History of the Earth: Everything Before the Dinosaurs SUPERCUT
The Complete History of the Earth: Everything Before the Dinosaurs SUPERCUT
Content creator Paleo Analysis explores the Precambrian and the Paleozoic era on his quest to evolve back into a human.
The Complete History of the Earth: Everything Before the Dinosaurs SUPERCUT 2023
The Wind Is My Lover
The Wind Is My Lover
Set in medieval times about the cursed Moonshield family. The young knight Erland Moonshield fall in love with a gypsy enchantress, Singoalla, he meet in the forest.
The Wind Is My Lover 1949
The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black
The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black
Kyoto during the Heian period (the 10th century) in Japan. Tens of thousands dead, gutters filled with corpses, children abandoned in the mountains, and groups of wild dogs vigilantly watching outside the city. The elegant image of the Heian period has been shown in many literary and artistic works. However, Katabuchi's new work takes us back to Kyoto a thousand years ago, when the city was shrouded in darkness due to repeated epidemics of plague.
The Mourning Children: Nagiko and the Girls Wearing Tsurubami Black 1
Teahouse
Teahouse
An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the waning days of the Qing dynasty to the eve of the People's Republic.
Teahouse 1982
Cincinnati: Great, Near Great and Not So Great Moments in Cincinnati History
Cincinnati: Great, Near Great and Not So Great Moments in Cincinnati History
A fascinating, fun-filled trip with segments on the 1884 courthouse riots, the 1937 Ohio River flood, Tony Trabert, Ezzard Charles, the Reds, the Bengals, the Stingers, the Royals, Coney Island's Shooting Star, and the Island Queen steamboat. Relive the Beatles' Cincinnati visits and discover the Cincinnati connection to Charles Manson, Annie Oakley, Jim Thorpe, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford.
Cincinnati: Great, Near Great and Not So Great Moments in Cincinnati History 1988
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments.
Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind 2008
The Doctor's Pupil
The Doctor's Pupil
Movie directed by Boris Rytsarev.
The Doctor's Pupil 1984
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
Der Schah und der Ayatollah
In 1979, under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, revolution broke out in Iran and overthrew Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. This event marks the end of a two and a half thousand year old monarchy. This documentary retraces the lives of these two enemies who clashed for more than thirty years, from the Shah's rise to power in the 1940s until his fall.
Der Schah und der Ayatollah 2019
Let's Remember This Day
Let's Remember This Day
Let's Remember This Day 1968
Black Lodge: The Documentary
Black Lodge: The Documentary
Unreleased film
Black Lodge: The Documentary 2024
Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Vecchio: a history of art and power. Directed by Piero Messina, through a clever movement of the narration between past and present, makes a real journey into the beauty of an ancient place that still retains its undisputed charm. (IMDB)
Palazzo Vecchio 2018