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El Cairo
El Cairo
Mexico 1926. Durazo is an outlaw and a former revolutionary. He is getting at the end of the quest for a coveted treasure. His mission will be interrupted by an unexpected meeting, which will define his life.
El Cairo 2021
1648: The Long Road to Peace
1648: The Long Road to Peace
October 2018 was the four-hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. The documentary traces the story of how it was finally brought to an end with the peace of Munster and Osnabruck – the first peace in European history to be concluded at the negotiating table and not fought on the battlefield.
1648: The Long Road to Peace 2018
Yaathisai
Yaathisai
Set in the 7th century, Kodhi, an young hot-blooded warrior from the Einar clan, believes that his birth is destined to free his fellows from the nomadic life that they lead and goes on an impossible mission, to revolt against and defeat the Pandiyan king Ranadheeran.
Yaathisai 2023
Deep Inside The Titanic
Deep Inside The Titanic
The Titanic lies in complete darkness, four kilometers beneath the ocean. So remote is this famous wreckage that only a small handful of explorers and scientists have dared to make the dangerous journey down to her decks. However, now we too can explore what is left of the mighty ship. Using special remote submersibles to glide through the living spaces of the Titanic, viewers witness the current condition of the ballrooms, hallways and living quarters of this famous vessel. In addition, this unique programme reveals what each room was like before the tragedy. On a guided tour of the ship, the stories of the inhabitants of each room are told. Around each corner, the grandeur that made this ship the pride of the White Star Line brings home the poignant story of those who spent their last moments aboard.
Deep Inside The Titanic 1999
Tunnel to Freedom
Tunnel to Freedom
13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape to the West becomes more dangerous every day. But on September 14, 1962, exactly one year, one month and one day after the Wall was built, a group of 29 people from the GDR managed to escape spectacularly through a 135-meter tunnel to the West. For more than 4 months, students from West Berlin, including 2 Italians, dug this tunnel. When the tunnel builders ran out of money after only a few meters of digging, they came up with the idea of marketing the escape tunnel. They sell the film rights to the story exclusively to NBC, an American television station.
Tunnel to Freedom 2021
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace. Informed of the danger of an imminent popular uprising, Nero orders to set fire to the city, which he watches from a terrace, rejoicing and playing his lyra.
Nero, or The Fall of Rome 1909
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward
The brutal trilogy of light-welterweight fights between Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti and 'Irish' Mickey Ward is the focus of this documentary.
Legendary Nights: The Tale of Gatti-Ward 2013
The White-Haired Girl
The White-Haired Girl
Yang Bailao, a tenant farmer, lives with his daughter Xi'er. The despotic landlord, Huang Shiren, attempts to forcibly take Xi'er for himself. On the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, Huang forces Yang to sell his daughter as repayment of the debt Yang owes him.
The White-Haired Girl 1951
Besieged
Besieged
Serbia, autumn 1942, The SS has dispatched 200 men to the mountains to flush-out Commander Nikola Kalabic after receiving intelligence from a local informer of his whereabouts. The commander is accompanied by an elite unit of his Royal Mountain Corp troops.
Besieged 2022
Samhold må til
Samhold må til
Describes the origin and development of the trade union movement.
Samhold må til 1935
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther
The portrait of Eldridge Cleaver, the "Minister of Information" for the Black Panthers movement, in exile in Algiers.
Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther 1970
Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine
The film tells the story of Ivan Mazeppa, a Ukrainian page at the Polish court who has an affair with the young wife of a much older count. Outraged when he learns of the incident, the nobleman has Mazeppa tied naked to a wild horse which is then released into the wilderness. The bulk of the poem describes the long hazardous journey during which Mazeppa almost dies twice but ultimately survives and returns to his native Ukraine.
Mazeppa, Folk Hero of the Ukraine 1919
Peter the First, Part I
Peter the First, Part I
This, the first Soviet depiction of Peter the Great, set the stage for what would become the post-Revolutionary line concerning the early Romanovs. Rulers like Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great were widely admired for their dedication to Russia and their absolute determination to enhance her position in the world. But praise for the hated later Romanovs conflicted too heavily with the very beliefs that had brought about the Revolution in 1917.
Peter the First, Part I 1937
血月记
血月记
血月记 2023
Last Raid at Cabin Creek: An Untold Story of the American Civil War
Last Raid at Cabin Creek: An Untold Story of the American Civil War
This award-winning documentary tells the true story of the final Confederate raid into what is now northeastern Oklahoma. The raid culminated in the capture of more than 300 Federal supply wagons at Cabin Creek in the Cherokee Nation.
Last Raid at Cabin Creek: An Untold Story of the American Civil War 1992
Elizabeth I: Tudor Queen
Elizabeth I: Tudor Queen
A woman in a man's world. Though strong-willed, intelligent and passionate, Queen Elizabeth I is keenly aware that her life is in constant peril. With her died the Tudor dynasty, but the changes she made to politics and parliament show the beginnings of the conception of the England that we know and love today.
Elizabeth I: Tudor Queen 2023
The Wyvern Mystery
The Wyvern Mystery
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his two sons.
The Wyvern Mystery 2000
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933
Presents a unique and disturbing look at the rise of the Nazi party. The documentary, directed by Lutz Becker, attempts to remain as objective as possible, serving as a neutral observer of the years 1918 through 1933 in Germany. Via newsreel footage and clips of features from the era, the film offers a kaleidoscopic view of the many elements that fueled the rise of the Socialist Nationalist Party, including post-WWI poverty. Hitler occupies a central place in the documentary.
