On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five months, Sidney Bernstein had led a small team – which included Stewart McAllister, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock – to complete the film from hours of shocking footage. Unfortunately, this ambitious Allied project to create a feature-length visual report that would damn the Nazi regime and shame the German people into acceptance of Allied occupation had missed its moment. Even in its incomplete form (available since 1984) the film was immensely powerful, generating an awed hush among audiences. But now, complete to six reels, this faithfully restored and definitive version produced by IWM, is being compared with Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog (1955).
Set in the 15th century, the story follows the formation of the Kazakh state after the death of Genghis Khan and the usurpation of power by one of Khan's descendants, leading the sultans Kerei and Janibek to resort to some nomadic tribes to remove the usurper, hoping for a better life and freedom.
1967 - the year when Sweden moves to the right, at least in traffic. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Beatles' favorite guru visits Skåne and talks about meditation. The Fåglum brothers receive a feat medal and the fight for space continues. Jimi Hendrix is coming to visit and in December it's time for the Christmas calendar: Teskedsgumman!
In 1961 post-Revolutionary Cuba, a condemned political prisoner makes a last request of his cellmate. Produced under the supervision of Werner Herzog, "Gusano" is the first political prison film ever shot in Cuba.
An immersive documentary reveals the story of a forgotten prince--Henry Frederick Stuart--who was a star of the first decade of the Stuart dynasty in the 1600s but never became king.
German composer Richard Wagner wrote Parsifal, which is a three-act opera that tells the story of the title character's quest to save the Knights of the Holy Grail by returning the Holy Spear, healing King Amfortas, and carrying out the sacred ceremony of uncovering the Holy Grail.
The first African-American to win 20 games in MLB’s American League shares his remarkable and shocking journey overcoming racism and discrimination through the 1950s and ‘60s to become an all-star pitcher who won two games in the 1965 World Series.
About a young man who was seduced by the adventure and excitement of the life of a bushranger and outlaw. In trying to prove himself in a troubled world he would do so in the worst possible way, at the end of the hang man’s noose.
Andrew Scott would have his wish granted 115 years after his death. Engineer, soldier, and bank robber. He would be one of Australia’s most notorious outlaws. His relationship with a gang member that would capture the imagination of modern historians.
Struggling through life's journey, Chaquis Maliq manages to overcome the odds of being overshadowed by a male dominant industry, by self-producing her latest music project.