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The Russian Woodpecker

2015

The Russian Woodpecker

2015
6.3
As his country is gripped by revolution and war, a Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life and play his part in the revolution by revealing it.
Bandito -Gentleman Thief Salvatore Giuliano-

2015

Bandito -Gentleman Thief Salvatore Giuliano-

2015
Takarazuka Moon Troupe 2015 production. 1940s Italy, the island of Sicily. There can be found a man known all over Europe as a "bandit," and moreover a "chivalrous thief." At the end of the Second World War, Sicily becomes the GQ of the Allied forces. Struggling under the poverty and scarce resources brought about by the war, the young Giuliano is forced to steal to survive. Eventually he becomes leader of a band of thieves. One day Giuliano wishes to return a ring stolen from a countess, but the mafia intervenes. Instead of the countess, a woman Giuliano has never met before comes to claim the ring, and this meeting will change Giuliano's destiny....
Laissez-faire

2015

Laissez-faire

2015
10
A historical perspective to understand Neoliberalism and to understand why this ideology today so profoundly influences the choices of our governments and our lives.
Above and Beyond

2015

Above and Beyond

2015
7.4
In 1948, a group of World War II pilots volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence.
Conte de llops

2015

Conte de llops

2015
Rafael and Fermin are comrades in the republican army during the Spanish Civil War. In the last days of the conflict, Fermin is fed up with the war and thinking about going home, while Rafael writes a letter to his wife which includes a story for their son. This story, inspired by Jack London's 'White Fang', runs in parallel to events in the war and towards a shared outcome.
Lost Flower: Eo Woo-dong

2015

Lost Flower: Eo Woo-dong

2015
5.3
A triangular relationship between Eo Woo-dong, her husband Lee Dong, and fantasy character Moo-gong, highlights on the first half of the Joseon Dynasty and portrays the contradicted life of the high class people, criticizing the modern day Korean society.
Hawaizaada

2015

Hawaizaada

2015
5.5
In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.
Admiral

2015

Admiral

2015
6.4
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.
Churchill: The Nation's Farewell

2015

Churchill: The Nation's Farewell

2015
On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony.
Sabin

2015

Sabin

2015
The story of the founder of Basque nationalism Sabino Arana Goiri. The first time that the biography of the politician who, although he lived only 38 years, has been one of the most influential figures in the history of Euskadi, is approached in the form of fiction. The film aims to delve into the keys to the thinking of the father of Basque nationalism, and to describe an era and a generation of people, as essential and tumultuous as unknown in the history of the Basque Country.
David Starkey's Magna Carta

2015

David Starkey's Magna Carta

2015
8.3
David Starkey looks at the origins of Magna Carta, the document that has underpinned British liberties since it was created in 1215 to check the abuses of King John.
Max and Helene

2015

Max and Helene

2015
5.9
Love, passion, and murder haunt a passionate romance in this drama. When the young soldier meets Helene, a torrid affair begins. 15 years after the war has ended, Max finds out that the love of his life was murdered in a concentration camp, setting off on a relentless manhunt for vengeance.
Les Évadés du troisième Reich

2015

Les Évadés du troisième Reich

2015
8
Language Matters with Bob Holman

2015

Language Matters with Bob Holman

2015
10
There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this century, half of the world's languages will have vanished. Language Matters with Bob Holman is a two hour documentary that asks: What do we lose when a language dies? What does it take to save a language?
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

2015

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon

2015
6.6
A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen footage, this is the mind boggling story of The National Lampoon from its subversive and electrifying beginnings, to rebirth as an unlikely Hollywood heavyweight, and beyond. A humour empire like no other, the impact of the magazines irreverent, often shocking, sensibility was nothing short of seismic: this is an institution whose (drunk stoned brilliant) alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture. Both insanely great and breathtakingly innovative, The National Lampoon created the foundation of modern comic sensibility by setting the bar in comedy impossibly high.
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

2015

Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

2015
5
A survey of Hans Holbein's career from his beginnings as a religious painter to his work for Henry VIII and beyond. The program also includes a close analysis of "The Ambassadors".
Censored Voices

2015

Censored Voices

2015
5.9
The 1967 'Six-Day' war ended with Israel's decisive victory; conquering Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the West Bank. It is a war portrayed, to this day, as a righteous undertaking - a radiant emblem of Jewish pride. One week after the war, a group of young kibbutzniks, led by renowned author Amos Oz, recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The recording revealed an honest look at the moment Israel turned from David to Goliath. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing the kibbutzniks to publish only a fragment of the conversations. 'Censored Voices' reveals the original recordings for the first time.
Maharaja Gemunu

2015

Maharaja Gemunu

2015
9
Maharaja Gemunu is based on the odyssey of King Gemunu (ruler of Sri Lanka 161–137 BC) who is renowned for defeating and overthrowing King Elara, the usurping Tamil prince from the Chola Kingdom, who had invaded the Kingdom of Rajarata in 205 BC.
Balkadu

2015

Balkadu

2015
7
2nd version of marathi blockbuster Mi Shivajiraje Bhosle Boltoy but this time its not Shivaji Maharaj,its Balasaheb Thakre..a common man fight for his cast people for marathi people for the existance of marathi people in mumbai
Influence

2015

Influence

2015
3.9
"Influence" is a story about the key events of the Wielkopolska Uprising - a dramatic arrival of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań, and the people who prepared the uprising, fought in it and won. "Influence" uses the characteristics of action and thriller movies. Refers to the cinema era - German expressionism, and the atmosphere of the era - the pervasive sense of the end of old world and the birth of the new one, fear of change and at the same time striving for it.