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Kukhlya
Kukhlya
Kukhlya 1963
Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker
Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker
Who, apart from moviegoers, knows Alice Guy (1873-1968) today? However, she was the first woman behind the camera and the first female director and producer of fiction films in history.
Alice Guy, the First Female Filmmaker 2021
Einstein
Einstein
The relationship between renowned scientist Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Marić.
Einstein 2008
Marmayogi
Marmayogi
Marmayogi 1951
1014
1014
Portrayal of events leading up to the birth of King Anawrahta, who was a great religious reformer in Myanmar. It includes how Buddhism started to flourish in the country.
1014 2019
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth
Episodes from the life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), focusing on her ill-fated love affair with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex.
Queen Elizabeth 1912
The Night Riders
The Night Riders
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.
The Night Riders 1939
Grunwald 1410
Grunwald 1410
Grunwald 1410 2023
Dvaja muži pod posteľou
Dvaja muži pod posteľou
Dvaja muži pod posteľou 1994
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
The amazing story of Cifesa, a mythical film production company founded in Valencia by the Casanova family that managed to dominate the box office during the turbulent times of the Second Spanish Republic, the carnage of the Civil War and the hardships of the long post-war period and Franco's dictatorship — and survive until the sixties, when Spain was timidly beginning to change.
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) 2022
Mulette
Mulette
Summer 1606. Young Clodomir is responsible for watching over a river in which ravishing young women fish for mussles. They are looking for pearls to adorn Marie de Médicis's dress. Clodomir falls under the spell of one them, Mulette.
Mulette 2018
Living Legends
Living Legends
The stone-cutter, Nasdika, transforms stones into works of art. The labourer, Ivané, harvests wheat in the field. The monk, Béka, paints his pictures in the convent cell. The nobleman, Kirilé, has decided to get married. The war started by enemies turns all these people into warriors. Living Legends is a parable, a hymn to the glory of the georgian people, enamoured of freedom and independence, whose most worthy sons have never hesitated to die in the name of the glorious future of their country.
Living Legends 1976
Manila, Open City
Manila, Open City
War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.
Manila, Open City 1968
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 2005
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance. His life and career were marked by a stunning rise to power, scandal and tragedy. But his contributions survive. As Secretary of the Treasury during the tumultuous early years of the republic, Hamilton led the transformation of the young country into industrial powerhouse.
Alexander Hamilton 2007
Sultan Beybars
Sultan Beybars
The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII century. Equal to God, Sultan Beybars — the ruler of Egypt, who has the largest fleet in the Mediterranean, crushed the Crusader troops and countless hordes of Genghis Khan's descendant – recalls the life path he passed before ascending to the throne of the ruler.
Sultan Beybars 1989
Diary of a Purse Fucker
Diary of a Purse Fucker
Diary of a Purse Fucker is a film based on diaries from two anonymous men which written around January-February 2020. It’s the story about a man who like to has sex with purse, coronavirus, political parties, skin, semen, the half dead fish, Bangkok and this country.
Diary of a Purse Fucker 2020
The Glamorous Boys of Tang
The Glamorous Boys of Tang
A surreal uninhibited adventure between two boys, their mysterious love interest and two Japanese monks in the Tang dynasty. Feature debut by the acclaimed scriptwriter Chiu Kang-Chien.
The Glamorous Boys of Tang 1985
The Gospel According to Fascism - The Final Offense
The Gospel According to Fascism - The Final Offense
If Jesus came to Earth today, would his teachings and philosophy be in line with the agitated moods we live in today? Batata Filmes presents a new collage project, mixing the playful Jesus of cinema with statements made by many of his followers, in an uncomfortable and provocative experience. Contains high offensive potential for small minds.
The Gospel According to Fascism - The Final Offense 2022
The Birth of Korea
The Birth of Korea
Since South and North Korea's liberation in 1945, North Korea, a communist dictatorship that suppresses freedom and oppresses human rights, and South Korea, which has entered the path of economic prosperity and advanced countries based on freedom and democracy, have taken different paths. How did the two countries with the same language, history, and race, become divided into two extreme countries? A work that highlights the sacrifices and struggles of President Syngman Rhee and the first generation of founding members who worked to create and protect today's Republic of Korea over the past 70 years of history.
The Birth of Korea 2024
The Trump Insurrection
The Trump Insurrection
Wolf Blitzer anchors a special look exploring the origins and execution of the coup attempt Donald Trump inspired to prevent his successor from taking office.
