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Marilyn vs Marilyn

2002

Marilyn vs Marilyn

2002
“Marilyn vs. Marilyn” tells the story of a little-known period of Marilyn’s life – the years she spent in New York, trying to became a ‘serious”’ actress, taking lessons with Lee Strasberg and setting up a production company with her photographer and trusted friend, Milton Green. Based on hitherto unpublished – and magical - photos from the Greene archives, the film focuses on the photographic image of a woman who remains one of the greatest legends in the history of cinema… and an enduring enigma.
Yours in Sisterhood

2018

Yours in Sisterhood

2018
4.2
What might be revealed in the process of inviting strangers to act out and respond to 1970s feminism forty years later? Between 2015 and 2017, hundreds of strangers in communities all over the US were invited to read aloud and respond to letters from the 70s sent to the editor of Ms. Magazine–the ﬁrst mainstream feminist magazine in the US. The intimate, provocative, and sometimes heartbreaking conversations that emerge from these spontaneous performances make us think critically about the past, present, and future of feminism.
The Secret Ambassador

1986

The Secret Ambassador

1986
18th-century Turkmenistan. By the will of the rulers of the Khanate of Khiva, the once-blooming land was turned into a desert. In order to unite the scattered nomadic tribes and make his people independent, the elder of one of the tribes, Khodjanepes, secretly travels to St. Petersburg to seek help from Peter I. The tsar, who was interested in strengthening the southern borders, sent Prince Cherkassky's expeditionary force to Turkmenistan, but he made a grave mistake. After listening to the Khiva Khan, who had heard about Khodjanepes's visit to the Russian capital, the tsar divided the expedition into two groups, giving Khodjanepes an excellent opportunity to deal with his soldiers.
Maricota y el tiempo

2025

Maricota y el tiempo

2025
In 1940s Amazonia, a Mexican man in search of himself and a Bolivian woman with dreams of a brighter future struggle to build a family, confronting the challenges of their diverse pasts and the turbulent history of the 20th century.
Farewell To You

1987

Farewell To You

1987
September 1938. Tenants of a Budapest block of flats live their everyday lives, conducted by tradition. World politics does not divide them. Their major experience is the private life of the actress in the house.
Bismarck, 1. Teil

1925

Bismarck, 1. Teil

1925
¿Quién es el Papa Francisco?

2013

¿Quién es el Papa Francisco?

2013
6
No one knew until 13 March. Who is this unexpected Pope who surprised the world? How has your life? What do you think? How does it work? It is combative? Will it turn around the Church ?.
Kunoichi Sekigahara 3D

2010

Kunoichi Sekigahara 3D

2010
5
Yayoi slammed into an assassin. However, they expect an onslaught Josui The line is used to intercept this army Kuroda tolerated. Thus ninja, dropped off into the open fire of the battle of interspersed dark sorcery..
Trip to Erzurum

1937

Trip to Erzurum

1937
6
1829. Tired of being secretly watched by the chief of police Benckendorff, Pushkin leaves imperial St. Petersburg and heads to the Caucasus to join the army. He stops in Tiflis, waiting for permission to enter the war zone. Pushkin gets invited to the house of one of the Georgian princes. The poet is surrounded by honor and attention. Here Pushkin becomes acquainted with the wonderful Georgian songs and poems of Shota Rustaveli.
The Last Mission

2003

The Last Mission

2003
Four days after the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, American airmen are flying the last and longest bombing mission of the war. In Tokyo, a fanatical group of Japanese officers stage a daring coup d'etat in an effort to prolong the war. As the rebels take over Japan's Imperial Palace, and with it - Emperor Hirohito; radio operator Jim Smith and the men of the 315th Bomb Wing are facing their own dangers in the sky above Japan. In a development not anticipated by generals or world leaders - the Last Mission and the coup d'etat converge, helping to bring an end to the most destructive war the world has ever known.
Anne Boleyn: Queen For A Thousand Days

0000

Anne Boleyn: Queen For A Thousand Days

0000
Lavish documentary in which historian Dr Suzannah Lipscomb unfolds the extraordinary story of the tumultuous love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and asks: was it really love that brought them together – and was it love that tore them apart?
The Endless Trench

2019

The Endless Trench

2019
6.9
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few months when the Civil War breaks out. Higinio, being afraid of possible reprisals from the rebel faction, decides to use a hole dug in his own house as a temporary hideout.
Treachery of G30S/PKI

1984

Treachery of G30S/PKI

1984
6
The official story of the events surrounding the September 30 to October 1, 1965 attempted coup d'etat in Indonesia by a group calling itself the "30 September Movement", leading to the downfall of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and the rise of Suharto's New Order regime.
Two Days in October

2005

Two Days in October

2005
8
Based on David Maraniss's book They Marched into Sunlight, a documentary telling the story of two seemingly unconnected events in October 1967 that changed the course of the Vietnam War. Whilst a US battalion unwittingly marched into a Viet Cong ambush which killed 61 young men, half a world away angry students at the University of Wisconsin were protesting the presence of Dow Chemical recruiters on campus. (Storyville)
The Relief of Lucknow

1912

The Relief of Lucknow

1912
5
The story of the siege and eventual relief of British soldiers garrisoned at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Only a fragment of the original film remains.
Monna Vanna

1922

Monna Vanna

1922
Explosion 1812

2012

Explosion 1812

2012
On April 27, 1813, American forces defeated the British at York (present-day Toronto) and captured the capital of Upper Canada - but not before suffering their own losses. History Television's Explosion 1812 looks at the Battle of York and unearths new evidence around this lesser-known event from the War of 1812.
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

1967
6.3
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
Fools

0000

Fools

0000
In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013
6.2
Andrés Bonifacio, the freedom fighter known as the father of the Philippine revolution, was executed by rival revolutionaries in 1897. His wife, Gregoria de Jesus, searched for his body in the mountains for 30 days. It was never found.