The Frankopan lineage remain some of the most fascinating figures of Habsburg era Croatia. They were politicians, conspirators, aristocrats and true Croatian patriots, with their impact on Croatian politics and culture still having a strong stamp on the country and its people to this day. In honour of this, the Primorje-Gorski Kotar county had started Tracing the Frankopan Lineage, an interconnected tourist route meant to preserve and celebrate the family's historical and cultural impact in an everchanging world.
In 1908, eighth grader Alma Richards quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.
1936, in the aftermath of the Ethiopian occupation by Fascist Italy, under the incredulous gaze of the inhabitants of the small town in the Italian province Abraham Imirrù, an ethiopian prince and guerrila fighter is being held prisoner in the local Podesta garden's aviary. But for little Emilio, local recently force enlisted and reality-dissociated Balilla, he is Sandokan, the literal Salgari's character ...and he will be his hero.
Tomislav the First of the Croatian Trpimirović dynasty is a figure shrouded in mystery. Was he really Croatia's first king? Was his army as powerful, feared and strong in numbers as Byzantine sources from the time claim? How did he manage to unite continental Croatia and the coastal cities in Dalmatia? How big was his kingdom? And which parts of his story are fact and which are fiction?
Amid the chaos of WWII, a battle-hardened American soldier and a naïve German conscript become unlikely allies. As enemies turned companions, they must navigate the horrors of war—and each other—to survive.
Documentary looking back at Elizabeth II's memorable Silver Jubilee, when large-scale parties and parades were held across the Commonwealth. The celebrations also included a UK tour by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, and a tour around the world.
Back to Timor follows the journey of four Kiwi military veterans who return to East Timor 25 years after serving as peacekeepers there. The big question for them - did they make a difference?
1944, Piedmont Alps. Four teenagers dream of the end of the war and the moment when they will be reunited with their parents and older siblings. When they discover, by chance, that their age allows them to avoid suspicion and searches, they decide to secretly help the partisans, without being discovered. Marta, Davide, Sara and Marco thus become "Sandokan", the mysterious rebel who puts the Nazis and fascists of the valley in difficulty. Between steep climbs and breathtaking descents, between enormous dangers and great tests of courage, the four children will contribute to the final victory of the Resistance and the liberation of Italy from enemy occupation. A great partisan adventure and a story of love and friendship, told from the point of view of thirteen-year-old Marta.
Detective Kien investigates a headless body found in a rural Vietnamese village during the Nguyen Dynasty. As supernatural elements emerge, he faces chilling twists in this 19th-century mystery.
A biopic on Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule, considered to be a pioneering couple in India’s societal history. They are often credited for underlining the importance of the girls’ education and self-dependence.
The film tells the story of the fight for a national soccer team in West Germany and East Germany. It tells of the forgotten lifetime achievements of the German female soccer pioneers and the fight for their place "on the pitch". A fight full of unbelievable, almost absurd twists and turns and stories that reveal a great deal about male heroic images and clichéd images of women in East and West.
In the style of Christian-Orthodox icons, Liviu Bărbulescu animates the story of Saint Nicodemus in a highly instructive way. Alas, this veneration of a holy figure is soon revealed to be an artistic satire of the crimes of the Orthodox Church in Romania.