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3 Frauen 1 Streik
3 Frauen 1 Streik
The strike at the Neuss-based automotive supplier Pierburg made headlines nationwide in 1973. It was one of over 300 "wildcat strikes" during this period, in which foreign workers and Germans worked together to improve working conditions.
3 Frauen 1 Streik 2023
The True Legend of the Eiffel Tower
The True Legend of the Eiffel Tower
This movie is a docudrama relating the early history of the Eiffel Tower: From the planning to its first military use.
The True Legend of the Eiffel Tower 2005
Sins of Jezebel
Sins of Jezebel
The aging king of Israel, Ahab, falls under the influence of a young and beautiful but scheming Pagan woman named Jezebel and, against the advice of his advisers and the prophet Elijah, marries her. Her plan to introduce her idols to Israel angers God, who wreaks vengeance on Israel.
Sins of Jezebel 1953
Miasto z morza
Miasto z morza
Miasto z morza 2009
Moravský Manchester
Moravský Manchester
Moravský Manchester 2023
Titanic: The Musical
Titanic: The Musical
In the final hours of April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, collided with an iceberg and ‘the unsinkable ship’ slowly sank. It was one of the most tragic disasters of the 20th Century. Fifteen hundred seventeen men, women, and children lost their lives.
Titanic: The Musical 2023
The Arrows of Robin Hood
The Arrows of Robin Hood
With a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold feathers. Even Robin Hood, although unrecognizable, takes part in this competition. As more and more participants are losing and Robin Hood eventually wins the award, his masquerade reveals. For none of the participants is as handy with a bow and an arrow like Robin Hood. With the help of his coolness and his friends Robin Hood may escape the dangerous situation.
The Arrows of Robin Hood 1975
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh
The video depicts the war of ideologies between Mahatma Gandhi and Nathuram Godse, increasing the curiosity level amongst the viewers to watch the film.
Gandhi Godse Ek Yudh 2023
Summer of '67
Freevee
Summer of '67
Based on real life events, Summer of '67 brings to life the turbulent times of the sixties and the struggles faced by the men and women impacted by the Vietnam War. Young wife and mother Milly (Rachel Schrey) is forced to live with her mother-in-law while her husband Gerald (Cameron Gilliam) is away on the USS Forrestal. Kate (Bethany Davenport) must choose between Peter (Christopher Dalton) her high school sweetheart and Van (Sam Brooks) her new hippie boyfriend. Ruby Mae (Sharonne Lanier) finally finds true love with Reggie (Jerrold Edwards) only to have him whisked away by the draft. Each woman faces the question of whether or not their man will return, and even if he does, will life as they know it ever be the same?
Summer of '67 2018
A Murder Beside YanHe River
A Murder Beside YanHe River
A Murder Beside YanHe River 2014
¡Las Sandinistas!
Prime Video
¡Las Sandinistas!
¡Las Sandinistas! uncovers the disappearing stories of women who shattered barriers to lead combat and social reform during Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, and who continue to lead Nicaragua’s current struggle for democracy and equality.
¡Las Sandinistas! 2018
L'Oranais
L'Oranais
During the first euphoric years following independence, two friends, Djaffar and Hamid, are promised a bright future in a free Algeria until one day when betrayal separates them.
L'Oranais 2014
Hlas pro římského krále
Hlas pro římského krále
Czech Television's epic historical film draws on the breathtaking dramatic life of the great of Czech history, King Charles IV.
Hlas pro římského krále 2016
The Final Prophecies
The Final Prophecies
The validity of ancient prophecy has been debated for centuries and is one of the most controversial subjects in the world today. Join Ronnie Cohen as you go on an epic journey to uncover the secrets behind Middle Eastern prophecy and discover shocking statistical evidence that proves there is more to Biblical history than many believe. Shocking new research reveals that the prophecies foretelling frightening global changes that could usher in a period tribulation and death may be more plausible than many believe. No matter your belief system, the findings presented within this film may change your view of prophecy forever!
