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Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky
Saint Petersburg, 1858. A group of composers known as The Five meet at Balakirev's. Young Modest Mussorgsky, both a civil servant and a musician, has become a fixture there. He tells about the first opera he plans to compose. Then he goes to the country where he discovers the lowly conditions of the peasants and the bloody conflicts with the rich land owners. He works on Gogol's 'The Marriage', trying to render into music the natural accents of the play's naturalistic dialogue. But his efforts do not pan out. On the other hand, he starts writing his opera on the story of Boris Godunov. The Marinsky Theatre refuses to stage the work. The Five, and Mussorgsky among them, are libeled and the group starts disintegrating. When 'Boris Godunov' is finally performed in 1874, it is a popular success.
Mussorgsky 1950
Not Settlers
Not Settlers
The documentary shows the lives of the victims deported to the forced labour camps in Hortobágy between 1950-53, up to the present day. We seek answers to the questions of how the victims coped with what happened to them, how they shared these events with their descendants, and how the tragedy suffered by their parents and grandparents affects their descendants today.
Not Settlers 2024
Zhao Yun's Fight at Changban
Zhao Yun's Fight at Changban
In the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Yun, who should have been living in peace, is drawn into the chaos of the war.
Zhao Yun's Fight at Changban 2020
Tonight We Raid Calais
Tonight We Raid Calais
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mission.
Tonight We Raid Calais 1943
Ežo Vlkolinský
Ežo Vlkolinský
Ežo Vlkolinský 1978
Like Paper
Like Paper
Like Paper, a narrative visual poem, follows Marie and Norman as their friendship turned romance is torn apart by the outbreak of World War II.
Like Paper 2021
Five from Fergana
Five from Fergana
Newsreel about the first Komsomol secretary of Turkestan - Abdullah Nabiyev.
Five from Fergana 1963
Lua de Outubro
Lua de Outubro
Arzabal wins land on the border. When he arrives to settle in, he finds himself confronted by the local political boss, unenthusiastic about his landing. Based on the play by Mario Arregui.
Lua de Outubro 2001
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Columbus The Lost Voyage
Columbus' 4th voyage has been a total failure: he has not found the westward passage, he has no gold to show, he has lost men and ships and his efforts to build a colony have fallen through. The monarchs of Spain are not going to restore the rights and privileges which were taken away from Columbus after the first voyage. And Columbus will be shamed. Many of his sailors who have survived, can't face the journey home. They will choose to remain on Hispaniola or neighbouring Puerto Rico.
Columbus The Lost Voyage 2007
1821: Άνεμος Ελευθερίας
1821: Άνεμος Ελευθερίας
A documentary film on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the outbreak of the Greek Revolution.
1821: Άνεμος Ελευθερίας 2022
The Last Cangaceiros
The Last Cangaceiros
For more than 50 years, Durvinha and Moreno hid their real identity even to their own children, who grew up thinking their parents' names were Jovina Maria and Jose Antonio Souto. They had belonged to the gang of the most famous Brazilian bandit's leader. The truth was revealed when Moreno, at the age of 95, decided to share the weight of memories with his children and meet alive relatives, including his first child. The 'cangaceirismo' was a form of 'social banditry' born in northeastern Brazil in the early XX century in a scenario of extreme poverty, violence and anarchy.
The Last Cangaceiros 2011
Time of Darkness and Silence
Time of Darkness and Silence
An investigation of Leni Reifenstahl’s infamous film production of “Teifland” during the holocaust, one which used Sinti extras under forced labor conditions. After filming finished in 1944, these extras were sent to Auschwitz. Josef Reinhardt interviews the survivors and perpetrators, wondering if Reifenstahl knew this would happen at the end of production. Teifland was filmed from 1940-1944 but was not released until 1954. This documentary aired on television only once in 1982 and is banned in Germany to this day.
Time of Darkness and Silence 1982
Ratchadamnoen Route View 2482+
Ratchadamnoen Route View 2482+
In one place, a replica of the Democracy Monument is being built. Meanwhile, the actual Democracy Monument on Ratchadamnoen road was rioting with protests demanding the reform of the monarchy.
