In the beginning of the World War I, Iran’s government decides to remain neutral in order to save the country from further damage. But the countries in war, especially the allied powers (Russia and Britain) and the axis powers (Germany and the Ottoman Empire) ignore Iran’s stance and turn the country into their political and military battlefield. In this situation the young Ahmad Shah Qajar, Iran’s king, feels helpless facing these highly experienced foreign politicians. The young king remembers nothing from his childhood or teen years, and during one of the toughest historical points of Iran when the Russians and the British politicians interfere with most of Iran’s internal affairs to the point of affecting Iranian people’s personal lives, he meets Konts de Gotti, the daughter of Austria’s prime minister in Iran ...
Katerina murders her husband and her father-in-law. She and her new beau are both sent to Siberia, where the lover almost immediately takes up with a younger woman.
Frédéric Lemoyne must be very happy in his life: he is a famous biologist and the son of a hero of French resistance: his father, Marcel Lemoyne, doctor, took care for wounded members of the Resistance and helped them to find hiding places.Every year Jeanne Lemoyne , the elder sister of Frédéric celebrates his heroism in a square of Lyon. But suddenly François discovers a strange bank account in Switzerland.
This two hour and twenty minute feature tells the powerful tale as it was intended, focused on the simple truth that violence and revenge simply begets only more violence and revenge. A tale of timeless relevance and depth, yet a bizarre and exotic indulgence in the horrific imagery of humankind's inhumanity to itself ...
The Heart of Cleveland is a 29 minute silent film produced for The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company in 1924. The film tells the story of a family living 50 minutes from Cleveland that still does not have electricity. A pilot has to make a landing on their farm and tells them about the wonders of radio and electricity. He then takes their two young children on a plane to Cleveland where they get to see first-hand the fantastic progress and prosperity that electricity brings.
Legend has it that Helen's legendary beauty and sexual allure led to the destruction of Troy. This film presents a different portrait of the woman whose face famously launched a thousand ships. Scholars such as Camille Paglia and Arianna Huffington examine Helen as a woman and as a sexual being.
In the annals of the Civil War, the great battles dominate. Names like Gettysburg, Chancellorsville or Antietam are famous by sheer weight of blood and horror. Where armies of men by the tens of thousands opposed each other, these were the vast, open, visible spectacles of the conflict. But the well-worn archives of that time are also filled with the details of far lesser-known actions, like the Confederate attempt to burn down New York City. They were clever, daring, covert operations designed to frighten the enemy, disrupt his supplies, and destroy his morale. Clandestine plans, fueled by ingenuity and bravado, they defied the odds for a chance at success. This feature-length special explores these little-known but exciting acts of ingenuity and bravery.