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A film that chronicles the events of the Hindenburg disaster in which a zeppelin burst into flames.

The Color of Pomegranates (1969) One of the greatest masterpieces of the 20th century, Sergei Parajanov's

Frida Kahlo 2020 Who was Frida Kahlo Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows, and the floral crowns Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life Making use of the latest technology t

Virginia City (1940) During the American Civil War, Captain Kerry Bradford escapes from a notorious confederate prison. He and two of his men are sent to Virginia City where Confederate sympathizers are prepared to donate $5 million dollars to the cause of Southern independence. The war is going bad

Unrest (2017) When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it's "all in her head." Determined to live, she turns her camera on herself and her community, a hidden world of millions confined to their homes and bedrooms by

Undercover (1984) True story set in the Roaring Twenties Sydney about the rise of Berlei, a popular Australian brand of women's lingerie, famous for its bras and girdles.

The Presidents Last Bang (2005) On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung Hee, who had ruled South Korea since a 1961 coup, was assassinated by Kim Jae Kyu, his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night, with a coda about the fate of each conspirator. While Park dines in th

Uprooted The Journey of Jazz Dance 2020 A feature length documentary on the lineage and future progressions of jazz dance

The Tracker (2002) It's 1922; somewhere in Australia. When a Native Australian man is accused of murdering a white woman, three white men (The Fanatic, The Follower and The Veteran) are given the mission of capturing him with the help of an experienced Native Australian (The Tracker). So they start

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The Assassins (2012) Set in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history, the story focuses on Cao Cao in his old age, exploring the areas of military tactics, love, and the relationship between father and son.

Fort Saganne (1984) French civilization in the desert. Saganne is of peasant stock, with courage and a forceful will. In 1911, he volunteers and is posted to the Sahara under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh. He catches the eye of Madeline, the daughter of the regional administrator. In the desert

Ike: Countdown to DDay (2004) This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film recounts many of the tria

Colonel Redl (1985) Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception.

Operation Oman (2014) More than 40 years have passed since Britain fought a secret war in Oman. Major Nicholas Ofield has returned for the first time since the conflict to retread his battlegrounds. Supported with interviews from Colonel Mike Ball and Major Mike Austin, also present at the time. Ope

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese (2019) Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese' captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part ...

Some people called it a suicide, but for the Rangers of the 2nd Battalion, that's another word for mission. When an elite group of American soldiers are ordered to take out a series of German machine gun nests, they find themselves blindly venturing into hostile territory. Outnumbered and outgunned

The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The story of Louis XIV of France and his attempts to keep his identical twin brother Philippe imprisoned away from sight and knowledge of the public, and Philippe's rescue by the aging Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan.

The confirmation hearings for Judge Clarence Thomas (Wendell Pierce) become a media spectacle when his former colleague Anita Hill (Kerry Washington) accuses the Supreme Court Justice nominee of sexual harassment. Rick Famuyiwa (Dope) directed this political drama for HBO Films, with Greg Kinnear, J

War Flowers (2012) It is an American Civil War movie about a woman from North Carolina ( Sarabeth Ellis ) whose husband has joined the army of Confederate States of America. While her husband is away in war, a creepy neighbor is molesting her, and her daughter. In the skirmish on the family's farm,

The Crickets Dance (2020) Southern attorney Angie Lawrence searches of the rightful owner of a journal recovered from an antebellum home she inherited. The journal is full of mystery and history that just may lead her to the future she has always dreamed of.

The Final Inquiry (2006) It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old god

The German Doctor (2013) Patagonia, 1960. A German doctor (Alex Brendemühl) meets an Argentinean family and follows them on a long desert road to a small town where the family will be starting a new life. Eva (Natalia Oreiro), Enzo (Diego Peretti) and their three children welcome the doctor into th

Senso (1954) Venezia, spring of 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation. A performance of Il Trovatore ends up in confusion due to an anti-Austrian demonstration, organised by Count Ussoni. His cousin Countess Serpieri falls in love with vile Austrian Lieutenant Franz Mahler, but the times

Les Miserables (1978) In late 18th Century (1795) France, in the middle of the French Revolution, the unemployed woodman Jean Valjean is arrested for stealing bread to feed his family and sentenced to five years in prison in Toulon. He tries to escape from prison due to the mistreatment of cruel Jav

Forbidden Dream (2019) One of the most important figures of Korean royal history King Sejong develop a 20-year relationship with engineer and inventor Jang Yeong-sil, a truly remarkable scientist based on their common interest in astronomy.

