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Above All Else

1988

Above All Else

1988
The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music.
Escape Net

2025

Escape Net

2025
8.5
A young woman in Stalin-era Riga joins a basketball team, hoping that she will be allowed to travel abroad and see her brother who's living in exile.
Song Ci

2022

Song Ci

2022
7.7
There are frequent disasters in Linglong Town, and rumors have it that it's because of the dragons. Young boys and girls need to be sacrificed into the Dragon Well to feed the dragons in order to enjoy peace. The evil customs of sacrifice continued for a long time, and countless children were buried in the belly of the dragon. The cries of Linglong Town were loud, and everyone with young children at home panicked. After Xinke Jinshi solemnly served as the master clerk, he insisted on entering the Dragon Well to investigate the Dragon incident, but he did not want to be imprisoned for offending the Dragon King.
School of Fine Arts

1990

School of Fine Arts

1990
An animated film in two parts, about the tragic fate of Estonian artist Ülo Sooster and about his work.
Marguerite & Julien

2015

Marguerite & Julien

2015
5.7
Julien and Marguerite de Ravalet, son and daughter of the Lord of Tourlaville, have loved each other tenderly since childhood. But as they grow up, their affection veers toward voracious passion.
Dieppe

1993

Dieppe

1993
A dramatization of the failed World War II raid which became the most serious defeat of Canadian forces in the war.
Cairo Declaration

2015

Cairo Declaration

2015
The Forgotten Plague

2015

The Forgotten Plague

2015
6.5
Tuberculosis is the deadliest killer in human history, responsible for one in four deaths for almost two centuries. While it shaped medical pursuits, social habits, economic development and public policy, TB and its impact are poorly understood.
Enter the Forbidden City

2019

Enter the Forbidden City

2019
8
During the dates of celebrating the Emperor's 80th birthday, an opera troupe from southern China was invited to come to Beijing to perform for the Emperor. Afterwards, the opera troupe was granted to stay in Beijing and became what we had known as 'Peking Opera' today.
Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

1977

Japanese Invasion in the Year of Imjin and Gye Wol-hyang

1977
The Possessed Hand

1981

The Possessed Hand

1981
3.5
To win a duel, a merchant makes a dangerous pact with an inscrutable spellcaster.
Sharpe's Peril

2008

Sharpe's Peril

2008
6.7
Our story begins at the end of Sharpe's Challenge. Sharpe and Harper are en route to Madras when they encounter a baggage train from the East India Company traveling through hostile territory. Chitu, a legendary bandit leader in control of the area, strikes fear in the members of the party. When an attack occurs Sharpe takes control of the situation, leading the group 300 miles through enemy territory and training the disorganized, rag-tag group to be proper soldiers. Despite all these responsibilities, Sharpe still manages to find time for a little romance...
26 Commissioners

1932

26 Commissioners

1932
3.2
Docu-drama about political and military conflict during the Russian Civil War in 1918, from an orthodox pro-Communist viewpoint.
Le Cid

2021

Le Cid

2021
An adaptation of Pierre Corneille's play "Le Cid", staged by Yves Beaunesne.
Autobiography of a Princess

1975

Autobiography of a Princess

1975
5.1
On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.
Hra o královnu

1981

Hra o královnu

1981
3
A comedy about the love of the Czech nobleman Záviš of Falkenštejn for the Hungarian princess Kunhuta, who later married Přemysl Otakar II and became the Czech queen.
Charlie Wilson's War

2007

Charlie Wilson's War

2007
6.5
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
Collecting Time

2024

Collecting Time

2024
Dimitris Pistiolas, a retired employee for the Greek Post Office, is the owner of the largest cinema museum in the world. In two tiny venues in Athens lies his renowned by the Guinness World Records collection. Now, 90 years old, Dimitris recounts his past, hidden in his machines, hoping that his memories are not going to be lost forever.
An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

2012

An Artisan's Legacy: Tsunekazu Nishioka

2012
6
In-depth look at the twilight years, spent training apprentices, of temple builder Nishioka Tsunekazu, who was called the "devil" as he devoted his life to temple architecture. His insistence on the gargantuan timescale of linking life to the next millennium emerges from people who knew him. Remarkable as well for showing the unknown backstage of temple architecture. Nishioka, known as "the last temple carpenter," handled the major Showa-era repairs of Horyuji temple, and in 1990 was at the scene of the reconstruction work for Yakushi temple.
Jaromír Jágr

1997

Jaromír Jágr

1997