The Final Prophecies 2010
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
More than fourteen centuries ago, Mecca was filled with gambling, drunkenness, slavery, the mistreatment of women, and greed. The holy Ka'bah was littered with idol gods. Pilgrims came by the thousands to worship them. Quarysh, Mecca's ruling body, reveled in the their good fortune but cared little for the welfare of the pilgrims of Arabia.Against this dismal scene, a man named Muhammad (pbuh) retreated to a cave high above Mecca to pray. The events that transpired in that cave changed the course of human history.This is the story of the blessings of Muhammad (pbuh) - The Last Prophet.
Muhammad: The Last Prophet 2002
Bolívar: el hombre de las dificultades
Bolívar: el hombre de las dificultades
The Second Republic has fallen miserably. Simon Bolivar arrives to Jamaica without money or friends, seeking help from other nations to free Venezuela.
Bolívar: el hombre de las dificultades 2013
Black Codes
Black Codes
On November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Iran was captured by students. In an action, America blocks Iran's money in global banks and forms the first economic sanction against Iran. The students are trying to return the property of their country by taking the embassy ambassadors hostage. America is planning a military attack to free its people, but this operation will fail in the Tabas desert. In the end, America will return only some of the money to release its ambassadors by setting up a contract.
Black Codes 2024
The Pioneer
The Pioneer
The story of Li Dazhao's revolutionary deeds from 1912 to 1927, and the story of the benevolent and revolutionary pioneers who were led by him to devote themselves to the great cause of Marxism
The Pioneer 2021
1970
1970
Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their firearms. The story of a rebellion from the point of view of the oppressors.
1970 2021
Rathasaatchi
Rathasaatchi
When a young Naxal Revolutionary (Activist) and a Policeman, from contrasting walks of life, meet at a point, it creates an extraordinary moment. An important question is being asked, which turnarounds the whole perspective.
Rathasaatchi 2022
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
The Friday the 13th Chronicles
2004 docu-drama film franchise to Crystal Lake to Manhattan.
The Friday the 13th Chronicles 2004
The Snake Princess
The Snake Princess
When Sentarô’s father is killed by a drunken samurai, Sentarô avenges him. His deed puts him on the run and leaves his sister behind. While running from both the authorities and the assassins, Sentarô meets with the beautiful travelling-actress Oshima who takes him under her protection.
The Snake Princess 1940
1968
1968
A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.
1968 2018
Ode to the Sun: An Art History
Ode to the Sun: An Art History
A look at the Sun, the star that revolves at the center of the Solar System, and its representation in art throughout history.
Ode to the Sun: An Art History 2023
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?
As they begin their journey home from their student exchange term, Charlie Brown and the gang find themselves sidetracked. They have severe car trouble and more importantly, they pass by various monuments to World Wars I & II. With Linus guiding them through these memorials, they learn about the events of the wars and the sacrifices required of the troops who fought them.
What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? 1983
8 Days: Two Faces of the Feast
8 Days: Two Faces of the Feast
The film chases a historical event when King Jungjo tried to replace hispersonal revenge on those who killed his father Sado, the Crown Prince, with agreat cause to build up a nation for its people, which eventually leads to remind the lessons of history that repeat permanently like a Mobius strip. The film seems to aim to introduce the uniqueness of Uigwe with a historical yet futuristic value as a World Heritage on the surface, but in fact, it pursues torestore audio-visually the immaterial thing that remains only as a record under the name of feast. Inside the device receiving images, there might have been desires to reproduce the world or to secularize the invisible from the beginning. Hungry TV will awaken the potential to visualize all the intangible via digitaltechnology. So to speak, there is digital technology, and it is followed by aquestion: How far the digital technology of 21st century would lead this deviceto?
8 Days: Two Faces of the Feast 2014
The Making of a King
The Making of a King
The story of the stormy relationship between King Friedrich Wilhelm and his son, who later became known as King Frederick the Great of Prussia.