Slavers (1978) As the slave trade is dwindling in East Africa in the late 19th century, two competing slave traders start a brutal violent conflict between each other for the monopoly on the remaining profits.

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.

Hearts and Minds (1974) This film recounts the history and attitudes of the opposing sides of the Vietnam War using archival news footage as well as its own film and interviews. A key theme is how attitudes of American racism and self-righteous militarism helped create and prolong this bloody confli

Go for Broke! (1951) A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Grayson who shares common prejudices of the time. The 442nd serve in Italy, t

Tamango (1958) A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. The slaves capture the captain's mistress, forcing a showdown.

The Grey Zone (2001) The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to extermin

The Oratorio 2020 Martin Scorsese reveals the story of a single performance in 1826 that forever changed Americas cultural landscape with the introduction of Italian opera to New York City an event Mozarts great librettist helped organize Taking place in Scorseses childhood church, this watershed ev

Unsere wunderbaren Jahre 2020 The history of the Wolf family in post war Germany in the 40s and 50s

A City of Sadness (1989) A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.

Medal of Honor (2008) The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring.

The 24 Hour War (2016) In the early 1960s, Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari went to war on the battlefield of Le Mans and tested the limits of international racing. This epic battle saw drive's lose their lives, family dynasties nearly collapse and the development the Ford GT40 race car.

The Special Relationship (2010) In 1992, Labour leader Tony Blair goes to America and is impressed by the policies of President Bill Clinton, which he uses to reshape his party. Two years later, he is invited back for an audience with Clinton, who, rightly, predicts that he will be Britain's next Pr

The Vanquishing of the Witch Baba Yaga 2014 Jessica Orecks strange and beguiling film combines Eastern European storybook animation with documentary and fiction elements to recount the Slavic fable of the witch Baba Yaga, a frightful character living in a woodland hut perched on chicken legs As with

How the Nazis Lost the War 2021 Told through the lens of the bumbling generals and paranoid Fuhrer who had hit the big time by tragic accident Hitlers war machine was feared and ruthless at least for a time It cut a swathe through Europe and North Africa and threatened to overrun Russia From 1939 in

Jacob (1994) In the land of Canaan lives Isaac, son of Abraham, with his clever, strong-willed wife Rebekah and his twin sons Esau and Jacob. The first-born, Esau, is a strong and fearless hunter with a voracious appetite for sensual pleasures. Jacob is a shepherd, more tender and compassionate than

Requiem of the Rose King 2022 The war for the throne of England, as seen through the eyes of the deformed anti hero Richard III

Serial Killer Earth 2012 Serial Killer Earth brings together compelling footage and eyewitness accounts of recent natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, in an attempt to understand and explain what happened during these events and how the

The Other Side of the Mirror (2016) In 1905, amidst the largest drug epidemic in American history, a teenage Alice has just moved to the Pacific Northwest. She follows a mysterious man down a rabbit hole, leading her into Wonderland; a dark and curious world inhabited by characters from turnofthecen

Frost/Nixon (2008) Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being

Fighting for the Motherland 2020 In 1161, Wanyan Liang, emperor of the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, planned to invade the Southern Song Dynasty Owing to the harsh recruitment policy and the Jins cruelty, people in the Central Plain found it hard to live on Xin Qiji, aged 21, rose up in arms with villagers t

Le frere du guerrier 2002 13th century France To live, to survive, requires weapons Which do you choose Weapons of war, which give the power to punish and kill Or the sword of knowledge, which gives the power to read and heal Two brothers, separated long ago, must do battle Alongside, and coming bet

Leonardo da Vinci The Universal Man 2019 French art documentary about Leonardo da Vinci on the occasion of his 500th birthday, 2 May 2019 How is it possible that one and the same man was able to both paint the Mona Lisa, invent the ball bearing and be the first to giv