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Svetozar Markovic
Svetozar Markovic
A biopic of an influential Serbian political activist, literary critic and philosopher. Svetozar Markovic developed an activist anthropological philosophy with a definite program of social change, which set foundations for socialist ideals in his homeland.
Svetozar Markovic 1980
Der ewige Traum
Der ewige Traum
At the end of the 18th century, the wealthy French scholar Saussure comes to a small Alpine village and offers 1,000 pieces of gold to anyone who can lead him to the summit of Mont Blanc. The young farmer's son Jacques Balmat wants to take on the dangerous task, even though his father has told him from an early age about the mighty mountain spirits who guard a legendary treasure of gold on the mountain peak.
Der ewige Traum 1934
The Treasure of Count Chamaré
The Treasure of Count Chamaré
The Treasure of Count Chamaré 1985
Alexander: The Neva Battle
Alexander: The Neva Battle
Young prince Aleksandr has to hold out against two enemies - the Horde in the east and the Teutonic order and Sweden in the west. He discovers that some boyars are plotting against him and are ready to betray Novgorod to the Swedes and the Germans to boost their trade. Meanwhile, his best friend falls under suspicion, as somebody tries to poison the young prince at his own wedding feast. Aleksandr has no way out - to defend his people against the invaders and to find the true poisoner.
Alexander: The Neva Battle 2008
Larco Ave.: The Movie
Larco Ave.: The Movie
Based on a theater musical, this movie is set in the city of Lima, Peru during the end of the 80's. The plot is about a group of youngsters from Lima who are participating in a contest for the best new Peruvian rock band. All these while they have to deal with the worst economic situation in Peru, corrupt leaders and terrorism that is rampant throughout the country. Features very popular Peruvian rock songs from the 80's and 90's.
Larco Ave.: The Movie 2018
California Winter
Prime Video
California Winter
Young real estate agent Clara Morales encouraged risky loans to her clients during the housing boom. She must now rescue her father’s home from foreclosure - a consequence of the loan she advised him to take.
California Winter 2015
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
Freevee
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali
A comic drama about the weird and wonderful world of Salvador Dali and the Surrealists. This film charts Dali's meteoric rise from obscurity to the world's most publicised artist.
Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali 2002
Citizen Lane
Citizen Lane
Citizen Lane is an innovative mix of documentary and drama that delivers a vivid and compelling portrait of Hugh Lane, one of the most fascinating and yet enigmatic figures in modern Irish history. A man of multiple contradictions, by turns infuriatingly parsimonious or extraordinarily generous, a professed nationalist and a knight of the realm; a monumental snob and a fearless campaigner for access to the arts.
Citizen Lane 2018
Nech sa niekto opováži alebo Ako Ďuro Konôpka o fujaru prišiel
Nech sa niekto opováži alebo Ako Ďuro Konôpka o fujaru prišiel
Nech sa niekto opováži alebo Ako Ďuro Konôpka o fujaru prišiel 1982
Heilige Jeanne
Heilige Jeanne
Dutch television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan".
Heilige Jeanne 1978
The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
The Shooting Party 1985
Il pataffio
Il pataffio
An unlikely group of soldiers and courtiers led by Marcount Berlocchio and his new bride Bernarda take possession of a distant fief. But their castle is a decrepit dump and their villagers aren't willing to be ruled.
Il pataffio 2022
Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor
Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor
The figure of Emperor Peter the Great, as well as the era of his formation and reign, still excites the minds of people all over the world. The creators answer the questions of how to take the throne when you are the fourteenth child in the family; how to win access to the sea when there is no professional army and navy in the country; how to bring a country that no one considered before into world leaders in a few decades, and many others.
Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor 2022
Jako letní sníh – Život J. A. Komenského
Jako letní sníh – Život J. A. Komenského
Jako letní sníh – Život J. A. Komenského 2021
The Russian Forest
The Russian Forest
Based on the novel of the same name by Leonid Leonov. Young Polya comes to Moscow: she wants to find her father, Professor Vikhrov, and try to understand why her mother broke up with him. Vikhrov is a prominent scientist who has defended the forest from barbaric destruction all his life. The war begins. Professor Vikhrov continues to lecture, proving to students the need to protect the forest. Polya is trying to find out the reasons for the long-standing feud between her father and academician Gratsianskiy. Now, when Vikhrov is already not young and lonely, the professor mentally returns to the past...
The Russian Forest 1964
Newsflash
Newsflash
On November 22, 1963 CBS newsman Walter Cronkite is given the task of reporting on live television about President John F. Kennedy's assassination in Texas.
Newsflash 1
Corisco & Dadá
Corisco & Dadá
Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region, rapes 12-year-old Dadá, who becomes his woman, following him and his gang. Although they were supposed to fight against social injustice, they terrorized the small villages along their way.
