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The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
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The Rise & Fall of Penn Station
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Penn Station covered nearly eight acres, extended two city blocks, and housed one of the largest public spaces in the world. But just 53 years after the station’s opening, the monumental building that was supposed to last forever, to herald and represent the American Empire, was slated to be destroyed.
The Rise & Fall of Penn Station 2004
1906
1906
A year has passed since the turbulent events of the 1905 revolution. The secret police has almost eradicated the network of social democratic fighters. Only one group continues fighting and a bold assault on a factory cash desk is being planned. A low ranking fighter Grey is assigned to lead the operation. Meanwhile, Grey starts an affair with a young poetess Violet and gets to know the flamboy-ant crowd of decadent artists and writers. Inspired by Violet Grey takes a look at revolution from a different perspective. Meanwhile Violet gradually gets involved in the dangerous world of revolutionary fighters. November 1906 in Riga is still remembered as a month of crazy bohemia and violent terror.
1906 2019
Iemitsu and Hikoza
Iemitsu and Hikoza
A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal old retainer Hikoza (comedian Roppa, playing somewhat against type).
Iemitsu and Hikoza 1941
Dugo at Pag-ibig Sa Kapirasong Lupa
Dugo at Pag-ibig Sa Kapirasong Lupa
The greatest, longest, most expensive film produced in the film history of the Philippines. Five segments with an all-star cast, directed by five directors with a running time of 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Dugo at Pag-ibig Sa Kapirasong Lupa 1975
Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice
Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice
Seven Decades after the bloody battle for Omaha Beach in Normandy, France on D-Day, many veterans are returning to visit one last time. Omaha Beach: Honor And Sacrifice tells the very personal stories of several veterans as they return to Omaha Beach and the celebration that Normandy, France holds in their honor every year.
Omaha Beach: Honor and Sacrifice 2014
Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking
Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking
An experimental shortfilm in line with "Lux Æterna", showcasing the footage from Cecil B. DeMille's "King of the Kings". A voiceover pronunces word "Relax" in a hypnotic tone, which was Lux Æterna's working title. It was shown only once in Paris at L'Étrange Festival, at the opening of "Lux Æterna".
Lux Æterna: The Art of Filmmaking 2019
Zeus
Zeus
Manuel Teixeira Gomes the Portuguese President who left everything behind with only one premise: become who he really wanted to be
Zeus 2017
Shaheed Uddham Singh
Shaheed Uddham Singh
Based on Udham Singh, Indian revolutionary best known for assassinating Sir Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in British India, on 13th March 1940
Shaheed Uddham Singh 2000
Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky
Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky
Film tells the story of one of the most difficult and tragic moments of the liberation war of Ukrainian people against the rule of Poland (1648 - 1657 years) - Battle of Zbarazh.
Bohdan Zynoviy Khmelnytsky 2008
Shadow of the Eagle
Shadow of the Eagle
The story of a young poet who became a symbol for Finnish optimism and was subsequently forced underground during Tsar Nicholas II's oppressive dictatorship.
Shadow of the Eagle 2005
Enoken's Kondo Isami
Enoken's Kondo Isami
Enoken plays both Kondo Isami and his deadly enemy Sakamoto Ryoma in this comedic, song-filled vision of the Meiji Restoration.
Enoken's Kondo Isami 1935
Zlatá podkova, zlaté pero, zlatý vlas
Zlatá podkova, zlaté pero, zlatý vlas
Zlatá podkova, zlaté pero, zlatý vlas 1998
Six Rounds
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Six Rounds
Amongst the 2011 London riots, a former boxer needs must choose between his past or a new future.
Six Rounds 2017
Anne Devlin
Anne Devlin
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Anne Devlin 1984
Onrust
Onrust
On a trip to the island of Onrust, Bramanto Putra discovered an ancient diary while idly looking for historical objects. It belonged to the lover of Maria Van De Velde, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bram and another archeology student named Susan decide to do some research on the owner of the diary, leading to fatal consequences as they accidentally unleash a dark spell upon the island.
Onrust 2023
L'enfant des loups - Vanda
L'enfant des loups - Vanda
L'enfant des loups - Vanda 1991
Jericho
Jericho
At early 16th century a priest joins the spanish conquerros in order to bring christianity to the indios. The expedition is murdered by the indios, only the priest is sparred. Santiago, the priest, first tries to continue christianization, but finally becomes one of them - until the Spaniards return.
Jericho 1991
Time of Darkness
Time of Darkness
In Middle-Age Russia, a christian preacher arrives, proposing a new order. He threatens those who take part in a pagan festival with the flames of hell. But when strange crimes start to happen, local leaders decide to investigate.
Time of Darkness 1991
Life Is Ours
Life Is Ours
A propaganda film of the communist party of France, showing how the comrades help the proletariat against the capitalists.
Life Is Ours 1936
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy
Year 1648. Ukraine under the oppression of Poland. Polish nobility committing outrage, burning villages one after another. Hetman of Zaporozhian Cossacks Bogdan Khmelnitsky gathers the army of defenders of the motherland...
