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Dream of the Bridal Chamber

2005

Dream of the Bridal Chamber

2005
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the feudal lords engaged in a fierce battle, with numerous heroes vying for the deer and smoke of war rising everywhere. Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu fought fiercely for power, causing the people to suffer from conscription and exile.
El Calentito

2005

El Calentito

2005
4.7
Early 80's, Sara is a good-family girl, she has never been with a man, does not drinks, does not take drugs. Following her love, she enters in "El Calentito" a bar where the group "las Siux" is singing.
Nelson's Trafalgar

2005

Nelson's Trafalgar

2005
Nelson's Trafalgar examines the man behind the legend, his affair with Lady Hamilton – one of the great romances of history, and the dark side of a hero whose exploits were described by. A slightly light-hearted look at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson's Trafalgar examines the man behind the legend, his affair with Lady Hamilton – one of the great romances of history,. In 1813, the year that he was appointed Poet Laureate, Robert Southey published The Life of Nelson. Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson was Britain's greatest Naval hero who had been killed during.
Fantastic Mr. Dahl

2005

Fantastic Mr. Dahl

2005
Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.
Frederick Douglass

2005

Frederick Douglass

2005
10
At age 18, Frederick Douglass boarded a train to the north and escaped the brutal life of slavery he'd known since childhood. Once there, he joined the anti-slavery movement and began lecturing, later becoming one of the most influential abolitionists of his time, even advising Lincoln during the Civil War. This A&E biography presents the compelling life of a talented writer and orator who worked tirelessly to promote justice and freedom.
风起云涌

2005

风起云涌

2005
8
Reiz bija Sibīrija

2005

Reiz bija Sibīrija

2005
Eclipse

2005

Eclipse

2005
7
This lunar eclipse event of November 2003 is observed, documented, and translated by eye and hand via the light-sensitive medium of Kodachrome film. In the 4th c BCE Aristotle founded The Lyceum, a school for the study of all natural phenomena pursued without the aid of mathematics, which was considered too perfect for application on this imperfect terrestrial sphere. This film then, in the spirit of...
Diario de un skin

2005

Diario de un skin

2005
5.9
A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

2005

A Picture of Birmingham, by Benjamin Zephaniah

2005
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah revisits the place of his birth, Birmingham, on a mission to compose a new poem, which he will then read out on the streets of the city. While there, he watches Aston Villa and revisits the approved school he went to when he was a child.
Dark Night, October 17, 1961

2005

Dark Night, October 17, 1961

2005
7.3
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
The Battle For Hitler's Supership

2005

The Battle For Hitler's Supership

2005
A Documentary on the attempts by the British forces to destroy the Bismark's sister-ship the Terpitz.
Cinderella Man

2005

Cinderella Man

2005
7.6
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
Life and Deeds of Radovan Karadzic

2005

Life and Deeds of Radovan Karadzic

2005
Biography and secret life of war criminal Radovan Karadzic, the leader of Bosnian Serbs.
Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara

2005

Samurai Justice: A Duel at Takadanobara

2005
Edo is rocked by the news that a duel to the death is to be held at Takadanobaba, the famed site of a bloody revenge fought by Nakayama Yasubei, who late married into the Ako clan where he was one of the 47 ronin who took vengeance against the vile Lord Kira. This hallowed spot is to host a match between two of the finest swordsmen in Edo. Each is backed by a high ranking direct vassal of the shogun, who had bet their family heirlooms on the outcome. The loser was to commit seppuku and have his clan disbanded. Meanwhile a band of brigands are placing their bets on the fencer who had earlier killed their leader. Can retired master swordsman Akiyama Kohei keep this from becoming a major disaster?
The Tin Mine

2005

The Tin Mine

2005
7.9
A failed engineering student in the late 1940s gets the unexpected education of a lifetime by working for four years in a rainforest tin mine.
The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

2005

The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

2005
Art critic Waldemar Januszczak is on the quest to explain exactly what the Sistine Chapel's ceiling is actually trying to tell us.
Time of Fear

2005

Time of Fear

2005
During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans were forced into relocation camps across the U.S. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas where racial segregation was at its height.
The Glass Rabbit

2005

The Glass Rabbit

2005
6.5
The period of late World War II, Toshiko was living in downtown Tokyo with her family. Japan was more towards losing the War at the time and people were suffering with lack of materials. On March 10th 1945, she lost her mother and two younger sisters by the bombing in Tokyo. She picked up "Glass Rabbit", which shape was changed by the fire, out of the wreck one day and she experienced the terror of the War. Moreover when she had to evacuate to the suburbs, her father was killed by US army on the way at the station. Now that she became all alone, she felt so lonely and despaired that she almost found no meaning to be alive. But despite of her loneliness and sorrow, she aroused herself, thinking about all her family who were gone. "I must survive for my family.... Otherwise, who will be visiting their grave." This is the story of one girl, which should not be forgotten.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

2005

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero

2005
7.4
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (also known as Bose: The Forgotten Hero) is a 2005 film directed by Shyam Benegal and starring Sachin Khedekar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rajit Kapur, Arif Zakaria, and Divya Dutta. The movie depicts the last five years of the life of the Indian independence leader "Netaji" Subhash Chandra Bose. It starts out at the point where Bose resigns from his position as the president of the Indian National Congress (I.N.C.) to the meeting with Italians by crossing Afghanistan's rugged terrains and entering into Europe, to romancing his German secretary and appointment with Adolf Hitler in Berlin, to his inspiring of the Indian P.O.W.s (Prisoners Of War) of the 'Punjab Regiment' (British Army) for fighting against the British forces in India, to the patriotic speeches.