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Sharpe's Siege

1996

Sharpe's Siege

1996
7.2
Sharpe, with his new commanding officer, is sent to capture a castle when news comes of locals who will rise against Bonaparte. However, he is somewhat distracted by thoughts of his wife whom he was forced to leave while stricken with fever.
Hawking: Can You Hear Me?

2021

Hawking: Can You Hear Me?

2021
7
A documentary telling the remarkable human story of Stephen Hawking. For the first time, the personal archives and the testimonies of his closest family reveal both the scale of Hawking's triumphs and the real cost of his disability and success.
Tibak

2016

Tibak

2016
The film is based on the progressive and nationalist youth organization “Kabataang Makabayan” (KM), founded in 1964. Kabataang Makabayan was led and co-founded by Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, four years before they also reestablished the Communist Party of the Philippines
Colette, l'insoumise

2019

Colette, l'insoumise

2019
7.6
The incredible life of novelist, screenwriter, actress and nude dancer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954), who led her life to the beat, constantly reinventing herself through words, scandals and metamorphoses; a peasant woman who became an icon of the European Belle Époque; an artist who defied religion and social prejudices to live a hedonist existence worthy of her desires; a real woman who turned herself into a fictional character…
I wasn't Beautiful then

1968

I wasn't Beautiful then

1968
After the novel of the same name of B.Bayramov. The film is about life during war, about postwoman.
The Watchmaker and the Chicken

1989

The Watchmaker and the Chicken

1989
7
In 1913, chance brings together a young high school teacher Yurkevich, his first love Lida, a wealthy landowner Lundyshev and a German watchmaker Karfunkel at a small railway station. Seven years later, in the early twenties, and then another seven years later, the heroes meet here again. Their destinies are different, the country changes, their lives change...
Credo...

1983

Credo...

1983
Report from the Holy Father's second pilgrimage to Poland in 1983.
The Train Robbers

1995

The Train Robbers

1995
4
Special agent Xiang Cheng and his men are sent to Russia toinvestigate a Chinese crime ring.
L’épopée des vignerons

2022

L’épopée des vignerons

2022
9
Las últimas banderas

1954

Las últimas banderas

1954
Two Spanish soldiers, good friends, have to fight on the battlefield during the Peruvian war of independence.
Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988

Dance Around the Steam Boiler

1988
6
The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Estonia through life, agricultural work and people at different times.
Death in Berruecos

2018

Death in Berruecos

2018
6
Ten years after General Antonio José de Sucre - Grand Marshal of Ayacucho- was murdered in the Berruecos jungle, Colombia. The inquiry into his death is reopened, Captain Alejandro Godoy take charge as prosecutor. Several political motives mean that the case must definitively be drawn to a close. Godoy discovers that a large part of the documentation produced during the original inquiry has been destroyed. With his own life in danger, Godoy discovers a highly intricate plot that put an end to Sucre's life.
Forbidden Killing

1970

Forbidden Killing

1970
In "Forbidden Killing" Melinda Chen Man-Ling plays a highly trained swords woman who gets involve in a power struggle between two groups mandarins in the government.
Before It Ends

2023

Before It Ends

2023
7.1
When a folk high school is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees — or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans?
Back to Black

2024

Back to Black

2024
6.7
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Rob Roy

1995

Rob Roy

1995
6.7
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to defend his family and honour.
Executed at the Dawn

1965

Executed at the Dawn

1965
9
About Lenin's brother Alexander Ulyanov and his comrades' fight against the Russian autocracy.
The White Eagle

1928

The White Eagle

1928
4.9
The film is based on The Governor, a play by Leonid Andreyev. V.I. Kachalov plays the governor of a small Russian province who tries to treat the people under his authority with kindness and equanimity. But when a local factory goes on strike, the governor buckles under to pressure from the Tzar and orders the wholesale slaughter of the strikers. He pays for this betrayal of his trust with his life -- at the hands of a courageous Bolshevik spy.
All Against All

2019

All Against All

2019
7
This richly illustrated historical documentary investigates the mechanism of nationalist feelings that radicalise. It shows how fascism was on the rise even a decade before the founding of the NSB, due to a number of anti-democratic initiatives led by a millionaire with a predilection for one-legged women, a market vendor, a cleric, and an artist. Historians, writers and collectors of fascist curios reveal how an initially marginal and fragmented movement grew into a radical populist party.
Jhansi Ki Rani

1953

Jhansi Ki Rani

1953
6.5
Set in the 19th century against the backdrop of the Mutiny of 1857, the film is about the bravery of queen Lakshmibai, Rani of Jhansi, who took up arms and led her army against the British.