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Once Upon a Time, Cinema

1992

Once Upon a Time, Cinema

1992
6.3
The film follows a character known as The Cinematographer, who is looking for someone called Atieh (Future). As he calls out to her, he is magically transported back in time from the early twentieth century to the reign of Naser al-Din Shah in 19th century Iran. Captured by the Shah's guards, he shows films from the history of Iranian cinema to the Shah. The Shah is entranced and eagerly shows his family the apparently magical medium.
Ip Man 2

2010

Ip Man 2

2010
7.5
Having defeated the best fighters of the Imperial Japanese army in occupied Shanghai, Ip Man and his family settle in post-war Hong Kong. Struggling to make a living, Master Ip opens a kung fu school to bring his celebrated art of Wing Chun to the troubled youth of Hong Kong. His growing reputation soon brings challenges from powerful enemies, including pre-eminent Hung Gar master, Hung Quan.
The Mountain Woman

1975

The Mountain Woman

1975
After Asiat refuses to marry a much older rich man to whom she was betrothed since childhood, her father kicks her out of the house. She leaves for Makhachkala to study and falls in love with the young Yusup.
Inferno: Letters from Auschwitz

2020

Inferno: Letters from Auschwitz

2020
8.5
After mysterious notes found at Auschwitz are discovered to be written by the Sonderkommando, a unit of Jewish prisoners tasked with guiding other prisoners to the gas chambers, experts look into the lives of these prisoners labelled as traitors.
Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies

1937

Strange As It Seems: The Herald of the Skies

1937
A short film based on John Hix's long running (1928-1970) syndicated cartoon Newspaper feature which explored bizarre but true facts about the world and its people.
The Sixth Sense

1935

The Sixth Sense

1935
About a young engineer's struggle for new, scientifically proven methods of working in drilling mines. His main opponent is a drilling foreman who prefers to be guided by his "sixth sense" in his work. In the end, engineer Geydar wins a double victory: he proves the superiority of new drilling methods over traditional ones and wins the heart of the old foreman's daughter. The film is considered banned.
Heroes of the Alamo

1937

Heroes of the Alamo

1937
3.5
In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.
What did the Pope know about the Holocaust?

2020

What did the Pope know about the Holocaust?

2020
The Vatican opened once-secret records on Pope Pius XII on March 2020. This gave researchers a brand new insight into the Catholic Church during the Nazi era. What did the Pope know about the Holocaust?
Španělská chřipka

2021

Španělská chřipka

2021
Dark Night, October 17, 1961

2005

Dark Night, October 17, 1961

2005
7.3
Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest moments of the Algerian War of Independence. As the war wound to a close and violence persisted in the streets of Paris, the FLN and its supporters adopted the tactic of murdering French policemen in hopes of forcing a withdrawal. When French law enforcement retaliated by brutalizing Algerians and imposing a strict curfew, the FLN organizes a peaceful demonstration that drew over 11,000 supporters, resulting in an order from the Paris police chief to take brutal countermeasures. Told through the eyes of both French policemen as well as Algerian protestors, Tasma’s film attempts to get to the root of the tragedy by presenting both sides of the story.
Storm

1957

Storm

1957
In the winter of 1918, a provincial Russian town is faced with a shortage of food, firewood, and medicine. Discontent is brewing in the Red Army regiment stationed in the town, as former Tsarist officers sow seeds of discord in an attempt to organize a counter-revolutionary rebellion.
Tesla: Master of Lightning

2000

Tesla: Master of Lightning

2000
7.6
This program recounts the life of scientist, inventor, and visionary Nikola Tesla, often remembered as more of an eccentric cult figure than an electrical engineering genius. Many of his achievements are still attributed to contemporaries Thomas Edison and Guglielmo Marconi. Tesla's surprising inventions are revealed in his autobiographical and scientific writings, supplemented by rare photographs and re-creations.
The Woman I Love

1972

The Woman I Love

1972
The love of King Edward VIII for American divorcée Wallis Warfield Simpson eventually leads to his abdication.
Pacific Adventure

1946

Pacific Adventure

1946
6.5
An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles "Smithy" Kingsford-Smith. The film is unusually frank about the controversies that occasionally dogged him. PG Taylor and Billy Hughes both make appearances playing themselves.
An Unknown Country: The Jewish Exiles of Ecuador

2015

An Unknown Country: The Jewish Exiles of Ecuador

2015
Story of European Jews who fled Europe escaping the Nazi terror to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador -- barely known at the time.
Agustina of Aragon

1950

Agustina of Aragon

1950
5.2
1808. During the Spanish Independence war the city of Zaragoza is besieged by French troops. Spanish forces under General Palafox are scarce. Brave Agustina doesn't hesitate to lead the battle and even fire a cannon to stop the invaders when others run away. Based on historical facts.
Hippocrates And Democracy

1972

Hippocrates And Democracy

1972
6
The father of medical in Kos, Hippocrates, believes that illnesses can be treated with medicines and herbs instead of prayers and comes into conflict with the medical establishment of the island. Leaving Kos, he goes to Athens, where he is called to face a plague for save the city.
Carmel

2009

Carmel

2009
7
Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.
Righetto

2019

Righetto

2019
The true story of a boy hero during the last fighting before the fall of the Roman Republic before the 1849 birth of the Italian Republic.
The Twenty Six Comissars

1966

The Twenty Six Comissars

1966
7.2
The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.