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Hazreti Eyüb'ün Sabrı

1965

Hazreti Eyüb'ün Sabrı

1965
7
Blood of My Blood

2015

Blood of My Blood

2015
5.7
In the Middle Ages, Federico, a soldier, visits the convent in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is facing charges of witchery for seducing Fabrizio, Federico’s twin brother, and making him betray his priestly mission. Federico hopes to secure his brother a burial on consecrated grounds. In modern times, Federico Mai, a Minister inspector, knocks on the doors of the very same convent, in order to broker a sale of the property to a Russian millionaire. Unbeknownst to him, a mysterious "Count" lives there.
Les amants de l'ombre

2009

Les amants de l'ombre

2009
7
At the Last Hour

1929

At the Last Hour

1929
1918 year. One of the southern cities is captured by the Whites. An underground Bolshevik committee is preparing an armed uprising in the city.
Quo Vadis

2001

Quo Vadis

2001
5.6
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
Дело Бейлиса

0000

Дело Бейлиса

0000
A historical judicial drama based on one of the most famous and resonant cases of the Russian Empire.
Nazis and Blondes

2008

Nazis and Blondes

2008
6
Veteran actors from the 3 Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - gather at a castle in Latvia to receive awards for their roles as Nazi villains in propagandist Soviet war films. They reminisce about the films that made them famous throughout the USSR, but also stigmatized the Baltic countries as Nazi sympathizers in the eyes of many Russians - a misconception that is nowadays exploited by the Russian media, desperate to label the Baltic countries as a fascist haven.
Tempesta sul golfo

1943

Tempesta sul golfo

1943
The Strait Story

2005

The Strait Story

2005
2.7
The year is 1943 and Taiwan is under Japanese colonization. After finishing his studies in Japan, famous Taiwanese sculptor and painter Ching-Cheng Huang receives an offer to teach in Beiping Art School. He decides to visit friends and family back home before leaving for China. He boards the passenger liner "Takachiho Maru" in Kobe, Japan, with his girlfriend, a pianist. Tragically, the luxurious liner is torpedoed by an American submarine and sinks off the coast of Keelung, Taiwan. Decades later, Shou-shou, a fine art restorer with a crippling illness, finds one of Huang's paintings in an exhibition. As she restores the painting, Shou-shou learns about the artist, the stories behind his work and his death at sea. She recreates the story of the painting "Woman in Black", and romantically imagines the ways the artist painted his girlfriend. The more she studies, the more she was inspired by Huang's value of art and of life. Restoring Huang's painting thus becomes Shou-shou's way of ...
Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness

1992

Walerjan Wrobel's Homesickness

1992
The story of Walerjan Wrobel, who was taken from occupied Poland to Germany for forced labor in 1941.
Operation Jackpot

0000

Operation Jackpot

0000
A film based on the historic “Operation Jackpot”, the series of commando operations at the Chittagong Port and other sea ports in East Pakistan during the Liberation War that severely dented the Pakistani Army's advances.
August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

2017

August 28: A Day in the Life of a People

2017
1
Documentary film on events that happened on August 28th in African-American history, shown at the Smithsonian African-American History Museum.
Pork Chop Hill

1959

Pork Chop Hill

1959
6.6
Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.
The Line

2016

The Line

2016
7.8
Tigran loses the girl he loves, then he participates in the war over Nagorno-Karabakh to overcome his inner fears.
South Pacific 1942

1981

South Pacific 1942

1981
Follows the crew of a Canadian submarine in World War Two and their fight against the Japanese Imperial Navy.
Louis Riel

1969

Louis Riel

1969
Opera by Harry Somers portraying Metis leader Louis Riel and his Northwest Rebellion. 1969 CBC-TV production based on the original 1967 opera.
Götz von Berlichingen

2014

Götz von Berlichingen

2014
4.7
Nitaboh

2004

Nitaboh

2004
8.3
At a young age, Nitaroh is stricken with an illness that leaves him blind. He inherits the shamisen guitar once used by his mother and is taught its basics by a blind travelling shamisen player. In time with the help of friends old and new, he walks the paths that leads to his ultimate fate - that of founder of the Tsugaru style of shamisen play.
Adoration

1928

Adoration

1928
Billie Dove, as Elena, pulls out all stops as a Russian princess and a woman-of-the-streets in Paris in an exotic romance and hand-wringing drama set in two countries and the way-stations in between.
The Swimmer

1981

The Swimmer

1981
2.7
The tale of a 20th century family line of swimmers who all attempt to swim some near-impossible distance in the Black Sea.