Ratchadamnoen Route View 2482+ 2021
Krishna in Vrindavan
Krishna in Vrindavan
The adventures of Krishna and his friends in Vrindavan are filled with action and excitement, as they discover new forests and face new demons. All through these fun adventures Krishna and his friends are challenged by demons, which are finally destroyed by Krishna and Balram.
Krishna in Vrindavan 1
Malaco Records Presents: Gospel Legends
Malaco Records Presents: Gospel Legends
Welcome to Gospel Legends! Spend some time with the true Legends of Gospel as they perform their history-making hits from the last 60 years of Gospel Music. Sit back and enjoy.
Malaco Records Presents: Gospel Legends 2006
New Orleans
New Orleans
In the wake of hurricane Katrina, as Americans begin a dialogue about the future of one of the nation's most distinctive cities, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE presents a provocative history of the city that lies at the mouth of the mighty Mississippi. Walled in on almost all sides by water, pressed together by the demands of geography, New Orleans has always been a laboratory where the social forces play out in dramatic and, at times, disastrous fashion.
New Orleans 2007
Le Dernier Gaulois
Le Dernier Gaulois
Thanks to recent archaeological discoveries, this docudrama movie association and documentary footage to rediscover the "true face" of the Gaulle. On comments from Clovis Cornillac. In 52 BC, the fortress of Alesia, Apator, a Gallic leader, is exhausted after forty days of siege. His armies prepare to load against the Roman legions who circled.
Le Dernier Gaulois 2015
Lili
Lili
A young mother flees her country in the midst of a revolution, revealing to her daughter a history of abandonment that crosses three continents and four generations.
Lili 2020
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.
The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story 1993
Prisoners of Propaganda
Prisoners of Propaganda
In 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the "exemplary conditions" under which prisoners of war were kept, and to "soften up" the Australian public for the anticipated occupation of their country by Japanese forces. Prisoners of Propaganda tells why the film was made, and how it came to be forgotten.
Prisoners of Propaganda 1987
La Chanson du mal-aimé
La Chanson du mal-aimé
La Chanson du mal-aimé 1982
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World
Over 80 years after her death, Marie Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing - a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. This multi-layered film reveals the real Marie Curie, an extraordinary woman who fell in love three times, had to survive the pain of loss, and the public humiliation of a doomed love affair. It is a riveting portrait of a tenacious mother and scientist, who opened the door on a whole new realm of physics, which she discovered and named - radioactivity.
The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit up the World 2013
Freedom of NC
Freedom of NC
14 yr old Sarah Jones portrays the daily struggles of a little slave girl until she sees the light! Sarah will be compared to all the greatest female abolitionists of our time!
Freedom of NC 2021
Woman from the Killed Village
Woman from the Killed Village
One of the five-part documentary series by Belarusian writer and director Viktor Dashuk, which recounts the horrors experienced by the Belarusian people during World War II, through firsthand accounts of survivors and newsreel footage.
Woman from the Killed Village 1975
Mademoiselle O
Mademoiselle O
About a young boy growing up to become a great artist. Set basically in St. Petersburg and a country dacha in Vyra during the aftermath of the 1905 Russian Revolution.
Mademoiselle O 1994
Krishna Kansa Vadha
Krishna Kansa Vadha
Krishna's miraculous deeds soon reach the court of Kansa. He soon devises a sinister plan to finish Krishna and invites him to Mathura. Krishna and Balram accept the invitation and travel to Mathura. After entering Kansa's arena they kill Chanur and Mustik, the wrestlers, and eventually kill the evil Kansa himself.
Krishna Kansa Vadha 1
Člověk proti zkáze
Člověk proti zkáze
Biography of Karel Čapek.
Člověk proti zkáze 1989
Sabina - Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years
Sabina - Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years
A story of transformation and hope in a time of turmoil and terror
Sabina - Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years 2021
Hitler in Colour
Hitler in Colour
Documentary using only original colour footage charts the 12 years from Adolf Hitler's rise to power to the fall of Berlin in 1945. Complemented by eyewitness material, tracks the dramatic transformation of Germany into a Nazi state, looks into Hitler's relationship with his lover Eva Braun and replicates pivotal events, including Nazi rallies, the invasion of Poland, Hitler's meeting with Lloyd George, the horrors of Buchenwald concentration camp, Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto, the Battle of Britain and the fall of Berlin.
