Revolt of the Praetorians
1964-09-04Rome chafes under the rule of the Emperor Domitian and his Egyptian mistress, Artamne. A mysterious champion arises to fight against the Emperor -- a ...
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A Room and a Half
2009-01-23A semi-fictional account of the life of Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who was forced into American exile in 1972.
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Death and Glory in Changde
2010-08-19Directed by Shen Dong and starring Ray Lui, An Yixuan and Yuan Wenkang, Death and Glory in Changde recalls one of the most cruel and controversial bat...
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Rudhramadevi
2015-10-09Rudraba, daughter of Ganapatideva, the emperor of the Kakatiya dynasty, was officially designated a son through the ancient Putrika ceremony and given...
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Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
2015-01-19A debate rages over the credibility of the Bible. Most archaeologists today have concluded that there's no evidence that the Exodus of Israelite slave...
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Bloody Battle at Dawn
1959-10-10A story of revenge between two samurai families on the Igagoe Road. Araki Mataemon born in the province of Iga. He studied the art of the sword under ...
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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
2015-06-30The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept, t...
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Down Memory Lane
1949-08-01This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo a...
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Chopin: Desire for Love
2002-03-01The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
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Looking for Angelina
2005-02-11Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolitano murdered her husband with an axe and was sente...
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Jenderal Soedirman
2015-08-27The Dutch declare unilaterally that they are not longer bound by the Renville Treaty, and to stop the ceasefire. On December 19, 1948, Army Commander ...
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The Cool Lakes of Death
1982-09-30Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexua...
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Seppuku: The Sun Goes Down
2026-09-30Kakizaki Yuji’s period film is not like the jidaigeki films we are used to. While it deals with themes of seppuku, duty, and loyalty to one’s masters ...
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The Silver Mask
1985-05-25Agatha Slatineanu, together with the alleged banker Troianoff, rob the boyar Valcu of a treasure collected in order to buy the throne. However, the go...
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The Last Bolshevik
1994-10-21A documentary on Soviet filmmaker Aleksandr Medvedkin, examining his tumultuous career, the rediscovery of his masterpiece Happiness, and Russia's str...
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The Conquest of Everest
1953-12-09A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Ev...
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Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024-09-04A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godd...
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La monja alférez
1987-06-04Set in 1592 and based on a true story, a Spanish nun flees the convent and lives an adventurous life disguised as a man.
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