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Priest Daens

1992

Priest Daens

1992
7.1
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.
Lost World Of Pompeii

2016

Lost World Of Pompeii

2016
What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
Gisèle

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Gisèle

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Follows the lawyer Gisèle Halimi and her historic defense of Basque individuals accused of crimes committed during the conflict in Basque Country.
3 1/2 Hours

2021

3 1/2 Hours

2021
6.5
August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours before crossing the border that the Wall is being built in Berlin. They have 3½ hours to make a life-changing decision: to get off the train or keep going.
Bagage

2016

Bagage

2016
The young Russian Leonid Zaharov tries to flee to the West via the GDR at the end of the 1980s. When he is bounced and there is no way forward, he looks back. Does he give up everything for freedom or does his happiness lie at his back?
Jewelry Of India

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Jewelry Of India

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Mother India is home to many castes, tribes and religions and one common factor that brings this diverse country all together is Jewelry. Come explore the deep history and culture of the jewelry of India dating back more than 5000 years. As we explore the history we also take you into Bangalore, India and talk to local Jewelry Stores and Jewelry Artisans as they share their stories and their family history of their involvement in jewelry going far back into their family ancestry.
Excellent Doctor from Hejian

2018

Excellent Doctor from Hejian

2018
Liu Wan Su, a famous doctor in Hejian, was ordered to treat the princess of the Kingdom of Jin, but was involved in a court conspiracy and was forced to die. Liu Wan Su, who was on the run, saved tens of thousands of people during the great plague, and left a good story of "one needle cures two lives", but he also exposed his whereabouts, which attracted the assassins of the Kingdom of Jin to kill him.
枪访要塞

1991

枪访要塞

1991
In the Black Sands

1973

In the Black Sands

1973
There is a civil war in Central Asia. Bai-rapist kills the whole family of a Turkmen young man, the shepherd Chara Esenov. The surviving Chara, avenging the scolded honor of her young sister, single-handedly pursues Shamurad Khan, the head of the local Basmachi gang. Acquaintance with the Red Army soldier clarifies the meaning of the fight to the hero of the film, he adjoins the Red Guard, opposing the Basmachi, and, giving up personal revenge, once leads Shamurad into a detachment for a legal trial ...
Great Love Dunhuang

2023

Great Love Dunhuang

2023
6
The film describes the magnificent life story of Fan Jinshi, the "Daughter of Dunhuang" and winner of the national honorary title, who sticks to the desert and protects the world's treasure Mogao Grottoes. Taking root in Dunhuang for more than 50 years, Fan Jinshi (played by Chen Jin) and her colleagues from the Dunhuang Academy have been fighting alone against the wind and sand in the northwest to rescue and protect every cultural relic in the Mogao Grottoes; "Mogao must never be allowed to The grottoes have disappeared in our generation!" As time entered the millennium, facing the mighty wave of marketization and tourists from all directions, Fan Jinshi suddenly discovered that the biggest threat to the national treasures in the Mogao Grottoes had never been It's not just the natural environment, but the unpredictable human heart... After reaching her sixtieth year, she must get out of the "hole" where she has worked hard all her life...
Gierek

2022

Gierek

2022
4.5
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people.
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

1996

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel

1996
6.6
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel is a biopic film based on the life of the French playwright, financier and spy Pierre Beaumarchais depicting his activities during the American War of Independence and his authorship of the Figaro trilogy of plays.
Taras Tryasylo

1927

Taras Tryasylo

1927
The film is set in the 17th century, when social antagonism is at its peak. The poverty of peasants and poor Cossacks is opposed to the lavish lifestyle of the Ukrainian and Polish noblemen, priests, and Cossack officers. Cossacks fight off Tatars’ attacks, however, they start to realise that the real enemy is much closer. Taras Triasylo raises Cossacks to help the rebellious peasants. A dramatic historical narrative, masterly mass shootings of horse attacks, hand-to-hand combats and public festivities contrast with lounge scenes in the palace – balls, feasts, and entertainment of rich people and their family members wearing brocade clothes. On a grand scale and with an eye for detail, the director draws the texture of the film and its characters. The leading actors of Les Kurbas’s theatre Berezil played film protagonists. The film based on Volodymyr Sosiura’s verse novel of 1925 was considered lost for a long time.
Herod the Great

1959

Herod the Great

1959
5
Angry at his wife and defeated in battle, the king of Judea is taken prisoner. After being spared by the Romans, King Herod comes to believe he's been a victim of court plotting.
An Empress and the Warriors

2008

An Empress and the Warriors

2008
6
After the death of her father, a woman is forced to take over as empress and fight to save her kingdom.
Mélancolie ouvrière

2018

Mélancolie ouvrière

2018
4.9
Long live the strike! Lucie Baud, one of the pioneers of the women's movement, went with creativity, fighting spirit and the power of singing against the weapons of male-dominated capitalist society in nineteenth-century France. The film, based on true events, describes the ambitious fight of a silk moth. She stood up for the rights of the female working class to end maltreatment and oppression once and for all. For the revolution in women's rights, she even put her family back and fought to the end for their beliefs.
The Other Dream Team

2012

The Other Dream Team

2012
7.2
The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead – triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics.
The Cage

2017

The Cage

2017
Based on 1947 short story of the same name by Hasan Azizul Haque.
Pasteur, l'homme qui a vu

2011

Pasteur, l'homme qui a vu

2011
6
Living in Pasteur's private life during his first human experiment with the rabies vaccine, the hidden side of the scientist emerges: a rough yet tender man, a warrior overwhelmed by doubt, a revolutionary willing to do anything to impose on his detractors the incredible discovery that will pave the way for modern medicine.
Combat Obscura

2018

Combat Obscura

2018
6.9
Former combat videographer Miles Lagoze presents personal footage of U.S. Marines in the Afghan war zone.