Double Headed Eagle: Hitler's Rise to Power 1918-1933 1973
Ghashiram Kotwal
Ghashiram Kotwal
A stylized version of Vijay Tendulkar’s radical Marathi play chronicling the Peshwa regime in western India, a collective effort of direction and cinematography made by an independent group of young filmmakers.
Ghashiram Kotwal 1976
Titanic: The Aftermath
Titanic: The Aftermath
Explores what happened after the Titanic sank: the lives the disaster affected and the changes it brought to sea travel.
Titanic: The Aftermath 2012
Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso
Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso
The life of legendary Brazilian musician Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha.
Pixinguinha: Um Homem Carinhoso 2021
Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue
Narrated by Peter Coyote, Out of The Blue is widely considered the best documentary ever made about Unidentified Objects. The producers traveled around the world to investigate some of the most famous UFO events on record. Through exclusive interviews with high-ranking military and government personnel, this award-winning film supports the theory that some UFOs are of extraterrestrial origin.
Out of the Blue 2003
Untitled Meena Kumari Biopic
Untitled Meena Kumari Biopic
Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of the greatest actresses of Indian cinema. In a career spanning 33 years, from child actress to adult, she starred in over 90 films.
Untitled Meena Kumari Biopic 1
"O Jehovah, . . . I Trust in You"
See how Hezekiah overcomes pressure from all sides to make decisions based on faith and loyalty, setting an example for his entire nation and all those who serve Jehovah today.
"O Jehovah, . . . I Trust in You" 2016
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great
The project will focus not only on the empress's state achievements, but also on her natural image. During her formative years and during the main period of her reign.
Catherine the Great 1
Occupations
Occupations
In an attempt to win better conditions for the workers in 1920s Turin, Gramsci leads a takeover of the factories by the workers. He is offered assistance by Kabak (who has just arrived from Moscow) but Gramsci soon realizes Kabak is not motivated by ideology, as he has other motives.
Occupations 1974
We Weren't Married in a Church
We Weren't Married in a Church
We Weren't Married in a Church 1983
Sinatra and Kennedy: Dark Secrets
Sinatra and Kennedy: Dark Secrets
With his mafia wise guy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helps John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960, but it all comes to a bitter end.
Sinatra and Kennedy: Dark Secrets 2023
Shaheed
Shaheed
The inspirational biography of one of India's greatest patriots Sardar Bhagat Singh.
Shaheed 1965
The Name of the People
The Name of the People
Life of Serbian patriot and intelectual Svetozar Miletic and his family in a fight to free Serbian people from Austria-Hungary.
The Name of the People 2020
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad is a 1998 Malayalam film directed by Venu Nagavalli. The film stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, Suganya and Murali in lead roles.
Raktha Sakshikal Zindabad 1998
Detective Dee: The Lost Gold
Detective Dee: The Lost Gold
A murder and gold theft case leads Di Renjie to a deeper conspiracy when traces of Blood Vine, the Pink Butterfly and the Tree Demon are found at the crime scene. Dee is pestered by Shen Jun Yao, a flower girl, and runs into Jiang Hanshuang, a female officer who is investigating the murder of the Tree Demon and the gold theft.
Detective Dee: The Lost Gold 2018
The Last Dinner
The Last Dinner
The movie takes place in the kitchen of Cankaya Mansion on Sunday night, October 28, 1923, a day before the proclamation of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and formally marking the end of the Ottoman Empire.
The Last Dinner 2023
MK-Ultra : la fin du silence
MK-Ultra : la fin du silence
MK-Ultra : la fin du silence 2021
The Conquerors
The Conquerors
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
The Conquerors 1932
Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth
A film based on the home-run legend's life.
Babe Ruth 1991
Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil
Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil
The interview, held on January 4, 2001, was the last given by Professor Milton Santos, who died from cancer on June 24 of the same year. The geographer is gone, but his thoughts remains. Its political and cultural ideals inspire the debate on Brazilian society and the construction of a new world. His statement is a true testimony, a lesson that the world can be better. Based on geography, Milton Santos performs a reading of the contemporary world that reveals the different faces of the phenomenon of globalization. It is in the evidence of contradictions and paradoxes that constitute everyday life that Milton Santos sees the possibilities of building another reality. He innovates when, instead of standing against globalization, proposes and points out ways for another globalization.
Milton Santos, Pensador do Brasil 2001
The Beast Is Still Alive
The Beast Is Still Alive
A young Bulgarian girl digs into her grandfather's turbulent life in an attempt to unravel the past and find answers and explanations for the catastrophic fall of communism.
The Beast Is Still Alive 2016
Toloka
Toloka
There is a ballad written by Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko called “That Catherine's hut is on the hill...". It is about a rescue of Catherine's lover, whom she saves by posing him as her brother. This story, as a parable, flies throughout Ukraine's history and reconstructs its dramatic and heroic episodes. Every challenge, including the Chernobyl accident, leaves Catherine without her home. But she is stubborn, as many generations of Ukrainians, in rebuilding her house out of pieces. The story is not only about Catherine's redemption, but also about Ukraine's survival throughout the centuries that is reflected in a folk tradition called Toloka.
Toloka 2020
Old San Francisco
Old San Francisco
In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
Old San Francisco 1927