Corisco & Dadá 1996
The Valkyrie Legacy
Prime Video
The Valkyrie Legacy
Created as a companion documentary to the film "Valkyrie," this documentary details the true story behind the plot to assassinate Adolph Hitler.
The Valkyrie Legacy 2008
Orderers
Orderers
A fact-based account of ordinary citizens who found themselves arrested and imprisoned without charge for weeks during the October Crisis in 1970 Quebec.
Orderers 1974
New York at the Movies
New York at the Movies
New York at the Movies 2002
The Lost Hero Of Ayodhya
The Lost Hero Of Ayodhya
The evil nobleman "Luang Talok" tricked "Yae," a herbal medicine doctor, into cutting the head of Burmese commander "Namyo" . Will Yae survive the fight and return home to see his wife "Sai Soi" onec again?
The Lost Hero Of Ayodhya 2022
Days of the Turbins
Days of the Turbins
Masterfully done re-telling of Bulgakov's brilliant play (itself a version of the novel, "White Guard"), "Days of the Turbins".
Days of the Turbins 1976
Raul Gardini
Raul Gardini
Raul Gardini 2023
There Is Many Like Us
Prime Video
There Is Many Like Us
In 1943, Max Fronenberg spent one year digging a secret underground tunnel to escape out of a prison camp in Warsaw, Poland during the Holocaust while saving fifteen other prisoners in the process and forced to leave behind the love of his life, Rena, in the prison.
There Is Many Like Us 2015
The Fall of Otrar
The Fall of Otrar
A staggering historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil of the East Asian civilization of Otrar, before its systematic destruction at the hands of Genghis Khan.
The Fall of Otrar 1991
Emma Hamilton
Emma Hamilton
The Making of a Lady: The Story of Lady Hamilton is a 1968 historical drama film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Michèle Mercier, Richard Johnson and John Mills.[1] It was based on the novel La San-Felice by Alexandre Dumas and depicts the love affair between Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson. It was a co-production between Italy, West Germany, France and the United States.
Emma Hamilton 1968
The Abdication
The Abdication
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
The Abdication 1974
The Beach Boys: An American Band
The Beach Boys: An American Band
A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.
The Beach Boys: An American Band 1985
AYOR
AYOR
In 1970, during the annual Dutch national commemoration of those fallen in World War II, two men try to make a statement against gay discrimination. In the moments before and after the incident, their doubt, fear and firm belief becomes clear.
AYOR 2021
Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis
This documentary chronicles the long and storied career of Storm Thorgerson, the most famous artist you've never heard of -- the brilliant photographer who created scores of iconic album covers for bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis 2011
Israel: Clash of the Tribes
Israel: Clash of the Tribes
Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, ultra-Orthodox, Israeli Arabs... The different groups that make up Israeli society seem irreconcilable. Who are they? Can their complicated history explain the current situation in the country?
Israel: Clash of the Tribes 2023
« Le Chagrin et la Pitié » :  La France de Vichy dynamitée
« Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée
« Le Chagrin et la Pitié » : La France de Vichy dynamitée 2024
O ševci Matoušovi
O ševci Matoušovi
O ševci Matoušovi 1948
Sternstunde ihres Lebens
Sternstunde ihres Lebens
Bonn 1948. The member of parliament and lawyer Elisabeth Selbert fights tirelessly for the inclusion of the sentence "Men and women have equal rights" in the Basic Law of the future Federal Republic of Germany. Despite the opposition she encounters during sessions in the Parliamentary Council , there is _she does not stop and stubbornly sticks to her plan . Selbert experiences a grandiose triumph when her application is included in the new Basic Law under Article 3, Paragraph 2 . In doing so , she lays the foundation for what has now been a 65-year political and social debate on the subjectEqual rights.
Sternstunde ihres Lebens 2014
Отречение
Отречение
The Germans, pursued by Soviet soldiers, retreat. Among them is a wounded Hans, who decides to take a break in one of the destroyed houses in Gomel. Hans has a nightmare, after which he decides to take the path of renunciation...
Отречение 2024
Cleopatra
Cleopatra
The fabled queen of Egypt's affair with Roman general Marc Antony is ultimately disastrous for both of them.
Cleopatra 1912
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil
First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil 1959
The Lost Squadron
The Lost Squadron
When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in Hollywood, where they work as stunt fliers for a sadistic director.
The Lost Squadron 1932
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King
Reflected in an artificial and bombastically staged illusory world with Wagnerian compositions, glossy and satirical time references, 19th century German figures and traditions are stripped of their mythology and interpreted by the Germany of 1972.
Ludwig – Requiem for a Virgin King 1972
General
General
A biopic about a Soviet general V. Gorbatov.
General 1992