Bogdan Khmelnitskiy 1941
No Pasaran, Souvenir Album
No Pasaran, Souvenir Album
As a child, the filmmaker had found with his grandparents an incomplete series of postcards photographed in his family's village at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939. Twenty years later, he went in search of the missing cards.
No Pasaran, Souvenir Album 2003
Angel Mountain
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Angel Mountain
Growing up in a small rural farm town in the early 1950's, sixteen- year-old Jimmy Hoffer, and his two siblings do their best to survive poverty and a crumbling family unit.
Angel Mountain 2021
Milk and Honey from Rotfront
Milk and Honey from Rotfront
Documentary feature about the village 'Rotfront' located in Kyrgyzstan, where half of the inhabitants have German roots. The feature depicts their history, their motivations to stay in Kyrgyzstan and their relationship to Germany.
Milk and Honey from Rotfront 2001
State Border: Vol. 3. Eastern Frontier
State Border: Vol. 3. Eastern Frontier
Chekist Olga Anisimova, who infiltrated the White Guard center in Harbin, and border guard Aleksei Mogilov prevent a number of provocations on the Chinese Eastern Railway, uncovering a conspiracy between the White Chinese and the White Guard center in Harbin.
State Border: Vol. 3. Eastern Frontier 1982
The Murder of General Gryaznov
The Murder of General Gryaznov
Revolutionary uprising of Georgian laborers in 1905.
The Murder of General Gryaznov 1921
The Serbian Lawyer
The Serbian Lawyer
Ten years after fleeing the regime in Serbia, Marko finds himself defending some of the very people that he fought against while he lived there, including the notorious Radovan Karadzic.
The Serbian Lawyer 2014
Pavlos Melas
Pavlos Melas
The military action of a Greek officer, Pavlos Melas, for the liberation of Macedonia from the Turks and Bulgarians. A story stick to the facts for the heroism and sacrifice of the Greeks. Pavlos Melas is the symbol of the struggle for the independence of Macedonia in Greece.
Pavlos Melas 1973
9/11: The Longest War
9/11: The Longest War
In honour of the 15th Anniversary of 9/11, National Geographic Channel is looking back at the very best reporting we have done since this world-changing tragedy first happened using extended excerpts from past specials that relate directly to events leading up to and following the attacks on New York City and Washington DC.
9/11: The Longest War 2016
The Traitor
The Traitor
1971, Odessa Film Studio. The KGB studio curator orders a re-edit of just finished movie about the events of Ukraine’s 1920s "civil war" of a young director in line with the Party’s view on the historical events. This re-editing work is entrusted to a young female editor, which consequently realizes she must protect the director’s vision and the safe-guard the truth about her country under Soviet occupation.
The Traitor 2018
Pelle the Conqueror
Pelle the Conqueror
From Martin Anderson Nexo's novel comes this loved story of a Swedish boy and his elderly father trying to make a better life for themselves in Denmark. A bleak future quickly becomes apparent when the two find employment on a farm full of misery.
Pelle the Conqueror 1986
Era Of Dance
Era Of Dance
The film tells a story about the latest musical revolution in recent history – the early days of the rave scene and the golden age of techno culture. International political changes in the mid-80s and early 90s, including the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, in a short period of time allowed this cultural phenomenon to become a mass movement which was almost completely independent from the global corporations and which did not fight with the system but created its own system.
Era Of Dance 2017
Blue Line of Defense
Blue Line of Defense
Blue Line of Defense 2020
Defying Everybody
Defying Everybody
The movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united Montenegro in the 18th century and led them in the Battle of Krusi against a huge Turkish army to return victorious and pave the first path towards economic development.
Defying Everybody 1973
The Tragedy of Richard III
The Tragedy of Richard III
Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown. He first convinces the ailing King that the Duke of Clarence, his elder brother, is a threat to the lives of Edward's two young sons. Edward has him imprisoned in the Tower of London; killers in Richard's pay then drown Clarence in a barrel of wine. When news of Clarence's death reaches the King, the subsequent grief and remorse bring about his death. Richard is made Lord Protector, with power to rule England while his nephew (now King Edward V) is still a minor. Before the young king's coronation he has his two nephews conveyed to the Tower, ostensibly for their safekeeping. Richard's accomplice, the Duke of Buckingham, then declares the two boys illegitimate and offers Richard the crown, which after a show of reticence he accepts. After Richard's coronation, he and Buckingham have a falling-out over whether or not to assassinate the two children.
The Tragedy of Richard III 1983
Good Sins
Good Sins
A carmelite monk travels through 17th century Poland and experiences various mishaps along the way.
Good Sins 1963
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene 2021
Jan 69
Jan 69
Jan 69 2004
Lady at Number 16
Lady at Number 16
Based on the tale by Dale Jarvis, "Lady at Number 16" tells the story of two sailors in the 1800s that help a young lady back into her mansion. They return a few hours later to realize that their night was not all that it had seemed, and it may have had a more sinister twist than expected.
Lady at Number 16 2022
Clandestinos
Clandestinos
In 1950s Havana, a romance blooms between two young revolutionaries whose clandestine printing press publishes pamphlets meant to stir up rebellion against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. As their popularity grows, so, too, does their revolutionary zeal and their desire to mobilize other urban guerilla units.
Clandestinos 1987