Hitler in Colour 2005
Nuremberg Epilogue
Nuremberg Epilogue
Reproduction of the Nuremberg trials using transcripts, made for Polish TV.
Nuremberg Epilogue 1971
Clarissa & the King's Cookbook
Clarissa & the King's Cookbook
Clarissa Dickson Wright tracks down Britain's oldest known cookbook, The Forme of Cury. This 700-year-old scroll was written during the reign of King Richard II from recipes created by the king's master chefs. How did this ancient manuscript influence the way people eat today? On her culinary journey through medieval history she reawakens recipes that have lain dormant for centuries and discovers dishes that are still prepared now.
Clarissa & the King's Cookbook 2008
Chanakya Chandragupta
Chanakya Chandragupta
The film is a historical story, based on the 3rd century BC Maurya Emperor Chandragupta Maurya and his mentor Chanakya. It begins with the Greek invader Alexander intruding on our borders, Magadha as his last step of sovereignty. Discerning it, fear-defying scholar Chanakya is under trace of the dynamic King to hinder it.
Chanakya Chandragupta 1977
A Sacrifice for the Emperor
A Sacrifice for the Emperor
The film is based on documentary facts and tells the story of an officer in the Japanese General Staff who received the task under the name of Captain Rybnikov to infiltrate the military circles of St.Petersburg. It was exposed after the famous Tsushima battle of 1904, when Japan destroyed the entire Russian Far Eastern fleet.
A Sacrifice for the Emperor 1991
Les Évadés du troisième Reich
Les Évadés du troisième Reich
Les Évadés du troisième Reich 2015
Nefertiti the Queen of Hearts
Nefertiti the Queen of Hearts
In 1350 BC, Queen Nefertiti together with her husband, Pharaoh Akhenaten arrive at Amarna. In the New Kingdom of the 18th Dynasty, Nefertiti and her pet bird embark on a real adventure.
Nefertiti the Queen of Hearts 2024
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World
A compelling study of the Hopi that captures their deep spirituality and reveals their integration of art and daily life. Amidst beautiful images of Hopi land and life, a variety of Hopi — a farmer, a religious elder, a grandmother, a painter, a potter, and a weaver — speak about the preservation of the Hopi way. Their philosophy of living in balance and harmony with nature is a model to the Western world of an environmental ethic in action.
Hopi: Songs of the Fourth World 1983
Thousand Cranes
Thousand Cranes
April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts winning, she starts getting tired more easily. She is sent back to the American Base Victory Hospital, where the diagnosis is lymphatic leukemia. And she has no more than a year left to live. Her parents agree with the doctor that Sadako should not be told, but will she find out anyway ?
Thousand Cranes 1989
Martin Fierro: The Movie
Martin Fierro: The Movie
At late 19th Century, the Argentinean Pampa is changing. Martin Fierro is a renegade that fights against the power and corruption that try to subordinate him and to take away his most precious value: freedom. With his strength and courage, Martin Fierro represents the fight for justice. Based on the most important book of Argentinean Literature, "The Gaucho Martin Fierro", the film intends to rescue the current value of the story and the epic character of Martín Fierro for an audience mainly young, especially students and families.
Martin Fierro: The Movie 2007
Full Unity: Imalat-i Harbiye
Full Unity: Imalat-i Harbiye
It tells the story of the workers of the Imalat-i Harbiye, who formed a team in 1910 and started playing football in a league under the control of the French.
Full Unity: Imalat-i Harbiye 2023
Y1: Silence of the Deep
Y1: Silence of the Deep
14 September 1943: The legendary submarine Y1 “Katsonis” was sunk north of the island of Skiathos by the German submarine chaser UJ 2101. Through the book of XO Elias Tsoukalas who escaped capture and had to swim for nine hours to reach shore, secret documents, and crew members’ diaries, the documentary unfolds the human stories woven around the submarine. Seventy-five years later, with the support of the Hellenic Navy, we search for the submarine sunk at 253 metres depth and film the wreck for the very first time.
Y1: Silence of the Deep 2020