The Trump Insurrection 2021
Autumn Rain
Autumn Rain
Autumn Rain 2005
The Death of Ivan the Terrible
The Death of Ivan the Terrible
Based on Aleksey Tolstoy's piece of the same name.
The Death of Ivan the Terrible 1909
Gilberte de Courgenay
Gilberte de Courgenay
Gilberte Montavon was a legend in her own lifetime. As a young woman, she was confidante to hundreds of thousands of Swiss-German speaking soldiers during the First World War, and remembered most of their names. She was still a teenager when the war began, and was immortalised by a song written during the war years by the Swiss-German bard and lute player, Hans Inn der Gand.
Gilberte de Courgenay 1941
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma
A true story of a doctor and his wife who went on a journey in order to prove that discoverer Christopher Columbus was in fact Portuguese. Inspired by the book "Cristóvão Colon Era Português".
Christopher Columbus, The Enigma 2007
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History
Broadcasters Lenny Henry and Suzy Klein celebrate black classical composers and musicians across the centuries whose stories and music have been forgotten in a 90-minute special.
Black Classical Music: The Forgotten History 2020
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance
This wonderfully entertaining dance documentary tells the extraordinary story of how Irish dance developed over centuries from a traditional peasant dance to a form that has taken the world by storm and is enjoyed by tens of millions. The film shows how Irish dance has both been influenced by and influenced the dance of many cultures and how it developed as an expression of resistance.
Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance 2022
Eureka Stockade
Eureka Stockade
Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
Eureka Stockade 1949
Women of Old-time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks
Women of Old-time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks
This captivating documentary takes on the commonly-held folk music scholarship assertion that women did not widely participate in old-time music in the Ozarks. Through a series of performances and interviews with senior generations of women musicians in southern Missouri, the film illustrates the central role women played, and continue to play, in the development of old-time music, culture, and community identity.
Women of Old-time Music: Tradition and Change in the Missouri Ozarks 2003
Transmedium
Transmedium
Transmedium UFOs, often viewed as ocean-based USOs, have long fascinated Navy personnel and civilian witnesses for decades. Join us for an in-depth exploration of USO history with former Navy Chief Oceanographer Tim Gallaudet.
Transmedium 1
Straight to VHS
Straight to VHS
Act of Violence Upon a Young Journalist is a film shot in 1988 and released on VHS in 1989; a mysterious cult work of Uruguayan cinema surrounded by strange theories about Manuel Lamas, its unknown creator. Until now.
Straight to VHS 2021
Monsieur Léon
Monsieur Léon
During the Occupation, a kid is taken in by his old grandfather, wrongly considered a collaborator.
Monsieur Léon 2005
Gada Meilin
Gada Meilin
A larger-than-life hero, spectacular cinematography and a story originating from a famous Mongolian epic tale, Gada Meilin is the story of a reluctant leader who guides his people to victory against a tyrannical government who wants to steal their land. Highlighting the beautiful scenery of the Mongolian prairie, native music performed by Mongolian superstar Tang Ga-al plus the fascinating local customs and uninhibited character of the Mongolian people, Gada Meilin portrays the unforgettable symphonic poem of heroes.
Gada Meilin 2002
Babilon. Raport o stanie wojennym
Babilon. Raport o stanie wojennym
Babilon. Raport o stanie wojennym 2021
Wa Islamah
Wa Islamah
Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
Wa Islamah 1961
Winter Journey
Winter Journey
Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his past in Nazi Germany as a member of a family of Jewish musicians and the strange history of the Jüdischer Kulturbund, a Jewish organization sponsored by Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels.
Winter Journey 2019
Florbela
Florbela
Shaken by a divorce in the 1920s, Portuguese poetess Florbela Espanca uses her writing to deal with her tumultuous relationship with men, eroticism and love.
Florbela 2012
Shepherd of Žemaitsi
Shepherd of Žemaitsi
Teleplay about the personality and activities of Motiejas Valančiaus, a bishop of Žemaitsi and the problems of the Lithuanian nation in the 19th century.
Shepherd of Žemaitsi 1993
Armenian Alphabet
Armenian Alphabet
An animated short depicting the creation of the Armenian alphabet by Mesrop Mashtots.
Armenian Alphabet 1993
Aoi Secret Book
Aoi Secret Book
A Golden Age drama depicting the exploits of passionate patriot Uotaro Toge in the midst of a mysterious standoff over the Secret Book of Aoi, which will determine the rise or fall of the 350,000-koku Mito clan, and showcasing swashbuckling swordsmanship.
Aoi Secret Book 1958