The Making of a King 1935
Little Berlin
Little Berlin
When the Iron Curtain cuts his tiny German village in half, Peter the bull gets separated from his 36 cows. Based on a true story narrated by Christoph Waltz.
Little Berlin 2020
The Silent Village
The Silent Village
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
The Silent Village 1943
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk 2007
The Story of David
The Story of David
The "David and Goliath" legend is presented as credibly as possible, while David's later disastrous romance with Bathsheba is handled with taste and decorum. Also in the cast are Anthony Quayle as King Saul, and Terence Hardiman as Bathsheba's unfortunate warrior husband Uriah.
The Story of David 1976
Los últimos de Filipinas
Los últimos de Filipinas
The Philippines, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. Fifty Spanish soldiers guarding the outpost established in the small village of Baler endure the cruel siege of the Filipino rebels for eleven months, although the war is almost lost…
Los últimos de Filipinas 1945
Dodger Special: Christmas
Dodger Special: Christmas
A kind-hearted deed for an old friend leads Dodger to break into 10 Downing Street.
Dodger Special: Christmas 2022
The Captivating Star of Happiness
The Captivating Star of Happiness
In December 1825, distinguished members of the Russian military, most of whom were quite affluent and of noble lineage, took it upon themselves to stir revolution against the autocratic and tyrannical Czar Nikolai I in the wake of his not honoring the drafting of a constitution for the Russian people. The revolution failed miserably and the conspirators (known as the Decembrists) were weeded out by the czar himself. One by one, each of the conspirators confess and are systematically exiled to the harsh winters of Siberia, slated to work and wither in a prison/mine. The wives of the conspirators are faced with the prospect of leaving the bosom of wealth and family (including their own children) to be with their husbands in the brutal Siberian locale. If they agree to this, they face having their illustrious social stations stripped away and certain disdain from everyone around them...
The Captivating Star of Happiness 1975
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen 1994
The River Fuefuki
The River Fuefuki
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
The River Fuefuki 1960
The Pearls of the Crown
The Pearls of the Crown
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
The Pearls of the Crown 1937
Passenger
Passenger
A beautiful Russian widow in San Francisco wishes to return to Russia after her American husband loses everything in a speculation and shoots his brains out. Along with her personal maid she is given passage to Hong Kong aboard a Russian naval vessel.
Passenger 2008
Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered
Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered
What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been the most famous pharaoh of all ancient Egypt. But his mysterious death, at just 19 years old, has never been explained. In this BBC One special, presenter Dallas Campbell reveals new scientific research and carries out unique experiments to get to the truth. For the first time, a virtual autopsy of Tut's mummified body reveals astonishing secrets about the pharaoh. Using CT scan data, the programme creates the first ever full size, scientifically accurate image of the real Tutankhamun. Brand new DNA analysis uncovers a shocking secret about Tut's family background, and the genetic trail of clues leads to a radical and revolutionary new theory to explain Tut's sudden and unexpected death. This is an epic detective story that uncovers the extraordinary truth of the boy behind the golden mask.
Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered 2014
Seven Miles to Nakayama
Seven Miles to Nakayama
When a corrupt magistrate rapes Oshima, Masa (Raizō Ichikawa) avenges her by killing the officer, becoming thereby a fugitive, haunted and grief-stricken by the fact that Oshima committed suicide. Going underground in the gambling world, perpetually hiding from the law, Masa eventually meets a young woman named Onaka, who looks exactly like Oshima. Tales having two look-alike heroines are a commonplace in Japanese period films, a plot affectation inherited from the kabuki theater. Based on a novel by Shin Hasegawa, Nakayama shichiri was already twice filmed in 1930, one version directed by Namio Ochiai, and from which less than 40 minutes survive, the other directed by Kyotaro Namiki. Both are silent films, preserved by the Makino film institute.
Seven Miles to Nakayama 1962